before you get involved with the disavow tool, contact the website and ask them to take them down. It will be much more efficient than just using the disavow tool and Google wants you to try and get rid of the links first.
Posts made by KarlBantleman
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RE: Removing Links From Spammy Directories
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RE: Duplicate titles reported with canonical
Ah, thanks Rich. I think I've know which one is mine! Time to implement....fingers crossed...!
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Duplicate titles reported with canonical
Hi Mozzers,
In the reports it is saying that I have some duplicate content and titles even though there is a canonical tag on them, is anyone else getting this?
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RE: Google pulling in wrong title tag!
Thanks for your reply Ian, yeah I was reading that on SEL. I guess we have to just sit back and wait for Google to play along!
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RE: Google pulling in wrong title tag!
Yeah, all done and submitted. It is not a side wide issue, just with a few pages! Very strange
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RE: Google pulling in wrong title tag!
Thanks Jesse,
We did migrate the website but we redirected all the URL's and the titles and metas didn't change so I'm a bit stumped! Good old Google!
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Google pulling in wrong title tag!
Has anyone else seen their title tag different in the SERPS to what you have called it in the <title>?? </p> <p>I work for MITIE and when you type in "facilities management" it shows our title tag as "<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mitie.com/services/strategic-outsourcing/integrated-facilities-management">Integrated <em>facilities management</em> - Mitie</a>" and it should be "<span>MITIE | Facilities management - Facilities management companies - Facility management UK" </span></p> <p><span>The only thing I can think of is that it's picking it from the H1 on the page but why it'd do that! The page is here www.mitie.com/services/strategic-outsourcing/integrated-facilities-management</span></p> <p><span>Any ideas?</span></p></title>
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RE: Link Building Semi- Automated Software
As long as you know exactly where your links are going BEFORE they go live then that's fine yes. However, if they are going to take some content and distribute it to loads of directories and websites then this will do more harm than good.
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RE: Link Building Semi- Automated Software
I'd be really careful with automation software like this, you want to have 100% control over where your links go and this won't give you that. You are better finding some quality links yourself, it may take a bit longer but at least you will know where the links are and know that they are relevant. Ask yourself, "does the service really know what a quality link is and what a useful resource is?"
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RE: Where should breadcrumbs point
Hi Dmitry,
It should point to the Womens Nike Sandals page because if that is the path the customer has taken to get to the shoe brand page, they may want to go back a step and they would probably want to go back to the generic womens nike sandals page.
Breadcrumb is usually created by the path the user takes but it can be changed if you REALLY want it to, but I wouldn't advise it.
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RE: Local Listings vs. Spreading Too Thin
I'd create a page for the top cities that you feel are important however don't just create pages just to target local search terms. If each course in each city is slightly different and you can tailor your content to match each city then it would be worth doing.
What I'd do is concentrate on building to the generics versions of the keyword and you should see the localised versions appearing in the SERPS.
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RE: How do I find and can I trust link building companies
Unless the member of staff has a good understanding of up to date SEO techniques I'd be careful. I wouldn't look at it as building links, look at it as finding relevant websites that will help you drive traffic to your website. Industry specific websites that will help you drive the traffic you are looking for.
Some link building companies focus too much on the number of links being built rather than the quality and relevance of the links. I'd find a list of competitors and do a link audit on them and see if your links can go on the same sites.
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RE: What's more important page authority Vs domain authority?
page authority and domain authority are a good measure of how good a website is (but not the only measure!). Think about where your post and link are going to be in the long term. For example, if you are guest posting, the post may be on the home page for a week or 2 but then it will be archived so you need to look the inner pages of a website and look at the authority of that page.
If a website has a much higher page authority than domain authority then it's a sign to me that it isn't that good. It'd be much better to have a higher domain authority than page authority because it will show that the website has been up and running for a while.
Also look at the last time Google cached the website and the inner pages, that way you will see how often Google revisits the website and the chances of your link getting cached. Look at some popular websites and look at the domain vs page authority scores, the home page maybe slightly bigger but not that much.
Hope that helps!
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RE: Traffic down 60% - about to cry, please help
Vouchercodes and hotukdeals have been around for many years and therefore got a considerable amount of authority. What is your traffic like on weekends? I used to run a deals website similar to your own and traffic was always down on the weekend because people would use it more during the build up to the weekend.
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RE: How are Composite Door Shop number 1 for "composite doors"?!!
Hi Tom,
I know, we always make sure that we are doing ethical link building and to ensure the quality is high then you get some cowboy SEO-ers doing this and getting rewarded for it!! I guess I just have to put my hopes in Google and the fact that they'll (one day!) figure them out and all will be well!! I can hope anyway!
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How are Composite Door Shop number 1 for "composite doors"?!!
I have a client who competes with Composite Door Shop for "composite doors" and when doing a back link profile analysis it makes me wonder if Google is cramping down on EMD's (I know they have, I'm just frustrated!!) and how on earth they are number 1!!
http://stereogum.com/49561/new_u2_video_get_on_your_boots/video/ and http://www.seo-writer.com/writers/index.php/2008/08/29/ghost-writers-need-to-eat-too/, both comments in blogs are their highest authority links!! Frustrating doesn't even cover it!! Is anyone else see that competitors have terrible back links?
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RE: Canonical tag?
Thanks guys, much appreciated. Think I'll implement the canonical tag.
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RE: Technorati - SEO Benefit?
Hi John,
In my opinion, Technorati isn't like other directories and the authority it has makes it quite unique. If you have a niche blog then it might be worth it because you won't be lost in the long list blogs that some categories have. I think they also nofollow the links to the website as well.
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Canonical tag?
