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Hi Everett,

Yes, I keep them updated every month with new data & imagery. Agreed, it's a massive job to "clean up the internet" one that I'm sure is thankless and never ending.

I hope this post/question doesn't portray me as a hater, I love Google, search changed my life for the better. Good people like yourself, Miriam and others are my inspiration to keep working hard to do my part in keeping our internet as clean as possible.

TY for the reply

KJr

True, but isn't it Googles intent to provide accurate data? These types of listings are inaccurate information. Imagine a location had much tenant turnover: Video Rental, Gaming shop, Vape store, and Florist over a 3 year tenure, that's confusing to see all those listings on Google.

We have a building in our town used as a restaurant, it has had over a dozen different tenants in the past decade.

I agree, it has little to no impact on our business and i greatly appreciate your reply.

KJr

Yes, several times actually, leaving a trail of "Permanently Closed" listings

Hi Everett,

Yes on all accounts, I am the in-house marketing manager for Heritage Custom Signs. All suggestions are appreciated

I don't think it's possible to move rank from one URL to another.

I have similar experience and I created new pages under the new domain, populated with relevant content; pictures, text, Q&A, videos, etc. Optimize the pages and build links to them. You can 301 your ranking page to the new one, but I believe you would lose your rank. Get your new pages relevant before redirecting your old domain ranking pages.

Hope that helps

KJr

Our tenant closed their business and we now occupy the address, their Google map still displays, albeit "Permanently Closed" along with ours at the same address. I can't seem to get it removed, it's been 2 years. Help

Here is the message I received from Google:

**Beacons transmit small bits of data like a random number or unique URL roughly once per second. These signals are readable by BLE-compatible devices, like smartphones and tablets, within a limited proximity range. Apps with the appropriate Bluetooth permissions can read these signals and perform actions. **

Beacons are an interesting new technology that will generate useful customer experiences and insightful analytics for your business. There are many reasons to participate, including:

• Store Visit Insights - Report on consumer behavior such as how long they spent in store & where they are going next
• Store Visit Integration - Signals for Google provided beacons will be utilized as an additional input to store visit reports as soon as they are installed

How does this actually work?

BLE beacons give users better location and proximity experiences by acting as digital lighthouses. They effectively “mark-up” (or tag) the real world for mobile devices to understand and use. For this store visits pilot, BLE beacons will be used to provide more precise indoor location “tagging” in situations where GPS does not work well (e.g., within a shopping mall). The user will have location history enabled and Bluetooth on for BLE beacons to register and inherently improve our store visits model.

True that, we use Kracken to optimize images. It's easy and not so expensive since I'm adding 100+ new images per month

I have the same issue, I have stopped using tags because of all the irrelevant links they cause. Looking forward to reading the comments on this thread.

KJr

I believe fluctuations occur because of competition for the target terms. Are you regularly measuring your site to your competitors? I record our position, links, PA/DA monthly with our to 10 competitors, this provides great insight for the "why's" I encounter with our SERP.

Hope this helps.

KJr

We received Google Beacons for each of our physical locations, the info from Google is:

• It transmits a signal via BLE to smartphones within 11 meters
• It will provide information to visitors and offer opportunities to see products and add reviews
• It's connected to your Google Ads account somehow
• It is "on" as soon as it's removed form it's box
• It has to be activated via a provided code

My question:

1. Where does the data transmitted by the Beacon come from?
2. How can I control that data?
3. Is it pulled from our GMB account?

THX for reading and responding, I'll add more to this as I learn more about Beacons.

KJr

PS: See ya @ MozCon

IF the webmaster has everything set correctly, you should use http. If you use https and it's not secure it's broken, they should have http and www. all pointing to the secured version

KJr

IF you mean delete from your Google account and allow your employer's business account to manage the listing, it's OK I've done that many times. Set up the new admin prior to removing yourself, I know that sounds elementary, but it's worth mentioning.

