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I noticed similar drops in the latest report too (same date). That's really frustrating. However after digging a little deeper, I noticed that one of the modules we use with our CMS had a problematic update and it caused hundreds of duplicate pages, removing the NOINDEX tags from some pages. (pagination problem)

You should do the same and try to understand what may have caused the drop in rankings.

I looked at your attachment. Those are some very difficult keywords to rank for. That's not going to be easy if you start from scratch. By the way,  I think Google is making some unfortunate changes again. I see irrelevant webpages outranking us all of a sudden because they have domain authority. Domain Authority is probably getting stronger again. It will make everything harder for new sites no matter what kind of content you have on your site.

Well, if we go like that. Wouldn't it also involve a risk of negative SEO? A site who rips content from another is more likely to be considered a spam site. (linking to your site now)

Yes, you can link to them. It's not like you would be linking to them on a daily basis. As far as I know Google loves it when you link to relevant sites (outgoing links are valuable too). And what's better than competitors in terms of relevancy. And if they notice that you are linking to them, you could be making good connections with them and who knows, they might do the same. Everyone wins in long term.

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In our case it wasn't worth the money at all. All we received was very poor links from unrelated or 0 authority sites with no traffic. It's risky so you should first ask for a free trial. (if they offer it)

8 and 12 when I checked your keywords. (google.com)

I go incognito or Private Browsing (Firefox) to check rankings when my favorite tool is not working for me.

It depends on the type of Rewrite Rule. If you have [R=301,L] at the end of the rule, it does the job and passes link juice.

Thanks for the response. I will look into EdgeRank a little bit more. As for the posts, we only post select content (not every single post) that would appeal to our fans on Facebook and yes of course we interact with them.

Hi,

I don't know about you but I have been comparing our Facebook posts in the last three months. Sometimes we use promoted posts and sometime we go with traditional posts.

In the last few weeks, it has come to my attention that Facebook is barely showing regular posts to anyone. If they go like this, I'm afraid regular posts will be almost like private posts for your eyes only.

Examples:

Regular post: 103 views after 3 days

Promoted post ($10] : 10206 views after 3 days

Good to know

I think on page card should be discarded. I don't know why SEOMOZ still keeps it in Research Tools while most SEOMOZ writers don't even talk about on-page factors these days.

I have been running my own experiment with SEOMOZ on-page optimization tool and I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time to play with it.

I have hundreds of pages that would get F from the very same tool but rank in top 10 and other A rated pages fail to even show up in the top 50 results. Not to mention that it doesn't work at all for long-tail keywords...

The only positive I can see is that it gives you a general idea of what not to do on your pages, such as keyword stuffing or the use of meta keywords.

If I was SEOMOZ, I would change the grading system from the current A-F to a simple POSITIVE-NEGATIVE. This was it wouldn't drive people crazy over it, trying to convert a C/B to and A. Importance of On-page Optimization is way too exaggerated because of this tool, showing up in your campaign report and in emails.

The tool is apparently obselete and I really hope SEOMOZ updates the grading system and stops showing it as an important tool. I have wasted hours and hours with it because it looked like an important part of SEOMOZ Research Tools.

Actually, I'd rather read more blog posts, listen to the webinars and then spend time with other research tools than wasting time on this on-page report card.

Thanks Adam and Vahe. Your suggestions are definitely helpful.

No he simply says "bid on those brand name keywords".

And it's only half the story. We changed the page design for a certain page and while the bounce rate has decreased, our conversion rate has also hit the bottom. This is a high-degree equation with so many variables, and you don't even know some of them. I guess that's why there is the A/B testing.

You will have to keep testing.

As for R. Fisher's answer, I would guess (and hope) Google to not take every page on 1st page the same way. We know most searchers don't even scroll (or look) to see beyond top 4-5 results on SERP's. It is normal for any site between 6-10 to have a lower CTR than the sites at 1-5.

No sir. Not like that

Sorry I forgot to -specifically- mention about our visuals but I was trying to compare the amount of unique text on the page.

We have got 1500 words + 15-20 high definition images + videos

anyway, thanks for the answer

I can help by giving you an example and its actual results.

I hope this helps.

On our site, for a certain word, just like in your case, the page is named let's say www.example.com/real-examples

When you search for "real examples" it is in top 10 but if you search for "real example" then it is not even in top 50.

I still don't think on-page adjustments decide the rankings on themselves as there are more factors involved.

Anyway, I hope this helps you a bit.

No it doesn't matter. If it's an Exact Match, Search Engines still see it as one, with or without the dash.

They are updating the rankings much more frequently now. It is almost like real-time now. How you solve this? I believe that's why you are here. There are loads of information on SEOMOZ, start from the Blog Posts and Learn Seo sections. I bought pro membership just for the knowledge base here.

good luck