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So, we all know that The big, huge, over-arching idea is that Google ranks sites based on what they believe is best for the end user.

With the video that Eliathah posted and taking into consideration which URL structure would be easier for a user, I think hyphens are a clear correct answer.

Hyphens are easier for users to type (b/c they remove the step of using the 'Shift' key), therefore they're more user-friendly, therefore they're more SEO friendly. No?

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To address your question: I personally try to avoid optimizing any one page for too many keywords. It's one of those situations where if you decide to optimize one page for everything you end up really, truly optimizing that one page for nothing.

If you have five different locations that you want to optimize for, I'd create a page for each of them and vary the content enough so that you don't have duplicate content from page to page to page.

Good luck!

I wasn't sure of the answer, but I found someone with a similar one in another forum.

General consensus seemed to be that if you're using HTML5, it doesn't matter, if you're not using HTML5, you should use the first instance.

Here's the link: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/20446/anchor-tag-inside-h1-or-h1-inside-achor-tag-which-is-better

Hope it works out for you!

I appreciate the responses. Wasn't sure if there was really a "standard" or not. We'll get some Google experiments set up. Maybe it'll be something worth writing about if it's interesting enough!

Thanks a ton for the input!

This is more a user experience / conversion rate question than anything else.

We sell several levels of membership to our organization. Seven to be exact. They range from Student memberships at $35 a year to very specialized memberships at $4,500 - $6,500 a year.

I looked for information on how these products should be listed, but found nothing. Currently, they are listed with the most expensive level listed first. It's the only one displayed above the fold.

I believe this is a bad choice. At a glance to a consumer, it looks like a membership costs $4,500 instead of a more reasonable (and more popular) $500 a year price.

I don't want to start with the $35 option either. That is heavily discounted for students. Would it be odd to list the best sellers first and then have everything else listed underneath? Or does it need to be in price order?

So, if anyone has an opinion or has had experience with something similar or has seen a case study, I'd appreciate the input. Thanks

I just wanted to quickly ask about the general perception / reputation of the OMS conferences.

I don't hear much chatter about them, but the ones I've been to in the past seem to do pretty well.

Thanks, Kane.

Last year we had a problem with other conferences / companies using a hashtag we had started using for our conference.

We stuck with a very similar hashtag for this year's event and are, of course, having the same problem. The event we're using it for isn't until October and already has a decent amount of buzz.

How much damage would we be causing by switching the "official" hashtag? And how do we get people to start using the new one and abandoning the old? Does anyone have a case study on this or a similar experience with this issue?

They're rolling it out over the next few weeks for everyone.  You can get on the early sign-up list here: : https://services.google.com/fb/forms/realtimeanalytics/

Once you have access, they say "If you’re not already using the new version, you can start by clicking the “New Version” link in the top right of Google Analytics. Real-Time reports are in the Dashboards tab"

Perfect. Thanks for the help, guys!

We're currently using 5pm for project management. I've used basecamp as well, and think 5pm is a bit more streamlined. Just an opinion, though.

They're rolling it out over the next few weeks for everyone.  You can get on the early sign-up list here: : https://services.google.com/fb/forms/realtimeanalytics/

Once you have access, they say "If you’re not already using the new version, you can start by clicking the “New Version” link in the top right of Google Analytics. Real-Time reports are in the Dashboards tab"