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One of our client recently went through a complete site change and upgrade everything has changed and at first as the SEO I was apprehensive of the change. I was worried and in a similar boat to the opening of this thread but all ended well and as Alan mentioned you can always change it back if you find a major negative effect as a result of the change.

I think sometimes in seo you have to show you have a pair and go for it. You never know you might be pleasantly surprised which will give you confidence for further changes in the future.

I am aways being my worst critique and constantly looking to improve.

Thats how you become a winner right !

something I feel I can improve on is Keyword analysis and targeting. I would really appreciate hearing stories of other SEO's on here , gaining an insight into the techniques you use and how your keyword analysis has evolved as time has gone by.

Thanks in advance.

I asked a similar question related to this issue. It was from a slightly different point of view where I was worried about spam attacks. The logic being if a competitor could try and get a site delisted on google by posting lots of spam links. The kind of replies I received all mentioned that at the end of the day you can't effect or control who or what links to your site.

So unless you have done any known link building with paid links I don't think you have anything to worry about. It is probably just a matter of time but as Rand says page rank isn't everything...

Yeah better just using the official ones to be honest. Always work well for me.

I one time had to use the other coded version for the Facebook fan box as the iframe would not display.

we found ourselves in this very position and it was at a point where we were looking out for issues for a site not indexing.

We removed it but then again you find many examples where it isnt a major issue. Maybe try to combat that with canonicals ?

I have never heard of anyone being penalised for having it on every page. Plus I can't see that ever happening unless it has been implemented incorrectly of course.

For wordpress ? I have been using Photo dropper recently which allow copyright free images to be added to posts which helps things look a lot neater .

What seo related plugins do you use and non seo plugins ?

I Use Blog roll links all the time but recently they seem to be having a lower effect on listings. Is there a limit on Blog roll links you place on a blog.

Internal blog roll links and external blog roll links.

Also do you rename your blog roll to something such as popular links like we do ?

I think the answer has to be - How do you judge what is and what isn't a crummy directory.

1. If the directory gives a full check of all inclusions.

2. The site doesnt contain out going links to - Viagra, Cialis etc (you get the picture)

3. Joe Ant - Good right ?

4. How relevant is that directory to your industry so lets say I sell Football kits. Look for sports and football related directories. Listing your webpage on a directory that is related to pharmaceuticals when you sell football kits is bad right ?

USE Common sense and logic when you land on the directory look for the warning signs..

Don't use directories as your main source of links but a few good ones on a link profile in my opinion can be good. It adds to the diversity of your link profile.

One worrying thought following a meeting with a friend in the Poker industry was when he told me he heard some rival companies tried to spam other sites with paid listings a few years ago ?

Does this happen all the time ? Also could it happen in other industries ?

I was worried when hearing this news and then thought about an SEO companies position in all of this.

Could an SEO company be falsely blamed for this sort of behaviour ? Is it is better to cover these things in contracts with customers.

I know what you mean and I agree but the distinction lies when the directory charges for there time to review your listing and site.

so it isn't technically a paid link

Just like how could Google penalize you if you sponsored your local football team and they gave you a banner on there site as part of the deal.

how often does this system update ? Its seems to stash very old results ?

I would say you will not have any problems from an SEO point of view but from my experience showing new clients and people new to sites with the drop down menus they can be misleading.

The drop down reveals the pages but the main page that is acting as the parent of the other pages is sometimes overlooked as people don't realise they can still click on that.

I speak to people on the phone - hundreds of people and show them sites and time and time again I have to remind them they can click on the main parent button .

We are considering changing this as a result.

I setup a few tiny urls last week to test if the pass on any page authority. Is this something you have tried and tested ?

Guest Blogging is the future for sure a great way forward and a win , win situation for everyone. The key to that however is finding like minded people.

Myguestblog is a great source.