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Thanks!

Thank you Dave!

Hi Joe,  I apologize for the slow delay. I did not get any notifications of replies to my question.

Does your suggestion apply even if the old website will be taken down? (Which is the case)

thank you, Kirk

Thank you for this info!

Hi Don, The old site will be taken down. (I apologize for the slow delay. I did not get any notifications of replies to my question.)

Thanks for the tip Martijn,

I will give it a try and let you know how it goes.

(By the way, sorry for the slow response. I did not get a notification that I had any)

Kirk

Thanks EGOL, that seems to be exactly what is happening to us!

Howdy,

I have a small dilemma. We built a new site for a client, but the old site is still ranking/indexed and we can't seem to get rid of it.

We setup a 301 from the old site to the new one, as we have done many times before, but even though the old site is no longer live and the hosting package has been cancelled, the old site is still indexed. (The new site is at a completely different host.)

We never had access to the old site, so we weren't able to request URL removal through GSC.

Any guidance on how to get rid of the old site would be very appreciated.

BTW, it's been about 60 days since we took these steps.

Thanks, Kirk

I have a client who is closing down his local business because he'smoving to another state. When he gets there he will launch a new website.On his current website, he put in a lot of work and has a ton of good copy, including blog posts that have helped gain him excellent rankings.He's asking me if he can use that copy on his new site and get original author credit for that, like he did on his current site.Can he use the same copy from his current website on his new websitewithout any problems — and get original author credit for it?Would it be best to shut down the old site or to 301 all of the pages beingmoved to the new corresponding pages?If 301's are the way to go, how long should he leave those in place?Thanks!Kirk

Hey Folks,

We have a client with an experience I want to ask about.

The Moz crawler is showing 4xx errors. These are happening because the crawler is triggering my client's spam throttling. They could increase from 240 to 480 page loads per minute but this could open the door for spam as well.

Any thoughts on how to proceed?

Thanks! Kirk

What if you have a client with a LOT of ugly URLs that need to be cleaned up?

The plan is to create 301 redirects for every page that we change. But, let's say we're talking about 50+ product pages.

In your opinion, is it a problem to make that many changes at once?
Would you paste them out?
If so, how many at a time?
Also, is it a problem to have that many 301's on your website?

Thank you!

Hey Guys

I'm getting the same redirect loop error today for one of my client's sites. We have not changed anything on the site recently and it worked perfectly in Moz Pro Campaign for several weeks, so what's happened? The same thing happened to another client of mine a week ago. Their site crawled perfectly in Moz for weeks, but all of a sudden Moz could not crawl it because of a redirect loop issue.

The site is http://aprilrandlelaw.com/

FULL ERROR MESSAGE

We were unable to access your homepage due to a redirect loop, which prevented us from crawling the rest of your site. Your homepage is likely redirecting to itself. Because we can only crawl if we find unique pages, the redirect on your homepage is stopping us from crawling past that page. It is possible that other browsers and search engines are encountering this problem and aborting their sessions as well. We recommend eliminating any unnecessary, circular or indefinite redirects on your homepage. Also, make sure your site is not mandating cookies, which can cause circular redirects and make crawling more difficult. Typically errors like this should be investigated and fixed by the site webmaster.

Thanks Michael,

That is the route we have taken with our client it seems to be working out well, so far.

Kirk

Thanks James

Hey Everyone,

We have a client (I don't have permission to disclose) that has just attempted to create better URL's for their site, per our direction. In the process, their website platform kind of took over their renaming attempts and instead of creating the clean, short, descriptive URLs we all wanted, they got convoluted, longer URLs. This all happened within the past 3 or 4 days.

So, they went out and got an add-on that's going to help them create better URL's. In the meantime, they now have the original page/URL plus two new ones for a total of three. No 301's have been setup yet. When they create the new and (hopefully) improved URL tomorrow, will it hurt their rankings to have three pages redirected to the new one?

Is a 301 redirect the right method for this issue or should they do something different?

Thanks in advance,

Kirk

Hey Miriam,

That is interesting...and complex! Considering the location of the user at the time the search take place makes so much sense...especially for Google to rank them that way.

Unfortunately, that also makes it harder to help clients who want to be in the top three all the time.

Thanks so much for your time and insight.

Kirk

Hi Miriam,

This is a great response. I have one question; how can one tell what Google's industry cluster is for a city? What is the standard or resource for measuring an area where a client is located?

Thanks!

Kirk

Hi Miriam,

Thanks for the insight. What you say totally makes sense. I have already begun changing citations and links over to the new address. I really appreciate your willingness to jump in and help out.

Take care.

Thank you! Any idea how long it usually takes to see the change in place?

Hello,

I am wondering how you would suggest handling a company name change as it relates to a Google Plus page that is already setup and getting listed. Our company went through a name change this year and we want to update that info on our G+ page. Of importance to us, is that we have several excellent reviews that we don't want to lose.

So, is the best way to handle this for us to go in an simply adjust the info on our G+ page or will we have to kill our current page and start over - losing our reviews?

I would especially love to hear if you have experience with this scenario or a similar one.

Thanks in advance.

Great Amie,

I can see you and Nakul agree about the duplicate content issue. I appreciate your insight.

Thanks Nakul,

I think my client (a doctor in NYC) wants to establish authority in her field using these articles.

I was just trying to make sure we aren't missing out on an opportunity to boost her ranking with these articles. But, I certainly don't want to create a duplicate content issue.

Since some articles are reproduced all over the Internet many, many times, I didn't think reproducing an article about her once would be a problem. Do you really think it would be?

Thanks

I have a client who has a few articles written about her and posted on different news-related sites.

She has asked me to capture these articles (we have permission) and create a section on her site for them.

My question is this...

From an SEO standpoint, would it be better to link _to the _articles, post them on her site or both? Or, maybe there's an even better way I'm not thinking of.

Your advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kirk

Hi Stephen,

You are correct in your assumption that SEO is not the kind of thing you should sit and wait on, although there is some of that. For instance, there will be times where you do all you think you need to do or can do for a site and then you will wait for Google to re-cache the site and see how they treat it in the rankings. There is definitely that element to SEO. (Although there are also some things you can do to help your site get noticed faster by Google) But, where you are right now is the learn, learn, learn stage. Like I said in my first comment, I think a couple of weeks of learning is going to prove to be very valuable for you.

The changes you have made just might move you into the top 50. But, keep in mind that up to 73% of all Google searches end in the first five listings and up to 90% never go to page two. So, the ultimate goal is that top 5 on page one. That's where the real magic happens.

I have a feeling that your teachable spirit and your tenacious digging will get you there, Stephen. Don't forget, there are lots of people here on SEOmoz that will be willing to help you along your journey.

All the best, Kirk

Hi Stephen,

The first thing I would recommend is that you hold off on performing any SEO stepsuntil you have a little better understanding of SEO. A week or two (or more) of intense reading and asking questions BEFORE you attempt changes to your site will be well worth the wait, IMHO.

Best of luck in your new adventure. SEO is an awesome thing and SEOmoz is a highly respected community with a ton of resources to help you get educated quickly. Everything you need is probably right here.

Read on!

Thanks a bunch!

Kirk

Hello,

I'm new here, but a HUGE fan of SEOmoz and their working principles. I need someone who would have the same regard for SEOmoz and a healthy respect for safe SEO principles to help me with my monthly clients.

Is this the place to post about my need or should I take it to the jobs area?

Thanks in advance for your guidance.