Hi all, I was wondering if there was some sort of html trick that I could use to selectively tell a search engine to ignore texts on certain parts of a page.

Thanks!
Charles

Good Morning,

I was wondering if some one could help me out with some questions I have regarding how to make my service area landing pages rank better. A majority of them are on position 11 right now, and I feel like there might be a few minor things I might need to do to make them rank better.

1.) Meta Description -

If I'm writing a meta description should I use an exact match for the keyword?

Something like "Hire us to do your dry cleaning in Topeka, Kansas today."

Or would I write "Topeka Kansas is in luck. We offer the best dry cleaning around" (I know this stinks from a call to action perspective, but it's the best example I could come up with off the top of my head).

2.) File Name -

Would I make the name "topeka-kansas.html" or would I make it "dry-cleaning-topeka-kansas.html"

3.) H1 -

should this be exactly the same as the title, or at least very close to it?

4.) Youtube Video -

Would putting a youtube video on the page act as a relevancy signal to Google?

5.) Images -

How many images would help on a landing page?

Does having original images help more?

6.) Length of Page -

Does the length of the page word wise help at all?

7.) Anything else -

What other tweaks can I make to a landing page to boost its rankings?

Thanks!
Charles

Hi everyone. I was wondering how I could build a solid link profile for an e-waste recycling business.

Should I try to get links from local government bodies, the better business bureau, and the chamber of commerce?

How have people done this before?

I must also note that my business doesn't have a physical location per se in every city, but will travel to a client instead.

Thanks!

Good Morning,

I was wondering if some one could clarify the best way to write a title tag for local SEO.

1.) "Pet Store in Boston, MA"

or

2.) "Boston, MA Pet Store"

Thank!

Hey everyone. A while ago, I remember reading that Matt Cutts said that you can just disavow domains, and that the Google Webmaster Tools team doesn't read for comments (like if webmasters had been reached out to).

Is this ringing any bells? I'm trying to find this tidbit again.

Thanks!
Charles

So do you think that the value of using H2 tags has really gone the way of the do-do then?

When should I use them?

Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it.

So an appropriate way to do this in the abstract would be

h1 tag reads "houses for sale in houston tx"

h2 tag reads "big houses for sale in houston tx"

h2 tag reads "small houses for sale in houston tx"

I agree with you, but I'm a bit limited by a few things that are out of my hands.

Let's say from a purely hypothetical standpoint that I was doing something for local SEO where both keywords applied, would this be a good idea?

Hey Everyone,

I have to do a local SEO campaign. My landing pages need to target two keywords. I was wondering if you could look over this proposed H tags I've written and give me your thoughts.

Houses for Sale and Commercial Real Estate in Houston, TX

Houses for Sale in Houston, TX

Commercial Real Estate in Houston, TX

Am I heading in the right or wrong direction?

Could I try to target a different city for the landing page in question? Do you forsee that causing any issues?

Thanks!

Hey Y'all,

I had a question about over-optimization. So if I'm targeting "Social Security Lawyer Allen, TX" on the home page, then "SSDI Lawyer Allen, TX," on another page, could that be hurting my efforts on Google?

Should I remove all of the efforts targeted toward Allen, TX on the other page, or should I maybe target like a different city?