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Hi Snoop D,
quick wins can be found in these three gems:
Have you registered the site with bing, alexa and google?
look at the site structure, how many clicks does it take to land on a product? You want this to be a maximum of three.
Use the on page audit to audit product pages, for product keywords.
Jeremy
Demetrios,
there are no shortage of great wordpress designers and developers. Make sure your website is built on a responsive framework, this will ensure cross device compatibility
I know a great one based out of the UK http://www.ukwebcreations.co.uk/
I think their website says it all
Jeremy
Hi Chris that's a great idea.
I use all the tools as a holistic solution, i audit all my client pages, look for the fixes make the changes and then monitor.
Thats the best way i have found, simply because, as you know there are so many factors going on in the serp.
love to see what others are saying
Jeremy
SEOmoz is a great resource, for further learning i would advise you to look at distilled u. Distilled are an amazing seo company, and great provider of education
Sorry Marshall zoned out on that last bit, with the slug, I would say you don't want to overload the keyword in the url, you could set up your categories to reflect different areas of expertise eg computer, software, network
so the slug is computer/computer-repair or network/network monitoring....
I think the key is your on page content.
Hi Marshall,
Great level of detail there, which will really help people to help you.
Personally i don't think it has to be a massive complex problem, we know that google loves genuine community enhancing information and while you are providing that you will rank highly. I would personally not mess much with your current page layout or information, purely because what you are doing is working. I would however add a second or third level, sidebar menu to list all your services.
This will allow you to target the other keywords for services you offer.
I would create a page specifically for each service where you target that keyword as you have done for your main page.
when migrating to wordpress make sure you use friendly permalinks and a good seo plugin and cleanly written theme, for the local market, make sure your site is mobile friendly. Not telling you how to suck eggs, just making sure you have all the info.
Jeremy
I am sorry to say that there is not one answer to this
A good SEO will be able to reverse engineer your competitors success or you can take the time to really understand seo and use the tools provided by SEOmoz.
I reccommend taking the course offered by Distilled, the begginners guide here at seomoz and using the tools at seomoz.
I have to agree, content is the ace card here, but i will say one thing:
My suggestion here is to not try for to many key words on one page. Instead, create a blog post for every key word you would like to target. Often you will find it is the long tail keywords that generate the best traffic.
there is a few great whiteboard fridays that will explain longtail.
I would re-submit your sitemap.using webmaster tools and set up a temporary redirect to your main page or another game.
there is some great stuff on error codes in the seomoz blog, or some great plugins that do the work. I like Infinite SEO from wpdev http://premium.wpmudev.org?ref=reallynetworks-792651 or yoast seo is a free option
SeoMoz offer an api.... check out the documentation
you appear to be using wordpress, have you installed any new plugins lately?
what category is 6 and what tag id is 31?
have you deleted a post?,
Also I would recommend updating your permalinks.
Hi,
I would advise you to do a site audit and have a look at your on page optimisation before making drastic changes,
In saying this your keyword in your url is of benefit.
Hi Joshua
A lot of SEO's recommend 70 characters or less, unless you are seeking particular long tail key word combinations. I agree
I recommend you read the following articles:
In particular the title tags section: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/basics-of-search-engine-friendly-design-and-development
and this blog post http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/title-tag
I use no index images on my personal site, as i love to photograph weird and wonderful things around melbourne. the engines crawl but dont index.
a little tip, if you are concerned about image theft, implement code so that images can't be saved to file.
Hi BJ,
From an SEO point of view i don't like to work in AJAX but it sure has some user experience points, doesnt it.
Have you read this article http://www.seomoz.org/blog/create-crawlable-link-friendly-ajax-websites-using-pushstate.
Common practise is to check the text cache of the site, that way you are able to see what the search engine see's and possibly see where your dulicate content issues are
Great answers from the other guys there, I will just say that googles approach while crawling will only ever be about content and mark up, not about brand.
Wordpress and blogger is only as good as the markup you put on it, bad themes, bad markup, but SERPS.
Hi Nicholas,
as an Australian, I know that it is very important for me to rank very well for search engine optimisation and search engine optimization for my international clients. Make sure you localise and not localize.
localisation is integral here both with the search engines and with the sales process.
As a matter if interest have you thought of split testing a new domain or sub domain with web master tools set up differently? Also are you displaying any business location?
Jerem
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Hi Guys,
I agree with Takeshi and Michael.
As a city specific directory creator I think that you have to look at value here and yahoo and BOTW just are not offering that value anymore.
I know that for us, the changes have forced us to look at value of content (which thankfully has always been a key to our success), user engagement and social interaction. Unfortunately not all directories can do this because they are so broad.
When looking for a directory, I would be looking for niche and trying to find the opportunity to leverage knowledge for link. We now accept high quality unique articles and interviews in exchange for links.
I know my take is outside the box, but google wants socially engaging user friendly content, give them socially engaging user friendly content
Jeremy
Hi Maureen,
I think you definitely should under promise and over deliver.
What do you feel confident creating an objective around?
What are the keyword difficulties? Can you target some easier high volume long tails keywords?
Are you making use of the long tail key words?
You know the client, you know the market they are operating in, and you have the tools.
I would only make objectives you are comfortable with achieving, smart goals are always good goals
Specific
Measurable
Acheivable
Realistic
Time based
Hi Maureen,
I think every good campaign must have goals, objectives etc.
What those goals are should be worked out with the client, because they have to be able to commit as much as anyone here.
Content is king and with SEOMOZ you have all the tools and reporting to show exactly what must be done. I recommend looking at their competitors and reverse engineering some goals from their.
hope that helps
Jeremy
A nice little whiteboard friday, that you may find of value jack
Hi Juan,
Are you asking if you should discard Link Building from your SEO strategy? I say no.
Should you discard low pr links from non related sites? I say yes
Should you discard links from high pr related sites? I say no
Should you create informative, useful content on high pr sites with lots of search visablity? Definitely.
My views, very interested in everyone elses
Definitely need that updated, it will also bring us more credibility when we tell our clients, no that is not the way anymore.
I also have a client who had previously developed this kind of linking strategy.
The poor guy probably spent hundreds of hours creating his links,on the old seo advice, and we have noticed a huge drop in their effectiveness. At the end of the day, his links were about keywords, not about content.
I think as an SEO, we have the responsibility to really make it clear to our clients that if they take a different approach, and create high quality community orientated content that contains some links, but is not all about the links they will not only benefit from the juice, but also benefit from google author rank.
I welcome the move towards quality content, as it means that genuine experts in various fields will now be heard.
Hi Jake,
I am new to using Moz as a product, and SEO is a continued learning experience for me.
I would be happy to work with you so that you can come back to this question and tell these guys how I helped you, not just because I am a kick ass SEO but a customer service ninja.
I am not concerned by your budget, but interested in your current approach and the results you are receiving.
Kind Regards
Jeremy
Hi, great question and find.
I recently read an article, I think that it was from distilled, on SEO Myths. One of the Myths was about duplicate content penalties.
"has the potential to dilute link equity," but apparently google weren't imposing serious penalties,
It was an interesting little piece, but i would suggest they are using a lot of no follow links.
As an e commerce developer, product variations are a hard one to index well.
I would be interested to get a few takes on how people are doing it well.
Hi Guys, i am new to Moz and the Q&A, so please go easy 
I just wanted to ask what cms you are running and have you installed any SEO plugins, I know that on wordpress sites I run infinite SEO and it allows me to override any on page meta tags and descriptions.
This would explain why you have the - CCTV Cameras on every page as opposed to the true key words