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  • arango20


    I been seeing some sites that have 0 ranking keywords but a DA 40 and 0% spam score, would you guys get a link from one of these sites?

    Link Building | | arango20
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  • negahdari

    This question is deleted!

    Reviews and Ratings | | negahdari
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  • Kingalan1


    Our YouTube Channel was endorsed by a celebrity and suddenly gained 22,000 subscribers. We are now posting videos 2-3 times a week and get a lot of engagement. Each video has an average of 10,000 views. The result of this is that we get about 200 direct visits to our website every. Almost twice as much as organic traffic from Google. Assuming that this is sustained over time, will it improve the Google  of our website? Is there anyway to use the popularity of our Google channel to reinforce the ranking of our website? Thanks!!
    Aln

    Social Media | | Kingalan1
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  • hlwebdev


    All PDFs have landing pages, and the pages are already indexed. If we allow the PDFs to get indexed, then they'd be downloadable directly from google's results page and we would not get GA events. The PDFs info would somewhat overlap with the landing pages info. Also, if we ever need to move content, we'd now have to redirects the links to the PDFs. What are best practices in this area? To index or not? What do you / your clients do and why? Would a PDF indexed by google and downloaded directly via a link in the SER page pass SEO juice to the domain? What if it's on a subdomain, like when hosted by Pardot? (www1.example.com)

    Reporting & Analytics | | hlwebdev
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  • Dsv


    Hello, While searching on mobile I was testing keywords to see if my business listing would appear. I noticed for certain keywords it would trigger a competitors business to come up in the knowledge panel. I'm running adwords so my business typically always appears in the top ad panel but my business listing isn't recognized for particular keywords. Is there any reason why a competitors business listing would appear in the SERP over our business? It seems random.  Is there maybe something I could add on the google business listing?  Does anyone have any tips for this? Thanks!

    Local Listings | | Dsv
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  • AaronWintersCSUS


    Been trying to exclude a ton of backed up files on our domain that have to stay public as people transition content over. I have tried everything — search a subdirectory by name, updated robots.txt with disallow and noindex (both with and without / or /*) and I still get almost triple the number of 'actual' pages. I there any way to get cleaner results aside from manual sort-n-cut from the CSV?

    Getting Started | | AaronWintersCSUS
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  • PattyAMG


    Hello! I'm helping a Client with a platform migration from an SEO standpoint.  They are working to implement canonical tags, but I've noticed that each of the ones they are implementing are including a "data-rdm" attribute: data-rdm=""> I'm not sure the Client has a way to suppress this before the launch date.  Do we think this will be an issue for Google?

    Web Design | | PattyAMG
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  • NathalieBr


    Hello. So my website currently has 8 pages in total. (Homepage, 5 Service Pages, Contact, About). I currently have about 80 quality RD and my Homepage already ranks #8 for my main keyword, while all Service Pages (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) are stuck somewhere at #30-60 positions for their target keywords. My internal linking scheme looks like this https://i.imgur.com/2cA529v.png. The Homepage has a sidebar with links to all Service Pages, and each Service Page has the same sidebar that links to each Service Page, but doesn't link back to my Homepage. Contact and About pages can be accessed only via the links in the menu. I don't have any contextual links on my website, so all pages that are important for SEO are linked only via this same very sidebar. All these Service Pages are equally valuable to me, but they don't seem to grow much in Google. The Onpage Score of these pages is better than those of TOP10 competitors, and my content provides more value (I used the Skyscraper Technique). Taking all that into consideration, can you please tell me what might be wrong? Why Should I build more quality backlinks to these service pages instead of the homepage? Should I add contextual links to all my service pages from the homepage? Does my internal linking strategy look good to you? If not, what should I change? Can I hit top #10 with my internal pages for their target keywords if I mainly build links only to my homepage? All keywords that I'm after have low to medium competition. My website has 90 RD in total, and my website's DA is 27. Thank you. 2cA529v.png

    Technical SEO | | NathalieBr
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  • NanditaKraman


    We have three URLs that have the same content but all three are getting traffic.

    On-Page Optimization | | NanditaKraman
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  • SoulSurfer8


    Regarding Google's new max-snippet:[number], this is specifically for the length of the meta description? Also, does anyone know what the max character length is?

    Technical SEO | | SoulSurfer8
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  • vijesh32


    If my site doesn't have contact and about page then will my site get Moz spam?

    API | | vijesh32
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  • GrouchyKids


    Some businesses are set us with a company name but trade under another name (or numerous other names). What's the best way to handle this when it comes to Knowledge Graph & Schema.org and what about NAP consistency? Am assuming the only way to handle this is to do something like this: Blue Widgets Ltd trading as Cars UK Or is there a better way?

