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You can add a rel="canonical" link to any magento page as xml layout.
For example if you want to add this to homepage:
<reference name="head"><action method="addLinkRel"><rel>canonical</rel>
<href>http://www.example.com</href></action></reference>
When changing URLs it is imperative that you 301 the old urls to the new ones. If you do not have a record of your old urls go to the way back machine and hope your site is there and copy the old urls and 301 them to the corresponding pages via HTaccess or extensions depending on the CMS you are using. The old urls with links to them should also start showing up in Google webmaster tools but for the mean time also look at your top pages in Google analytics check if they exist , if not 301 them appropriately ASAP.
** P.S. do a site: search in Google site:www.epleskrinet.no/ you will find 404s i just found a bunch.
Hope this helps . Let me know if there is anything we can help you with
Hello Alexander,
The H2s in this situation look justified and seem to carry the same weight, personally I always ask our guys to style these H2s due to the size in which they render on our Joomla builds (before this they were using H3s for size, yikes) . My suggestion is " don't worry too much about it." There is a consensus in the community that the header tags have less and less weight for SEO . They are particularly useful though in organizing content which is applicable in this situation and Search engines love good clean markup.
Great advice from Dan. I just wanted to add that we use getlisted.org to make sure the basics are covered . A really good tip is to use the GPS companies to make sure your business is listed correctly( Navteq: Teleatlas) . Also can't hurt to have your who.is info match your exact NAP (Name,Address,Phone) which has to be the same across all citations.
Also a tip for on-page optimization is the use of hcards you can see the documentation here Schema.org the major engines agreed to support this initiative. For non coders this markup can be produced here.
I'm rooting for your success. Hope this helps .
Brett,
The authority sites are visited several times a day but for the most part I would not see a problem with a site that gets a visit weekly but if it is more than a month I would put less value on that link if that is the only valuation metric I am looking at.
Sorry to answer a question with another question, why would you like your search results to get crawled or indexed? If I remember right back in 2007 Google put up filters for this due to the prominence of search results from the big shopping sites like amazon and bizrate serving up search pages and dominating the 1st page of queries like dvd players etc.
The use of robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages that don’t add much value for users coming from search engines is highly recommended. I would go with this unless you have a reason to serve these results. Hope this helps
A good metric to check is how recent the cached version is. The higher frequency of the bot visits is a good indicator of value. Hope this helps
Hi Jim,
An example of two blogs in the same domain is seomoz 
although the reasoning and application behind this is different than how I understand your intention . I have seen a lot of companies use a combination of /blog. /tech and /news to great success and I feel this might be relevant to your query. For SEO purposes I think sub folders will be a better choice as I feel your content is related. Definitely compose your blogs for the intended user . If you have the content go for it.
Those pages due to the nature of searching for them are the exact same same pages as your normal content just that the url has changed . The best way in my opinion to address this is by using the canonical element you can read more here . if your normal pages have the element embedded in the code any instance of duplicate content should not be an issue.
Hope this helps
Gary ,
At Pin Agency we do a good amount of local for Los Angeles. I can not vouch for Brightlocal as we have not used them . I can tell you though that getlisted.org is a really awesome launch pad and it is free ! Getlisted.org is maintained by some of the best local gurus . You can not go wrong with getlisted.org. I have also been testing out a pure local platform getmelisted.net since it was launched privately in Beta and I can say I was impressed and me and my team use this platform now. Those 2 assets should point you in the right direction when handling multiple local clients. The guy who developed getrmelisted.net is a friend and is very helpful in training people on his new platform. Let me know if you want an introduction .
Hope this helps.
Great advice from Dan. I just wanted to add that we use getlisted.org to make sure the basics are covered . A really good tip is to use the GPS companies to make sure your business is listed correctly( Navteq: Teleatlas) . Also can't hurt to have your who.is info match your exact NAP (Name,Address,Phone) which has to be the same across all citations.
Also a tip for on-page optimization is the use of hcards you can see the documentation here Schema.org the major engines agreed to support this initiative. For non coders this markup can be produced here.
I'm rooting for your success. Hope this helps .
