Latest posts made by intSchools
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RE: Is it worth adding your rss feeds to directories
You will get minimal, if any, SEO value by submitting your RSS feed to directories. Do not submit them to paid directories either, as Google have been penalising sites that pay for links.
The only reason to submit to directories is if they are relevant to your industry/content, and you if you will receive targeted traffic from these directories.
posted in Content Development
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RE: Moz Points
You may have reached your monthly limit for Q&A comments- you can get a maximum of 20 points per month.
http://moz.com/community/mozpoints
posted in Product Support
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RE: What is this new feature on Google?
Yes, there is a great article by Google on their knowledge graph. They also wrote a good article about the use of knowledge graph in search.
In terms on getting on there- I'm not too sure, I haven't seen any studies or done any experiments. It has worked for clients when setting up Google+ pages and making sure they are clear and linked to the website. It also seems to help to have good schema mark up. For example, if you are a famous person you should have a good use of person schema, have a Google+ page and also make sure your Wikipedia is up to date and clearly defined.
posted in Algorithm Updates
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RE: Canonical tag
I tend to make the recommendation of having canonicals on paginated pages point to the view all page. The reason for this is that this page will contain all the results, so therefore there will not be any duplicates.
I also believe it is good user experience for people to have all content accessible immediately through infinite scrolling - they can then filter and order as they choose.
For yourexample I would canonical to the /all page.
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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RE: What is this new feature on Google?
This is Google's new 'frequently mentioned on the web..' feature. They have been testing it for about 8 months or so now. It is based on their knowledge graph which is their database of pretty much every existing thing - people, places, films, music etc.
To get on there you should probably have a descriptive Google+ page and have good schema mark up on your website. This will help Google understand the connection between your college and Vancouver.
posted in Algorithm Updates
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RE: Canonical tag
For this example you should create a 'view all' page where all the content is listed in one single view. You should then point the canonical tag to the this page, so that all content is indexed.
If this is not possible, then you should use rel="prev" and rel="next" tags to show the relationship between each page when linking. Google can explain this better than me here!
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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RE: Does Google.co.uk only like domain.co.uk?
There isn't much (if any) influence in having a .com or .co.uk for UK domains anymore. It used to be a ranking factor but many UK businesses use .com domains, as it is generic and well used.
.com is classed as a Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) meaning it is used around the world. You can view a list of other geotargetable domains below:
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1347922
posted in International SEO
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Followerwonk API (401 Unauthorized)
I am trying to use the Followerwonk api and I have changed the C# code from the MozscapeAPI code here for it to work as it uses the same encryption etc.
https://github.com/QueryClick/MozscapeAPI
The problem I am having is that I generate the correct link but I still get back 401 Unauthorized from Followerwonk it works fine on Mozscape API.
https://api.followerwonk.com/social-authority/?screen_name=maximillion195;AccessID=member-NWQyZTI1M2EtMWUyZC01NDJhLThmZW;Timestamp=1368030369;Signature=PxK24AP7cgXMMVhzrU8NSRtSI%3D
(I have changed the member ID and Signature)
The Link looks right and it defiantly hashes it correctly and the timestamp is set for 20 minutes in the future, Can anyone explain why this is not working.
Thanks
posted in Moz Pro
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RE: Do search results differ greatly when you search on mobile?
Hard to say how much Google rank mobile friendly website more, it depends on intent mostly. Mobile does differ based on localised results.
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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RE: Internal links to blog posts
No, it would not be problematic. Exact match anchor text is very usual on the homepage.
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
Best posts made by intSchools
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RE: What is this new feature on Google?
This is Google's new 'frequently mentioned on the web..' feature. They have been testing it for about 8 months or so now. It is based on their knowledge graph which is their database of pretty much every existing thing - people, places, films, music etc.
To get on there you should probably have a descriptive Google+ page and have good schema mark up on your website. This will help Google understand the connection between your college and Vancouver.
posted in Algorithm Updates
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RE: What Is he Difference Between Google UK and Google Great Britain
I remember a member of the SEOmoz team explaining that it was an issue with their system and both Great Britain and United Kingdom yield identical results. It is just two names for one Google.
I think they are looking into this further.
posted in Moz Pro
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RE: Is it worth adding your rss feeds to directories
You will get minimal, if any, SEO value by submitting your RSS feed to directories. Do not submit them to paid directories either, as Google have been penalising sites that pay for links.
The only reason to submit to directories is if they are relevant to your industry/content, and you if you will receive targeted traffic from these directories.
posted in Content Development
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RE: What is this new feature on Google?
Yes, there is a great article by Google on their knowledge graph. They also wrote a good article about the use of knowledge graph in search.
In terms on getting on there- I'm not too sure, I haven't seen any studies or done any experiments. It has worked for clients when setting up Google+ pages and making sure they are clear and linked to the website. It also seems to help to have good schema mark up. For example, if you are a famous person you should have a good use of person schema, have a Google+ page and also make sure your Wikipedia is up to date and clearly defined.
posted in Algorithm Updates
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RE: Are Click-Through rates & Bounce Rates as Ranking Metrics ?
Google claim that they do not use click through rates or bounce rates as ranking metrics. Also, no Google Analytics data is used in the ranking algorithm. Matt Cutts confirmed this in this YouTube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmO1GE4GvI
posted in Reporting & Analytics
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RE: How Are Competitor's With Zero Links (According to SEOmoz) Ranking Highly?
OSE is not working for me but I suggest searching using ambienmed.com (without the www.) as on Google they rank with ambienmed.com
This is a different subdomain and would be the reason there are no links to www.ambienmed.com
As well as that they are also in a fortunate position of having the keyword ambien in their domain name.
posted in Link Building
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RE: Bad reviews coming next to the company website, how to remove those ??
Bad reviews are a common issue with SEO as the sites that host these reviews often have high authority. The only way you can really remove these from the results page is to create better, valuable content that will eventually outrank the reviews and push them further down the results page.
posted in Technical SEO
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RE: Internal links to blog posts
An exact match to the title of the post is useful for the user because there will not be any confusion when they arrive at the blog post.
You do have an SEO opportunity when manually linking. It is a good opportunity to maximise your keyword usage in your anchor text. Try using similar terms in your link -
- Title - "5 ways to rank higher on Google"
- Link - "Boost your search rankings with these great tips"
This should not create confusion for your user because the content is still being reflected. And it will allow to potentially rank for alternative, similar terms.
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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RE: Google analytics for your mobile sub-domain
- You can have one Google Analytics account that will be home to all of your site's data (this will track both desktop and mobile domains). You can then filter the results to show the differences between the devices.
Or,
- You can have one account for your 'desktop' domain and another for your mobile domain. This will result in two sets of data and is what the first replies instructions will result in.
I use method 1 as I prefer to have all my data in one place. If you want to do this you need to go to:
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Admin
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Tracking code
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Standard
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Select 'One domain with multiple subdomains'
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Paste the code into your site
You will then be able to track your visitors on the mobile site as well as other subdomains.
posted in Reporting & Analytics
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