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What you have to take care of is not posting one article a week for a few month and then nothing for 2 month and then back to 4 articles per week. Keep your posting consistent. Even if they are 100 a day. If the content is worth reading to your audience, then you don't even need to care about "panda".
Moz gives up to 1 month of historic data. They pull that from your Analytics account, therefore, if you need older data, you should go to your Analytics account to pull that up.
Hope that helps!
You can change that to display the sources instead.
Writing content with the keywords you want to rank is great, but just don't overuse them. There's a thin line between mentioning the keyword and stuffing an article with it. There's been a lot of chatter about the percentage of how many times your keyword should be mentioned within the text, however, I suggest you go with a "user target" in mind. Don't build content for search engines, build it for users!
Your developer is about right. It is normal to have fluctuations after a page redesign. Even more if you changed the URL structure.
Although 301 do carry pagerank, it is diluted just about the same as if it was a link. So you are actually loosing some pagerank by going with a different URL structure.
Make sure you implement rel=canonical to all pages that were moved or a 301.
Then you shouldn't add any meta. That tag is used to specified that your site is either targeting a specific Language and/or Country. As you aren't, there's no need to use the tag.
You are welcome! 
We posted an article about a week ago that includes a list of tools you can use to do some keyword research, almost all free: http://www.fulltraffic.net/blog/85067/5-amazingly-effective-ppc-keyword-research-tools/
WordStream's Keyword Niche Finder as a really good choice while ubersuggest will also provide you with lots of ideas. Both offer the option to download the findings. Try researching some long-tail too. Fake diploma is basically the same as "not real diploma", "diploma without classes" and so on.
It isn't a bad idea at all. That page actually links to your site and even adds the "continue reading" text. That's a link earned! And that's how we all should "build" links.
Moz doesn't check only on the title or other meta tags. You could have an entirely different title and if the page content is the same it will bring up a duplicate content flag.
As an example, on our blog we had duplicate content alerts between categories and tag pages (ie Category page 2 had the same content as tag page 20). Instead of changing the contents of the pages (as it was nearly impossible) we decided to add a meta noindex to the tag pages. All duplicate content issues resolved
Anyway, Moz crawls your page once a week, if you did the changes recently, check the date of the last crawl under your campaign overview.
Roger actually reads the content not as in an exact match but "broad" (I think is called). As long as the link has the text "fake diploma" you are self-cannibalizating the keyword.
However, reading what you posted, I won't suggest using ALWAYS the same keyword, that could be seen as keyword stuffing, which doesn't only lower your rankings but you could get you penalized.
I would diffidently come with some alternatives, do some keyword research on the niche and try to use alternatives, it would help with the self-cannibalization + avoid a keyword stuffing penalty, while opening the possibility to earn traffic from other keywords.
Is the content on the .com version related to the .co.uk version? If yes, start using the rel="alternate" hreflang="x" so UK traffic goes to that version instead of the .com.
If the content is completely different, then you just need to hang in there. I've read hundreds of cases where the manual penalty was revoked and they still were not able to rank their sites, it will certainly take time and you could be affected by an algorithmic penalty too, which decreases rankings without throwing you out of the index. If that's the case, keep working on the site, keep building good content to earn backlinks (if that doesn't work, go with the next paragraph).
Why don't you serve all countries from the .com version if it is well ranked? (just have a .com/uk/ for your uk traffic... (just an idea)... (remember rel="alternate" hreflang="x").
No, the page authority is earned by the links it gets from other sources. If it is a guest post it is probably a new page, therefore it has no authority yet, but it will earn it over time (the most links it gets the better (shares, etc)).
Agree! Plus, only letters would consume more computing resources as you need to do a DB query on that text. The more articles/products you have the worse it will become. Numbers will solve that problem.
Is it always the same number (15633)? Are those pages dynamic or static? If they are static yes, you will need to add the canonical and noindex meta to each page. If they are dynamic just in one page while build the code to display the appropriate canonical href and NOT to show the noindex when the user is seeing the page you actually want indexed.
Exactly my point.
You show the "http://www.domain.com/login?return=the-actual-linked-page" to non-logged in users and bots. while you show "http://www.domain.com/the-actual-linked-page" to logged in users. By doing that you don't have any 3XX redirects.
Hi Courtney!
Unfortunately no. Each campaign belongs to a single user. You will need a separate account if you want to give insight access (they will need to setup the same campaign) to another person (as long as you don't want to share the account details).
Hope that helps!
I would definitely set a 404 on those pages. Even more when you got a manual penalty. Although perhaps they aren't carrying any penalty nor benefit, why have them redirected to the index? You said you build a nice 404 page, then set all those bad pages to 404s and let the user/crawler decide what to do when they reach there (search for another page, or go to your homepage by clicking your home link).
Just avoid ANYTHING that can cause you any further damage!
I don't think that's an issue, and I certainly won't set them as 301 as those are permanently moved (which means that the browser may not fetch the page again but instead send them to the login page even if they are logged in). 302s in that case are fine.