    Local Listings | | GrouchyKids
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  • MuhammadQasimAttari


    If i add a keyword in my domain so it will help me or not in search ranking.

    White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | MuhammadQasimAttari
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  • kens109


    Hello, I'm new to this forum so please forgive if this has been discussed before. I have a question about the nofollow meta tag being used at the page level. We have external links within our website's guest blog pages that we do not want followed. I would use a nofollow rel attribute on the link itself, but since we allow the blog to be posted using a wysiwyg-type text editor, that proves to be a little difficult to enforce. I was thinking about using the nofollow meta tag at the page level to handle this, but was a little unsure on how that may affect our own links...such as menu and side-bar links...that are on those pages. I'm not too concerned about those internal links not being followed on those particular blog pages, but I wanted to make sure a nofollow for a link on one page won't have any negative side effects on those same menu links that appear on various other pages without the nofollow meta tag. Would there be any negative side effects to using the nofollow meta tag like that? Thanks in advance for any insight. Best Regards, Ken

    On-Page Optimization | | kens109
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  • kwedbew


    hey my name is john and  i started blog on January 2019 i want to increase DA of my blog

    Link Explorer | | kwedbew
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  • RoxBrock


    I have a page in English that has both English & Spanish translations on it. It is pulled in from a page generated on another site and I am not able to adjust the CSS to display only one language. Until I can fix this, I have made the English page the canonical for both. Do I still want to use hreflang for English & Spanish pages? What if I do not have a Spanish page at all. I assume (from what I've read) I should not have an hreflang on the English page. Is this correct? Thank you in advance.

    Technical SEO | | RoxBrock
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  • LivDetrick


    This Moz blog references a page load time of 2-3 seconds. I've seen the 3 seconds referenced elsewhere, but I'm not sure what that measurement is -- is the target a 3 second speed index, or 3 second CPU idle?  Or something else?  Curious if anyone knows the answer. https://moz.com/blog/website-page-speed

    Technical SEO | | LivDetrick
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  • Cfarcher


    We have a newspaper source that links to a domain that forwards to a page on our website. Do we get link juice from that? Go here: https://dailygazette.com/  click on "Classifieds" then "CapRegion Homes" the button goes to the website www.capregionhomes.com which forwards to our main website, a page we built for them. My question is: Because the link from this site first goes to another site that auto-forwards to us are we actually getting any link juice from the daily gazette on this or is that first site getting all the juice & we technically are getting link juice from capregionhomes.com ?

    Reporting & Analytics | | Cfarcher
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  • jluke.fusion


    I have a client selling home goods online and in-store under two different brand names in separate regions of the country. Currently, the websites are completely identical aside from branding. It is unlikely that they would have the capacity to write unique titles and page content for each website (~25,000 pages each), and the business would never consolidate the sites. Would it make sense to use canonical tags pointing to the higher-performing website on category and product pages? This way we could continue to capture branded search to the lesser brand while consolidating authority on the better performing website. What would you do?

    Technical SEO | | jluke.fusion
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  • rketter


    I am wanting to view organic keywords to see how our position has changed up or down.

    Getting Started | | rketter
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  • LocalSEOLady


    I work with a number of local businesses that generally rank well for the query "HOMETOWN + BRAND." The brand is not the business name. In late August, three of these businesses (all located in the same large US city and owned by the same parent company) stopped ranking for this important keyword. They were all in pos. 1 before., and now they're not on the first 5 pages. There are no issues or errors recorded in Search Console, rankings haven't shifted dramatically for any other keywords and the GMB listing is fully  filled out and completely accurate.  I'm banging my head trying to figure out how to fix this issue and start seeing my page 1 rankings again. Also, I'm not sure if it's related but I have seen a significant increase in organic traffic from a city within the same state that's about 3.5 hours away.  I thought maybe there was something on the sites telling Google they're located in the wrong city, but I'm not seeing anything. Any suggestions or ideas? Any help would be extremely appreciated!

    Local Website Optimization | | LocalSEOLady
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  • AdoBike


    Hi, I have a question about the Meta Robots information Accoarding to the Moz bar, our page uses the meta robots noodp and noydir. Our competitor uses
    INDEX,FOLLOW I read that noodp and noydir are dated and not used anymore. Is it wise to use INDEX FOLLOW instead for better SEO? Thanks in advance!

    On-Page Optimization | | AdoBike
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  • MuhammadQasimAttari


    I am very confused about domain age. I read many articles about domain age, some experts say domain age does matter in ranking and some experts say it doesn't matter in the ranking. Kindly guide me about domain age.

