It is situational

301 = Permanent Redirect - and better for SEO purposes as this tells the search engine that the redirected page has become the new page

302 = Temporary - Search engines of course follow the 302, I even think it will show the new page in results, but if it is a permanent, and you are worried about this - then use a 301.

Tough to give any kind of reason for use other than that above without some situational knowledge

But to a user, it is does not matter wheter it is a 301 or 302, but to bots the above differences apply.

And as a 404 I would assume it is a 301 - but not sure, due to I do not know the reason for the 404

For reference

http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/redirection

I think the answer would be Noindex, but continue to follow - So not by Robots, do by Meta.

Since these pages are just duplicates of others, with little content difference - I would suggest this due to at some point these could begin to drag down the rest of your site - and also they are technically creating competition for your specifically ranked non PPC product pages.

I think Pre Panda/Penguin - the advice might have been closer to keeping them, and targeting them for secondary keywords, but not sure if that strat is really good anymore as it brings too much risk, for an un-known pay off now.

IMHO

Since you are actually distributing "Real News" and not just fluff news to target keywords for SEO - I would think "spinning" it would be worse....

But to be honest - It is a hard question to answer - as Technically a press release is not supposed to be posted on others sites word for word --- a press release is to bait journalists/bloggers to write about your story - Only once the days of easy manipulation was it turned into some other type of "link building" strategy.

I would suggest submitting the same one - But with sites like PRweb, it is hard these days to really justify it, as to be honest is it not just a big network to gain links?

IMHO of course

Not necessarily -

Alot of PRWebs high authority distribution network is Nofollow

Also just because it is picked up, does not mean it is not duplicate content - or will not be treated as dup content in the future

Over the past few years I have personally seen a massive depreciation of Online Press Release distribution "White Hat" SEO benefits.

I also am not sure I would agree post Panda/Penguin - that Press releases are a good way to pass "Link Juice"

I am not saying it is a lost cause, but just feel your assesment is a little circa 2009, 2010

"Google uses spell checking software to check queries against common spellings of each word. When we determine an alternative query that we think might improve the search results, you'll see "Did you mean: (more common spelling)" at the top of your search results page. For example, if you search for [ foot ball ], at the top of the search results page, you'll see "Did you mean: football," a more common spelling of the game's name. Please note that our spell check feature is completely automated, and we cannot make manual changes to individual queries."

http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1723

So I would say in the case of Businesses, it is still algo based, (no manual interaction available) and predictive based on search volume and alternate queries available in predictive algo and spell check software?

Sounds like you are an excellent candidate for some fun Memes attempting to gain socical traction!

I have never used it, but to be honest - the builder itself is probably irrelevant due to your specific requirements. As most sitebuilders are exactly the same - they just have different features - so if you find one with all the features you need go with it!

The only variable is if this builder is also the Host - in this situation just make sure you verify its uptime, support and service.

Hope this helps

Personally - with your requirements, you are either going to have to do an in depth search of products that will fit your needs - the closest I would say is Weebly or the like - I really think though with your needs, you will be much better off with a CMS - it is a learning curve, but more control.

Other than that - I would suggest learning coding languages

Sitebuilders are built to be easy, and your needs are sort of outside the realm of a normal sitebuilder user.

It really depends on your preference....

you can most definitely customize the URL with Weebly.... But the language? How do you mean? In page translation? Or the controls of the program in another language?

if you need hosting and the builder - weebly.com is a pretty good choice - there are drawbacks of course to any sitebuilder, and limited HTML knowledge.

But in my expereince if you are not looking for a CMS, just a "drag and drop" builder - weebly is 100000 times better than wix - as you found out wix is HORRIBLE for SEO.

If you are looking for a little more customization - just find a host that offers a sitebuilder - like Fatcow - they offer weebly pro for an additional price AND you have all the FTP abilities to make advanced HTML changes and additions after using weebly to publish the core components.

Learning HTML and becoming very proficient in it, and its counterparts (php asp ect..) is crucial to SEO though...

Hope this helps

Shane

The reason is probably -

Giving someone blanket advice that is only partially helpful is not good...

So he waits a week, and has done no research into what may have caused this, what then? Panic?

I would fully agree that panicing is the wrong idea, but so is sitting around doing nothing, as an agency - it is very easy for a person to say - just wait it out, but as a consumer what does that mean - sit around and do nothing, or proactivlely begin researching the possible causes?

So I would think a more correct answer IMHO to someone who is new to the game, would be...

Don't panic, but don't be complacent - Begin researching your tactics over the past years, your link profile your on page seo ect.. so in a few weeks IF it does not "Magically" clear itseld you can have a clear actionable plan to begin responding - two weeks of no money coming in could mean death for a business.... So why would you not begin researching while "wating"

I also do not think the "dust" will settle, this is an ongoing battle, and will be for some time to come - so waiting a few weeks on a site that = livelyhood is not a smart decision either

IMHO of course