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Have you considered changing to instabill.com/blog ? This would then concentrate the link value to the main domain name (blog.instabill.com is a sub-domain and therefore considered almost like a separate domain).

Whichever you choose you need to make sure that every single page on the current blog is 301'd to the new page on the new domain.

If you do choose to set up a new domain-name then in addition to the 301's you can also register a change of site name in webmaster central.

I would personally advise considering the instabill.com/blog route. What blogging platform are you using ?

Have you manually checked the page(s) in question with the duplicate titles ?

Open up two of the pages being flagged as duplicates and check the source code (CTRL + U) then check the <title>tag in each. Are they identical ? If they are the same, then MOZ was correct, you'll need to edit one of them; if they are not identical then just wait for the next moz crawl and re-verify.</p></title>

There you go I've given you a thumbs up now. happy ? still doesn't answer my question though. I am asking if any one else has had the same experience. My ranking checks are accurate. They are cross-checked in google/moz/google webmaster central.

yes you can have multiple txt records for a single host.

Leave the existing TXT record for gmail as it is and create the webmaster central one as a new, separate TXT record. (You can have multiple TXT records). It is purely so that Google can verify that you are the owner/administrator of the domain name.

The positions are tracked by MOZ and google webmaster central. Checking via google.com is only for cross-reference and of course in a private session not logged in!

I have a regional careers website on a small seo retainer contract. I manage the google webmaster account and use moz tools to help keep pages finely tuned. The site has been experiencing a phenomena now for about 6 months whereby the SERPS (we work with around 10 keyphrases) are placed in top 5 positions and generate healthy google traffic and will then suddenly vanish. The cycle is roughly 1 - 2 weeks top page, followed by 2 - 3 weeks outside the top 5 pages of google results.

I contacted Google via webmaster central to ask for help and they simply confirmed that there were no penalties being applied and it was normal algorithm updates. I manage the seo for 20+ sites and have not seen this phenomenon elsewhere, not since the days of 'google dance' years ago.

Has anyone else had this experience ?

The SERPS always come back after a couple of weeks but then vanish again after a week or so this cycle has been ongoing for 6 months now and we have eliminated all symptoms we can think of.

Your feedback would be much appreciated in this matter.

Have you considered changing to instabill.com/blog ? This would then concentrate the link value to the main domain name (blog.instabill.com is a sub-domain and therefore considered almost like a separate domain).

Whichever you choose you need to make sure that every single page on the current blog is 301'd to the new page on the new domain.

If you do choose to set up a new domain-name then in addition to the 301's you can also register a change of site name in webmaster central.

I would personally advise considering the instabill.com/blog route. What blogging platform are you using ?

The positions are tracked by MOZ and google webmaster central. Checking via google.com is only for cross-reference and of course in a private session not logged in!

Leave the existing TXT record for gmail as it is and create the webmaster central one as a new, separate TXT record. (You can have multiple TXT records). It is purely so that Google can verify that you are the owner/administrator of the domain name.

Have you manually checked the page(s) in question with the duplicate titles ?

Open up two of the pages being flagged as duplicates and check the source code (CTRL + U) then check the <title>tag in each. Are they identical ? If they are the same, then MOZ was correct, you'll need to edit one of them; if they are not identical then just wait for the next moz crawl and re-verify.</p></title>