KJr

I would build on .com and rel-con .net to it.

My experience shows .com out performs.net in a side by side comparison over time. Just my opinion, I hope it helps.

KJr

I use: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search to gauge if a site is spammy, if so, I follow this guide: https://moz.com/blog/guide-to-googles-disavow-tool

This has worked for me.

This sounds like MILK, if it smells bad, throw it out.

Run don't walk, your gut feeling is rarely wrong.

KJr

Just my opinion, but I say yes. KISS Keep It Simple Smith If I can avoid my visitor from asking "How Do I.." then I will keep them on my page longer. I believe Prev & Next links do that.

KJr

Moz Page Optimizer - content suggestions offer national name brands as KW content to rank higher. I can easily write it into our copy but is it ethical, even with a statement like: "This is not a Fathead product" of "the same as the Fatheads seen on TV"

I say no, but curious to get my Mozzers feedback

KJr

Consider being as descriptive as possible for the primary "Rope" page. On the "Other Options" for rope, use the rec-con tag back to the primary and describe why this rope is unique to the primary.

Hope this helps.

KJr

I was told that my pages would not be awarded a Google Feature until the Page Authority reaches 30. I had Features previously, but no longer. The PA for the URL is currently 22 https://heritageprintingcharlotte.com/products/meter-boards.php

I have edited the content, built links and added schema markup to this particular page (and others)

I'm looking for thoughts on the 30+ and how to improve PA.

TY

KJr

If you understand html and SEO, then this could be an "in-house" job, otherwise hire only a professional that can be held accountable. Make certain of your wishes/needs and document that both parties understand the need and expected results.

$800 is not much money to have your site professionally repaired.

KJr

• If the annual content can be defined uniquely enough, create original URL's and write new copy.
• If the copy is close to the same, edit the previous pages to the relevant year and unique information
• if you prefer to make new pages/posts, 301 the old to the new

Hope this helps.

KJr

Your second sentence looks spammy to me. If you wish to use the museums, try using them as a reference point:

"The Van Gogh museum is a popular destination for many bike tours."

KJr

You have a WordPress website, depending on the SEO plugin you use, you can nofollow /page/5 posts and pages. We use All in One SEO and it's easy to do. Yoast is popular too.

KJr

No, create original content, it's a beast, but it's worth it.

KJr

If your interested in local directories, Yext works great for us. It provides up to 72 directories, all managed through 1 dashboard.

Hope this helps.

KJr

We have seen fluctuations in our 4 sites, we consider it seasonal as it happens every year around the holidays and picks back up in mid January

KJr

Google has been very responsive when we expanded our business and split our brand, don't hesitate to call and explain your situation, setup a future email conversation and ask what the best practice is.

I would ask if changing the soccer club to a suit # would be acceptable or acquiring its own unique address. Consider a complex with lots of doctors or lawyers, what method do they adopt to have their GMB page?

I hope this helps.

KJr

Thanks Gaston, I've heard it both ways

When adding the rel=canonical tag to a landing page inside a folder, should the tag read:

or

With or without the index.php?

TY

KJr

Good answer Tim

Do you know a way that the schema markup will be dynamic and adjust as our reviews increase? We average around 5 positive reviews a week, so editing 60 pages can be time consuming.

TY

KJr

What is your target term? Regarding SEO, if your target term is "bicycle ride Obernai" then probably the second sentence.

Your competition probably has more KW rich content as to their higher KW's

Create KW rich content on your pages and your blog (embed one if you don't have one already) and use Mos Pro page optimization to help you improve.

Good Luck

KJr

Personally I think it's a bad idea, I tried it and it was a waste of time, 0 results. My time is better spent improving the quality of our websites, adding rich content and building links. It's my understanding that 3rd party blogging site are not indexed by Google anyway.

Just my opinion, hope it helps

KJr

Am I doing this correctly?

