Latest posts made by kchandler
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RE: Proper 301 in Place but Old Site Still Indexed In Google
Hi Jeff, thank you for the quick response, it is truly appreciated
Unfortunately i am not able to publicly release their URL in forums due to part of our contract. However i can provide some feedback to your ideas.
- Different web servers - the website is the same and on the same hosting platform, they just updated their branding and along with that their domain name
- WWW. vs non-WWW. - I did a quick check and it looks like both versions of the old domain properly 301 redirect no matter what the subdomain. I am checking that both with my Chrome developer tools as well s checkmyheaders.com.
- Robots.txt on old server - as it related to my first bullet, it is technically the same website and server the the robots.txt is the same for the new website just reflecting the new domain.
Are there any other things that i could look at for a sanity check? I have never seen a website not get de-indexed after a 301 redirect. Do you think i would need to submit something to Google Webmaster Tools for the old URLs/domains?
Regards, Kyle
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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Proper 301 in Place but Old Site Still Indexed In Google
So i have stumbled across an interesting issue with a new SEO client. They just recently launched a new website and implemented a proper 301 redirect strategy at the page level for the new website domain. What is interesting is that the new website is now indexed in Google BUT the old website domain is also still indexed in Google? I even checked the Google Cached date and it shows the new website with a cache date of today.
The redirect strategy has been in place for about 30 days. Any thoughts or suggestions on how to get the old domain un-indexed in Google and get all authority passed to the new website?
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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What Happens If a Hreflang Sitemap Doesn't Include Every Language for Missing Translated Pages?
As we are building a hreflang sitemap for a client, we are correctly implementing the tag across 5 different languages including English. However, the News and Events section was never translated into any of the other four languages. There are also a few pages that were translated into some but not all of the 4 languages. Is it good practice to still list out the individual non-translated pages like on a regular sitemap without a hreflang tag? Should the hreflang sitemap include the hreflang tag with pages that are missing a few language translations (when one or two language translations may be missing)?
We are uncertain if this inconsistency would create a problem and we would like some feedback before pushing the hreflang sitemap live.
posted in Intermediate & Advanced SEO
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RE: Should I block robots from URLs containing query strings?
Instead of blocking them with robots.txt (which isn't very effective), try using the canonical tag instead.
For instance, a URL like this:
http://wwww.testdomain.com/page.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=Campaign
You could add this canonical tag in the head:
With this solution you don't have to worry about losing quality links OR having your query tracking show up in any of the major search engines.
Cheers- Kyle
posted in Technical SEO
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RE: META ATTRIBUTES - DOES ORDER MATTER!?!
As long as you have the correct syntax and it is all in the of the document there is no negative or positive effect on the positioning of the META elements in regards to SEO.
As for the best META elements to include for an SEO benefit - that would be your title and description tags.
Hope this helped! - Kyle
posted in Web Design
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RE: Htaccess redirect with question mark
Check out this page, about half way down in the article: http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm
They cover both dynamic query pages and pages with spaces.
Good luck - kyle
posted in Technical SEO
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RE: No Data Available for this URL
Well i took a look at your site's link metrics using majestic seo and it looks like you have some pretty limited link metric's for your site currently. Chances are you aren't seeing an error with OSE or Google's PageRank, you just simply don't have enough back links yet. (No worries though, there is always room for improvement!)
Remember it takes OSE around 2-3 months at times to notice new links if they see it at all. I would suggest using someone like majestic or google's webmaster tools to measure the amount of links as you start off.
As for how to build your links, here is a great place to start: http://www.seomoz.org/pages/search_results?q=link+building
Good luck - Kyle
posted in On-Page Optimization
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RE: No Data Available for this URL
Where are you receiving this error message? OSE, ranking reports, domain analysis? A little more info will help us answer your questions.
Thanks! - Kyle
posted in On-Page Optimization
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Hileman Group is a group of smart, talented and passionate people that love to work at the intersection of marketing, creativity and technology. With our multi-faceted approach we are able to create holistic solutions that solves our clients complex situations in regards to their online success. Where I come in is the marketing end of it. I currently lead our inbound marketing team where our main goal is to drive relevant traffic and prospects through digital marketing channels leveraged by targeted content.