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Check List:

1. Move old content to the new domain
2. 301 as many pages to the same content on the new domain as possible
3. Submit a change of address through Google Webmaster Tools
4. Contact site owners that give you high quality incoming links, request they change the links from the old site to the new site (personal preference)
5. Keep building new high quality links to your site's content level pages.

Note:

If it's a brand new domain, Google is going to put your site through about a three month trial period before it accurately ranks you. From my understanding it's done to help prevent spam.

Hi Carrol,

I'm not seeing you screenshot can your re-upload it?

Did you depersonalize your browser?

Are you still indexed? No need to submit a reconsideration if you are.

Noindex you duplicate content.

Develop a new links to your new quality content. Guest blog, do some non-profit work in the community, ect.

If you're still indexed, you should regain some rankings quickly. However after a slap you're going to have to show Google you've changed your ways over the course of a couple of months to get back to where you were.

What CMS/language are you using?

Do some guest blogging and point links at your 301s from your guest posts. Google will see that you mean business. You'll have new links and the old pages will be deindexed quicker.

Hi Jane,

It's best practices to dedicate the direction of an article/page to one topic/keyword. However, if your site is showing multiple times in the SERPs and it's not for spammy reasons, you are effectively covering more real estate on the page thus increasing your chances of getting clicked on, revel in that

Hi,

Clarification:

Have an image next to your site's results doesn't help your rankings per-se. However it does increase your visibility in the results pages, increasing the amount of clicks/visitors your site will get.

Recommendation:

I often tell clients who have a dedicated writer on staff to have them use their personal G+ profile for the content they write. That way you are still getting visibility. If you are running your own business, you are your brand. So personally I would link my own account to what I write.

We're still waiting for Google to catch up with business pages

Regards,

Ben

That's why I used the words "usually" and "generally" lol

"painter new york" is what is referred to as a "head" phrase. That is, a phrase that has a high search volume but a high competition.

So on your home page's title; yes, I would target your head phrase. However you need to be building content in the longtail to rank well for that head phrase.

One of my favorite SEO Moz videos that talks about the longtail is back from 2009. It's dated but it's a great intro, and is still relevant for instruction purposes.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-ignore-the-tail-at-your-peril

If you really want to digg deep into SEO I reccomend watching all of SEO Moz's old videos on Vimeo and You Tube. The 5 year old ones get into a bunch of great ideas that are still useful today, but no one is talking about.

http://vimeo.com/user409469

http://www.youtube.com/user/greatsc0tt

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What's the reason for the style you are using? Are you trying to hide them for a "benefit"?

If another agent can see it, Google can see it.

Personally I would email/call the editor about it. Network with them on Twitter and Linked In as well.

Hi

Generally I find that phrases contain "in" "of" "near" are more difficult to rank because Google usually displays local business listing, where if you exclude those words you have a "normal" page.

So it's safe to say is there are:

• Different search volumes
• Different SERP results

The keywords are not the same.

You'll usually find that if you have a phrase like:

painter new york

Google will treat the swaping of words as having the same search volume for example:

new york painter

Hope this helps

@bnspak

I feel like a noob for asking but I have to know

Any time you 301 content it's going to take search engine a while to catch up. You may run into issues with duplicate content for countries that speak all the same langue such as the UK and the USA.

However I had recently read the if you rel=canonical the old page to the new locations it speeds up the indexing process. I'll see if I can find the link for you when i get home later.

A good question. I know how to split the local traffic up to see what month's are receiving the most search volume but I'm not sure about geographically.

Thanks for the resource Oleg

I suppose. I'm just worried about the placement of keyword in the title no longer mattering when it comes to ranking.

For example we are trying to rank for a head keyword and Google is displaying the name of our business in the title tag and not the one we created.

Hey guys,

I noticed alot of titles of webpages in Google now vary from search to search. They also differ from the Title tag that has been set by the webmaster.

Anyone else notice this? (My results are depersonalized)

Hi Alen,

Try not to think in terms of nofollow/follow links if it's from an authoritative source Google is going to see that. Would you turn down a nofollow link from a Wikipedia page?

Agreed

Hi Ben,

• Are the pages canonicalized?
• Have you considered no indexing search results?
• Do you have links pointing to search result pages?

To be honest I wouldn't until the newer sites mature a bit. But if you were to go forward with it, I would recommend you no-follow the links.

@lindsay

Yup I saw the matt cutts tweet

You can also look at http://mozcast.com/ if you ever feel like something odd may be going on. SEO Moz is great at keeping track of fluctuations for you.