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | MuhammadQasimAttari
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  • Caffeine_Marketing


    Hi have a number of links going to 2 different pages https://www.caffeienmarketing.co.uk/bristol and https://www.caffeienmarketing.co.uk/bristol/  (with a / on the end).  they both have different PA and links are being reported separately to both (this issue goes right through my website. What should teh default be, how do I fix it and how do I get the benefit of both sets of links for one of the pages? thanks

    Link Building | | Caffeine_Marketing
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  • PKI_Niles


    The majority of incoming links to a prospect's website are from website pages apparently created solely to provide links to the website. Few have high spam scores. The sites linking to the main site have versions of blogs with linked text. They seem to be providing positive SEO value now, but I'm concerned they might get noticed and hurt the main site in the future.

    Link Building | | PKI_Niles
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  • akin67


    We have a company information database where we also list companies located in a specific building/property. We plan to add more information to these pages basically to create a Property/building database. From an SEO standpoint, what is the best URL structure? Please note we will have information on millions of properties, across the US. Currently this is an example of what we are displaying http://www.buzzfile.com/Lists/Companies-located-at-45-Broadway,-New-York,-NY,-10006/6959468 When we change this, we plan to also migrate to https. For the above page, we are considering changing it to something like the following: 1 - https://www.buzzfile.com/Property/45-Broadway,-New-York,-NY,-10006/6959468 2  https://www.buzzfile.com/Property/6959468 Most users will search for these pages by address. What do you recommend we change our URLs to in order to get maximum SEO lift? Thank you,

    Local Listings | | akin67
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  • dailynaukri


    We have pdf files uploaded in the media of wordpress and used in our website. As these pdfs are duplicate content of the original publishers, we have marked links to these pdf urls as nofollow. These pages are also disallowed in robots.txt Now, Google Search Console has shown these pages Excluded as "Duplicate without user-selected canonical" As it comes out we cannot use canonical tag with pdf pages so as to point to the original pdf source If we embed a pdf viewer in our website and fetch the pdfs by passing the urls of the original publisher, would the pdfs be still read as text by google and again create duplicate content issue? Another thing, when the pdf expires and is removed, it would lead to 404 error. If we direct our users to the third party website, then it would add up to our bounce rate. What should be the appropriate way to handle duplicate pdfs? Thanks

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | dailynaukri
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  • GrouchyKids


    Can Google see that the following are in  fact the same business at the same address? Address Site Footer:
    Blue Widgets Ltd
    Hope Springs, Another Street, Stow on the Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire POSTCODE Address Google Maps:
    Blue Widgets Ltd
    Hope Springs, Stow on the Wold POSTCODE I know that some directories work by you selecting a postcode/zip and selecting your address line.  So no way to add (or remove) any extra address lines that you may want to.  So am guessing it cannot always matter but some portions of the address must be of real importance (Business Name / First Line Address / ZIP or POSTCODE)?

    Local Listings | | GrouchyKids
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  • NishanthRaj


    Hi, I have been using some other tool for my monthly SEO activities, due to my advice of friend, thinking to move to Moz Pro. Can Someone give the answers for the questions SERP Ranking Re-freshness ( For how often it would update ) Mobile SERP Ranking ( Whether the tool shows the SERP Rankings on Mobiles ) Backlinks ( Does Backlinks Data has the Historical Index ) Alerts ( The important thing i need was to get instant alerts on Rankings,  Backlinks Toxic Score, so how often i would receive those alerts

    Feature Requests | | NishanthRaj
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  • Easigrass


    Hi guys, I've been handed a client who needs some seo work. I've tweaked one of their pages to focus on a chosen keywords about 4 months back but still the site is not even visible using the new Domain Analysis tool from moz and it still won't rank at all for the keywords. Am I missing something here? Is there something blocking the SERP from listing the website? I've ran a site: search on Google and it returns 283 results on the website. It's puzzling me as there clearly is something stopping it from being ranked. The domain name in question is: https://cloud9inecommunications.co.uk Thanks in advance.

    Moz Pro | | Easigrass
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  • abtechgroup


    As an example: https://www.abthermal.com/3m-70-70hdt-self-fusing-silicone-rubber-electrical-tape.html Moz has flagged this as URL too long... but guideline is that happens at 75 characters or more? I count 55..??  or does the 75 limit have to include the domain? Thanks, Adrian

    Getting Started | | abtechgroup
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  • Designworks-SJ


    I have a client who wants a website in Spanish and one in English. Typically we would use a multi-language plugin for a single site (brandA.com/en or /es), but this client markets to their Spanish-speaking constituents under a different brand. So I am wondering if we have BrandA.com in English, and the exact same content in Spanish at BrandB.com if there will be negative SEO implications and/or if it will be recognized as duplicate content by search engines?

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Designworks-SJ
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  • bizmarquee


    I get a redirect chain issue, but I see that I enter the website in Moz as http://www.website.com Google and everywhere else have it as https://www.website.com so I would imaging Google would never run into this issue, only the Moz bot does because of how it's entered. However, I can't change the campaign, so do I just ignore it? Or is there still an actual problem that needs to be addressed?

