Google’s John Mueller answered 5 totally different SEO associated questions in a video lower than two minutes lengthy. It known as the SEO Lighting Round video the place he answered the next questions.
Here is the video:
Here are the questions:
(1) Can a self referential canonical override an current canonical or most well-liked web page? (submitted by @adityaskrishnan) (0:04)
It must be averted, John stated.
(2) Will placing the date and month in URLS have an effect on my Google rating?
(submitted by @VaranasiBlogger) (0:22)
It is ok and does not impression crawling, indexing or rating, John stated.
(3) I heard that utilizing CDNs to ship photos could be an issue for Google Search because it’s not on my server and Google does not help picture canonicalization. (submitted by @loujay60606) (0:38)
It is ok to make use of CDNs, John stated.
(4) What is the easiest way to look in Search when you’ve got a world viewers to focus on with a single area? (submitted by @rahulsetia007) (0:57)
It is ok to have a single area, John stated.
(5) Is it such a nasty factor to go away the Google Webmasters verification file out of sitemap.xml? (submitted by @RMWPublishing) (1:20)
You don’t want to incorporate the verification file there, John stated.
If you wish to ask John future questions, you are able to do so on Twitter utilizing the hashtag #AskGooglebot.
I’m pondering it is time to line up a second collection of those! Which “evergreen” (non-boat) questions ought to we cowl? I’d love to listen to from you!
Drop me a reply right here, or point out #AskGooglebot in a tweet. https://t.co/hY8fQLe4NZ
— 🍌 John 🍌 (@JohnMu) March 31, 2021
That’s all people. I like the ending of the video in fact.
Forum dialogue at Twitter.