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To avoid a template change, you could also try using the "Force Rewrite Titles" option in Yoast.

From what I can tell, it is maintained; however, I believe the value of Web directories in general has fallen tremendously. Additionally, I feel like some of the sites on the list are low quality.

That's my two cents

Rather than disable or de-index archives, consider de-indexing the paginated versions (page 1,2,3,etc.), as this is likely causing the penalty. I also recommend adding category (and tag, if applicable) descriptions to the archive templates.

Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin can handle the de-indexing of the paginated archive/index pages.

I hate to be a Bernie Bummer, but Content is King, and I don't recommend going after the cheapest solution when looking to produce it. While it's theoretically possible to find an "overseas" individual or company willing to produce content very cheaply, the chances are very good that the content itself will generally be low quality.

In a nutshell, if you're on a tight budget, content is not the area to apply restraints to.

As others have said, it really depends on the topic. Personally, I find that pages with 700 to 1,000 words seem to perform best for me.

RSS Graffiti can help you publish RSS feed content to a Facebook page. I do not, however, believe it has the ability to post to Google+.

I think you can manage Google+ via Hootsuite and get all the features you want. I know there was some debate a while back about Google+ banning auto-posting services, but now I can't seem to find a reference for it.

You can also check out this "premium" script (there's also a WP plugin). I have not tried it.

http://www.nextscripts.com/google-plus-automated-posting/

Setting up an internal author bio would be, in my opinion, a credibility enhancer for the particular article/story; however, in order to take advantage of Google's Authorship feature in the SERPs, the author would need to have a Google+ profile. So essentially, I don't think setting up the profiles would have much (if any) benefit from a search engine perspective.

If the authors set up a Google+ profile in the future, you could always integrate it at a later time.

That's what I thought. Thank you.

Yes, the tag is a little too long, but how long ago did you change it? It takes some time for Google to update the indexed page titles -- if you've changed it in the last week it probably just hasn't been re-crawled and updated yet.

Thanks - I know the guidelines, but did not know the business was located in a residential area, and am wondering where to go from here -- delete and start over, or wait for Google. I've heard horror stories on the waiting process.

a) Understand that you're likely not going to be able to build high-quality links at a mass rate -- with that said, it's quite easy to build low-quality links at a mass rate.

b) You have writers creating original content -- turn your focus to guest posting on high-quality sites. You'd be surprised how many opportunities are out there.

c) It's a marathon not a sprint.

Add the "noindex" tag to subpages of archive pages to fix the duplicate page title and potential duplicate content issues. Alternatively, you can add page numbers to you template (but that won't take care of the duplicate content problem).

This feature is available in Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin. I recommend migrating to it from All-In-One. AIO may have the same feature -- check the Settings panel.

A link from one page will not hurt you. A wide dismemberment of sitewide links like this could hurt you. I seem to remember Google addressing this with WordPress theme footer links recently.

The only benefit here would be a keyword-related domain name for each industry; however, as Google has made clear in recent history, this matters less and less.

The major downside would be having four or five sites to build up and promote to rank versus only having one.

While others may disagree, I feel your efforts will be better served concentrating on one site.

The perp hasn't downloaded and copied your site. He/she is using domain masking to point the URL to your site. Still, I would consider doing something about it a high priority.

Please don't take the above advice. I think the responder misunderstood your situation. If the externally linking page is broken, there's not much you can do. It will fall out of Google eventually.

There are lots of issues with your site -- you may not think these all relate to SEO, but some relate to user-experience, which can ultimately make a difference, particularly if you've been slapped by Google as you say. I recommend engaging in a full review of every aspect:

1. All menu links open in a new window. Why?

2. Home link points to /index.htm, which is then 301-ed. Why?

3. You're using a lot of repeating keywords/terms in your title tags.

4. Ditto for descriptions, meta keywords (ditch this) and on-page content.

5. English landing page basically competes with home page. Each page should have a purpose/target.

Nowhere near a comprehensive list, I'm just trying to give you a place to start.

You have two options here:

Let Google sort it out (which they will -- but it may take time)

Remove the unnecessary URLs yourself via Webmaster Tool's URL removal tool.

If the site ranks well and there's any way to preserve the present URL structure, that would be your best bet. If that's not possible, 301 the old URLs to the new applicable pages.

You can do this via .htaccess like this:

301 redirect /old-permalink-here http://new-full-url-goes-here

I did not see the Yoast breadcrumb code in your source code. Yoast's plugin does not automatically enable the breadcrumbs. Were you aware? You'll need to add the code to generate them in your template files.