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I actually don't have an answer for if Google will still crawl internal links with a NOFOLLOW attribute, but my guessing is that they would ignore it, but I could be off the ball there.

However, 152 links is far too many for one page and this should be stripped down, unless they all go somewhere different. Google will see this as a waste and will no doubt mark you down for doing so.

Remove duplicates going to the same page and re-design the page layout to achieve this is required. You won't be helping yourself.

Andy

Essentially Google only really gives any real weight to the first link on the page anyway, so by the time you get down there, it will be of miniscule benefit.

I would suggest you concentrate on a few good anchor links in the body of the page and not worry about the footer for anything SEO related

Hi Bryce,

As I said above "With everyone you are connected to through your Google Account?"

What I am looking for is a little more info (if anyone has any) on how this works. For example, I am sure that Google isn't going to show every document as shared from everyone in your network because before long, there would be no point in the having normal search results - everything would be a recommendation.

Is Google going to take every person I am connected with and selectively show me random articles? Is it everyone in my connected network?

Hi Folks,

I am trying to find out a little more about how individuals need to be connected to see that someone 'shared' something and for this to then show up in my results when signed into Google.

Can anyone shed a little more light on this please? I am just looking for extra clarification.

Would we need to be connected through Google Buzz? Facebook? Twitter? Quora? LinkedIn? None of the above? With everyone you are connected to through your Google Account?

What is Google using when it looks at how I am connected with others? This is from their Blog:

"First, social search results will now be mixed throughout your results based on their relevance (in the past they only appeared at the bottom). This means you’ll start seeing more from people like co-workers and friends, with annotations below the results they’ve shared or created. So if you’re thinking about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and your colleague Matt has written a blog post about his own experience, then we’ll bump up that post with a note and a picture..."

And...

"Second, we’ve made Social Search more comprehensive by adding notes for links people have shared on Twitter and other sites. In the past, we’d show you results people created and linked through their Google profiles. Now, if someone you’re connected to has publicly shared a link, we may show that link in your results with a clear annotation (which is visible only to you, and only when you’re signed in). For example, if you’re looking for a video of President Obama on “The Daily Show” and your friend Nundu tweeted the video, that result might show up higher in your results and you’ll see a note with a picture of Nundu:"

Many thanks,

Andy

I have used this one with no problems for a long while now:

XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.2.4

In theory t should be possible for anyone to go after, but it is a messy area I wish to stay well clear of.

Oddly enough I just tried to edit my photo and it said Upload, but with no other options - I press this and it says "No file selected".

I can't actually remember how I did this so could be a problem that needs reporting?

I dont use Addthis, but do you not have an admin area to track clicks?

Try and always keep Social up high where possible, unless it isn't feasible

Are you sure this is not hidden behind another window? Close everything down, clear your cache and try again  

Might also be a browser / OS problem as well.

It is done through having products in Google Marketplace - it's a whole different game of SEO there!

I think that it is preferable for many to follow this same placement of them, but I have many sites and pages with the same structure and have never had any problem

Regards,

Andy

Create a blog and write on subjects you are knowledgable about and that are on-topic for your website. Send these out via social channels and you will reap the rewards

Yeah always look at the feedback from those sites you are interested in. I am veyr happy with the one I use from TrueThemes - those guys cant do enough to help

It's all about the content at the end of the day. The more content you can get out there for the products, the better off you will be. Just be careful not to spin content. Keep it as clean as possible

Dont worry about follow and no follow. just concentrate on getting yourself spread as wide as possible. Tweet, Digg, Like, InShare, +1 et al. Get your articles out to as many places as possible

Rand went into this in a little detail in a webinar - you will get benefit

There is more at work now with links so even no-follows will benefit you - Google works in many mysterious ways

Very slow uptake for most it seems - I have gone to the page level with mine.

Even with an arrow and reminder pointing to mine, very few click on them - see here:

http://www.inetseo.co.uk/seo-services

Can't get any more clear I dont think!

