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Kevin,

I wanted to give you an update. The client requested a Google review and it was accepted. Thank you for your input and advice.

Thanks, Kevin.

I'll recommend them to remove the 301 to the new site. Once that has been done, I'll have them send a review. Good to know, that the 301 can possibly hurt the new site.

I appreciate your comment. Very helpful.

Thanks. Yes, the content for the new site is all original. The site.com can't be accessed. It automatically 301 to the new site.

So, there is no content on the site that Google says has a penalty. Should I ask for a review since they will remove the 301?

Thanks

Quick question. As an example, a client has a site named  site.com and then changed their business name and business url to site2.com

I was informed that the site.com has a manual action (Pages affected by manual actions can see reduced display features, lower ranking, or even removal from Google Search results.) The page obviously is not active as it 301's to site2.com.

Site.com has a 301 to site2.com. My questions?

Does 301 transfer link power? So if a site is penalized, will the links that 301 cause problems to the new site2.com?

I've requested them to remove the 301. Will, that fix it? Do we need to request a review?

Thank you

Looking into allowing comments on a business blog: mysite.com/blog.  Which is the best software to use to allow readers to leave a comment? (Use wordpress) One that will help eliminate spam. Are there some that allow you to sign in without social accounts (Facebook etc) and are there some that allow you to sign in with social accounts?

Thanks

Rand,

Thank you for responding to my question. That's awesome...I'll make sure that's exactly what we do. I'm looking forward to see more about this from the link you provided.

Thanks again.

Brooks,

Thanks for the information. I'll take a look at the video.

We are going to create a few 1 - 2 minute instructional videos. I will be creating a blog that will include the video for our main website.  I want to say I read or saw (Whiteboard Friday) that Rand Fishkin mentioned to place the video on your site first for about a month (or weeks). Then, you can publish it on Youtube etc.

It sounds like a good plan.  Have Google index your blog with the video and receive organic traffic. Then place it on Youtube.

Is that correct? Is that the best practice?

Like i said, I think it was Rand that discuss this. Would love to get feedback.

Thanks.

Quick question. In regards to linking to products from your blog. I've read recently that linking excessively between your site can be a bad SEO habit.

So, I was curious if anyone else has heard of this. Plus, if you have a blog, how many internal links should you have going to you pages on your site - other blogs, products etc?

Thanks.

Thanks Roman.

You have answered my question and I agree with what you mentioned about the value of SEO.

Thanks for all the information. The comments were very helpful. The businesses are different (phone number, website) and I believe the address can include a suite number which will help make them different too.

Very helpful!