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Hey Guys

I was viewing my competitors back-links and I noted that he had a link to www.thousandreasons.org

I was somewhat baffled as this site pertains predominantly to USA Newspapers.

Can someone please confirm if this is an Article Submission Site?

Hi Phil

Sincere thanks for your post/reply.

I apologise for not getting back to you earlier.

"Better late than never!"

Hi

Def recommend wordpress.

It seems as the industry standard, and taking into consideration made by Martijn, it appears that developers are consistently developing new add-ons and improvements.

Good Luck

OK this has really got me baffled, and I really hope the MOZ community can give me the answers I am seeking....

My statements and queries below are my own opinions and thoughts. I am not an experienced SEOer and I am learning all the time, so if I have written something incorrectly, please feel free to correct me

I have been told that natural rankings take time, and I have read with the recent algorithm changes from Google, that purchased links do not have an effect like they used to. I have also read somewhere that google has clamped down on bogus article writing (MOZ please clarify)

But what I am seeking some clarification on is, how does my competitors website, that has had a natural rank of #1 in the past, suddenly drop off; for a lengthy period of time, then suddenly re-appear at #10 on page #1, then some three/four days later, hit #1?

I have read that natural rankings are purely natural. I.e. a domain owner cannot pay google to boost their natural ranking. But is this really true?

Why is it when I speak to a close colleague of mine in the same industry, he mentions that his maps listing has dropped off, and after making a couple of phone calls to his SEO guys in India, maybe a day or two later, magically his maps re-appear?

I really am starting to question is a "natural ranking" really "natural?"

I have heard that some of these SEO agencies do have some tools that dramatically effect the natural ranking of a domain.

What are these tools?

Thanks for your reply.

I have problems with Google Analytics not working properly. Maybe we can setup a mutually convenient time to talk me through what I maybe doing wrong?

I will write though, having a URL such as http://www.bellagiolimousines.com.au/#!weddings/c23du is not conducive to assisting the rankings nor our customers.

Can it be edited without the special characters?

In regards to the 301 redirects; when is it anticipated that a fix will be available, and how far away is the new blog solution?

Hi Guys

Just thought I would write and let you all know that I still have my WIX site running and in the ever challenging and heavy competition industry I am in, my site is now ranked #2, with it's lowest ranking (depending on Keyword) #6.

I must admit I am surprised and as a novice at SEO, I am crossing my fingers that I will not lose this spot.

Referring to Omid's previous reply, I do wonder if WIX has taken note of some of the deficiencies in their platform and if there is any progress in releasing further SEO tools?

George

Hey Mat

Interesting response you've written.

It appears that Post Panda, Google has cracked down on article submissions i.e. not giving much value at all?

So would you agree, that one is better off writing an article and posting it in their own blog, and in their own social media pages?

Cheers

George

Thanks Ashley for your quick informative answer

Cheers

George

Good morning

Just wondering how often does the intro/beginners guide get updated?

I often refer back to this guide for some "back to basics"

Regards

George

Hello Omid

I must thank you so much for your detailed answer.

I won't reply to your post point by point, however the main point that I will raise is this....

NOTE: seomoz and OSE crawlers and other third party systems generally are not equal to google and while i can personally assure you from experience that you are safe with the big G, I can tell you that you will get crippled reporting and analysis delivered by seomoz and OSE due to the wix SEO approach. so if you need solid reporting, wix may really be a bad option, unless you can create your own custom reports using various sources of info, including what is available from seomoz.

I find with WIX I cannot track/analyse my site i.e. Google Goals, Analytics etc. Therefore it has left me with no other alternative but to re-construct our website using traditional code through Dreamweaver.

Just out of curiosity, does your company handle SEO? Do you also have your companies URL address?

Thanks Jeremy, I will def check out distilled u.

Just to make sure I get the right co., do you have their web url?

Thanks

George

Thanks Sylvana. I never thought of Lynda.com and I will def look it up!

I see you are in the Bridal industry (like me) which country?