I'm afraid I would never condone the use of such a service because at some point, Google is going to look at these in more detail and see hundreds of back-links from non-relevant sites and directories and will act accordingly, as only Google can.

I understand your frustration, but bide your time, get some great content written and go social with it

Dont worry about do-follow and no-follow as both will be of benefit to you. But as Aaron has already said, keep anything posted on relevant sites.

No need to robots out any pages because this is a wasted opportunity to get more content in there. No, you shouldn't have the same content on multiple pages, but you can use these to have something fresh and unique relating to the main product.

How many pages are you talking about in total?

Yes, I would create separate accounts if you have different brands and services to allow people to distinguish between your offerings.

Themeforest - best ones I have come across :0) http://themeforest.net/

Basically, you want to stop worrying about do-follow and no-follow and go for relevance. You also want to look at citations and mentions as well because there is much more at work with Social SEO than there once was.

On the other note, try not to pay anyone else to submit and try to gain you backlinks unless it is part of an agreed SEO program. My advice here is to walk away and just create great content that will see you getting linked to.

Also, be active in Social Media to build your reputation and standing.

Regards,

Andy

No, that's not correct. Think about the way link juice flows as well. Remember that it is the professionals who say neither of these practices are good. If you want a good strong SEO position, you need to avoid these practices.

Google will tell you not to have sites that are image heavy or that have content buried so that they cannot easily crawl / read it.

Steer well clear of both of these possibilities as neither will benefit your customer. Also remember that Google also uses page load speed as a metric as well.

Regards,

Andy

There is absolutely no reason why you can't turn it all around again To a degree, one of my customers also took a hit and with the changes we have made, they are starting to see rankings working their way back up again.

Remember to stick closely to the Google Webmaster guidelines and you will be fine - just don't try anything that could be seen as dodgy in any way and keep hitting that content hard.

Regards,

Andy

Firstly, avoid link networks at all cost as these will come back and bite you hard at some point.

Because everything is still being found by Google, I would say this is the algorithm at work.

When  you say you have spun articles, unless this has been done to read as a completely unique article, and not just changing a few phrases around, then you will be OK - However, Spun content needs to be of the highest quality so that if you put the two articles net to each other, neither would look like a spun version of the other.

My worry might be that you are being too active in trying to get links back from the wrong places. For example, if you have a news article on a new development for cars, then this article should be discussed only in car forums and blogs. You will be also seen by others who have a genuine interest in what you are saying.

If you have been hit by Panda, it can take many weeks to be re-crawled again, so don't expect fast changes.

Regards,

Andy

Concentrate on getting some unique and high quality content into your site rather than link building at this stage - remember even with link building, you need content for other website owners to want to link back to. Otherwise, the best you can expect are a few non-target website links or no-follow blog posts.

Combat the content first

Andy

Without seeing the site, it is awkward to make a judgement call on what has happened but from experience, a penalty is usually a lot more harsh than just 5 or 6 pages.

My best guess would be that it is Google Panda at work - and as such look for duplicate content and remove it, or 301, but ultimately, remember to have as much completely unique content as is possible. Focus on this rather than your SEO as a starter.

Regards,

Andy

I can't see how letting Google know through the use of canonical tags which is the predominant page to look at, is going to have any impact on your SEO, other than a positive one. Remember that in doing this you are making positive changes.

As Theo mentioned above, you can also 301 two of the pages you dont want indexed as well.

Good luck,

Andy

Avoid the sites that got hit with the Google stick. You will spend waste time chasing your tail for nil / minimal gains.

Regards,

Andy

Remember that google can't distinguish between that of a brand or a small website. They work on algorithms, so throw out of the window what you think should be right and go do some research on it. Matt Cutts from Google was part of a discussion on this. You can't get any closer to the source and was quoted as saying that they have been giving too much away to sites with keywords in the domain. Read between the lines here and you have another change on your hands. I think my time trying to offer advice in this Q&A has reached it's limit so good luck on your search. Andy

Yes, I guess there would be a backlash in the same way that panda was about to use triggers to allow them to weed out the site that are not playing ball.... Never try and second guess what Google will or can do... And I speak with more than just a little experience here... and more than 80,000 first page terms for my customers. As soon as I get wind that there is to be a change, I prepare well in advance for my customers so that they will not get a knock of any sort. I guess this is what keeps customers coming back.

