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Ah. I had no idea tags helped with search engines. Thanks!

Interesting. So how are tags different than categories? I already categorize all my posts and they're usually in several categories. I have category pages noindexed which was advised here on this forum.

Ok I see. So basically I should follow all my links except for affiliate links?

Is there a plugin that can help me do that? Because right now, the only thing I know how to do is follow or nofollow the entire page. I don't want to deal with code because it would take a long time for me to do. I am a deal blog and link have a lot of amazon affiliate links.

Edit: I am using Thesis.

I have noindexed my category pages. Do I still need to write a description for my categories? I am using the plugin SEO Content Control to see what I can spiff up but I don't want to waste my time. Thank you!

I just installed a plugin called SEO content control and it is telling me I need to write descriptions for my tags. I haven't been using tags although I did create a list of them. I don't have an endless amount of time on my hands so is this a worthwhile task?

I know I should have all my affiliate links as nofollow but when should I dofollow a link? When will it HELP me to have a dofollow link?

Right now - all my links are nofollow because I haven't figured out how to have nofollow and dofollow in the same blog post.

Any info appreciated!

Yep, it worked and is showing up on google. I think I need to strengthen it but at least I have something for now, Thanks for checking!

I have wondered what to do about expired deals. Thanks for all your help.

Is it under Titles & Metas and then Home? Where it says Meta description template?

My latest crawl diagnostic is telling me that my homepage is missing a meta description. I am using wordpress and thesis. How do I add a meta description to my main page? ex www.mynewsite.com

Mahalo!

Thank you!

Ok that is something I have tried to do. If I mention a certain deal on Amazon - underneath I try and give good info on Amazon Mom membership, or review the product if I have it. So I try to extend it for the newbies to give them info (and make google happy) even though I know a lot won't read it.

Should I deindex some of my coupon/sale posts - the ones I am sure won't be picked up by google anyway due to VERY HIGH competition? Or ones that I don't have time to bulk out?

Is there a tool out there that can analyze my site as a whole and say if it is low quality?

I see. Yes the 301s are just within my own site. Whew that makes me feel better.

Ok since I said I was using Wordpress in the OP, I figured CMS meant something else. Good to know.

I will check out that link, thanks!

I don't get any traffic to my category pages but of course my site is new so I am just getting a couple organic hits per day.

But my category pages do just give an excerpt. More than a sentence or two though. I already deindexed them. I guess I can revisit that later.

My category pages just organize all my blog posts. Nothing new.

I just remembered that Thesis and Wordpress SEO sometimes conflict. I made some adjustments and added some code to alleviate some of these conflicts but perhaps the deindexing of category pages was overrode by Thesis.

I just clicked on noindex category pages in Thesis. I also clicked on noarchive to category pages in Thesis.

Will that do it?

I am using YOAST SEO so that is good. So I don't have to do anything to get them deindexed?

If Wordpress SEO (by Yoast) deindexes my category pages, why are they showing up in my sitelinks? I tried to demote the category pages but they keep showing up. Thanks!

Thanks for the info. I used the plugin Simple URLs. I hope I did it right. I am very green.

I googled CMS but I still can't tell you what CMS I am using. Sorry.

Regarding using 301s, yes I am probably using several. Not hundreds or anything but probably tens. This is because I am updating permalinks on the advice of my SEOmoz reports. Then the old permalink automatically redirects to the new one.

How can I get rid of the 301 redirects so I don't lose link juice?

I changed the name of a blog article I wrote and the original name is giving a 404 error. I am not sure why it isn't being directed like the other articles I renamed to improve SEO.

Since the webpage no longer exists, I don't know how to redirect it.

I use Wordpress and Thesis.

Thanks!

What is the best thing to do with category pages? Should I deindex them or use SEO on them? I use the Thesis theme and the Wordpress SEO plugin. I am just not sure what to do with category pages.

Also will they create duplicate content?

Hi,

I have a deal blog that is several months old. My established and successful "competitors" have a high Domain Authority (43, 46, 63) but most of their blog posts are very short. Our readers want to know about the coupon, deal, discount, code etc - they don't want 250 + words for each post.

However I am concerned that lots of short posts will label my blog as low quality and that Google Panda will get me.

My competitors easily get on page 1 of google. Yes they also write articles but majority of their posts are short.

I deindexed quite a few short blog posts but my audience googles for coupons and deals like crazy. I try to give as much info as I can without being wordy and annoying but sometimes that still gets me only 100 words. I also write a lot of articles relevant to my niche (mom/baby/maternity) that are high quality and several hundred words.

Just looking for input on deal blog SEO.

Thanks!

Actually I have Thesis 1 so I edited my post. I just get confused because when I purchased it, it was called Thesis 2.0. I did think about upgrading to Thesis 2 and I already purchased that box from thesistut but I activated thesis 2 and yikes, it is really different and will be a lot of work to change.

Thanks, I will give it a try!

Ok so I looked at the source code of a live post and it looks like Thesis 1.0 and Wordpress SEO by Yoast are in conflict. They are both adding meta descriptions etc so I do see duplicate info. Any advice?

Thanks Dan. I am using the Thesis theme and I cannot find the header.php when I go to Appearance/Editor.

But yes every single report card mentions multiple meta descriptions as well as other "multiple" problems.

Ok but if I made the changes several days before the first crawl, why wouldn't they show up?

I am a novice so please excuse me.

I have been using the plugin for a few weeks. But many changes were made before I even signed up for SEOmoz and my page has been crawled twice and they are still seeing old info.

My last two posts aren't even showing up on google yet so I can't check their meta descriptions but all my other posts do not show the new meta descriptions I wrote with the plugin.

What is the source code? Edit: Ok I figured out source code and I looked at a recent post and older post and did see my meta description there.

I made a lot of changes with Wordpress SEO by Yoast before I signed up with SEOmoz.

But SEOmoz doesn't seem to see those changes. I am still being told I have multiple meta descriptions. I don't know why but SEOmoz is seeing the default meta description and not the one I wrote using the Yoast plugin.

How can I get SEOmoz to see those changes?

Edit: Google has not updated all the changes I made with Wordpress SEO.