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If the part numbers are not important or irelevent to the product then you should not include them in yor title. But If the part numbers are industry used manufacture numbers and used by people searching for the product then you should include in your title even if it makes them 70 characters or more. Your title should be used to best describe what your page is about and be relevant to how people search for those products.

Thank you for the question. Rand answers it best in these two posts from the blog;

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-domain-trust-authority 
• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-domain-authority-page-authority-metrics

Good luck and happy domain authority building!

Drop down menus do not typically effect SEO negatively. In fact a properly optimized drop down menu can be beneficial for letting Google know what your site and pages are for. Just a few things to check for:

1. Avoid Java script drop down menus - Use standard HTML or CSS driven drop downs instead.

2. Use live linked text and not images.

3. Use descriptive keyword in your drop down - For example a drop down for shirts use: Red shirt, Blue shirt, etc instead of just Red, Blue.....

4. Keep in mind the First Anchored text rule. Give seniority to your first anchored text link.

5. Make sure your links are absolute link. e.g.http://www.yourdomainname.com/services.htm

6. Use title attribute to describe the page the visitor will be taken to.

Remember that Google is trying to pull up the most relevant result for the specific search. So we need to see why Google would think that your homepage is more relevant then some of your interior pages that you have been trying to optimize for.

Now when you say "I'd done everything right to get other pages on the site to rank for top keywords."

Can you be more specific as to the strategies that you have implemented_?_

Also I wouldn't consider being "stuck" on PR5 a potential issue_._ Many site perform better then others with higher PR.http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/06/beyond-pagerank-graduating-to.html

Remember that a Warning is just that, a "Warning". This doesn't  necessarily mean that you are doing something wrong. It just means that you should be aware of a "possible' issue. If your navigation is intended to help visitors navigate your site and facilitates finding products, then I wouldn't worry about the warnings. If you have such a large navigation just for the purpose of stuffing keywords, then I would reconsider the strategy.

You are right Craig, as a Digital Agency you should expect to get links from divers topics. As Ben mentioned this will be ok if it's part of a balanced link-building campaign. I would also make sure that they link back using different anchor text and perhaps to different pages on your site, not just the home page. Another thing to take into consideration is the strength of those blogs. Having a bunch of new links from PR 0 pages can look spammy and not have much value.

What type of problems are you concerned with? How would repeat customers be affected by your optimization, in comparison to new customers? Sorry for the questions but just trying to better understand your questions and concerns.

Like Cisaz said I like to optimize all levels. Cisaz advice is right on point. I would just add to use these 2nd & 3rd level categories to target longer tail keywords.

Moving a site from one server to another should not affect your Page Rank as long as you keep everything (URLs, file structure, content, etc.) exactly the same.

Here is great tutorial from Matt Cutts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfqKKquA_R0&feature=player_embedded

Are you using Google Adwords?

If so these maybe one or some of the issues causing the Not Set Keyword:

1. Auto-tagging is on but cost data is not applied.

2. There is a redirect in the URL

3. The gclid parameter is altered or dropped from the ad

4. Auto and manual tagging are being used at the same time

5. Manually tagged URLs are missing a value

Wow! You guys look identical! You should run a "Who can grow the best Rand Fishkin style beard" contest.

Excellent response by Andrew. I would add that you should also create specif pages on your site for some of your long-tail keywords and include those keywords in your URL.

Example: www.gourmetstreets.com/food-truck-franchise-oppertunities/

or like the one you already have http://gourmetstreets.com/how-to-start-a-food-truck-franchise/

In the case you provided I would make a page specifically for "upside down cars" and from that page have a link to another internal page that is specifically for "blue upside down cars". The goal is to be the most relevant for the specific search conducted. If one was to search "blue upside down cars" then your "blue upside down cars" page should be more relevant than just "upside down cars" and therefor rank better for that specific search.

Now the question is does "blue upside down cars" merit a page all on its own or should it just be a paragraph and or section in "upside down cars"? It helps to ask yourself these 3 questions:

1. Do you have enough useful informative content to fill a page just for "blue upside down cars"?

2. Is there enough searches conducted for "blue upside down cars" that I should make a dedicated page.

3. What does it mean to me or my client to rank well for "blue upside down cars".

Hope this helps.

The best way to fight evil is with good. Focus your energy and efforts on getting / encouraging  your clients to leave positive reviews for your company.

Your 1st question:

Go to www.google.com and type in the domain name, with and without the "www." For example, search for "www.domain.com" and then search for "domain.com" (without using quotes around the domain name). If the domain shows up in the search results then it is not banned in Google.

To investigate a domain further at Google, see what Google returns when you perform a site: search at Google. For example, if you go to Google and search for "site:www.domain.com" and then "site:domain.com" and Google comes back with "Your search - site:www.domain.com - did not match any documents," the site most likely is banned at Google.

Your 2nd question:

Was best answered below. Do not associate with any sites that have been determine to be spam, been penalized or even banned from Google.

Adding to what Alan said, For better results and to make your template page more relevent you may want to add a more descriptive keyword between  THIS and TEMPLATE.

so "The tool you're using is great, but this (more descriptive keyword) template will help you."

and you would link the '(more descriptive keyword) template" part.

This would help both you human visitors and search engine bots better understand the what that template page is for.

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1. Yes links from Facebook are "No-follow" but that they don't have ANY value is up for discussion.

Here is a great article on Sphinn where some very good SEO post some comments on their thoughts on the value of nofollow links.  I would suggest you read though them and draw your own conclusions. ttp://sphinn.com/story/161185

2. "So don't spend your time on it and try to find some relevant websites for your industry and place your links there, and you'll see the result."

I completely agree. If it's strong backlinks that you are after focus on industry relevant sites for better results.

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3. There is plenty of SEO value in Social Media. Here is a great article on The SEO value in Facebook & Twitter. Placing random backlinks on Facebook will not get you the results you need.