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RSS feed to Google App Field Trip'- how to maximise SEO?

Hi guys, quick question- I have a bar review website and google field trip app asked us to be partners. I guess this can only be positive but how can I make sure i optimise SEO from this partnership? I have to submit info via rss feed. Any suggestions on this?thanks

| HolyPenguin

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Lost Ranking For My Primary Page

I've been consistently ranked about 8 on Google for my home page, home-theater-design-concepts.com for the keyword "home theater design". The last few days, I'm not ranked at all. I had made some minor adjustments based on the Moz in page report. Which has consistently rated the page as an "A". Any suggestion about what I should do, should I wait a few more days to see what happens?

| Ledrim

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Best Practice for Website Menus

Hi All, I'm about to embark on the process of redesigning my website both for eye candy, user experience and SEO. When I originally structured my menus in the day, I simply choose a word or phrase at random. No SEO, Google Keyword Tool, or other App was used. Question 1] Should I base my menus on rich keywords/phrases based on the metrics from Google Keyword Tools. 2] Additionally, should I include the the keywords/phrases in the URL Example: ** Menu** - Shoes (URL: mydomain.com/shoes.html)Submenu - Leather Shoes (URL: mydomain.com/leather-shoes.html) Your words of wisdom as always would be much appreciated. Mark

| Mark_Ch

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Google Weather

I am trying to find out when Google introduced their new weather content when searching for a location based search e.g. London Weather - Google seem to take up all above the fold coverage - anyone help? Thanks Simon

| simonsw

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Blog comment link

Hi everyone. Are blog comment link a bad way to build links??? as in going to site and posting your site info in the comment box.

| spidersite

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Wednesday Webinar today?

Newby Question; Is there a Wednesday Webinar today?

| robinwade

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Is this exact match domain?

Hello, my site has lost 50% visitors during last 2 months. So i need to solve one doubt, is this exact match domain? tuscany-cooking-class.com if yes, what are the procedure to recover my site from this issue? Thanks Alex

| massimobrogi

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Web page is showing up on Google but doesn't show when it was cached, so is it indexed?

I was working on the structure and content on the new site and I set the robots.txt to disallow. When i finished i set the robots.txt file to allow again but its been a week but someone the changes are not been index in google and when i check the cached it say 404 error in google, i think the robots.txt file it ok but not sure why my old pages got indexed and why its taking a long time for the new pages to get index. On webmaster in my sitemap it show 26 submited and 1 index, and on block url it shows that it has downloaded the robots.txt file 12 hours ago. i cant figure out if there is some issues with the site , Can anyone have a look at it please. http://www.willowstairlifts.co.uk/robots.txt

| conversiontactics

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I'm trying to track down Jessica Bowman's Keyword Research ROI Excel template from this year's MozCon. Does it exist?

This presentation was awesome - and I've just encountered a pitch that would be ideal for this type of analysis. In looking through my notes from MozCon I don't see a download link - nor can I find one in the presentation. It was the 11:30 - 12:00pm timeslot on day 3 of MozCon: http://www.seomoz.org/mozcon-live/agenda Can someone point me in the right direction? Cheers, J

| JonClark15

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I missed the Big Picture CRO last Wednesday, are the slides available?

I was all set up to view the webinar last week and then a client issue had to be address so I missed it. Have you got a set of the slides or is a recorded version available?

| peeveezee

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Panda 20

last Thursday Google rolled out a EMD update targeting low quality sites with EMD. However Google also rolled out a Panda 20 update. Does anyone know what this new Panda update was targeting?

| SEODinosaur

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Pubcon in Las Vegas

Who's going to Pubcon ? I know a lot of the SEOMOZ Folks are there every year. Looks like SEOMOZ is an Exhibitor as well. Also, anybody flying from the Houston area ?

| NakulGoyal

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OMS Reputation

I just wanted to quickly ask about the general perception / reputation of the OMS conferences. I don't hear much chatter about them, but the ones I've been to in the past seem to do pretty well.

| HDI

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When are the Mozcon 2012 videos going to be released?

