Your burning questions – Answered!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

In a recent blog post
highlighting our
Webmaster Help Group,
I asked for your webmaster-related questions. In our second installment of
Popular Picks,
we hoped to discover which issues webmasters wanted to learn more about, and then respond with
some better documentation on those topics. It looks like it was a success, so please get clicking:

• Image Search ranking: Starting things off,
  JimAtArtsnovaDotCom asked
  about how Google indexes images. Evan details the factors that account for a
  site’s images appearing in Google’s image search.
• Sitelinks and Webmaster Tools: Maile tackled
  a request from Red Cardinal
  by providing a more detailed
  explanation of sitelinks,
  particularly what happens when they are blocked by a user.
• Reconsideration Requests: Want to learn more about reconsideration requests? In response
  to
  a message from Chibcha,
  Susan provides additional context on
  when you should file a reconsideration request
  and other tips to address your site’s performance.
• Redirects: In response to
  Cristina’s question
  about site moves and redirects, John explains how
  Googlebot handles absolute and relative URLs in your redirect to a new domain.
• Communication with webmasters: Finally, I responded to
  a message from bluegill01,
  noting the scenarios when you can expect to
  receive a message from Google.

Thanks again for your questions! See you around the group.

Written by Reid Yokoyama, Search Quality