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Hi I have a client that is having two subdomains showing up SERP when you Google their name.  Here are the details. They have two subdomains us.companyname.com and en.companyname.com us.companyname.com is for the US and has completely different products and content than en.companyname.com en.companyname.com is the site designed for Europe and it is in English. How can I make it so that only the us. version shows up in the search results?  Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm stumped on this, so I'm hoping someone can help.  I have a Wordpress site that I migrated to https about a year ago.  Shortly after I added some code to my .htaccess file.  My intention was to force https and www to all pages.  I did see a moderate decline in rankings around the same time, so I feel the code may be wrong.  Also, when I run the domain through Open Site Explorer all of the internal links are showing 301 redirects.  The code I'm using is below.  Thank you in advance for your help! Redirect HTTP to HTTPS RewriteEngine On ensure www. RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] ensure https RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] BEGIN WordPress <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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I have a client whose name in not currently showing up on Google maps. Their business location only shows once their name or related keywords are searched, but their business name does not show when you only look for it on the map regardless of how far zoomed in you are to the actual location.  I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this, or knows of a way to fix this. I have already contacted Google multiple times, and they told me that “business’ names are just randomly pulled”. The client is an HVAC store front business with good rankings and a fully optimized Google profile, so these reasons did not answer the issue. Client’s GMB profile: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=rothheating oak creeek&oq=rothheating oak creeek&rlz=1C1JPGB_enUS685US685&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.5919j0j4 DBZfF

Hi, we have a client that is a prominent camera store in town.  We are interested in creating a photo contest in which our client would have categories for the photos (people, places, things) and awards (gold, silver, bronze).  We would like to create a badge for the winners that could be displayed on their websites.  We are looking for some tips/tricks on how to get the most out of this promotion for our client.  Also, from what I've read, it looks like we will have to nofollow the links in the badge.  Is that still the best practice?

We are considering signing up for a multi-business showroom co-op concept in our area.  Basically this space (1 address) has 10+ businesses that have their products represented at the location.  There is one person working that passes along the leads to the individual companies when someone visits the showroom and shows interest in a product.  I know at least 5 of the  businesses are using this address for a Google My Business profile, and we would like to also.  I am looking for some advice on best practices and strategy to ensure were not violating any of Google's policies.  Here is a link to the showroom:  http://www.brookfieldhomeandideacenter.com/

Hi guys, We have a client that we are having some issues with.  We have done extensive directory work for them, website enhancements, etc. so this is unusual.  Hermantown is an extremely small city in MN so companies there normally target Duluth. Our client is hardly ranking locally in Google maps or organically yet their competitors are showing up who have horrible websites, no SEO, and located in the same city—Hermantown yet showing up locally for Duluth searches. We just can’t seem to move up the ladder no matter how hard we try.  Here is the company: www.mmtheating.com We are completely at a loss for next steps on how to help this client improve. We’re wondering if there may be a penalty against them for some reason but we always have had very ethical practices. Thanks in advance for your insights!

Hi guys, we have a national chain hardware store hardware store as a client.  We built them a new website, and now they want us to do local SEO to help them rank better.  We are debating for GMB whether to promote our new website URL or use the location page on the national hardware site.  Most similar stores seem to promote the location page on the national site, but the client just spent money on having us build them a new website.  What gives our client the best chance of ranking better?

Hi guys, we have a client that we are having some issues with.  We have done extensive directory work for them, so this is unusual.  Their Google My Business profile isn't ranking hardly at all, although they have decent organic rankings.  Here is the company: https://plus.google.com/+ComfortAireHeatingCoolingPlumbingWisconsinRapids/about We have two possible reasons, but before we spend the time fixing these we were hoping for some reassurance from the Moz community. 1)Name in GMB looks spammy.  This truly is their name, but we thought it may be an issue due to the keywords. 2)Address inconsistency:  The client wanted us to use 880 Highway 73 South, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 so that is how we submitted it to aggregators and directory sites.  Google didn't accept that, they changed it to: 880 WI-73 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494.  The USPS Zip code checker didn't accept either of these, they use 880 STATE HIGHWAY 73 S, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WI 54494. Do you guys think one of these is our issue, or could it be something else.  Thanks in advance for your insights!

