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Hi Dmitrii,

can you perhaps tell me the source, where you found the supported annotations above. Many Thanks

Hi Gianluca,

Thank you for your reply. In fact I'm refering to that exact region. The difference to your CH examples are though, that in Switzerland, the 3 language regions are not the exact same "location".

In my case they are though so I got a bit confused.

So basically Im not saying, a specific region in Switzerland speaks French, another German and another Italian, but I say the exact same location/region speaks German and Italian.

yes, sure about that

Hi Dmitrii,

many thanks for your reply. Great list, unfortunately I can't find my case. Though I think this list is not complete. E.x. I miss the the french speaking part in Italy for example,...

Helpful anyway though.

Hi everyone,

got a quick question concerning the hreflang tag.

I have a website with 2 different language versions targeting to the same region(Reason: The area is bilingual however not everyone speaks the other language fluently)

Question:
Can I use hreflang in that case like:

Many thanks in advance

Hi Imran,

Fluctuations in keyword rankings are quite common as the algorithm is permanently changing. So before getting worried I would wait a bit to see if you jump up again or not. Things you might consider in your case are; If you recently changed/optimized something on your LP it is natural, that your ranking drops at the first place.

Regarding you concern about your PPC spendings; This has nothing to do with your Organic Rankings and is def. not the reason for your drop.

Hi,

I'm not sure how advanced your SEO knowledge is but geotargeting on the Google Search Console in combination with the hreflang tag could be the solution for your specific site to appear in right search results.

I'd suggest to read through the following links to get an idea of what it is:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

Hope this helps for now

Hi Dan,

Apologies for my late reply!

The changing URLs is nothing we actually set up. In fact we try to answer the exact questions you mentioned above:

• Would it be possible to NOT have URLs changing like that, or to put it another way,what is causing it?
• What impact is this permanent redirection having on the SEO performance? (in terms of building page authority)

Hi,

Have you had a look at related topics your (prospectives) buyers are interested about? A blog offers great opportunities in writing about subjects that are not directly related to your business.

• E.x. are there any complementary products your visitors need in order to get their job done?
• What problems do people try to solve, when they search for your keywords?
• What results do they obtain when they use your product?

Sum up: It might be worth to broaden your keywords and go away from your value proposition only (don't be to product-centric) and focus on the entire customer problem.

Hi everyone,

I got a tough technical SEO question, that is bugging almost everyone in the (ecommerce) company at the moment.

Due to a very "unhealthy" structure of Magento folders, with different countries using same folders in different store views, many of our URL's do change almost on a weekly basis and this is terrifying us.

What happens is, that there is a "-numberx"(ex. /category/product-1.html) added to hundreds of URLs so that we are more and more concerned about the impact on SEO.

I checked the redirect information with the Moz Toolbar and saw, the following information: http://prntscr.com/81v23e

So, even though we had URLs with /category/product-1.html, /category/product-2.html,... the redirect seems to go straight to the last number.

My question?

-Can this be interpreted as one redirect and therefore it is "less" painful from an SEO point of view?
-As we do not have a constant target URL, where does the link juice go if the target page constantly keeps changing (number goes still up)

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Hi,

Have you had a look at related topics your (prospectives) buyers are interested about? A blog offers great opportunities in writing about subjects that are not directly related to your business.

• E.x. are there any complementary products your visitors need in order to get their job done?
• What problems do people try to solve, when they search for your keywords?
• What results do they obtain when they use your product?

Sum up: It might be worth to broaden your keywords and go away from your value proposition only (don't be to product-centric) and focus on the entire customer problem.

Hi Imran,

Fluctuations in keyword rankings are quite common as the algorithm is permanently changing. So before getting worried I would wait a bit to see if you jump up again or not. Things you might consider in your case are; If you recently changed/optimized something on your LP it is natural, that your ranking drops at the first place.

Regarding you concern about your PPC spendings; This has nothing to do with your Organic Rankings and is def. not the reason for your drop.

Hi Oksana,

I would start with analysing google SERP for the specific long tail keyword you want to rank for. This gives you a proper understanding of what the actual user intention is or rather what answer they are looking for. This insights give you a much better idea of how to properly use the (long tail) keyword you want to rank for.

I'm quite confident this 3 guides can help you out:

1. https://moz.com/blog/keywords-to-concepts
2. https://moz.com/blog/7-advanced-seo-concepts
3. https://moz.com/blog/on-page-topic-seo

Generally speaking I would not focus to much on the keyword itself, but use it as a starting point, where you gonna build a topic around. Regarding the 4-5 pages you have: Use keywords wisely by building complementary pages with related topics/aspects rather than substitution pages with similar/same topics/aspects as you might run risk, to self cannibalize your efforts.

Hope this helps
M

One reason for relatively unoptimized pages to rank high is, that the keyword you're looking at has low or no competition. I checked adword keyword planner really quick and it seems to be the case for your term. If you've optimized your page and your content better matches the searchers intent (CTR and Engagement on your site will proof) than it is very likely that you will go up. Give it some time though.

Cheers

M

Hi Paolo,

It is very likely(or actually proven), that Google considers GA data as well. So it could be, that engagement and CvR is relatively high. That many people are visting your competitors site without bouncing. It is not unlikely that Google interprets this in the way, that searchers are happy with what they find on position 1.

Another aspect might be the site speed. As you will know, it has an major impact on site performance and user satisfaction as well. Probably the navigation and internal links are set in a way, the crawler and the visitor expects them to see.

So to sum up: I truly believe, that your bullet points do have a positive impact on rankings and are accurate. Though as many other aspect are influencing rankings too, they are not a guarantee like. (Make sure to get all this points right and you will go to number 1).

Another idea to track your offline conversions could be to set up an exclusive voucher code that can be redeemed over the phone only.

Cheers

Hi,

does anyone know or have a link for me, where I can find, what or how a Bounce is defined for mobile devices?

If you are on safari mobile and click on the homebutton, is that a bounce?
If you are surfing and you get a message alert on the top and you change application, is that a bounce?

Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks

Hi,

I'm not sure how advanced your SEO knowledge is but geotargeting on the Google Search Console in combination with the hreflang tag could be the solution for your specific site to appear in right search results.

I'd suggest to read through the following links to get an idea of what it is:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

Hope this helps for now