Makes sense, thanks Alan
Posts made by casper434
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Structured Data and Location
I have heard it argued recently that the use of structured data such as schema.org to identify your business location on a website should help SERP in local search. Why is this important if the location is clear on the website and why should it make a difference if the site is already showing well in local search?
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SERP and SEO Moz ranking
Until a couple of months ago the predicted SEO Moz ranking for a specific keyword was fairly close to what I actually experienced with my website. However, since then the correlation has not been good. For example, according to SEO Moz I am ranked #1 for a specific keyword with google.ca and google.com yet my site actually shows up consistently at #3 for that keyword. Has anyone else noticed this divergence?
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RE: Video Sitemap
thanks very much Phil, the link was extremely useful
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RE: Video Sitemap
I used the pro model of what you mentioned and it did not detect the majority of my videos
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Video Sitemap
Anyone know of an effective program to create video sitemaps. I just used pro xmlsitemaps.com and only two of my many videos showed up in the sitemap
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Google Instant Preview
Is there a way of having videos show up in google instant preview? Right now all I am getting is a blank space
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RE: 5 star review for website
thanks Steve - makes sense but Yelp is not used in our area and it has virtually no visibility. While google place pages do they are regularly being merged with other similar but unrelated businesses and my colleagues and I are close to deleting them given all of the problems. I will give some thought to some other platform.
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RE: 5 star review for website
Thanks for the inputs. In terms of the 5 star / review issue I was focused on the service that I provide and having it rated by clients. New clients sometimes ask where they can go to see reviews.
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5 star review for website
I have been considering adding a 5 star review capability to my website. Are there any good ones that I can add with either html or javascript? I do not have a wordpress site. Any experience with increased conversion rates with such a capability? Also, do any have the capability to show up in google search results?
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How important is the relevance of a link compared to its authority?
Would be interested on some perspectives on link relevancy versus page and domain authority in terms of importance for SERP. How important is the relevance of the site linking back compared to the page and domain authority of that site
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RE: SEO Moz ranking reports
This provides a perspective that I had not thought of. In essence the SEO Moz rankings, therefore, must be predictive but not based on actual rankings
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Google +
I recently created a google + page (personal and business) but notice that while I can create circles for my personal page the business page does not work the same way. Is there a good reference for making more effective use of this new social platform?
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SEO Moz ranking reports
I am confused. The SEO Moz ranking reports state that my site show show up in a specific position in SERP for a specific keyword yet when I google the keyword the ranking is different. Are these ranking reports merely indicative or are they supposed to be accurate?
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RE: How many blog posts per page are enough?
thanks very much for the inputs - this will help me in the future
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RE: How many blog posts per page are enough?
the keyword is moderately competitive in our area
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How many blog posts per page are enough?
Any thoughts on how many blog posts per page are enough for SEO? Assume about 800-900 words per post.
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RE: What is the best way to embed PDF documents for SEO?
they are not at the moment - the blog is hosted on wordpress so the link goes back to that site. Should i add them with HTML or as PDF to my site?
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RE: What is important for page rank?
I have noticed that some of the sites that I link to also lost some PR so perhaps this is why. I have added links since the last update but most of them had good page and domain authority with average PR. I did also remove outbound links from my home page to authoritative sites on the advice of someone. Perhaps I should add these back? The only other reason I have been given is that google is penalizing sites that have reciprocal links with others sites (just a few) from my home page. Does this make sense?
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RE: What is the best way to embed PDF documents for SEO?
I have embedded them for the ease of use by users of my site. For example, I have 60 pages of blog posts in one embed that people can page through easily to read. Is there a better way to do this?
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RE: Do widgets and gadgets affect SEO?
thanks very much - good points
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Do widgets and gadgets affect SEO?
I have added a number of widgets and gadgets to my site that I suspect act like Iframes. If true do these widgets and gadgets and the content that they are linked to help or hurt my site from an SEO perspective? Examples are facebook gadget, wordpress blidget, weather gadget, google maps widget.
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What is the best way to embed PDF documents for SEO?
I have been using SCRIBD to embed PDF documents on my site but until recently I did not include the link back to SCRIBD. Will my site get credit for this content or will it go to SCRIBD? Is there a better way to embed PDF documents for SEO?
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What is important for page rank?
I have heard quality is the most important factor for page rank but after the 7 Nov 11 PR update I am no longer a believer. The PR on my home page dropped from 4 to 3 and the rest of my inside pages remained the same even though I have added a significant amount of content since the previous update and kept it fresh. Any thoughts on this most recent PR update?
