Sounds like the buyer is leaving the website to make a payment then coming back, which would be a direct visit. You said " shopping cart vendor". When someone goes to make a payment, do they leave the site?
Best posts made by Francisco_Meza
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RE: Figuring Out the Source of "direct traffic" by looking at landing page parameters
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RE: How do I correctly use YouTube?
I would try to get more thumbs up. I actually would put it during the video. Also I would put "SUBSCRIBE to Our Channel"
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RE: 200 Redirects for SEO instead of 301
This question is not clear. Are you saying http code 200 or quantity 200? There is nothing called a 200 redirect. A http code 200 is normal. 301s are an 'old' URL pointing to a new URL. A blog post beautifully demonstrated this yesterday. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/an-seos-guide-to-http-status-codes
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RE: What language to use for URL's for Russian language?
Listen to Matt Cutts awesome answer here LOL!!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suTDT6-Q8NE
I think your special characters may depend on the search engine. Go to Russia's search engine and find out if your URLs display better there: http://www.yandex.com/
I believe Yandex is more popular there than Google is.
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SEOMOZ Glossary
Does SEOmoz have a glossary of terms. I answer many questions in Q&A and many people don't know what things stand for.
"Uuhhhhh what's GWT?"
"UUUUUhhh who's Matt Cutts?"
"DDuuuhhhhh What GA?"
I think it would be good to have a Glossary. SEObook has one, but I don't want to link from this forum to SeoBook. I want to keep it all in the Moz family of subscribers.
(DDuurrrr, what's a SERP?)
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RE: Google Analytics Myth?
What you are hearing is garbage. Don't listen to those people. GA has no effect on rankings. Even Matt Cutts said it. If GA did have an effect on rankings, the SERPS would be biased. Also many large companies use Ominture, Web Trends, Site Catalyst for the analytics.
My advice: Install GA.
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RE: How do I correctly use YouTube?
Look at the annotations here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qc_hgpe6eA
You can put "Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Now" or something similar.
Some advice, don't think it's tacky to put this on your videos. They are free anyway.
By the way, I used to be like those guys in that video. Now I were a suit and lost the accent LOL.
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RE: On-Page Question
As far as I know, product specs are okay to copy. For instance, a Motorola RAZR cell phone's features are okay to copy from the manufacture's website. There is nothing better than to write original content. Sometimes I rank because of only one word in the body. I developed a site called Shipoverseas.com and I want to rank for the keyword "international motorcycle shipping". Here is the real SERP: http://www.google.com/search?&q=international motorcycle shipping&pws=0
Look at the title. It doesn't have the keyword "international motorcycle shipping". The snippet is generated by Google. That isn't even my meta description.
My point is 'if' you are copy and pasting, other websites would rank for that snippet instead. WRITE ORIGINAL CONTENT. It will make you money.
Once you get to my website, do me a favor since I helped you. Scroll down and share this on facebook or hit the Google +1 button.
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RE: Multi country targeting for listing site, ccTLD, sub domain or .com/folder?
I would pick subfolders. Here's why. IN GWT you can set country targeting for specific folders.
This video, by Susan Moskwa, is VALUABLE for any international SEO: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en
At 4 min 22 secs she talks about using sub folders to geo target in GWT. It's a must watch for anyone who is thinking about international SEO.
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RE: Best Ways to Get More Newsletter Subscribers?
For sure! Once the customer is at checkout or the receipt page, hit them up there. That's where I do it. ALSO, I have the Newsletter subscription in the footer.
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RE: Transferring of analytic data
Sounds like these guys are trying to dodge you. Here's what probably happened. Someone opened GA under their personal gmail account and now doesn't know how to transfer it. If this is the case, you have to contact Google. I believe they can transfer the information over, but with the consent of the former owner. "If" the former owner doesn't want to transfer the info over, get a lawyer involved; preferably one versed in internet law.
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RE: What Video Player Format is Best?
Try Vimeo for Business http://vimeo.com/business
SEOMOZ uses Wistia.
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RE: Keywords and content and seo advice please
I completely agree ESPECIALLY in this field regarding "Write for humans not search engines". But don't forget to put the keywords in the content.
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RE: Subdomains or subfolders for language specific sites?
You can go with either one. Your question is probably the number 1 asked question on Moz. LOL
I would do folders "if" creating a multi-lingual site. Let's take WordPress for example. 1 folder, 1 install, 2 languages, no multiple logins, 1 database.