However, you can consider another approach such as: http://www.domain.com/login?return=the-actual-linked-page (for not logged in users). That way you will avoid any 3XX while only show the definitive link to the logged in user.
Hope that helps!
If I got it right, what you need to do is add a canonical tag to the definitive version of the URL (the one you want indexed): https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139394?hl=en
Plus a meta noindex to those that you don't want to have indexed: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/using-robots-meta-tag.html
Hope that helps!
Well, you need to build some rewrite rules for that to work, it doesn't go automatically to the file querying the DB.
Definitely your city. Does your Website serves only that city? Then focus on that city.
Found one: freelancer.com
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.com/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.com/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-AU</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.com.au/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-NZ</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.co.nz/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.co.nz/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-GB</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.co.uk/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-HK</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.hk/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.hk/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-SG</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.sg/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-PH</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.ph/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.ph/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">de</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.de/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">de-DE</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.de/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.de/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-CA</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.ca/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-ZA</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.co.za/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.co.za/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-IN</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.in/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-JM</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.com.jm/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.com.jm/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.com.es/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-ES</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.com.es/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.com.es/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-MX</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.mx/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-PE</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.com.pe/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.com.pe/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-EC</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.ec/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-CL</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.cl/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.cl/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-PK</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.pk/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">id</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.co.id/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.co.id/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">id-ID</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.co.id/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">en-BD</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.com.bd/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.com.bd/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">es-UY</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.uy/" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">pt</a>" href="[http://www.freelancer.pt/](view-source:http://www.freelancer.pt/)" />
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">alternate</a>" hreflang="<a class="attribute-value">pt-PT</a>" href="http://www.freelancer.pt/" />
"Responsive" sites use CSS to accommodate the content on the user's device. Usually the HTML doesn't change. The best way to know if that is the type of responsive template you have, is trying resizing the browser window to different sizes. Content should accommodate without reloading, if it does there's nothing you need to worry about.
Link juice is diluted over 301s just like any other backlink. There's a recent Cutts video that tells us exactly that.
However, I always considered better to have a blog on a subfolder instead of a subdomain as subdomains are considered different domains, therefore ranking from one doesn't affect the other (something you can avoid by having it on a subfolder).
Considering now you have it on a subdomain, it isn't flowing pagerank to your main domain, so I would highly consider moving it to a subfolder and redirect everything (even with the loss on the 301s you will still do better).
But if you don't have access to files it would be almost impossible to redirect users. If you do, but just the htaccess is un-accessible, use a PHP redirect.
What is weird is that Wikipedia doesn't use it and still ranks 1st for almost every keyword while having alternates in almost every language for every page.
Hmmm I step off here, never used cloudinary.com or even heard of them. I personally use NetDNA, with pull zones (which means that they load the image/css/js from your origin and store a version on their servers) while handling cropping/resizing from my own end (via PHP and then loading that image, example: http://cdn.fulltraffic.net/blog/thumb/58x58/youtube-video-xQmQeKU25zg.jpg try changing the 58x58 to another size and my server will handle the crop/resize while NetDNA will serve it and store for future loads).
Gianluca,
Wouldn't be much more work to identify if the parameter is set and then add the noindex meta? Wouldn't be easier to just set the canonical? I'm sure that's a dynamic site, just one canonical cal without using any extra code (PHP or whatever).
Why the nofollow? If I just preventing that page for being indexed as it would constitute a duplicate content issue, why the nofollow?, noindex should be enough in this case.
We recently fixed a similar issue with our blog tags, showing duplicate content on about 400 pages. We fixed that by adding the noindex (they already had the canonical but it wasn't enough as the canonical couldn't point to a definite version as that changed if the tag had or not another post on it). Within a few days all those pages were deindexed, we noticed a loss in search traffic and I decided to run a small test removing the noindex tag. Results: 2 weeks later none of those pages returned to the index (I added the noindex tag back as it was just a test to see if we could regain that traffic, but ultimately decided it wouldn't help to have a duplicate content issue for that lost traffic).
I think Moz shows you the SERPs for the keywords you are tracking, regardless if your Website is listed or not in that SERP.
There are another paid tools like: https://serps.com/
Hope that helps!
Ah you mean that if the dates of the reservation changes then it creates a duplicate page content?
If that's the case, you should use the rel="canonical" the definite page, no dates selected, just the page that shows the property.
Within that robot.txt file on the CDN (which one are you using?) have you set to allow Google to index them?
Most CDNs I know allows you to block engines via the robots.txt to avoid bandwidth consumption.
In the case you are using NetDNA (MaxCDN) or the like, make sure your robots file isn't disallowing robots to crawl.
We are using a CDN too to deliver images and static files and all of them are being indexed, we tested disallowing crawlers but it caused a lot of warnings, so instead we no allow all of them to read and index content (is a small price to pay to have your content indexed).
Hope that helps!
Can you provide us with some examples? It would make our job easier
There are some tools that can build the sitemap automatically setting all those values, like <cite>www.xml-sitemaps.com</cite>
But, the best answer would be to use:
Again, xml-sitemaps can handle almost everything (the standalone version (paid)).
