Rand states "We plan to have an updated version ready to launch in the next 60 days." posted on the 6th June - so Early August 2011 looks to be the target re-launch date.
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RE: Is this Directory Guide by SEOmoz still accurate?
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RE: Link Age as SEO factor?
Update your links to get back 100% of your link juice back.
See here for more info: http://www.seomoz.org/qa/view/48932/link-age-vs-domain-age
EDIT: DANG! How quick are you Ryan ;o) Were you at Vivid Lime's house when he started writing the question?!?
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RE: Adwords Duplicate Keywords with Different Match Types - Good or Bad?
If you are concerned about duplicate keywords, download the Adwords Editor and follow Google's guidelines on identifying and removing them, here: https://support.google.com/adwords/editor/answer/47633
QS aside, my concern with duplicate keywords would be the cost implication as you'll end up bidding against yourself in the auction. As Alick300 has mentioned, keywords with different match types are not considered duplicates. Be aware that broad match keywords with the same words in different order, etc would be considered duplicates.
I hope that helps you.
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RE: Link Age as SEO factor?
Ho ho ho! Very whimsical indeed
For your sanity you should know there has been issues with this for all of us recently - and Delete Reply doesn't work
( Hmmm, I wonder if SEOMoz will get penalised for all of this duplicate content???
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RE: Adwords Duplicate Keywords with Different Match Types - Good or Bad?
My apologies if I haven't presented this clearly. However, I'm not seeing anything contradictory here:
"If same keywords are used in different match types then they are not considered as duplicate keywords."
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"As Alick300 has mentioned, keywords with different match types are not considered duplicates"
As a matter of course, it would be a good exercise to run your campaign through Adwords Editor to check for duplicate keywords (as referenced above), in case any have slipped through the net.
Good luck with your campaign!
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RE: Duplicate Content issue
use the rel=canonical on the main page/s to show that they are the original/source/master page of the content.
See this helpful guide:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/complete-guide-to-rel-canonical-how-to-and-why-not
Don't forget you can also tell Googlebot to ignore certain URL parameters to prevent them being indexed and treated as duplicate content.
"If your site uses URL parameters, some of the parameters may be unnecessary for page navigation. Asking Google to ignore these parameters can reduce duplicate content in Google's index and make the site more crawlable."
This is done through Google.com/Webmasters - Your Domain - Dashboard - Settings - Parameter Handling.
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RE: No data for most of my keywords
Hi,
PM sent. If you contact Moz, you can schedule a free walkthrough of the Moz tools, having given them an outline of what your are looking for from the site. This would be a good opportunity to go over issues like this. They have a UK based representative, Steve Dunn, who is really helpful.
I'd recommend contacting Moz via the blue chat icon for details.
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RE: No data for most of my keywords
Yes, of course. You can book a second, twenty minute session (though I'm sure you can have longer if needed) using the book a session email link you received previously. I've used this twice, before and Steve was really keen to help.
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RE: Is there any ratio of dofollow and nofollow in back-links profile?
As part of the normal backlink profile you would absolutely expect to see some nofollow links (In many cases, you can expect to see more nofollow than follow (Moz's inbound links have a ratio of something close to 40% follow to 60% nofollow). Of course, if you only have a few inbound links there's every chance that 100% of them could be passing equity. However, as your site grows, you'd definitely expect to see that percentage drop off. Being honest, I can only see this ratio being something to concern yourself with if you are trying to make your backlink profile "look natural", rather than allowing to develop naturally. Often, the kind of places that allow you to "get" dofollow links (i.e. paid links/directories etc.) are of lower quality and Google will have a pretty good understanding what they're up to and simply discount the links, which could see you investing a lot of effort and gaining nothing of any worth at the end.
So, in summary, there is no optimal ratio of follow/nofollow links, only good links (natural/relevant) and bad links (paid/spammy). Concentrate your efforts on building great contents, satisfying your visitors (by giving them what they want) and building relationships within your vertical and you'll gain far more from fewer links. It may seem counter-intuitive, especially if you see your competitors gaming the system, but their success will likely be short-lived.
I know that the "build great content" and "putting the user first" messages can seem a little trite, but you hear it a lot because it's true.
Good luck with your project!
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RE: Yoast and wordpress duplicate meta
For reference, with Yoast enabled, you'd expect to see:
<title>TITLE</title>
If your theme is supported by a third-party, you can ask them for assistance, of course.
If it's not built-in to the theme, it could be another SEO/META plugin causing the duplication, perhaps? - One way to test if it is built in to the theme would be to switch (temporarily) back over to a standard wordpress theme and see if the issue persists. If it's still there, try disabling likely plugins and test.
Good Luck!
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RE: Buying Twitter/Facebook Followers
It does work. I have seen it in practice (aherm!) 'An associate'.... AHERMMMM! used http://www.socialkik.com/facebook_promo.html - and got tangible results. My 'associate' says don't bother with the targeted fans package as they are clearly ficticious accounts, so they cannot possibly be targeted. Furthermore it's amusing to see how many of the 'fans' have a surname that is also a forename Brian Christopher/Christopher Brian etc etc - they sound like a load of fancy hairdressers!
BTW Result was a No 4 position in Bing US for a facebook.com/exactmatchkeywordphrase - from somewhere on Page 3...
These sites all sell themselves very well, but they are all going to be either made up of fake accounts and/or 12 year old kids - signing up for some crummy scheme which will promise them a free iphone5.
However, these 'fans' do help boost your numbers, so you look credible/established to the real fans you pick up later.
Interesting article on the influence of Twitter and Facebook on Google rankings here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/facebook-twitters-influence-google-search-rankings
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RE: Permanent URLs for Twitter?
Rand talks about URL shorteners and their effect on link juice etc here: http://www.seomoz.org/q/is-there-anyway-for-redirected-links-to-still-provide-seo-value - Very good info (as you would expect from the bearded one...)