For subdomains, there is no passing of PR. A subdomain is like having a brand new site. subdomain.example.com and example.com are completely different sites. The only reason I would run subdomains is if I am doing something where the "site search" algorithm will be tweaked a little... like craigslist.org. Every city has a subdomain and the algorithm may be just a little different. Maybe you may need a subdomain for security issues, but in general go with folders.
Also, the stronger example.com/english becomes, the more likely example.com/mandarin becomes. It shares link juice. This example doesn't happen when you use subdomains.
Hope that helps!
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RE: How Do I Create a Google Analytics Dashboard for My Designer To Monitor Landing Page A/B Testing
You should be using Google Content Experiments. It used to be called Google Conversion Optimizer. You can find Google Experiments in GA > Content > Experiments. There is a video there you can watch. You can test up to 6 version of a single webpage.
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RE: What would be a really good reason to pay for SEOmoz Pro service?
I used to be a subscriber at SEObook and I paid $100/mo at the time, now $300/mo. Aaron Wall the owner of SEObook and is well known in the industry. I came here to SEOmoz because of the tools. I outgrew learning 'tips and tricks' and did more strategy. A problem arose... while SEObook is a great forum, I needed tracking software to see how I was doing instead of praying for my results. In comes SEOmoz. SEOmoz has tracking capabilities for your site AND your competitors. Google Webmasters will not tell you a single freakin' thing about your competitors while SEOMoz will. You can see the backlinks for your competitors and their rankings.
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RE: How to pick an SEO pro?
Rand made a WBF here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-interview-questions-whiteboard-friday
Mark this as good answer if it answers you qestion.
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RE: Switching over to wordpress
With 250 URL, you can do this manually in a couple hours. Use a free crawler and download to excel. From there, create the new URLs you want to 301 to and throw them into the .htaccess.
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RE: How do you disallow HTTPS?
Why not just NO INDEX / NO FOLLOW the page? What is the reason behind this? Do you want Google not to index your https page? Duplicate content? All checkouts have https.
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RE: What are some tips to increase twitter and facebook numbers on seomoz?
I don't understand the question. It sounds like you want SEOMOZ to rank higher. Are you trying to increase your Likes and Tweets so you can see them in OSE?
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RE: Where are the pro perks now?
Go to Campaigns and scroll to the bottom. You'll see a link on the left hand side.
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RE: How do I get our company press release more traffic?
If it's for a major university, then they will definitely have a university newspaper. When I was at UCLA, there was a whole department of journalist there. If I were you, I would hit them up and get a nice back link.
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RE: Blog.yoursite.com or yoursite.com/blog/?
This is a very typical question that has been answered many times. Go with subfolders. Unless for some security reasons, it's better to go with subfolders.
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RE: Can I do a redirect to a new domain name only a couple of weeks after having redirected to another domain?
Watch the entire thing. Matt Cutts can answer your question better than anyone here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA
Personally I would 301 BOTH old site to the new site. I would NOT daisy chain.
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RE: HELP - Configuration Killing Me, Dying on Google, About To Give Up
"I decided to streamline my site,"
How do you mean that? Did you use a plug-in or some type of software? If I were to do that (condensing websites into one), I would have gone old school style and do it via mysql DB into the mainsite's DB. Then 301 from one website to the mainsite your are trying to promote. To do this, I would probably hire a programmer to help.
My question is "how" did you streamline?
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RE: SEO Agency Recommendations
I used to cell sell phones through my old site, ebay and Amazon. If you are looking for a link builder, get a link building strategy first. Pay someone a couple hundred dollars to help build that for you, then go shopping around.
Also, I recommend that your link builder use software like Buzzstream for outreach. You can find a couple of agencies in the top 30 users of SeoMoz. (disclaimer: I'm one of the agencies). Some focus only on link penalty removal, some on conversions, some on link building.
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RE: Best CMS for e-commerce
You need to get new delelopers. Look for certified Magento devlopers on Upwork.
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RE: Importance of SEO Friendly URLs
Use friendly URLs. Do NOT use underscores. They are looked at as characters, not spaces. Here is Matt Cutts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3SFVfDIS5k
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RE: HELP - Configuration Killing Me, Dying on Google, About To Give Up
I think WP is fine in most cases. I try to use as little plugin as possible. One I do use is Yoast's WP SEO plugin.
