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An error in the crawler is a possiblity. Although i'm not that familiar with the MOZ-crawler so i have to be careful

Have you considered issues where the URL is not actually written back to back in the code where you can see it? But where the crawler might get the impression that it has to written back to back? For instance in JavaScript/jQuery or similar techniques?

Good luck!
Bas

Hi Chloe,

I agree with Tim: concentrate on producing awesome content for the main site.

Just redirect the other domains to your main site.

Greets,
Bas

Hi Marc,

Could you please tell us if Caro of i have answered your question? If so, please mark the answer. It's nice to get some credits for the work we've both put into this

Thanks very much.
Bas

Hi Kjersti,

Ok, so: Google likes unique content that is original and has added value. This content is probably the same for all installers. Perhaps they have placed to logo of the installer in the top.

Copying it to your domain doesn't make it different from all the other installer-pages on the original domain. If that is the case, i would leave it at that domain. It has no positive effect on your client's site.

What you can do is write great articles on the domain of your client. Take the pages from the supplier as an example and write articles that are much better. More added value, easier to read AND: fun or exciting to read.

That way, you produce original content that visitors will want to read. Word for word. Perhaps they will even share it on their social media accounts. This way: you make this site stronger and will almost certainly improve the position in the SERP's. If people are actually starting to share these articles in social media, you will also improve the local visibility of your client.

Greets,
Bas

Hi Jason,

Could it be that someone accidentally has written the URL this way? Perhaps you have someone working on the content for this site who wrote the URL this way?

Do you also have this error in other tools, like Google Webmaster Tools?

Greets,
Bas

Hi Kjersti,

Since the content of the microsite is not on your domain, Google won't credit you for that content. Meaning: you don't have to expect your site to get a higher ranking due to this content.

As long as you don't have the same content on your own domain as well, you won't get a penalty either.
So: all in all, for now i cannot see how this content will impact your search results. In a positive or negative way.

If you wanted to rank higher you would have to have this content on your domain.
Please pay attention: make sure you only hare original content on every domain you work for! Just copy this content and place it on the clients domain won't work and might even backfire.

If you want, you can read an article i've recently written. The article is my analysis of what great content nowadays is. It's in Dutch so i can image you'd have to use Google Translate.
https://www.3pix.nl/e-commerce/website-optimalisatie-2016-prikkelindex/

Does this help you?

Greets,
Bas

Hi Trenton: have a guess what we use to identify obstacles

Thanks for your comments!

Bas

Hi Nicolas and Trenton, thanks for your input. I'm not a data freak. Altough my girlfriend might not agree ;-). I'm not focused on BR. I think Trenton is spot on: Google knows a lot more. And even if they didn't: if visitors are spending over a certain amount of time on your page, you're probably filling in their needs.

I'd like to know the details about BR, that's my main goal for asking these questions. I'm not going to bother firing extra triggers after x-time just so the visit won't count as a bounce.

In the past few weeks, i watched a lot of YouTube-video's, amongst others Whiteboard Friday and read a lot of articles about SEO.

I'm left with the idea that the best thing you can do is create REALLY compelling content: easy to read sentences and headings, entertaining images, embedded YouTube-video's, PDF's, etc, etc.

I'm trying to create some posts to see how far i can get. I'm looking at it as if i'm working for the BBC or something: the goal is to create top notch content: adding value, entertaining to process, helpful AND great to look at.

I personally think that's the way to go these days. We'll see if i'm right

Thanks,
Bas

Try to put that .htaccess on the old site. It will rewrite the asked URL before it can be processed by the server. It will rewrite the request to contain the new domain.

On the new domain, you already have the code to process these requests.

Try that and report back. It probably works after that.

Ok, just to be sure: you have placed this .htaccess on the old site. Right?

If that is the case and you've pasted the exact code i mentioned, then something else might be causing the issue.

Also: be sure to try this with a browser that hasn't visited the site in a while. It happens to me sometimes that the browser will simply remember the redirect and not follow the .htaccess.

Hope any of this helps!

Hi Ruben,

You've uploaded a new site map so Google will correct this over time.

Method #1: In the mean time you can manually delete the URL's from Webmaster Tools:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/url-removal

You can find this link in 'Google-index' and after that 'Remove URLs'. I have translated those terms from Dutch so give me some slack

Post the URL you can to delete and hit Enter. Will take some effort but i've noticed a couple of days ago that it works like a charm.

In the mean time Google will remove the old URL's permanently from the index.

Method #2: If you are familiar with .htaccess-files you can also mention the old URL's there and give a 410-status code. '410' stands for "The URL is gone and i have no new URL for you". Or - as someone wrote a couple of years ago - "It's gone, No really: it's gone."

Perhaps this link will help you on your way:
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2014/11/http-410-error-pages-htaccess/

Good luck!
Bas

Hi Kjersti,

Since the content of the microsite is not on your domain, Google won't credit you for that content. Meaning: you don't have to expect your site to get a higher ranking due to this content.

As long as you don't have the same content on your own domain as well, you won't get a penalty either.
So: all in all, for now i cannot see how this content will impact your search results. In a positive or negative way.