I have an e-commerce website and the query strings of the URL's are causing duplicate content/titles. I'm thinking of adding a site-wide canonical tag which should fix them all. Any other ideas of making it neater or better?
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RE: Is it safe to 301 redirect old domain to new domain after a manual unnatural links penalty?
Ok, you'll probably be able to get the good links for your new domain then. Good luck with it all.
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RE: PR directories good for seo?
Are you talking about press release websites or article websites? If it's the former then there is minimal SEO benefit but if you find some industry-specific websites and post it to them. If it is article websites then stay clear of them, they were all devalued in the last update and I'd also get rid of any articles you have on these types of websites.
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RE: Is it safe to 301 redirect old domain to new domain after a manual unnatural links penalty?
The best thing would be to clean up the bad links, file a reconsideration request and then 301 the old domain to the new one...that is if you have some good links to the old domain. If you only have spammy links then starting afresh would probably be easier.
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RE: Should I fix a high quality link when the website linking was complaining? What would you do?
As a side note...why not get the client to contact the forum and make an official statement so they can clear up any misconceptions that a potential customer may have?
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RE: Does anyone know a browser extension that could show me the position an image has in Image Search?
When you are checking your rankings in the SERPS in your SEOmoz campaign, it tells you if you have an image result as well and tells you where it appears in the rankings.
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RE: Branded Anchor Text, Exact vs. Non-exact Match Domain
Vary the anchor text that you use, this includes the 3 names you mentioned and the URL of the website as well. Just keep in mind that Google wants your backlink profile to be "natural" so if the company is called NLCPA then use that as an anchor text as well.
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RE: Moving from www.domain.net to domain.com?
Make sure that when you are migrating the URL's across that you get all the current URL's and redirect them to the equivalent on the new domain. Don't just 301 everything to the homepage as I've seen people do before!
In terms of the www. and non www, I always say to use www. because it looks better and more professional in my opinion, just 301 redirect the non. www to the www version.
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RE: Rankings Tanked After Redesign
404's won't harm rankings, as long as it is a properly formatted 404. Did you change SEO companies as well? the reason I ask is that it might be more than just the redesign, it may be the links they are building.
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RE: What is the best way to have two online stores, each focusing on a specific country?
I missed out something...in webmaster tools you can then make sure that each section of the website is targeted for that specific country as well.
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RE: What is the best way to have two online stores, each focusing on a specific country?
Hi Margaret,
I would advise to have them as sub domains on the same website so www.url.com/US and www.url.com/CA. You can then add canonical tags to one set of pages which will avoid any duplication. Also your link building efforts won't need to be duplicated because you will be pushing one website instead of 2.
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RE: The Race for Backlinks
I know, it's frustrating and probably happened to all ethical SEO'ers at some point. Keep at it, you'll be rewarded! Good luck for the future
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RE: Crawl report - duplicate page title/content issue
Thanks Tom, I figured that was the case but wanted to pose the question to the community! It's just a bit of a pain when you see those errors!! Panic station!
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RE: The Race for Backlinks
I agree with the previous comments and be aware that if your competitors are building dodgy links, there is a good chance that they will get a penalty in the near future! Keep the faith with natural links and you will reap the benefits in the long term. Remember, SEO is a long term strategy so compare your stats each month and make sure you are seeing an improvement...if you are seeing an increase then keep it going, don't worry too much about those above you because there isn't much you can do about them.
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Crawl report - duplicate page title/content issue
When the crawl report is finished, it is saying that there are duplicate content/page titles issues. However there is a canonical tag that is formatted correctly so just wondered if this was a bug or if anyone else was having the same issues?
For example, I'm getting a error warning for this page
http://www.thegreatgiftcompany.com/categories/categories_travel?sort=name_asc&searchterm=&page=1&layout=table
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RE: Blog Commenting, how to start?
Use Open Site Explorer on your research tools, find the competitors that are ranking at the top and see the types of links they have. Remember to use branded terms as well as the odd anchor text though!
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RE: Why are the bots still picking up so many links on our page despite us adding nofollow?
it may be how the nofollow tag is formated? It should be;
and yours is rel='nofollow'
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RE: Can a home page penalty cause a drop in rankings for all pages?
It is possible yes, your home page is where the majority of your website authority sits so if that gets penalised then other pages can be affected. Simon is right that without more details, it is hard to give you a proper answer.
If you have been doing a lot of articles recently then this may be a reason because article websites have taken a huge hit since the update in January.
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RE: Amazon Links destroyed my rankings, I removed them, will my site recover?
Whilst it is likely that the links had a negative effect, it seems unlikely that they would have had such a quick effect. Links via forums aren't the most "natural" of links so I wouldn't advise sticking to that. When you are building links, ask yourself "do the links look natural?" Make sure they fit in with the content of the website and make sure that the website you are linking from has some authority (look when the page was last cached) because if it takes Google months to visit the website then it will be months until your link is cached.
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RE: Sudden drop in website ranking
Takeshi is right that newer websites can fluctuate at the beginning. You need to make sure that you are using the right type of link building techniques. Go for quality over quantity, find relevant websites that match your industry (so technology in your case) and strike up a relationship with them.
Go for branded links, keep an eye out for the percentage of brand links against anchor text links, too many anchor text links and Google will penalise you.
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RE: Massive 301 Permanant Redirects
Tom's right, there is nothing wrong with having 301's on the website and you should use data to determine whether a 301 is necessary. However, if there is any chance that someone has linked to it then a 301 should be used.
Maybe get creative with your 404 page whilst there is a chance it may appear, customers like a good 404 and shows you are user friendly as well. Point them to the new URL and to other products they may like.
Good luck!