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@stekinsella Yes it works with any URL format, as long as a URL serves a single language (and country if appropriate). See Help Center. about 13 hours ago via Mobile Web in reply to SteKinsella
Very happy this is live! rel-alternate-hreflang annotations in Sitemaps: googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2012/05/multil… and plus.google.com/u/0/1159848686… about 16 hours ago via web
@mightyjock And now you can do housework AND write! :) 12:18 PM May 17th via Mobile Web in reply to Mightyjock
@ysekand @alexmoss @optimizeyourweb This is getting complex for 140 characters. Can you start a public G+ or forum thread? Easier :) 11:56 AM May 17th via web in reply to ysekand
Very (VERY!) excited by the Knowledge Graph: googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/introd… which also got covered at SMX London: searchengineland.com/peeking-into-t… 7:31 AM May 17th via web
@optimizeyourweb @ysekand @alexmoss Not abandoning, but thinking how to help sites supporting large numbers of languages. 7:29 AM May 17th via web in reply to optimizeyourweb
@rustybrick @JohnMu For sure. Less so these days, but definitely important as HTML5 wasn't well supported so just recently. 6:11 AM May 17th via web in reply to rustybrick
@rustybrick That's what browsers do too. There are many articles about how browsers render unknown elements. CC @JohnMu 6:09 AM May 17th via web in reply to rustybrick
@ysekand @vanessafox You mean support.google.com/webmasters/bin… ? 3:27 AM May 16th via web in reply to ysekand
Fun mobile search patterns from Google: techcrunch.com/2011/06/14/goo… #smx #smxlondon 1:59 AM May 16th via web
@maxormark We do 1hr Q&As and we call them hangouts :) Our schedule: sites.google.com/site/webmaster… 12:28 PM May 15th via web in reply to maxormark
dannysullivan Think you know how Google Search should run better? @theamitsinghal asked for advice. Leave your comments here selnd.com/L2CmYE 3:28 AM May 15th via Seesmic twhirl Retweeted by pierrefar and 9 others
Stuck on a delayed District line train on way to SMX. Teens discussing horoscopes, sexuality, and God not helping. 12:41 AM May 15th via Mobile Web
WSJ Are you guilty of "oversharenting"? How do you manage your baby's life online? Tell us w/ #oversharent on.wsj.com/K2RW5T 2:01 PM May 13th via TweetDeck Retweeted by pierrefar and 59 others
Isn't it Man U who only win at the last minute? Guess not. 8:59 AM May 13th via Mobile Web
What just happened? 8:55 AM May 13th via Mobile Web
DaveNaylor Barton should never play football again 8:17 AM May 13th via Twitter for Android from Harrogate, North Yorkshire Retweeted by pierrefar and 2 others
Goals everywhere apart from the Manchester games. Hmmm. 7:15 AM May 13th via Mobile Web
@James_Perrott Double check messages in Webmaster Tools and if not please post in forum with details (incl. site!) and ping me the thread. 1:53 AM May 9th via web in reply to James_Perrott
@jedc Interesting, thanks! I'll ask our vet as we have cat-freaking moments coming up. 12:48 PM May 7th via Mobile Web in reply to jedc

Name Pierre Far
Location London; formerly Cambridge UK
Web http://www.pierre...
Bio Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google. Personal twitter containing my opinions only. Genetics PhD. Generally geeky. Ultra liberal on most things.