I did about 3 site migrations last month from HTML to WP and my rankings were not affected. I 301's from .html to trailing slash URLs and everything was fine.
Alan, honest question here. If WP isn't good, what would you recommend?
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RE: Using an auto directory submission
Your clients don't understand the value of BBB. I use the BBB on nearly every page of my site to lend credibility. In addition, I use it in the SERPs to show credibility. A+ BBB Rating!
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RE: Does Moz Analytics Allow for Goal Tracking?
I think this is a part of Moz that is weak. I think they need better integration with Goals for GA and Adobe Analytics.
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RE: Modifying urls cause broken links?
I 100% agree with Dan. He has the correct answer
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RE: FB Shares in SEOmoz Keyword Analysis Tool
I don't totally understand your question, but I'll give it a shot.
Go to the bottom of this page and click the Facebook button: http://www.shipoverseas.com/us/ship-car/latin-america/shipping-car-to-puerto-rico.html
That button is a "share" button. "You" are "sharing" that page on "your" facebook wall.
Now if you copy that URL and paste it on your wall, you are also "sharing" that URL.
Sharing is NOT the number of posts I make on the company's wall. That's kind of like tweeting on your own wall. Tweets on other peoples wall is counted, but you can't tweet yourself and have it count. So if I tweet a URL from your website, then you get a tweet in SEOmoz. If I share your url on my FB, you get a share. If I like your URL on Facebook. you get a like.
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RE: Does posting on Craigslist damage our SEO or reuptation?
I market on Craigslist. Shhhhh don't tell anyone....
Yes, it's a Nofollow.
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RE: Pretty basic question on how best to start using open site Explorer
You may want to watch this. It give a lot of information regarding the SEO tools we have here. http://www.seomoz.org/webinars/seomoz-pro-tool-overview
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RE: ECommerce Site, URL's, Canonical and Tracking Referral Traffic
To answer your 1st question: Yes you are going to have duplicate content issues. SEOmoz won't catch everything especially if you don't put those URLs in a sitemap where they can access it.
Your client is doing it ALL WRONG!
Install Google Analytics. Use the Google Anaytics URL Builder : http://support.google.com/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55578
Log in to GA and go to Traffic Sources > Campaigns.
I just created one for you: http://www.erasedisease.com/?utm_source=SEOmoz&utm_medium=QandA&utm_campaign=Francisco_Meza_affiliate . Click it and you'll see it populate in GA in a day or two. It'll make sense once you see it in action. Basically you are creating URLs to track campaigns from affiliates. Now you will NEVER have duplicate content issues.
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RE: Inbound Link Discrepancy: Campaign vs Open Site Explorer
That's a bit odd. Check your GWT links. Also make sure you are using the same domain: example.com vs www.example.com.
Millions of links? Check GWT and if there is something really suspicious, contact Google and tell them about what's happening. I don't know if you should tell them to devalue your links or what, but try to be as honest as you can.
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RE: Link Building Plan Need some tips
** I think you would be better of building a blog on your website and building original content there.**
YES! I totally agree. Start using the best content on YOUR own blog.
1 directory submission to BBB will probably be WAY more effective than 50 wack article directories. Also look into joining the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce if you are in OC. Real companies join those organizations. Google knows that. Also, spammers won't want to spend the money to do that stuff.
What Wil Reynolds Real Company Shit video from Mozcon: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/2012-mozcon-videos-are-here
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Demand Media & Link Building - OMG?
When the last linkscape update happened, I saw a new incoming link from USA Today Travel. SeoMoz rates the link as a 9.5 for DA and PA is 24. The article was written by someone from Demand Media. I tried contacting the author to work out a deal. Since I did not receive a response, I investigated Demand Media myself. They are a large group of content writers. I have finished building the site and now I'm in the link building process for highly competitive keywords.
My 2 Questions:
- I can write articles all freakin day about what I do. I NEED to build links. Should I become a freelancer for Demand Media? I don't care about the pay because I am well paid.
- Is there anything to be concerned about with the Panda Update?
