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There is also Authority Labs
https://authoritylabs.com/pricing/

The pricing/domains/keywords are similar to myseotool.com, but myseltool.com beats it out at the beginner level.

I use Authority Labs right now, but I'm definitely going to watch this thread closely as I just started using them and I'd be open to moving for a less expensive or greater feature tool.

A client that I worked with on another project has approached me asking if I can handle the transition from his old website to his new website.  He already had the new website designed and the URL structure is completely different than the old one. Normally this would not be a problem, just 301 redirect each page to the new page. However, this client has COMPLETELY redone his website from the ground up including navigation, pages and page content.

The old website has been around for 8 years and is ranking for some good keywords.  The reason he decided to build the new site is because the URL of his old domain is very long and for whatever reason he didn't like it (I'm assuming this would be misspellings of people trying to get back to his website and long email addresses, but he didn't clarify).

I have never dealt with such a drastic change before and wanted the SEOMoz community input on the best way to pass authority/link juice from the old domain to the new one.

Thanks in advance for your help.

One more suggestion.  You are not using .htaccess to either force www or force non-www.  From the way you typed your link above, it seems you don't want to use www.  Therefore, put this in your .htaccess file..

# Redirect www urls to non-www RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.austinweddingvenues\.org [NC] RewriteRule (.*) http://austinweddingvenues.org/$1 [R=301,L]

Be sure to also specify this in Google Webmaster tools.  You will need to verify that you have access to both www and non-www, so do that first before adding the lines above to your .htaccess file.

Good advice from these people.  Check Google Webmaster tools for any notifications.  I'm leaning towards Deb's explanation: Exact Match Domain.

You only have 17 root domains linking to you.  Try to increase that

You also only have 2 pages indexed in Google.  Have you submitted your sitemap to them?  Have you checked to make sure you aren't blocking the bots?

I'm predicting the future here...

bluecowseo.com <= Future spam site
seoration.com <= Future spam site

plimun.com <= Feed site
spekt.com <= Feed site
autson.com <= Feed site

Agreed, it is impressive no matter how they did it.  I guess if Google isn't smart enough to catch the spam domain, they wouldn't be smart enough to tie the two domains together (unless somebody rat them out of course).

Just called the phone number on the website and it lead me to this company:
ciplex [dot] com
Which has the same address as what is listed on the spam site.

Does this in any way put their non-spam domain in harm's way?

Sites do of course go viral. Rarely within the first 14 days and with only 2 keyword anchor texts. I didn't think penguins hibernated but I'll have to check into that now.  This would be a far cry from a natural linking pattern, especially considering they are 2 highly competitive keywords.  I've seen this type of stuff many times before, but nothing like this since April of this year.

Maybe Mr. Cutts should take a moment away from the camera and dig into this one.  Until Big G (who puts all these rules on us) stops rewarding these blatant disregards for the rules quicker, this guy will keep doing it time and time again with different domains... and in different niches.

So let me ask you this...

Since this is now obvious to us as to what he's doing, it begs the question as to WHY Big G can't tell what's going on here.  A domain that's 14 days old with thousands of backlinks, all (or almost all) of which are keyword targeted.

Can anybody shed light on this?

A domain these days only costs $8.  The b.s. strategies he's using probably cost him under a couple hundred bucks.  He's got to be making a boat load of more money on this even if he gets ONE client.

Does Google really reward white hat?

When I go to Google non-custom search results and search the term: seo company

The website "greencowseo.com" is ranked 3rd.  OpenSiteSearch shows nothing.

And get this... the domain was registered 14 days ago by somebody in Egypt.

Do I need to quit my SEO Moz membership and hire this guy?

Good advice from these people.  Check Google Webmaster tools for any notifications.  I'm leaning towards Deb's explanation: Exact Match Domain.

You only have 17 root domains linking to you.  Try to increase that

You also only have 2 pages indexed in Google.  Have you submitted your sitemap to them?  Have you checked to make sure you aren't blocking the bots?