Subdomains can be seen as a seperate site altogether from the main domain. I would recommend keeping the blog on a directory within the main site.

Hope this helps some.

Also, Google recommends you 302 those url's instead of returning a 200 http code. You can read more about their best practices about a/b testing.

Is there a 'meta no index no follow tag' implemented by chance?

I publish blogs on my company's blog and sometimes I will take that same topic and expand on a few key points that were previously discussed. Andy is correct though you need to create unique content especially if you want to use the blog to obtain backlinks.

Next time you write a blog try to take a topic you covered and go further in depth and see what new information you can come up with instead of duplicating the content.

Hope that helps some.

Unique content would be preferred. Is the internal blog being indexed within search engines or is it just for employees?

My company actually had a very similar problem and I wrote an article on how to go about addressing the issue. Fortunately, it is a fairly straightforward process. First keep your rss feed.

Step 1 - Identify sites that are stealing content and gather those url's where the blog posts are being published

Step 2- Reach out to the sites webmaster. Chances are they will ignore you but its worth telling them you are aware they are republishing your content without your permission.

Step 3- contact the website's hosting provider using a who-is-look up and tell them a site they are hosting is infringing upon your copyrights. If it is a legit hosting provider they will remove the url's but in our case they did not.

Step 4- File a DMCA request. Then contact Google . They are a section within search console that will walk you through all the steps.

Once that is done check back frequently and monitor if the blog posts are still within Google's index.

Hope that helps some.

Also check out the Moz trust ranking too so you can make quick judgement calls.

Use Moz's opensite explorer or the Moz tool bar to check the website's spam score quickly.

Your welcome !

A quick search on Google trends shows a decline for the term 'nursing agencies'. I think it could certainly be external factors if your rankings have improved and held steady but traffic is declining. There could be some good content or marketing ideas though to help counteract some of the negative PR around your industry. Especially since it is a national company.

Hope that helps some.

With them there is no telling. Maybe a quality update? Who knows.

Hey,

I cant speak on whether or not the firewall offers any seo benefits but I would imagine it would especially if it is caching faster. However Moz has compiled a listing of algorithm updates. I would look at when your rankings started to fall and see if it matches up with the updates and check your backlink profile and do some competitor research to see if anyone is doing anything different.

I hope that helps some.