We have 3 websites and shoot a lot of instructional videos on how to use our products.  I build a webpage for the video and put it on all three websites, using rel="canonical" on 2 of the videos pages, pointing to the single most important page, is this the right method?

TY
KJr

PS: I also do this for press releases.

TY William,

All the pages have been optimized for the target terms, an I can confirm there are 0 no-follow's on our site. I check our site against the top 10 competitors monthly, we consistently stay very stable or better than our competition. Our rankings have not dropped, we rank top 3 for 125+ of our 175+ kw's. Lastly, I add, edit and improve content weekly, that is kw rich.

I appreciate your reply, lots of great advice, we have followed that for over 2 years, That' why we're so perplexed.

KJr

Roman is right on, I'll add to it with: Promote it after the launch and never stop.

KJr

Hi Ruchy,

Google is one of the few that encourages reviews, so we actively seek them with nearly 100 in the past 8 months!

I do use Schema markup for reviews, I believe it helps because I lean toward reviews when I search.

Look for businesses with physical addresses, avoid complexes with multiple competing offices and home based businesses.

KJr

We recently went through a server upgrade, including SSL, Encryption, Browser Caching and Image Compression. Most articles I've read, state there will be a slight decrease in traffic shortly after launching before an increase from the normal volume. However, we launched over 3 weeks ago and our traffic has dropped consistently since.

Question1: What would be an average length of time after implementing this type of update to rebound from the drop?

Question 2: I follow Moz to the letter and have scores of 97 and 99 ,from the optimize a page section, for most of our product pages targeted keywords. What recommendations do you, my friends in the Moz Community, suggest we do next?

TY in advance, you input is very valuable to me.

KJr

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Thanks Tom, yes this does help. Here's the code:

| itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"> |
|   | itemprop="name">Heritage Custom Signs & Displays |
|   | itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"> |
|   | itemprop="streetAddress">2731 Interstate Street |
|   | itemprop="addressLocality">Charlotte, |
|   | itemprop="addressRegion">NC |
|   | itemprop="postalCode">28208 |
|   | |
|   | Phone: itemprop="telephone">704-655-1465 |

We have this white space below our logo when our local schema markup is added: http://d.pr/i/73EmV0

Can the markup be hidden to remove the space and still be indexed by google?

Kevin

Yes, it was a bad decision to hire a website design company. I have since taken the site away and built it on a custom platform.

it was 2015 and they were questioning the DC office only

I got caught up in a disaster of a website that consumed 3/4 of a year, all the while our SEO was put on the backburner with only occasional "massaging" to keep it going. Now our traffic has dropped almost 25% along with our incoming calls.

Our rankings have remained steadily good- medium but definitely not bad during this period.

My question: Who else has had this experience and how long did it take to rebound?

TY
KJr

Yes, Google has called our main line asking for information across the street, down the block, etc. We had to prove we occupied our address, which is our sales office in DC. We currently have 6 addresses, with 4 physical locations,1 sales office and another obtained in the acquisition of another business.

I agree, our main page ranks for our #1 term and we have /products/ pages that do as well.

I optimized several pages using Rand's post on Google Answer Box: https://moz.com/blog/how-to-appear-in-googles-answer-boxes-whiteboard-friday

How long after the page is indexed should it appear?

Lastly, how long should I wait before determining it will not get an answer box and reconfigure the page?

No bad answers

TY

KJr

Hi Lee,

I've been with Heritage for 18 months, SEO is my full-time job. I have been gaining our Search Visibility for over a year. We were at 38.29% on 2-5-17, today we are at 30.79%. We've not been that low since 2015. I am also curious to this issue.

If anyone has input, I too will be appreciative.

KJr

I built a webpage with links to the review sites we are listed on, in hopes the customer will use the platform they are most comfortable with. They use Google and Facebook the most.

It works for us, we're a custom sign shop and commercial printer. I believe managing your NAP is always important an ML helps me this that. We recently upgraded!