I want to watch them all day long! 🙂

| JonathanRolande

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Want to see latest webinar video

I missed the latest webinar which telling about ecommerce mistakes.. when should i see the recording version on this site ?

| mamuti

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Whos going to Mozcon next month

Off topic question. Who's going to Mozcon next month and whats on the agenda for the Tuesday evening before the event starts? Anyone interested in having a meet and greet and talking shop over drinks or dinner the Tuesday before (July 24th)?

| anthonytjm

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Any ideas or tips how to get more customers, have you been in a similar situation ?

A couple of years ago I bought a holiday cottage in the UK and I couldn't afford to have it stood empty which lead me to get into search engine optimisation and marketing and now I'm hooked by most of the people on this forum and it's become a hobby and a way of life. I'm getting good search results on Google for terms like Whitby holiday cottages, which is one of the major search terms traffic wise and I'm appearing above the fold on page 1 of Google along with some of the big boys. http://www.endeavourcottage.co.uk/ I've managed to get somewhere in the region of 95% occupancy throughout the year for my own holiday cottage so I decided I would like to branch out into small letting agency represent the peoples properties. Over the 12 months I've managed to acquire four clients on my new letting agency website but I found the hardest bit is getting new customers for the website. The main holiday letting agency in Whitby has well over 100 cottages on their books and they according to various sources do not provide high occupancy rates and this is probably down to the fact of the sheer number of their clients. My idea is to just manage a small number of 10 or 20 properties in a more personal way and provide a good service for each client. The four clients I now represent only came to be because I physically met the people in the town and got to know them personally and they are getting much better occupancy rates from my website and marketing campaign. If I could get a few more customers I could spend more time and money on my marketing campaign and make the business hopefully an intimate successful affair for all parties. I lived 80 miles away from the seaside resort and I very rarely stay there is my cottages mostly occupied so the chances of meeting people is quite slim at the moment. You can e-mail people till you're blue in the face but they don't seem to want to trust you and give you their property to represent as an agent when you've never actually met them and you don't have a physical bricks and mortar frontage or a history in this type of business. Basically the town is full of holiday cottages with very low occupancy rates, and even though I'm advertising to take on new clients with no red tape and contract I have attracted no new customers from my website.I also tryed the local paper and just
the same nothing, you are advertising againt big agancys. Anybody got any ideas, or been in a similar situation and found some practical solutions? Cheers alan

| whitbycottages

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Who is Mozcon for?

Hello! I own and operate an online retail store for batteries. Basically, I live and die on search engine ranking. I have been working with two well established SEO companies that have significantly strengthened my standings in both Bing and Google search engines. I have a good understanding of SEO and the various aspects that it is comprised of. My question to you guys - should I attend Mozcon? Is this event geared more towards marketing companies or is there any potential for a small SEO savvy business owner to attend? Stepping away from my company for four days is a rather large commitment at the current moment - I need to be certain this event is worth it for someone like me. Any thoughts? Richard Price High-Tech Battery Solutions, Inc.

| techbattery

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Has Panda 3.4 March 23rd changed its target?

I have several sites which were all hit hard by Google Panda in the affiliate marketing space. Up until now my main business sites have stayed largely untouched and well ranked. That is until March 23rd when I noticed big falls in some highly competitive keywords - one of my sites taking a 25% traffic reduction from Google organic and the other getting hit by 40%. These site have no Adsense and no paid advertising and no link selling and no Black Hat SEO like BMR, so my question is has anyone else seen their business site hit on or around 23rd March? At the same time I have noticed searches for popular keywords are returning many more results and even some big names seem to have dropped in the rankings too. Over the last few months I have been trying to take action to reduce my site's bounce rate and UX, but obviously this wasn't enough. Anyone else been hit by Panda 3.4? I am trying to ascertain which types of sites got hit and whether I can find commonality and causes.

| SteveLar

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Is it good to use co-citation links in guest posts after the latest Google upfdates?

| SBRMarketing

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SEO MozCon 2012

Hello All, I'm new here in SEOmoz and I'm a Pro member. I currently have a couple of clients and growing. 🙂 My question is, I recently got an email about the SEO MozCon 2012 in Seattle going on in July. For those that have been to one of these in the past, can you tell me if this is worth the investment? Can you convince me why I should go? Thanks in advance! Jocelyn

| jwdazzle

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SEOs in Scotland?

