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@insightful_media said in Ranking Issue for New Site:

we copied the entire site over from an existing site based in Ireland

Duplicate content and hard to rank above in google. I don't know how big the site is, but a possibility is to rewrite duplicate content so it is new. This is in my opinion the best option but not the fastest, you can use fiverr or other services to find writters.

@insightful_media Just my opinion and experience with GMB.
I think it will help but is not fast. I always need a few months or more to ourank a gmb site if there is good competition. Most important areas imo, good reviews and a website that fits gmb. GMB usually shows pages in top 20 position (just seen but not sure 100%)
If there are other gmb with years just be carefull and work on your website to appear in page 1 or 2.
Regards

In my opinion, not at all.
I changed hostings a few times for several websites and never saw a change in domain authority or google position.
Just be carefull the website is every time available for visitors (or as soon as possible).
Regards.

I am a 'practical' seo with a few years of experiencie, from Spain. Never studied anything related with it appart from several non official courses about wordpress, links, webs, etc. And a few projects enough for a cheap living. I learnt evertything from myself and the internet, and despite having a few good projects I can not demonstrate my knowledge. I would like to start as a seo proffesional working with clients.
Could you please recommend any good and official course to start in the seo business? Universities, agencies... anything that could help to start and have an opportunity.
Regards in advance.

@obgproject Search console will be the best way to know where your traffic comes. In the performance area you will find this information.

Agree with previous answers. I would prefer to use Ahrefs or Semrush but depending on the number of kw it may be a lot of work.
Also search console may give you an accurate ranking.
Another cheap tool that I use is serprobot You can know the exact ranking for the kw you select in one or many websites. Not for this case (not available for previous months) but fot the present and kw movements will be fine, and in case you lose other data you will have this. And just 5usd per month.
How you got the data of your kw? Datasheet, any tool?