From a UX perspective: This allows the visitor to refer to the linked page/info but be able to continue on with the article/page from your site.

From an SEO perspective, IMO This helps your bounce rate from jumping when people engage the links you have on your site.

Check out this previous Q&A posted by our buddy Max Minzer! Hope this helps with your question!!

http://moz.com/community/q/when-is-it-good-to-use-target-_blank

Hi Scott!

We've experienced situations where we moved a site to a new server, a new IP address was assigned and the rankings dropped for a month or so, then leveled out and we regained all original rankings back. However, like Ryan stated, we did not make any changes to the url structures, page names, etc. in this case. Also using a site like he referenced helps a lot. You can also use this site to find out what other sites are on the server you are hosted on: http://www.ipfingerprints.com/reverseip.php

We have also migrated another site to a new server, keeping the same IP as the previous server and the rankings did not fluctuate at all.

I would think that the answer lies in "HOW" you perform the migration and be sure to "measure twice, cut once". As the move could be very smooth if done properly, however it could turn into an absolute disaster if rushed and done improperly. If you haven't already, check out this website migration guide. Study it. Know it. Implement it. Hope this helps!

Just found this as well:http://raventools.com/blog/ultimate-list-of-relauthor-resources/

Might help..

Yes Nikki, great addition about avoiding redirect chains! Redirects are useful and difficult to avoid in most cases but redirecting to a redirect should always be avoided for the sake of Page Speed and common sense Cheers!!

Hey luckybluebox!

IMO, this is rather important aspect of proper development and we make sure every site we work on is W3C compliant. These are typically easy fixes and should always be cleaned up.

Check out this youtube video from Google Webmasters channel. They say it is NOT a ranking factor but I would always suggest keeping things tidy

Hope this helps you out!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XlKn6I9rSc

Man... That's what I'm talking about George!!

I am going with with FALSE on one this Dylan. Final answer

Sure, having the company contact info (phone & address) up there serves well for your site visitors to reach you (which is GREAT) but does not offer any real value from an SEO standpoint.

Hope this helps!!

Hey Don!

The reason is because Moz keyword tool pulls the SPM (searches per month) data from Bing unfortunately. Google doesn't allow Moz to access this info from their API.

If you notice up at the top of the column it actually states "BING Search Volume". I've added a screenshot to reference. Hope this helps!

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