I'm looking to connect with other SEOs in Scotland and organise some meetups, probably in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Can you PM me on here or reply if you would be interested in such a thing? We can get together somewhere that sells BEER! Cheers, Andrew

| wp2013

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Hey SEOmoz. Mozcon page has incorrect title and description dates.

Just thought you'd wanna know!

| VistageSEO

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SES Conference London - Judith Lewis Presentation

Hi, Does anyone happen to have a copy of the excellent Judith Lewis Introduction to SEO presentation from the SES Conference London?

| MJMarketing

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Can anyone recommend Boston/New England SEO conferences/events?

One of my goals for 2012 is to network more, so I'm trying to find some SEO conferences to attend this year. Unfortunately I don't have much of a travel budget, so I'm looking for events/conferences in the Boston/New England area. I'm open to both large conferences and small local events. Are there any Boston specific groups I should join?

| BostonWright

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How to make partnerships with quality sites

I have a small group of insurance related blogs and sites (20). I have been creating useful articles and linked them to my main site. ex. (multiplecarinsurance.net, decisivewebsites.com). I have been sending email to sites that i linked, but I'm never sure if the emails is getting to the right person (webmaster vs sales). And some other time I cant even get and email address. Is there better place to find partners?. I was thinking that maybe there is an internet marketing club, where people openly create and develop partnerships.

| ggplaylist

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Anyone heard of this conference or the folks running it? Is it any good?

I'm thinking about hitting up my boss for a ticket: http://www.lunametrics.com/website-traffic/seo/sf2012/

| vittana_seo

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Any Seattle SEO Events/Meetups?

We are now located in the Seattle area and I was wondering if there are any SEO events and/or meetups anytime soon?

| N5c

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Where can I find an SEO mentor?

I've been having difficulty finding an SEO mentor that can answer my questions and rate the strategy that I'm currently using, as well as bouncing ideas off their experience. Basically, most SEO companies will not want to do this, and will more likely want to sign you up for a monthly plan in link building, however I want to learn SEO on my own with my team, and many companies in Sydney, I guess, see us as competition and don't want to reveal their 'secrets'. I've read a bunch of books on SEO and we are starting our SEO campaign now, however having someone to speak to now and again to get feedback on our strategy would be invaluable, however is proving very difficult to find. On one hand, I know I just have to take action towards link building and other things,
however on the other side, it would be good to have someone to give a helping hand and bounce ideas off who has experience. If someone is interested in becoming a mentor for myself as I work to build my digital agency in Sydney pleaes get in contact with me. The pay is $30 - $40p/h depending on experience. Regards

| HeadStud

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What "Fresh" Ideas Are You Executing?

At SES Chicago, the "freshness" topic came up in a couple convos. There were also some, what I would call, crazy ideas intended to take advantage of freshness. I have been reading up here: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2125272/Google-Freshness-and-Temporal-Data Most of the suggestions that I heard seemed more likely to look like spam signals than freshness signals. Are you paying attention to "freshness"? Are you "freshening up" old content? Has it altered your content strategy otherwise? If so, how?

| Gyi

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...Link-Building...Y U NO WORK!?

So, my dilemma is this. Even though we are delving into more advanced SEO rather than the standard splash pages, I believe that our results are good, but they can be better. I've researched ALOT from WIEP.net, but I'm not so sure that I am grasping the concept of building links externally.... So this question is primarily discussing what you may have experienced and how IT started to make sense.... Not asking for all the right things or places to go, just NOT what to do or where to go... ok ok, if you CAN or would like to discuss the right places, I'd be much obliged and thanks beforehand! What are your thoughts?

| NewGlobalVentures.comSEOTexas

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How to redirect www.xxx.com to xxx.com or vice versa

Roger has detected a problem: We have detected that the domain www.xxx.com and the domain xxx.com both respond to web requests and do not redirect. Having two "twin" domains that both resolve forces them to battle for SERP positions, making your SEO efforts less effective. We suggest redirecting one, then entering the other here. hi, i tried creating the campaign and this message popped out.. i dono what to do or how to redirect b/w www.xxx.com and xxx.com ( xxx = hidden site) am using godaddy domain and hosting at hostgator. thank you.. waiting for ur reply

| healers

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Who is coming to Search Exchange in Charlotte, NC?