When changing URLs it is imperative that you 301 the old urls to the new ones. If you do not have a record of your old urls go to the way back machine and hope your site is there and copy the old urls and 301 them to the corresponding pages via HTaccess or extensions depending on the CMS you are using. The old urls with links to them should also start showing up in Google webmaster tools but for the mean time also look at your top pages in Google analytics check if they exist , if not 301 them appropriately ASAP.
** P.S. do a site: search in Google site:www.epleskrinet.no/ you will find 404s i just found a bunch.
Hope this helps . Let me know if there is anything we can help you with
Moving it in a sub folder in your main site will be more beneficial . Speaking from experience we've seen the sites we've worked with gain a relevant amount of long tail traffic when we implemented this strategy.
Subdomains DO NOT always inherit all of the positive metrics and ranking ability of other subdomains on a given root domain. If a major motivation of the blog is to pass juice then definitely build it in a sub folder.
I forget the link to the study but Post-Panda some webmasters actually resorted to moving content to subdomains as a work around to their content woes providing further proof that sub domains provide a buffer from negative or positive metrics of the root domain.
In summation I really feel it is the intent of the blog that you should consider when making this determination but in your situation I would suggest following your current direction , More info here for further reading .
Hope this helps ... Cheers Mate
You can add a rel="canonical" link to any magento page as xml layout.
For example if you want to add this to homepage:
<reference name="head"><action method="addLinkRel"><rel>canonical</rel>
<href>http://www.example.com</href></action></reference>
Great question and Dan already provided a superb answer I would just like to add my 2 cents. It is valid to assume that posting topical content can gain you links but the truth of the matter is we can't know for certain what will float . We've created content that we thought was top notch only to see it wither and die by the wayside and some times we'd just throw something together and that gets picked up and generates decent links . So build links with the intent to generate some visibility,traction and traffic and if the content is good organic links should naturally follow .
Content and links in this game are kinda like Batman and Robin , pretty good on their own but awesome together.
Definitely link to relevant content from your blog posts . Relevant links pass juice be they external or internal .
As far as blog posts being cut and dry , write more and try different slants, market with panache . Lawyers get paid by the minute to offer their thoughts and your readers should be lucky to be served this free.
Hope this helps ..
Our colleagues have already some great suggestions so i would just like to add an idea to this discussion. You could engage bloggers or resources related to your niche and try to convince them to be advocates of your campaign . Easier said than done right? This is a process as the sell should be later on in the relationship and reciprocation is to be initiated on your end first. Aside from the usual press release an engagement campaign would be beneficial if the resources are there. Bloggers and resource sites are always "jonzing" for content but you have to pass the initial blocks hence the need to form symbiotic relationships. I'm not suggesting link exchanges at all but offer them something beneficial to them something like sponsoring a meet up or event .
Hope this helps
As our colleagues have mentioned your site is built in Flash and the crawlers can only see one page . If you are married to the site being flash you can research Flash deep linking with SWF Address which will create additional urls and metas. If your site is built for Search I would suggest recreating your site on a non flash platform .
Hi Jim,
An example of two blogs in the same domain is seomoz although the reasoning and application behind this is different than how I understand your intention . I have seen a lot of companies use a combination of /blog. /tech and /news to great success and I feel this might be relevant to your query. For SEO purposes I think sub folders will be a better choice as I feel your content is related. Definitely compose your blogs for the intended user . If you have the content go for it.
I've read your question a couple of times and I think I can provide some insight . A 301 from the www.location.gov.au/mye should pass around 90-98% juice so shouldn't be a huge hump to overcome, now as the preferred destination it boils down to the answer to a couple of questions to make it brief:
1. Which has more content relative to the event or intent ( a very rough metric should be site:www.myevent.com "myev" and site:www.myevent.com.au "myev" and see what is indexed better) ? If we are to consider the sites even have enough non duplicate content.
2. Is the event specific to .au ? Are you looking to promote internationally? If .au specific then go with the .au - you can 301 the .com to the .au anyways
Hope I understood the question and wishing this helped you out mate.
Herg,
That determination in my opinion depends on which domain has the most potential to appear to the majority of your target demographic hence I would lean towards the .au . I did a quick peek at Google.com(US) and entered "Sydney events" and "Sydney opera calendar" to check out a hunch and this verified that .au domains were indeed performing well when the local intent is present even on this end of the pond .
I would use the .au to give you a leg up in your effort to reach your primary targets.
Best of Luck Mate