    Moz Bar | | bizmarquee
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  • bizmarquee


    Hi, I have someone who access my Moz Local via a "seat" but she can't see Moz Local. Can this happen?

    Moz Local | | bizmarquee
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  • Builtvisible


    Hi all, I'd like to ask you what's your opinion about combine the knowledge in SEO with JS. I'm already working in agency as Technical SEO Exec and I'd like to study a part-time JS developer course because I like coding too. In a future, I'd like to combine my knowledge in SEO and the skills I could get in mentioned course because I like both of them. Please, let me know your thoughts about it because your opinion would help me a lot. Thanks a lot guys! Ignacio

    SEO Learn Center | | Builtvisible
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  • cwltd


    Hey. On my WordPress page I did reviews about other websites. My page is in German language. My keywords and title are: "DomainName.de Erfahrungen". Wordpress changes the dot "." to an dash "-" and I cannot change it. Yoast SEO told me, my keywords are not (complete) in my permalink. Google use an "-" to separate to words (https://moz.com/community/q/how-is-a-dash-or-handled-by-google-search). Wordpress changes a "." to a "-": domain-de Invasion forum just removes the ".": domainde Trustpilot has the full domainame in permalink: domain.de So what's is the best strategy for the best SEO results?

    Technical SEO | | cwltd
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  • SearchStan


    If I have no reviews/ratings on the page itself and special/limited time offers and just a regular product page with a standard price, is there any ability to do product schema with it getting flagged for errors? Google's Structured Markup Testing Tool threw me an error when I test it without any of those: | One of offers or review or aggregateRating should be provided. | And even if it's possible, is there any point?

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | SearchStan
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  • PaddyM556


    Hi All, Just launched a new Magento store & set the category suffix to blank & not .html or / So the desired url is https://www.example.com/category-1 But I am seeing a 301 redirect being implemented: https://www.example.com/category-1/ redirect to: https://www.example.com/category-1 I cant see this is the list of 301 redirects within the redirect panel in Magento but Moz & another redirect checker is picking it up. I am missing a setting or something ? Many Thanks,
    Pat

    Technical SEO | | PaddyM556
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  • brandonegroup


    Hi Guys, We have a medical centre which has different services like medical, dental, pathology, mental health and 3-4 other services. They are all at the same address within the medical centre. Currently, we have a GMB listing just for the medical centre. But we're looking to create separate GMB listings for each service. I was wondering if anyone has done this before and can speak from experience of the pros and cons of doing this? It seems we will have a lot more GMB listings to manage, but we should benefit more from relevant GMB searchers and this will improve our visibility. Cheers, Mark

    Local Listings | | brandonegroup
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  • kvncrll


    My site is only 11 months old but has steadily (if not slowly) been gaining backlinks. My question, is why Moz shows me at 303 backlinks and Google search console is showing at 1,237? I am more than a little suspicious that this could highlight the reason Moz shows such an unfavorable DA ranking for our site at a DA12.  Other competitors that rank for similar keywords to mine are DA 42, DA 65, DA 73, etc. If the largest ranking factor is links, and they have mine reported incorrectly - is this the issue with DA as it relates to sites like mine? Any answer from someone who has experienced similar, or has a definitive answer is more than welcome to chime in! Thanks, Kevin

    Reporting & Analytics | | kvncrll
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  • Sodimaccl


    Hello, I think this question relates to "Parent pages" structure or SILO but I couldn't find an answer online. For a website that sell products, for example "Appliances". A link to this page appears in 1 category of the menu named "kitchen" but also in another 1 category named "household appliances". It means that it appears twice in the menu but with a unique URL. Would that affect SEO ? Is it duplicate content ? And would it be better to choose 1 father or let it that way ? Thanks for your help. Max

    Link Building | | Sodimaccl
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  • dynastymedia


    Looking into the results I found over 18,000 instances of the same 2 websites having links in every single page, staging version of their site. How do I get rid of these? Are they damaging my SEO?

    Link Building | | dynastymedia
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  • yaelslater


    Hi Mozers, We have images on their own separate pages that are then pulled onto content pages. Should the standalone pages be indexable? On the one hand, it seems good to have an image on it's own page, with it's own title. On the other hand, it may be better SEO for crawler to find the image on a content page dedicated to that topic. Unsure. Would appreciate any guidance! Yael

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | yaelslater
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  • JonAlonsoCNC


    This topic came up in a discussion I had with a fellow SEO colleague, I don't believe it makes sense to have Hreflang if you don't have a second language but according to my friend they mentioned that it is great if your only targeting one country. Any opinions out in the Moz community?  It seems like overkill to me

    On-Page Optimization | | JonAlonsoCNC
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