Quick question Bruce - is the site built in Wordpress? If so, there are 301 plugins that you can use that are very simple to use. If you have access to the domain control panel, you can setup forwarding through that as well, but that is just for the domain. You would need to check with your hosts though, and make sure it's a 301 - it should be.

As already mentioned by Hector, don't redirect all pages to just the root though. This is bad practice and would certainly land you in trouble.

-Andy

Not at all - on the new site, setup a list of pages to be redirected (301) to corresponding pages on the new domain and make sure you advise Google through Webmaster Tools that the site has moved.

However, don't turn everything off on the old server until you have confirmed all is working on the new one.

-Andy

You are fine using any of them and it's down to personal preference, although I use a pipe because it is clearer when looking at the title. It also depends on the Title as well - sometimes a pipe won't do the job and you need to use a comma.

Also, including current month and year with Title tag and it will change every month. Its means every month our title is changed

I would try to avoid this. You don't want the same page title to keep changing. By all means add something to the page that states when it was last updated, but I wouldn't use the Page Title for this.

-Andy

Hi,

I don't know if it was just one post, but if you don't have permission and no matter what language you translate it to, that is plagiarism.

Even if you have their permission, Google is very good at translation so they are likely to know if this has been posted somewhere before.

You really need to be creating unique content rather than relying on what has already been said somewhere else before. This is not a practice that is good for SEO.

-Andy

Hi,

First of all, you should be aware that SEMRush changed their algorithm a week or so ago and a client of mine also saw the same issue. They have really set the bar low when it comes to showing this factor now, to the point I don't agree with it.

However, I would use this as a signal just to allow you to see if the content is lacking a little on the page, rather than worrying if it will affect SEO. Of course, if you have a page with no content, this is bad for both usability and SEO, but text / HTML ratio isn't a direct ranking signal. See it as more of an indicator to see if the code can be cleaned and to help increase page load times.

There is never any harm in trying to speed up your pages either. If you think that some of the code is slowing things down, then look at how this can be improved. You can always do more to better the user experience, and with that will come indirect SEO improvements.

Write amazing content for your pages (where possible) and don't worry too much about text / HTML ratio. I know which one Google will be paying more attention to

-Andy

Hi Ravi,

As already echoed above, I would avoid these now. There is a bigger risk now than there was when that was first produced.

Link-building (link acquisition)now needs to be focusing on having link-worth assets and sharing these with those who would be interested.

I always use BuzzSumo as an example here, because you are able to see what is being shared in your niche, who shared it (great for outreach) and then even if it has lead to any backlinks. It's these sites that linked that you can also contact.

I would suggest looking at great content that has been shared, and try and make something better. You would be surprised what can come from this.

-Andy