Search Exchange Internet Marketing conference is here in Charlotte Oct. 3-5. Rand is giving the SEO keynote on Wednesday. Who is attending??!! Jay

| theideapeople

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SEO Event: Running a SEO Auction for Kids with Cancer!

Hi All, Decided to do something a bit different and run a SEO Auction for kids with Cancer over at eBay, 100% of proceeds from the sale will go to charit, bidding is currently at $36 with around 7 hours to go: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110734547599?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_1362wt_1140 The auction includes the following: 1 x YouTube Note Pad1 x Google Pen (Black)1 x Google Necklace with clip1 x SEOmoz shirt Grey (Size Small) - You need 1000+ Reputation on the SEOmoz to get one!1x 1000th Tweet on my twitter account.So yeah Dig deep all =)I plan on running a few of these Charity Auctions each year, as I want to give back a bit.

| JamesNorquay

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Meeting fellow SEOMoz members

Hello SEOMoz. I will be in the US for a 21-days International Visitors Leadership Program. However, would like to use this opportunity as well to network and meet fellow SEOMoz Pro members. If there are SEO professionals / networking events happening in these areas, kindly share. Thank you! Washington, DC August 20 – 24 and August 26-28, 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 24 - 26, 2011 Huntsville, Alabama August 28 - 31, 2011 Houston, Texas August 31 - September 4, 2011 Seattle, Washington September 4 - 10, 2011

| janettetoral

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MozCon Seattle 2011

Hey everyone... just seeing who's going to MozCon next month? It would be nice to connect some usernames and faces when I get there!

| blu42media

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How many people go to the Mozcon each year?

I'm attending for the first time this year and I am just curious as to what to expect with attendance, etc. 🙂

| theideapeople

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Mozcon Sold out

Went to sign up for MOZcon last night and found it was sold out. I would have bought this many weeks or months ago, but I'm brand new to SEOmoz. I'm completely hooked and REALLY want to go to the convention. I signed up for the wait list and it states they are trying to expand the venue. What are the odds of that happening? Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get tickets?
I'm a Pro member, if that helps. Any and all help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
David

| dmac

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MozCon access from overseas

Is MozCon filmed? Will it be available after the event? I'm half a world away and unfortunately most likely would not be able to get there this year.

| MrPaulB

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Mozcon Questions

Hello All, I'm a total newbie to SEOmoz and am totally addicted. I'm seriously considering going to Seattle Mozcon. I would really like to hear some feedback from newbies who went last year. It would be really nice to hear if you learned a lot and if you have incorporated some of your Mozcon education into your SEO strategy. It looks to be a pretty long event and every day seems to be completely filled with things I probably don't want to miss. That said, it would be a really large investment of my time. Is it worth all this time? Thanks!
David

| dmac

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SEO conference

Good Day, I am looking for .2 cents regarding which SEO conference we should attend. Our main aim is to gain further insight into organic search. We can only attend one this year and so far are looking into: SMX Advanced SES San Francisco SEOmoz MozCon Any comments are appreciated. Regards.

| Questionmana

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MozCon Question: When are you getting rates for hotel lodging?

So any word on the Westin Hotel pricing? Paying USD 340 /night is too much!

| Francisco_Meza

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MozCon Registration - When can we register?

When can us Mozzers pay for this http://www.seomoz.org/mozcon I need to buy my Mozcon tickets for July 27 - July 29, 2011 and begin arranging hotel and airfare before rates go up even more. It's peak season.

| Francisco_Meza

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Who is attending SMX Advanced?

Just wanted to get a roll call from our active Moz community on who is attending SMX Advanced.

| Thos003

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What did you learn/get from Link Building Seminar New Orleans?

(No, I am not posting this thread to help me create linkbait. grin) Great seminar! Just got back from the drinks and networking at Muriel's (was that a cool location or what!?) and thought I'd start a discussion thread on here, since I don't see one yet. What was the biggest thing you learned/got from this seminar? For me, it was all the tips and tactics to create and promote linkbait.

| AdamThompson

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