George

Hi John

I really appreciate your detailed and honest answer.

As you can imagine I have hunted high and low over the internet, and thankfully I cam across SEOMOZ.

All of the people in the community have been so helpful, and like you John, have been willing to share their knowledge.

Thanks again, and I do hope that we maybe able to exchange ideas in the future.

Like you, I have many hats for my business

Thanks so much for your reply Dan and more importantly the link..

Hi People

I know this sounds like a real dumb question, but hey! I thought I would ask.

I am a newbie, and after continuously spending $165.00/day for my PPC adwords campaign for the last 5 years, I MUST get my site naturally ranked higher.

So as a newbie; yet understanding the basic principles about SEOing, I searched High and Low for an accredited course, an educational programme or anything that looked structured, and had a distinct step by step structure, and to my amazement I couldn't find much.

I did find Dan Thiess' online guide, the SEOMOZ guide, and  a few other bits n pieces.

It appears that SEO learning is all over the place.

I couldn't find any courses at the local universities either!

So I thought...well what does it take to become an SEO consultant if there's no real formal qualification as such?

And my answer was...Experience and proof of experience!

That is, a consultant of who has been around for quite a few years and can prove to potential customers that ... hey you see this website www.????.com notice how it's ranked #1 ? That's because of me!

So I thought, I would post this question to the forum and

1. See if there is some formidable training course with a valued and recognised qualification upon completion?

2. If I am able to work for a consultant at no charge to them at all in exchange for their knowledge.

I have a wealth of experience in business and people management, and Yes I do have some Web Development and IT experience.

But I know to some consultants this is a big ask, so I thought I would put it out there! (you never know until you ask.)

In the meantime if anyone could possibly guide for a step by step program...that would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

George

Thanks so much William for your quick reply.

I really appreciate it.

Thanks so much Chris for your quick reply.

I really appreciate it.

Thanks so much Kane for your quick reply.

I really appreciate it.

Hey Guys, I am trying to choose which is the best platform to use to build my website.

I have had a look at the following:

1. studiopress
2. thesis
3. headway
4. woothemes

I've just spent a month building a website using the WIX platform only to find out that it's not SEO friendly, so before I start a new site, I just want to make sure I choose the BEST SEO FRIENDLY theme.

If someone could please assist that would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I already have paid for theme subscriptions to the following sites (before I joined SEOMOZ)

are the following SEO friendly?

1. https://www.elegantthemes.com/
2. http://www.templatemonster.com/
3. http://www.templatesold.com/

Thanks so much in advance

Hey guys, I am a newbie and after so many painstaking hours of building my new site using the WIX platform, I just found out that WIX is not SEO friendly

So referring to (copy n pasted) the old post below posted in by Big Bazza back in June 2011, does anyone agree or have any updated information they can assist me with so I can get my new site started ? Cheers

www.studiopress.com - excellent templates and support is first class!

EDIT: These all support WP 3.0 and are SEO friendly too! (They have modified the SEO functionality)

However, the framework also allows you to run Yoast Wordpress SEO - which is generally considered the best SEO plugin for WP.  http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/

Thankyou Irving. I really appreciate your advice

Hi Andy I appreciate your reply.

Would you recommend weebly?

Hi Keri, I am in the process of reading this manual, and have been applying some of the suggested strategies.

I agree with EGOL that I don't think that it should be too much to ask for the manual to be updated as google or any other search engine releases new algorithms or changes.

It is a manual that is recommended to be read by SEOmoz and I hope that "quick changes" doesn't imply "i'll get to it when I can!"

Hi people. I have just built my website www.bellagiolimousines.com.au using WIX.

I am in the process of optimising for SEO, and after reading a couple of older posts i.e 2012; I read that some SEO consultants do not like WIX.

However with their recent upgrades, I was hoping if anyone else has had any recent experience with WIX?

I have spent a considerable amount of time building this site, and I don't want to waste anymore time in optimising it, if I am not going to receive a top 3 organic SERP.

Hope to hear from someone real soon!