- All responses are appreciated. Please give me a thumbs up if you found this question interesting (because apparently some other post says nobody gives thumbs up)
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RE: How ehow beat Panda?
eHow is run by Demand Media. You may want to look into that direction instead. As far as I know, a person cannot simply create an eHow account and start typing away. Recently I hired a Demand Media editor. She said that there basically is no more work for them and that many had to leave. She also said that the topics are very focused. Here is a straight copy and paste of an email from her:
they are starting to focus more on expertise focused articles, so unless you're, say, a mechanic who also knows how to write, you're out of the loop over there now.
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RE: What do you get with mozpoints?
I got a free t-shirt fr becoming an Authority! But it was the same t-shirt I got a Mozcon
But besides that, credibility.
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RE: I request a WBF on article submission to Demand Media, EzineArticles, & more.
Thanks to both of you. You were both awesome. The agreement with my client was going to end in 2 months. That's why I wanted to take the short term approach. I took the owner of the company to breakfast today and had a long and honest conversation. He wants to retire and said the long term link building approach is what he wants to keep a stable retirement. He said short term would be too volatile. He is giving me 15% profit sharing + on top of my current compensation so I can be incentivized to stay & grow the company. Over 90% of the business is driven by internet.
EGOL - I am launching a WordPress blog on my site and keeping the best content for myself. This will be my long term approach. I have about 20 AWESOME articles for my blog AND an eBook that I will give away as a download. I am also going to take your advice on getting my content on highly authoritative sites.
Daniel - I will be submitting the 'okay' articles to ezinearticles.com & eHow just to provide some more links.
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RE: Ezine Articles
I concur! Ezinearticles has a ton of Adsense crap on it anyway. I have a couple links coming from them, but it's not something I increased rankings for. Instead of using that time on article writing, I integrated ADDTHIS and Facebook Comments into my site. More shares and likes, more interest.
Follow this: http://www.seomoz.org/q/facebook-comments-massive-overall-increase-in-rankings-anybody-else-experience-this
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RE: Vanity Virgin Domains
Please read this: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo
If the question you are asking was true, then everyone on SEOmoz would have already done so. Google would have nothing to index on a domain has no website.
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RE: How to make a best SEO strategy
I agree with IrishMark, read that ebook. I recommend it all the time.
Also, make sure your online marketing strategy follows your businesses objective. Here's a real example. I sat down with the owner of a company (they are my client). I asked, "What are your business objectives? I have been marketing for your company for 6 months now and we can clearly see the positive impact."
He replied, "I want to be stable so that none of us have to go back to 2008-2010. It was a horrible time. Also, I want to retire within two years."
Mohammad, as you can tell I wasn't about to do a "let's rank higher" or "let's do more SEO" approach. This company has people who have mortgages and children. I take care of their online presence. **I made an online marketing strategy that fits their business objectives. **
I haven't done link building in over 6 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND this company keeps getting higher and higher rankings. I built a community. I did CRO. I focused on conversions in Adwords and Organic. I did all white hat (well almost all white hat) SEO.
You have to find out what the business objective of the company are.
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RE: How Can You Get the Most out of Attending Mozcon?
I was going to say the same thing. Also bring business cards. Make a friend, not an acquaintance. There will be 1 party after each Moz day. You can meet people there too. Last time I was at MozCon I stayed the weekend and took the Seattle Underground Tour. Explore Seattle, it's cheap. Oh, use the lunch time to mingle.
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RE: Links and keywords
Yes, here is my technical answer:
[Dog](www.example.com>Cat</a> (1st link)</p>
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RE: Geo-Redirection
GWT > site config > settings. geo target www.mysite.com.au to AU.
As for www.mysite.com, leave it "Unlisted" under Geographic target.
This will make the AU site be seen only in AU while the .com shows world wide.
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RE: How to increase page authority
@JML, partial truths? Look at my site here Ship Overseas. Facebook Likes & Comments.
I'm not joking about having Nigerians use my services. There is a market I uncovered that I didn't know about.
Well, let's see what you have. Post "your" kick ass content and I'll run OSE on it. I wasn't trying to confuse anyone or "obfuscate" the poster.
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RE: What are your biggest focuses for Internet Marketing in 2012? New Year's Goal?
Hey Thomas! How you been? Here are my 3:
- Highly relevant content creation.
- Continue growing my Advanced Web Analytics strategy I learned from Avinash. Oh I forgot to tell you, I took his Analytics Ninja course.
- International SEO to reduce PPC costs.
If I could write a 4th, it would be schema.org.
Cisco