Hi,

Google cleared yesterday about how it deals with domain extensions, and confirmed that they’re all weighted equally.

To know more read @ http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ca/2015/07/googles-handling-of-new-top-level.html

Hope this helps.

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Hi,

To calculate the percentage increase/decrease:

First: work out the difference (increase) between the two numbers you are comparing.

Increase = New Number - Original Number

Then:  divide the increase by the original number and multiply the answer by 100.

% increase = Increase ÷ Original Number × 100.

If your answer is a negative number then this is a percentage decrease.

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Hi John,

If I understand your question correctly then answer is an increase of 40.72%.

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Hi,

Optimal format for any page title tag is **Primary Keyword - Secondary Keyword | Brand Name. **

You can use it same for homepage also. If a brand is well-known enough to make a difference in click-through rates in search results, the brand name should be first. If the brand is less known or relevant than the keyword, the keyword should be first.

If you keep your titles under 55 characters, you can expect at least 95% of your titles to display properly

Hope this helps.

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Hi Russell,

I use '&' and 'and' both but in different scenario. e.g

If keyword is 'artificial plants & trees' (having significant search volume) then I will use 'artificial plants & trees' not 'artificial plants and trees' and If keyword is 'artificial plants and trees' then I will use 'artificial plants and trees' not 'artificial plants & trees'.

So first you should check keyword is with 'and' or '&' and use in title according to that. If you are using 'and' or '&' like separator then it would be better to use pipe(|) or dash (-).

Hope this helps.

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Cheers Andy.

It's not really for the benefit of SEO, more for the relevant referral traffic it may bring.

I guess my concern was around the sheer number of links that one site in particular was pointing in our direction and the potential for these to be seen as spam/ unnatural links.

Alick

Hi All,

I post coupons on coupon sites a month ago and when I checked backlinks of my website I saw approx 1000 links coming from coupon sites on my Brand Name.

IMO it is quite natural please share your views.

*All the big brands listed on that coupon sites e.g amazon, dell etc

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Hi Li,

I'm completely agree with Umar's suggestion.

To know more how to use Heading tag in SEO perspective please read this @ http://blog.woorank.com/2013/04/how-to-use-heading-tags-for-seo/

Hope this helps.

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Hi Danielle,

I have checked from my end but I'm not seeing URL with utm_source, after clicking on search result it is going to http://employment.govt.nz/er/holidaysandleave/parentalleave/

If you are still seeing the same it means your page is indexed with utm_source you can use rel=canonical on http://employment.govt.nz/er/holidaysandleave/parentalleave/ or you can also use 301 redirect.

You are not getting correct source because you are searching in Google and showing the page http://employment.govt.nz/er/holidaysandleave/parentalleave/?utm_source=newzealandnow.govt.nz but logically source should be Google not newzealandnow.govt.nz

Hope this helps.

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Hi Leo,

Try Ahrefs.com. It is one of the best backlink checker tool and they show some fantastic data and break it down in pretty much every way imaginable.

How many links you have, from how many IPs, linking to which pages with which anchor text.

They breakdown the links by types and provide all sorts of graphs and visualisation options

Hope this helps.

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Hi,

I'm replying you point by point.

1>You must take backlink point to https domain because currently you are using SSL.

2>Yes as you mentioned that you have used 301 redirect so link equity pass to https domain with very negligible loss in link juice but you should take link on https domain because you are using SSL now.

3>Yes of course that is why people use 301 redirect so link equity can pass from old URL to new URL.

Hope this helps.

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