If Google says they have been giving away too much to websites with keywords in the domains, then you had better be sure that to improve their results, that they will do something with it. However, will they tell us? Probably not. But after doing this for just over 10 years, you learn not to mess around with the search engines. If you feel you want to go against a metric that Google will start using at some point, feel free to put your customer in that position, but it will be a cold day in hell before I would endorse or undertake something like that myself. Andy

I might as well have not bothered posting here Just to reiterate my point again, Google is going to start clamping down on those sites that have too' many keywords in the domain, and this has been confirmed by Google, so you follow that route at your customers risk. Those that take this route now are going to regret that decision very soon. Those that ignore the warnings of Google better be prepared to pay the price... And there will be one! Never known of SEO's that go against what Google is doing. Crazy world!

I think the key word in Daniel's reply above is "sustainable". There is no point in going after low hanging fruit that offers no on-going benefits. Also focus on other 'bloggers' who have something of a reputation and see if you can engage them as well.

Write an article and ask for input from others is something else that I find works well. People like the chance to be a part of a study etc.

Regards,

Andy

Just about every site when starting out gets an initial boost - I have seen this dozens of times. You appear quite highly ranked for a while and then suddenly drop.

This is nothing more than Google putting the site where it really belongs. I wouldn't worry about it at all, but this is quite common. If you think about it, Google placing a site first page in just a few short months is pretty much unheard of.

I can't imagine that the addition of links at this early stage would be responsible for the drop as the site is still young.

Just keep concentrating on good (non reciprocal) links from trusted sites and keep the content flowing.

Regards,

Andy

Really? Well, that is very wrong If Google gets wind of anything like that, you will get a real kick in the pants! Get your fingers busy and start writing some great content for others to link to Regards, Andy

That sounds to me like you are wanting to start your own little link-farm - I would advise you steer well clear of this!

Regards,

Andy

I am not a developer, but I would say that if you are planning on anyone hitting your homepage to be forwarded, then this should be a perm redirect 301. Google understands these.

Regards,

Andy

I would avoid trying to run a website based on keywords or phrases as Matt Cutts has been quoted as saying that they have been paying too much attention to this in the past, so expect this to get a hit at some point. Those that have keywords in the name or that are made up of keywords will probably suffer a little.

Just go with the company name as this is the brand that people will remember and recognise.

Regards,

Andy

One of the first things I would do it look at is the flash at the top of the page. Does it need to be there? Google is going to see this as something of a wate of space.

I would also then look at standard SEO practices. For example, your page title is 92 characters. Shorten this and dont keyword stuff. Max should be 55-61 characters.

The content looks to be fine on that page so perhaps the internal links are also causing you some problems.

Quite often it is not just one factor, but many smaller ones - do yourself a check list and ensure every 'i' is dotted and every 't' is crossed.

Regards,

Andy

There are many factors that could be causing this - any chance you can drop yourURL here for us to take a look at?

Regards,

Andy

My guess is because this is a dynamic rather than static page. Google doesn't do well trying to index sites that have ? modifiers. Regards, Andy

And I should add that Aaron sorted me out. thanks dude Andy

That's something you want to avoid if you can. There is no substitute for an HTML based website.

Whilst we understand Google can see certain aspects of a Flash file, it will be a long way from what you can achieve if you avoid it.

Regards,

Andy

I would need to spend some considerable amount of time looking at this, which might be awkward. Just check that you are doing everything by the book. Don't go near black or grey hat techniques and get lots of unique content on there. You also want to build up a good social following and get them to read and repost your articles. Regards, Andy

I am also using Chrome but Aaron confirmed there is something wrong with mine.