Things look in order on you site, are you using someone else's text?

lol yup, if you had fun doing 8+ hours of link building, you can enjoy it even more when you have to remove them. #damnthegoogleoverlords

Good rule of thumb, if you're getting links from:

• .info
• .ru
• .biz

They are usually poor links and should be avoided of removed.

Check your site's links in OSE (Open Site Explorer)

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

If they are:

Directory links or article submission links it should be easy to log in and delete them, assuming you were provided with the credentials.

"Part of the dental associations core is sharing information to make them better dentists and to help their patients which in addition to their education, is why they are considered to be some of the best dentists in the world. As such, we build links from what we consider to be valuable content between the sites."

Don't worry about all of that. Sounds like you guys are squared away ^_^

A viable solution, but I don't want to be too covert about it.

Solid answer, I didn't even consider no-indexing the page, it'd primarily be for users anyway.

I'm curious do you think Google would fault you or you'd get less link power if you made a page (on your website) of your guest posts from across the net and linked out to them?

Thanks for sharing the tool Miriam! How'd you come across it?

I wouldn't foresee an issues but to be honest I have no idea. I'm interested as well.

Hi  Luis,

I would try that first. However I don't think you need a buffer page legally but don't quote me read up on 2257 first:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2257

**Who is your CC processor? **

I know for a fact CCBill requires a buffer page, but once you get your account and sub accounts approved, they don't check up on you. So if one were to remove it..

Regards,

@bnspak

Haha no worries Alex, we've all been there!

My first step is to usually create a work process for each SEO related task I'll need, for example:

http://www.popvia.com/work-processes/guest-post-acquisition-and-follow-up/

How are you planning on billing?

• Monthly
• Per hour

What KPIs are you using to determine campaign success?

• Traffic
• Conversions/Sales

What tools are you going to use for?

• Rank Checking/Error Checking (SEO Moz assumed)
• Quick 404 error checking
• Task management (try trello)

Let me know a little bit more about what you are looking for and we can build upon your questions.

Regards,

@bnspak

Do you know of someone who has done a case study on this that I can look over? I appreciate your input and would like to verify it.

Does Google slipt the rank of:

• example.com/index.php
• example.com/

Nope, they choose the best page to show people.

If you add different content to different pages does google rank them differently?

Yes.

You know what you need to do.

The past couple of days there as been some flux industry wide. http://mozcast.com/

• How much traffic are you loosing not having Google the places listing rank?
• Are your increased organic rankings going to get you the same, or more traffic?

If you can have something better with this new change with little work, spend your time on that.

I'd agree with @goodlegaladvice

301 in this fashion.

http//:www.example-keyword-domain.com

http//:www.example.com/keyword/

• Move any relevant content
• Make sure you don't have overlapping content

Fixing Crawl Diagnostic Issues

http://www.seomoz.org/help/fixing-crawl-diagnostic-issues

Crawl Diagnostics

http://www.seomoz.org/help/crawl-diagnostics

It's not just you I have seeing flux, so have people like Cyruss Shepard. I'm assuming it's another rollout of on of the new updates. SEO Moz has been showing flux as well http://mozcast.com/

If it's Good for users it's good for Google.

Potentially duplicate content < Fast page load speed + Lower Bounce Rate

Change the site structure and let the pages 404, Google will deindex them if they are not being linked to.

Yes, and I'd ask:

What do they do on the off months? You can help them on the one months, but what are they doing to diversify their income?

Help them with both and you'll have a client for a long time

It absolutely makes sense!

Why?

Google is great at picking up on duplicate content, even if it's in another language.

Benefits of separating:

Register with a .es domain name and you can geo-target spanish speaking clients easier.

No duplicate content penalties.
Increased, targeted traffic = better conversions (more sales)

How?

Just use the same design/structure for your new site
301 the old pages to their new locations

Cost?

Low if you use the same design
Have to pay your SEO for the work

Network with bloggers and social media users who:

• Are computer or tech friendly/technicians
• Advertising firms that specialize in print
• Graphic Design Firms
• Office Equipment Websites/Blogs
• Business Bloggers

By network I mean

• Share tips/experience
• Share funny yet professional stories about your industry/pitfalls
• Interview people in those industries
• offer to write a guest post for their blog

No, this is new to me. But this might help:

.htaccess: how do multiple .htaccess files work?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7892921/htaccess-how-do-multiple-htaccess-files-work

Check GA (Google Analytics)

1. Are the 404d pages receiving search traffic?
2. Are the 404d pages ruining your user experience? (Are they accessible via your site links)

If no to both, is this really worth a couple hours of your time?