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Are backlinks from sites like diigo useful for SEO?
I read an SEO article that recommended getting backlinks from social bookmarking sites like diggo.com. Does anyone have any thoughts on the usefulness of these types of links?
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RE: How important are social bookmarking sites
thanks Ryan I will do as you suggest
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RE: Where can I find a good definition of "link juice"?
thanks very much for the clarification
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Hi Alan, your last response to my most recent post just lost me. Godaddy does not host my ste
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Godadday does not host my site so if I redirect the mydomain.com to mydomain.ca through them I assume that this will take care of both the sub-domain and root domain between the .com and .ca domains but that I will be effectively removing the .com from my host server. Will this have any negative effect on my .ca? Also since godadday does not host the .ca can I do a 301 from mydomain.ca to www.mydomain.ca through them.
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Is it sufficient to redirect mydomain.ca to www.mydomain.ca or will I also need to redirect mydomain.com to mydomain.ca?
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Private message sent to ThatsIT
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Hi Alan, I tried to address this by going to google webmaster tools and establishing the .ca as the preferred domain. I also added a canonical tag to identify the .ca as primary. Not sure if this is enough. My web host says that they do not do 301 redirects and after talking to godaddy.com about how it is set up they suggested leaving as is. I am concerned about google searches but less so with other search engines. As far as code goes I did a W3C html markup and noticed quite a number of tag issues but they all seemed to be with what I cannot access (part of how the templates are set up by the host) as a user (unless I just do not know how). Any additional thoughts on this would be appreciated
Brett
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RE: Why would a link shown on OSE appear differently than the page containing the link?
Thanks very much. Makes sense and I had not thought of this.
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
No it is not mine. Good point on the relevancy of the pages. Something I had not thought of and will investigate. Thanks for this as I am trying to better understand all of the factors that could affect SERP
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How important are edu and gov backlinks?
I have heard that edu and gov backlinks are important but how so in a niche area like mine - real estate? Perhaps I am missing the point but I do not see how either type of site would ever backlink to a commercial real estate entity. If these are that important in theory, are they obtainable in practice?
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RE: How important are social bookmarking sites
some great points made here to think about. Would these same thoughts apply to a social bookmarking site like diigo.com? The inference from the SEO article I read was that a site like this has high authority and pr and a backlink would be worthwile. I just do not see how this would be so given that the site is not related at all to real estate?
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RE: Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
When competing with sites for SERP that have much lower authority according to OSE, lower page rank, and far fewer, lower authority sites, what other major factor would account for differences other than time?
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RE: Where can I find a good definition of "link juice"?
The reason I ask this is the feedback I got from someone I was negotiating a link with. He claimed to be able to objectively measure link juice. Is there an instrument that can do this. Based on what I read in the responses probably not?
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RE: What is the difference between advertizing and a paid link?
As I understand this issue, if the paid link is aimed at getting traffic and not aimed at getting link juice it should be ok but how does one know if link juice is being passed by the link before the link is placed. It can certainly be checked after for no follow.
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RE: Is the RSS created using google reader automatic?
I suspect this as well but cannot find a source to confirm it
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RE: Do outbound links matter?
excellent points. thanks very much for the inputs
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Do outbound links matter?
The value of inbound links is clear but do the number of outbound links matter when it comes to SEO and search engine rankings?
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RE: Is DMOZ listing important
very helpful responses. the video was particularly insightful. thanks again for the answers
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Is the RSS created using google reader automatic?
I created an RSS feed to information on my blog using the notes capability of google reader and feedburner. when I update my blog does this feed recognize the change or do I need to do a manual update of google reader?
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What is the difference between advertizing and a paid link?
I have been told that google frowns on paid links yet I see many site charging for advertizing and the advertizing consists of an anchor text link. What is the difference between a paid link and this type of advertizing?
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Why would a link shown on OSE appear differently than the page containing the link?
I recently traded links with a site that I will call www.example.com When I used open site explorer to check the link it came back with a different page authority as www.example.com/index.htm yet the link does appear on the www.example.com page. Why would this be?
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Where can I find a good definition of "link juice"?
I have heard the term link juice being used in many different contexts. Where can I find a good definition for it?
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Is there any correlation to time and search ranking?
Is there any evidence that google acknowledges the time that a site has been online with all other things being equal for search ranking?
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How important are social bookmarking sites
How important are links from social bookmarking sites from an SEO perspective?