Hope that helps.
Why he decided to move domains? rebranding? penalty on the previous domain? As if it was a penalty, he better off NOT 301 the old pages to the new ones.
Rebranding? Take a look at SEOMoz - Moz transition (it may help): http://moz.com/blog/goodbye-seomoz-hello-moz
There's a podcast on the same subject but I can't find it right now.
Hope that helps.
Even setting your location and cleaning your cache will not show the same results from a person that is actually in that location. Google uses SEVERAL factors, including ip addresses.
I would suggest you open an incognito window / private window and then use a proxy/VPN provider to set your IP address as from that location, for example HMA (paid, but cheap).
Hope that helps.
Try turning personalized search off, using an URL like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=keywords+to+find&gl=us&pws=0
At least for me, what I see there matches what Moz shows, although those are the results shown to a person in god knows what location with personalized search off, they match Mozs'.
Hope that helps.
Is the issue on the pagination? as sometimes some pages from categories/tags/etc can have the same content within an exact page.
If that's the issue, I would recommend you add a noindex meta to the least important pages (tags for example).
Hope that helps.
Hey,
You can ignore the too-much links issues. That is completely normal in Today Websites (javascript, tabs, etc.).
About the too long titles, Google indexes only 70 chars, therefore, if you have longer titles, try cutting them with some script, there are a lot of options online for whatever language you are using to code.
Use that cut function on your RSS generator as well, and make sure the most important part of the title in on the front, as it is actually what users will see while searching.
Hope that helps!
Unfortunately, Google will re-arrange your title in a way they think it would be more appropriate/appealing to users. They usually change the word order, punctuation and god knows what else.
In your example, if the user searches for Waikoloa Vacation Rentals, while your real title is "Kolea- Waikoloa Vacation Rentals" they may change it to "Waikoloa Vacation Rentals: Kolea" and there's nothing you can do to have your title displayed as YOU want it to.
Had the same issue myself, constant duplicate content reported on tag pages as sometimes some tag could have the same content on a page (while paginated).
We decided to no-index the tag pages, not only for the duplicate content issue, but also, they do not provide any extra to search engines, they are intended for users, then why have search engines indexing them? We added a no-index but NOT a nofollow as we WANT the pages they link to to be indexed (posts).
Sure, we lost about 7K indexed pages, but now those that remain are actually then ones that deserve to be there.
I'm with David on this one.
I think you are forgetting that engines are capable of running Javascript just fine, and all the content that is brought via AJAX to be viewable to the user will also be indexed by search engines.
I would certainly go with option 4, it's a standard Today, but have a look at the "pushState", that and address manipulation, that way, your users will be able to access an exact review (say in page 3) by just typing the address: http://www.mysite.com/blue-widget-review-page3 and have by default the page 3 loaded.
If you go this route, you can also put a hidden (css'ed) NEXT PAGE button at the end to link to the next page.
Hope that helps!
Are you positive that it wasn't anything you bought as a service, right?
Although Google's Matt Cutts claims that Negative SEO exists but it would take a lot of work to achieve and you could actually benefit the target instead, it has been proven over and over that it isn't that hard, see here: http://www.fulltraffic.net/blog/85062/is-negative-seo-becoming-a-mainstream-tactic-infographic/
As it is something you actually can't control, I would just go with trying to contact the owners of those pages where the links are and ask them politely to remove the link, as it will also help them too (usually the most affected side is the one selling the links, as there's no way to know who is buying them). Don't only go with an email, try social networks too, contact forms, etc.
But, considering that your rankings aren't affected, after contacting those Webmasters you shouldn't go as far as disavowing the links, you are not being penalized, you did the job on trying to remove the links (document your efforts!!), etc. IF, and only if you notice a ranking drop, an actual penalty, you should go ahead and disavow those links, and in case of a penalty, send a reconsideration request explaining them everything an showing the efforts you did to get rid of those links.
As Cutts told: it may actually benefit you...
Hope that helps!
Why don't you just hide that link? If the skype addon is installed it will automatically add the link to the phone number (if properly formatted).
While don't getting the page URL (which is the article title "what-is-the-visa-on-arrival-how-to-get-it.html" remove the .html and then add an extra field to the DB with a the URL friendly name, for this article, that field will contain "what-is-the-visa-on-arrival-how-to-get-it" then you search your DB for that field and you get the entry ID (of course, adding an index to that new column).
This one is a good solution for small DBs, but when scaling, you may want to use an integer to get the post ID instead, say "http://www.vietnamvisacorp.com/news/245/what-is-the-visa-on-arrival-how-to-get-it.html"
You get the ID plus the title and avoid any issue that may come if you accidentally post an article with the same title (you can have this prevented by looking into the DB before saving the article and if the title exists, you can either change the title or add something to differentiate them, say "-2".
Hope that helps!
Have you tried going to the Properties and add a new profile for each domain? I think you can then filter the data and get the reports on all those properties combined while you are also able to see data separately.
