The canonical tag only really tells the spiders there is similar content on the page that you've used the tag for, I wouldn't say that is passes any real "juice" as you call it.

You should probably restructure your links if you want the full benefit.

The seo moz stats for a site is not the exactly same as what google uses to determine authority/trust so just because one seems to have more authority does not mean google thinks it is more relevant.

Hence why even some new sites with minimal back links can outrank some very trusted sites on the same topic.

Welcome to the wonderful world of seo, strap in and get comfortable because it's a never ending journey.

All the best

Don't get caught up on what google does or does not tell you.

If you can find a relevent place for a link to be placed in the content, then do it. If it's helpful for the user then do it.

Generally, google will only count one link per page in terms of passing the juice to it, but if the same link is used in content it will still count somewhat, because the content is obviously relevent to the link that is placed, that in itself is a yes vote.

Good luck

Go into WMT if you have an account and resubi your sitemap for websitebuildersword.com, or simply google suggest site or something similar and find where you can submit your site to google again.

It should get indexed again anyway, because you should have some links out there somewhere that the bots will detect and go to your site from.

Quite a big stuff up though, on your programmers part.

Good luck

Simply put don't make your pages for SEO, make them for your users/visitors, do your main SEO offsite.

Time and time again though, we've experienced the google high - bing/yahoo low or the google low - yahoo/bing high.

It would seem each search engine reviews the others and do not want to display the same results, after all, what would be the point?

So figure out which one you want to target and go for it with whatever methods that get you up there. I think it'd be quite hard to get #1 for all search engines, unless of course your a site like wiki.

Good luck!

"in google webmaster tools we have targeted the shop domain to United States, which may be another factor"

That's your problem right there.

If you tell google that your site is aimed towards the U.S market, you will have to put up with "Unites States" next to your site.

Sorry but there is no way around it, that's google for you.

Usually if you have a link on your page it will have anchor text, to place a link to another site behind an inage/ico COULD be seen as a neg signal.

It may not be your intention, but google cares not about your intentions, it does what it wants.

You can always use the nofollow tag if you want to keep the link and are worried it may be effecting your site.

Sitelinks are a sign of domain authority in googles eyes, I dont mean it's like a huge thing, but google trusts your site enough to show more links and that's a good thing.

I have seen them come and go just by switching browsers, I.E shows them mozilla doesn't and vice versa, also if you have made a lot of changes recently it could be a case as you say of google trying to figure out when you will stabalize and then rank you/trust you accordingly.

"in google webmaster tools we have targeted the shop domain to United States, which may be another factor"

That's your problem right there.

If you tell google that your site is aimed towards the U.S market, you will have to put up with "Unites States" next to your site.

Sorry but there is no way around it, that's google for you.

The seo moz stats for a site is not the exactly same as what google uses to determine authority/trust so just because one seems to have more authority does not mean google thinks it is more relevant.

Hence why even some new sites with minimal back links can outrank some very trusted sites on the same topic.

Welcome to the wonderful world of seo, strap in and get comfortable because it's a never ending journey.

All the best

Go into WMT if you have an account and resubi your sitemap for websitebuildersword.com, or simply google suggest site or something similar and find where you can submit your site to google again.

It should get indexed again anyway, because you should have some links out there somewhere that the bots will detect and go to your site from.

Quite a big stuff up though, on your programmers part.

Good luck