Hi, I have a landscaping client who is buying another company and merging the two companies together.  I trying to figure what the best way to handle this type of situation is.  Here are the specifics. Company A I've been working with him for a number of years, he has a really robust site with good content and with really good rankings.  I've done a ton of citations, he's in good shape. His company has decent name recognition. Company B My client is buying Company B. Their site is really poor, no SEO done on site and no directory listing work. The company has great name recognition in the community and gets most clients through word of mouth. My client has decided to take Company B's name because its a more well known company.  He is going to merge the companies, because he doesn't want to have 2 companies from a management standpoint.  He plans to keep both physical locations open. So here are my questions. Do I keep both sites live for a period of time and put  a message notifying people that "Company A is now Company B Name"?  OR Do I transfer all the good content from Company A's site to Company B's site and do a 301 redirect of the URL. How should I handle the data aggregators and directory listings? I'm trying to keep all the great natural traffic that Company A gets to its site, start to build traffic around company B's location while following all of Google's policies.  I could just start over and in the long-term they'd be fine, but I really love to find a strategy to avoid my client taking a big hit in organic traffic.  Thanks in advance Mozzers!

I have a situation where a client is working out of their home. I know that Google does not like when you list a business with a home address so we have hidden the address on Google, but are wondering if Google penalizes businesses for hiding it? When listing them to other directories we do our best to find ones that we can hide the first line of the address. But does that matter? Should we just be listing to our normal directories with the address visible? Does a mix of hidden addresses and visible ones hurt your rankings? Thanks in advance for your help!

We have 4 separate locations for an OB-GYN practice.  They are XYZ OB-GYN and are affiliated with ABC Health System. All of these OBGYN offices are located in buildings belonging to ABC Health System with multiple practices (other doctors).  Two of the locations have seperate suite numbers & two don't. How do we promote our OBGYN practices if they have the same address (with no suite number) as the other practices in the same exact building? I don’t believe Google wants multiple listings for separate practices that are using the same address without a suite number.

Hi, we are looking for some free video analytics tools.  We want to be able to provide our clients or prospective client some stats on how much reach (views, distribution, sites appearing on, etc.) their videos have.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

Hi, we have a client that has 2 distinct divisions 1)XYZ Construction and 2)XYZ Pools  they reside at the same address and share a phone number.  They do have 2 different websites.  How can we handle this from a Local listing perspective without getting our listings merged or penalized?

We have done the off-page directory listings work for a veterinary office (submitting to the main data-aggregators, as well as sites such as CitySearch/Manta/Yelp) & now want to supplement those with submissions for each individual doctor. There are 8 doctors at their practice. The plan was to submit them to only 3 sites - the main data-aggregators of LocalEze, ExpressUpdateUSA & Factual. They only have one phone number (their main number) to use for listings. So can we submit the doctors all with the same number? Or is that a total waste of time b/c listings will end up being duplicated/merged down the road? What do you recommend that we do?

We will be starting local SEO efforts on a medical practice that has 4 locations & 15 doctors each location (so 60 listings total). I will submit each doctor & each location to InfoGroup, LocalEze, Axciom & Factual. Also, I will only submit each location (not doctors) to Google. The problem I'm seeing is the fact that each listing would have the same exact phone number - it all goes to one main routing center. What kind of problems could come of this? Do we need a separate phone numbers for each of the four locations (at the very least)?

We have a client that has signed on with a national business network for contractors.  This was done without our consent, so I wanted to get everyone's feel on whether or not we should talk them out of continuing this partnership. The example I am showing is not our client, but they are part of this network and have the exact type of setup. Regular website: http://www.palmerheatingandcooling.com
Network webpage: http://www.heatingandair.com/annapolis-marlyand Regular Google Plus Local Profile: https://plus.google.com/117245435648294066529/about?hl=en
Network Google Plus Local Profile: https://plus.google.com/112323273882064003718/about?hl=en Here is a local search with both profiles showing up:http://goo.gl/8fxZV
I have attached a screenshot of the results. Is this type of partnership ok in Google's eyes?  Is this network listing going to hurt their regular listing in the future? ZGPJfvi

I do allot of work for small businesses with around 15-20 total pages.  What is the best site architecture?  For example if its a landscaping website, should there be a services category page and pages under that (domain.com/services/lawn-mowing.html) or should it be flatter (domain.com/lawn-mowing.html)  They offer about 10 different services.

Hi, I have a client who runs a professional expo company and wants to redo his website.  Right now he has one website that has the following sections: expo company info, wedding show info, electrical wire show info, fishing show info. My question is, when I rebuild the site would it be better to do one site or four microsites?

Hey everyone, has anyone had a good experience with a mobile website converter software?  I do web design, but I'm looking for something that would quickly convert a site to be mobile friendly.  I want it to be SEO friendly and be on the same domain.