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www.aftermathinc.com

www.aftermathinc.com/crime+scene+cleanup

The keyword page is thin on content so I don't mind if that doesn't show but it does rank 1 better in the serps. Currently both are on page two, one on page 1 would be better.

I am on page two for both, trying to get to page one. The fact that I am competing with myself maybe hurting?

I don't mind if the keyword page does not show it is thin on content anyhow and since it is the main industry keyword for both it's not a bad thing the index page shows.

The index page and the targeted landing page for that keyword. They have different content, title, meta but I am competing with myself for the main keyword in the industry. What is the best way to fix this? 301 the keyword page to the index page?

If you would like to redirect it to a subdomain http://m.example.com/ then you can achieve that in a few different ways depending on the server it's hosted on. If you have Apache then you can use your .htaccess file to redirect mobile viewers to the mobile site.

The accepted way to do this is through Rich Snippets. They are trying to standardize all rich snippets through Schema (http://schema.org/).

A "nofollow" link can benefit you by creating a more diverse backlink profile. In other words, having a good amount of "dofollow" links is obviously very beneficial, but "nofollows" are a natural part of the web world, and having a few of those won't hurt, and will help diversify your link profile in the eyes of Google.

Relevant simply means that if you have a web design site you might want to try to avoid a link from www.howtoflyaplane.com because that's not relevant to your industry at all. News sites are definitely relevant however, especially if the article contains information about your industry. You really want links that seem natural, if there is an article on ANY website that is about web design, and it links to your website, that is a very relevant, natural link.

News sites, Article Posts, and guest writing (i.e. the tutorial) are all very good ways of obtaining links. The thing you would really have to look at would be the page and domain metrics. In other words, what is the PageRank, what is the Domain Authority, Moztrust, Page Authority, things of that nature. Those metrics you can use as clues to help determine how useful that link will be.

If your articles are unique and aren't spread around by free article submission software and things of that nature, they can be very useful when it comes to obtaining a link.

Truthfully, those sound like good linking opportunities, but definitely look at the sites metrics to determine how big of an impact that link will have on your SEO.

This is something I am considering doing as well with my site. I would really like to change to folder structure around. The biggest issue is some of my inner pages are ranking well in the SERPS and I want to continue that success even after the switch is done.

The reason I would like to make the change, is to make the urls easier for visitors to remember, also, to make the urls look more professional. I personally feel that example.com/blah.html just looks kind of sloppy.

Thanks for your answers.

So, I have a website, and I have a few pages in directories, and the rest are normal with extensions (i.e. example.com/blah.html instead of example.com/blah/)

Now, the directory page isnt ranking yet for a targeting keyword (although I am still in the process of link building to the page w/ anchor text), however, could it be because it is the odd man out being one of the only pages within a directory?

Also, I would really like to move all my pages into directories, however some of the internal pages are ranking really well and I do not want to lose that once switching. Has anyone has experiences with using 301s to redirect so sub directories without loosing rankings?

Well, one way would be to look in the source code of the website. Find the profile link and see if there is a rel="nofollow" attribute in there. Or, get the SEOmoz toolbar and click the NoFollow finder, it will highlight nofollow links in pink, i believe.

Link exchanges aren't completely useless if they are natural, and they don't make up the vast majority of your link network. With that being said, a 3-way link exchange will provide value, but can also be devalued if overused. It's harder for Google to pick up on 3-way link exchanges, but it doesn't mean they can't.

Yeap that looks right, I was just about to post some more information, thanks.

The way you have implemented it is correct to eliminate the possibility of duplicate content issues. However, with that being said, the canonical tag is not a re direct. It only acts as a pointer to search engines telling them which page has the original content, it will not redirect users to a certain page, and will not stop the page from coming up as http://www.diamondtours.com/default.aspx. If you are trying to get rid of the /default.aspx, you will need to add some things in your .htaccess file.

If that's what your trying to accomplish, I can point you in the right direction for that.

Basically, a link with rel="nofollow" will not pass link juice to that page.

The nofollow can be used to link to outside content without passing link juice, and is widely used in many sites with user generated content and profiles to prevent link spamming.

Generally, a redesign shouldn't hurt your rankings as long as you keep your general SEO approach the same (i.e. keyword density, and other on page SEO that has proven successful to you).

However with that being said, are you going to be changing any of the names or extensions of your pages? And if so, are they in subfolders?

If you switch from .html to .php, you will lose rankings unless these pages are in subfolders which would not change the url. If you are going to switch extensions, the best thing for you to do would be to keep the old pages live, and 301 or canonicalize them.

Your best bet would be to keep it up. That way any link juice coming from websites linking to your old domain will still carry through to your new domain by using the redirect. Also, if you are still receiving visitors to your old domain, it would be a good idea to continue to keep the redirect alive, just to continue receiving those visits and all potential traffic that would come from the old domain.

I would say, if you stop seeing very much, if any, traffic coming from the redirect, you could do without it. However, if it's a concern over spending the money to renew the old domain, depending on how much it costs, it may or may not be worth it to you.

http://searchengineland.com/google-forecloses-on-content-farms-with-farmer-algorithm-update-66071

Google changed it's algorithm recently to devalue low quality web sites. "content farms".

This may or may not affect link directories, but I know that Google does devalue some links from directories as spam.

Someone may step in and correct me if I'm wrong.

The best tip I can give is to go out and be proactive.

Sure, there are directories out there, but with the recent Farmer update, you have to be careful where you tread with those.

Contact webmasters, find common ground and ask for links. Also, blog linkable content that provides information.

My sitemap includes www.example.com and www.example.com/index.html, they are both the same page, will this have any negative effects, or can I remove the www.example.com/index.html?