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WordPress SEO by Yoast allows you to add a "noindex, follow" to these pages. that will prevent the duplicate issues.  You can also remove the media pages from your sitemap.

You can even drill down to each individual image and determine whether you want that image to be indexed or not.

Another option is to remove the link from the image in the post.  I know you are dealing with quite a few images but unless you are wanting to promote that image, I would remove the link.

I use Standard Theme for all my blog sites. It integrates the core functions of WordPress SEO by Yoast with a really well coded theme.  As far as the duplicate content.  Wordpress SEO by Yoast lets you deal with what items to nofollow and noindex very easily on almost any theme.

I would be good to set up Site Search tracking and monitor the searches that are taking place.  Depending on the results it might be a good idea to create a "You were looking for 'this product' but 'this product' or "this product" might be a good fit." page.

Also, make sure to check back through the links to the site and try to reach out to the websites in regards to changing the link URL.  Watch GWT closely over the next few months.

That's great information and process.

According to Google Search Quality engineer, Uli Lutz, you only need to include the links in GWMT.  Here is an article with more information on that.

This is being caused by your "Related Post" plugin/module. To correct this problem simply add rel="nofollow"  to the links in that module.

I'm not a part of the SEOmoz staff or Dev team (I play one on tv though) but from the acquisition of GetListed.org and David Mihm saying over and over that the Web App is going to have some dramatic changes in the coming months I would say yes.  Check out the first paragraph in one of David's most recent blog posts. I'm really looking forward to the full integration of GetListed.org data and tools.

It's best to link them to location pages on the domain.  In local, domain authority wins over page authority.  User experience wins over bot experience.  This is the current trend of local and it doesn't appear to be changing.  Here is a great article by Nifty Marketing that illustrates a good local landing page.

There is no telling what they will do with the page you replaced it with but I would put my money on the new optimized page doing better than the category page ever did.  You should have more content value on the new page.  Category pages are often linked to so I would run a link report on the old URL and try to get some of those links to change the page they are linking to.

Since you are using WP, I would also consider adding a category specific loop on the page that took the category page. This would be a big help to users and show some good relevance to the search engines.

I would not be afraid of duplicate content more than I would be afraid of diminishing value of your site's focus because the bot is wasting resources on the 301's.

I have a client in Volusion as well.  You need to go into the link on the page for leaving a review and add a "rel="nofollow" " tag to the link.  This will solve your 302's.

I did the same thing to the "email a friend" option on the product pages and it solved that issue.

This guy is my #1 resource when it comes to GA.  http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/

I bought "WebAnalytics 2.0" and ate it up.  Most of the information he teaches is principles and so the practical action steps make more sense and as GA and GWT change in the coming years you will have a solid footing to develop your data mining.

I have yet to find a good company for a price within my budget.  I head up the SEO for an ecommerce site as well and am about to embark on a link building campaign.  I'm excited about the recent updates in Google because I think it will allow us to stay competitive by gaining a few great links more naturally than unnatural useless links.

I know there are some incredibly creative link building companies out there, I just haven't found one that works in my small budget.

I'd been dabbling in SEO since 2007 when I finally buckled down about 2 years and jumped in head first.  The biggest influence on me was the Beginner's Guide To SEO that SEOmoz just updated.  Then I went through every White Board Friday and Pro Webinar I could.

Followed key people on Twitter and asked some of the dumbest questions.  SEO's (at least good ones) are so incredible helpful and willing to help you out.  I can remember getting my first big client and I called just to get more acquainted with the Pro Tools here.  Actually got to talk to Cyrus, before I knew who he was.

So basically: read, follow, and ask.  With every change in the SEOsphere you become that much more of an expert.

Not much to add except that I feel it has paid for itself every month for me as a freelance SEO.  I have started including it in my resume and have had several opportunities simply because I emphasize my membership so much.  I know that if I didn't have the membership I wouldn't be where I am now in my freelance career.

From the sounds of your explanation you are the business.  You may be "doing business as" a name but your customers and future customers are purchasing your services because of you.  I have seen a lot of people claiming their Google+ business page and using it in a tactical way but very personal as well.  It's going to be a different strategy but can still be very personal.

I don't know Google personally but... (a little joke there) I can only assume with the new rel="author" and rel="me" tags and all the connecting of Google's infrastructure that it understands people are becoming the face of their companies.

I would recommend claiming your social network identity for "branding" and creating a strategy around it.  Begin posting strictly business news to Google+ page and only referencing it.  Same thing with Facebook and Twitter.  Claim your brand identity, use the networks intentionally but keep your own personal pages so that you become the authority of your market AND your brand.

At least that's what I'm trying to do.

I guess it ultimately depends on the audience but I would say that I would give it a few weeks and generate some sort of written response to the new features/design from the more active users.  Then I would include those in an email blast letting everyone know what is different and that they should give it another shot.  The testimonials (responses) would garnish much more upfront trust and generate a more positive attitude among those who were disappointed with the way things were handled in the past.

Starting fresh with a soft launch and then with the testimonials of a few, conquer the world! Or something like that.

I understand the need for fixing 404's but I have yet to have a serious walkthrough of how to set up a 301.  From all the talk on the forums and such I'm pretty sure this is easy but I've just never done it before and I could really use a walk through.

Thanks

I'm not a part of the SEOmoz staff or Dev team (I play one on tv though) but from the acquisition of GetListed.org and David Mihm saying over and over that the Web App is going to have some dramatic changes in the coming months I would say yes.  Check out the first paragraph in one of David's most recent blog posts. I'm really looking forward to the full integration of GetListed.org data and tools.

Alice is right.  Taking the time to invest in unique content, descriptions, image file names, alt tags and URLs are going to be make a big difference on an ecommerce site.

We sometimes assume that because we didn't rank for something it is a penalty when in reality it was just never indexed like we wanted it to.  You product and category pages may do a little Google wiggle in the beginning but that is common.  Usually it take me a few weeks to see have a good idea of where my product pages will rank and then optimize from there.  Don't assume that because you showed up in the top of the rankings at first and then dropped back that it is a penalty.  It is usually just the algorithm's way of evaluation the place of the page in that SERP.

Created quality unique content for a researched keyword, watch the results, analyse the data and then rinse and repeat.