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Yes I'd like the homepage to remain functional and all ranking data for the keyword which currently ranks there to be transferred to the new category page so the use of rel=canonical is probably the way to go. There will be a link to the new category using this keyword as anchor text in the navigation - would there be any advantage linking internally to this new page from the content on the home page as well to help pass link juice across to the new category?

My website home page ranks well for a keyword lets call it 'Keyword1'. I'd like to create a new category specific to 'Keyword1' and name it 'Keyword1' so the relevant content and products can sit in there.

How can I ensure that my rankings of my current home page are passed on to this new category page?

Many thanks,

I recently took control of a website which did have some pretty big SEO problems, duplicate content being one of the main ones!!

Looking back at ranking data the website ranked very well for it's main keyword, #5 for Google, Yahoo and Bing.

The ranking then dropped in February 2012 for Google to #64 but stayed the same for Yahoo and Bing.

I scrapped the dodgy content and completely rewrote it using a Wordpress framework about 6 weeks ago, still targeting the same keywords and 301 redirecting the old pages to the new pages where applicable.

My rankings for Yahoo and Bing are still maintaining their page 1 rankings but Google is still ranking the website on page 5/6.

My question is. Is the website getting punished for something that was part of the old website? If so how can I find out what it is and fix it?

This website ranked on page 1 for Google for most of it's popular keywords but now it doesn't.

I appreciate any feedback

Many Thanks : )