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Thanks guys,

I actually already knew the answer to the question, but I see a lot of websites ranking high while still using tabs with general information (exactly the same) on similar products.

My website has mainly custom made products so the general information is the same and there are too many products to write it as unique content. I now use a button that leads to a separate page with all the information but somehow I just don't like it. It just looks so much more informative to have all this information on the product page itself without having to go to another page.

If Google really cares about giving as much information as possible, why isn't there a way to have this type of duplicate content?

Is making tabs with general product information on similar products considered duplicate content?

Don't forget about Pinterest as that is all about pictures and funny pictures are actually the most shared pictures on Pinterest. I'm sure that people will pick up on your website if your pictures get shared often enough.

They have really comprehensive video tutorials on www.lynda.com and they are well explained and make me understand the whole SEO thing a lot better. There is no accredited diploma upon finishing the tutorials, but the things you learn are usable right away.

They also do other tutorials on other subjects like Google Analytics, Adwords, webdesign and a lot more, so I think it is worth to have a look there by using the free 7 day trial.

Thanks Tim, makes total sense now!

Thanks Tom,

So how can I use this metric in my advantage?
Google doesn't really count FB shares and likes, does it?

It may sound like a stupid question but what kind of likes and shares is Opensite Explorer referring at? Is it just how much your page gets liked and shared or about the posts on FB?

I agree with Federico, Google Page Speed helped me fix many issues on my site and made it quite a bit faster.

Hi Federico,

If you were targeting one language then I would have agreed with you but in this case it is two different languages of people that 'don't like' to speak other languages. Even if you can target people per post individually, most people like to scroll through a page's posts and images so they would still see the other posts in different languages. I don't think that it costs a lot of effort to make 2 separate pages and target each country in their own language. If you're good at what you're doing you might even find trends specific to each country and thus make it more relevant to each country.

But again, this is just my humble opinion

I have to disagree with Federico about the single Facebook account.

I know Germans and I know French people and they don't really like to speak other languages than their own. I would definitely make separate Facebook and Twitter accounts if I were you, so that you can target them in their own language. Trying to target them in English will not work or at least not as well as you would like it to.

Pinterest and Flickr on the other hand are based on images, so you can have a single account and just add hashtags (for Pinterest) or text in both languages as the images mostly speak for themselves. Also I do think that images add a lot of value because a good picture is worth more than a thousand words.

This of course is just my humble opinion.

I try to keep my related products in the same category, because the way I see it when someone is looking for a wedding dress, they rather see more wedding dress suggestions than jumping to accessories. The accessories may be added to the suggestion on the checkout page (I'm looking into that at the moment).

I'm going to take crusader's advise and ask different opinions and do some testing to see what works better.

Thank you both for taking the time to reply.

Funny how you mention Amazon, because I actually followed their lead on adding as much as possible, but just making sure that they are relevant products from the same category and that I stay under a 100 links per page.

On several blogs I read that it should be a maximum 4-8 products and I think that that isn't much. Maybe if you don't have the horizontal scrolling arrows, then that amount would be understandable, but I do have these arrows just like Amazon does.

I'm only doubting myself now, because a friend SEO told me that I have way to many related products.

How many related products should maximum I have on the product pages?
I see a lot of conflicting answers on many blogs. Hope that someone can help me out!

I agree, he has some amazing content on his site already.
Will give it a try then

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

Thanks Tom!
Also a good idea to use images for long disclaimers, I will have to test this too.

Has anyone paid for the Pointblank SEO link building course by Jon Cooper?
Just trying to find out if it is worth spending money on.

Are images considered duplicate content too?

Example:
I've got a size chart on each my lingerie pages. All written content is unique but I'm using the same chart for all those pages.

Amazing insight, Kenyon!
I could visualise everything while reading your response and you have answered all my questions. Thanks for taking the time to reply, really appreciated!

Thanks Paul, that is some great information, especially the test period

I'm in the bridal business so there is tons of stuff to blog about and I'm planning to get my Facebook followers (over 11.000) involved as well by asking them in what topics they would be interested as that might bring some ideas that I wouldn't have thought about.

I understand your reply about the best platform, I guess that I will just have to do some research to see which platform would suit me and my company best.

Many thanks for your reply!

I want to start a blog, but honestly I have no idea where to start as I've got so many questions so I hope someone can help me out.

I have a Magento e-commerce website so I've got the possibility to integrate the WP extension. Would that be a good idea or is it better to have a separate blog and separate server?

Which blog platform is considered to be the best and what are the main differences between the big blog platforms?

Should I use my business (domain) name for my blog or have a separate (domain) name?

How often are you 'supposed' to blog per week/month to build a strong blog?

Many thanks in advance!

You might be right, I'm just asking as I seem to be getting so much conflicting information about this. But it does bring a lot of traffic, so I'm definitely going to work on a more organised way of using Pinterest

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

I've heard quite a few people saying that their PR has gone up after they started using Pinterest as part of marketing/link building. However, I can't check if what they're saying is true.

I watched the video that Matthew suggested and he claims that he has 800 links coming from Pinterest. I'm sure that must count more than just a social share?

This is also a very good point, thank you!

Very true! 
Thank you for your reply

Thanks Matthew!
Will definitely have a look at it

They have dofollow links and I have read somewhere that every repin will be counted as a new link. Is this true?

Thank you, that is a great insight! Did not think of it that way. Will definitely start spending some time on it then.

Is commenting on blogs with high page rank but nofollow links worth spending time on for link building?

Thanks, Jeepster.
Will have a look at that list.

Thanks again, Brian.
Are the free ones on this list worth spending my time on?

I'm going through the recommended SEO directory list but I notice that most of them are paid listings. I have been told that it is not worth spending any money on this, so why are there so many recommended in this list?

Yes, I'm in the bridal wear business and links from the top wedding blogs are extremely difficult to get unless you're a top designer or willing to pay a lot of money to be featured.

Again, great tips! I will go and have a play right away

Thanks for your reply, Brian!
That are some great tips and I will definitely keep them in mind.

Do you have any suggestion on how to find wedding related links? Is there maybe some sort of link suggestion tool?

That is a great answer.
I had no idea that bad trust metrics could be passed on, so that clearly answers my question.

I have only joined SEOmoz 2 days ago, so I will definitely spend some time going trough the link building topics. In the meantime, is there anything to you can suggest to get me on the road a bit more? I'm in the bridal industry which is highly competitive and getting links from the top blogs is only possible if you're a top designer or if you are willing to pay a lot of money to be featured.

I agree Kenyon, I know that there is hard work involved but like I said before, it can be really frustrating to see your competitors ranking while they are clearly using these type of tricks.

Thanks for taking time to reply!

Thanks for the reply!

That is indeed what I meant. The way it is being explained is that the websites pointing at your website are 'clean' websites that have gained rank by the other websites pointing to the second tier and then all the spammy and automated links pointing to the second tier.

Like you said it did sound too good to be true, but when reading the comments on his blog and other blogs it seems that is a successful method to get your website ranking within a few months.

I try to stay away from black hat SEO as far as I can, but it is just very disheartening sometimes to see my competitors ranking their websites while clearly using black hat SEO.

I think that I have watched all the webinairs and online courses available on the web, but I still don't seem to know how and where to get links from. I know what type of links I should be getting and what type I should be avoiding, but that little luck so far.

I came across the website of Matthew Woodward about tiered link building where he explains how to do this type of link building in depth. It seems quite interesting but also a lot of work so I don't want to invest my precious time in something that will be penalised by Google in the near future.

Is there anyone that can give me some reason why I should or shouldn't do this?