If you wanted to rank higher you would have to have this content on your domain.
Please pay attention: make sure you only hare original content on every domain you work for! Just copy this content and place it on the clients domain won't work and might even backfire.

If you want, you can read an article i've recently written. The article is my analysis of what great content nowadays is. It's in Dutch so i can image you'd have to use Google Translate.
https://www.3pix.nl/e-commerce/website-optimalisatie-2016-prikkelindex/

Does this help you?

Greets,
Bas

Well: like i said: it's better to have 'natural anchors'. So, yes, you can score with a different anchor text.

Say for example: you wouldn't tell anyone to which page they would have to link to and what anchor or IF they need to use an anchor text. In this case: the inlinks and anchor texts would probably be very 'natural'. Meaning: all different.

In that you will very probably gain DA or PA with these inlinks.

It's not only the anchor text, or the source URL, or the relevancy of the content of the linking domain to your domain: it's all these and much more combined. The anchor text is only a part of the complete 'calculation'.

To come back to your question if such a link will give you a boost: there is a high probability that it will, no matter what the anchor text is. Since the site that is linking to you is about a similar topic, i would expect a positive effect. Whether you can measure the effect or not depends on a lot of other elements that we (in this forum) don't know.

Of course: a link with an anchor text containing the keyword that you chose to the page you've chosen would be perfect. But that doesn't mean all other combinations are useless. Maybe less effective towards to your personal or business goal. That might be the case.

Does this help you?
Bas

Hi Miriam,

Since i always have my phone around, that has proven to be a perfect tool. I use the Todoist-app, Google Drive/Docs-app and the camera. These have proven to be invaluable (i believe that is how you say that in English..) to me!

When a new idea or a solution comes to mind, i rarely have a computer at hand. Or i might be working on a completely different thing or project.

Now I just have to open the app that seems to be the easiest and voila: i've captured the idea.

In the next couple of days i will always run into the image i took, the note in Todoist or the mention in Drive. At that point i usually have the time to write it down in my agenda to plan some time to really start working on the idea.

In the mean time i find myself finetuning the idea. And thinking how useful this idea actually is. It might seem like a great idea at 1.30 in the morning. But does it still after a couple of days? Doesn't have to be!

So: capturing the idea apparently makes my mind realise it can relax and doesn't have to hold on to this idea. And the other ideas that came up in the past. I think that is what people call 'mindfulness'.

Instead of draining myself, these apps help me stay focussed at the task that i'm being paid for now. While not losing potentially great ideas and allowing me to pick them up at a later moment in time.

For instance: today i have several categories in Todoist and Drive. Ranging from business goals, possible blog posts to possible birthday presents. I might not need some of these for quite some time. But when I do, I know I have captured the most ideas that came to mind. And they are there for when I'm ready. I like that thought.

Hope you can use some of this for your discussion!

Bas

Hi Nicolas and Trenton, thanks for your input. I'm not a data freak. Altough my girlfriend might not agree ;-). I'm not focused on BR. I think Trenton is spot on: Google knows a lot more. And even if they didn't: if visitors are spending over a certain amount of time on your page, you're probably filling in their needs.

I'd like to know the details about BR, that's my main goal for asking these questions. I'm not going to bother firing extra triggers after x-time just so the visit won't count as a bounce.

In the past few weeks, i watched a lot of YouTube-video's, amongst others Whiteboard Friday and read a lot of articles about SEO.

I'm left with the idea that the best thing you can do is create REALLY compelling content: easy to read sentences and headings, entertaining images, embedded YouTube-video's, PDF's, etc, etc.

I'm trying to create some posts to see how far i can get. I'm looking at it as if i'm working for the BBC or something: the goal is to create top notch content: adding value, entertaining to process, helpful AND great to look at.

I personally think that's the way to go these days. We'll see if i'm right

Thanks,
Bas

Hi Katherine,

Hmm difficult to answer that question since we don't know the techniques you are using on this site. Apart from AngularJS.

This site show me a 200-header code. Which is an indication that everything is OK.

http://www.webconfs.com/http-header-check.php

What site gave you the 302-header code? One of MOZ's tools?

Bas

Hi: best to have natural anchor texts. Rand said in one of the Whiteboard Friday videos that it's better to not have all anchor texts the same. That's not natural. Have some variation in anchor texts.

As long as the anchor texts resemble the content and your chosen keyword(s), the anchor text will still push you in the right direction.

Hope that helps.

Bas

Hi Ruben,

Have you tried deleting these old pages from the index at Google Webmaster Tools?

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/url-removal

You can only delete them temporarily but it might overlap the process of actually deleting the pages that you have already set in motion by uploading a new site map.

I did that about a week ago and the effect was noticeable within a couple of days.

Bas

Hi Robert,

1. Correct: use the permanent header code

2. Good question. I don't know that specific answer. I think that period depends on all kinds of factors. I would leave the old sitemap in place for quite some time. As long as you use the permanent header code you're ok.

3. Do not throw that away! just keep that login. You can also verify crawling errors, etc with this account.

Good luck with the migration!

Bas

Hi Chloe,

I agree with Tim: concentrate on producing awesome content for the main site.

Just redirect the other domains to your main site.

Greets,
Bas