Hi there

While this isn't necessarily a bad thing (at least in my opinion), what I would do is instead have a link or brand logo in the product description or below it that links to the assortment of said brand name.

From a user experience standpoint, I would be more likely to click the logo or a "See more mens Arc'teryx products" under the description. Also, H1s are usually not links, especially on eCommerce websites - so users would not think to click that.

These are just my thoughts - either have a link or logo that links to your assortment of branded products, but not in the H1. That's my two cents!

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Hi there

Usually, H2s and H3s are reserved for your content structure and prioritization of importance in the content on the page, not in your top navigation.

As your content (should) starts with an H1, this semantically will mess your header structure up because you have an H1 below H2s and H3s that live in your top navigation.

If you like the way that those menu fonts and sizes look, I would suggest looking into CSS Font styling - therefore you can set up how you want your font to look in the menu and have a proper header structure on your page content. This will be better for your On-Site SEO.

Hope this helps - let me know if you have any questions or comments! Good luck!

Hi there

1. That's fine.

2. Ask yourself this - is the link from a relevant site and potentially sending targeted traffic that will benefit from the content on your site? If no, then you shouldn't a. want the link and b. you wouldn't want that nofollowed. In my opinion (and based on Google advice)  I would nofollow this link. Reason being, you're not doing this for linkbuilding purposes, you're doing this because you are trying to reach a targeted audience group.

3. Nofollow links do not pass ranking value, but they do provide value if they are relevant to your site and pass along a targeted audience that will find value in your site.

I would also note that you should repurpose content for the sites you are writing for. Different sites have different audiences, so you should make sure that your content "speaks" to them and is not just a carbon copy of content on your site. If that's the case and you are just copying content, use canonical tags. Another thing I like to do, is at the bottom post "This post was originally written for _____.com", again nofollowed.

Hope this all helps - good luck!

^ Yes! Very important to note - thanks Tom!

Hi there

Google more than likely hasn't crawled your site to notice the changes you implemented. Depending on the size and popularity of your site, it could take some time before these changes reflect in search results.

Here are some suggestions to help the process:

• Check your server responses
• Check your robots.txt and meta tags
• Verify your site in Google & Bing Webmaster Tools
• Update your sitemap and upload it to Google & Bing Webmaster Tools
• Make sure your site is crawlable for Googlebot
• Google also crawls through inbound links to your site - take a look at your Local SEO for some potentially quick and easy wins

Hope this all helps - just have to wait patiently while Google recognizes your changes - shouldn't be an issue! Good luck!

Hi Rosemary

Yes! You should be just fine. According to Google:

If your business moves from one location to another and keeps the same business name, Google will generally move the reviews to the new location. There are some exceptions for businesses heavily tied to their locations, like hotels, golf courses or scenic attractions.

You can read more at Moving Reviews Across Google+ Pages.

If you have any other questions let me know! Good luck!

Hi Vincent

Again, it may be a matter of creating individual pages for each event w proper Schema, or it is possible to use tags in Schema as well. So, each event would be wrapped by their proper Event tag, with the address information in a meta tag included. Both are rather tedious. You can read more here:

https://schema.org/docs/gs.html#schemaorg_testing

Ideally though, you'd have an individual page for each event.

You could follow Ticketmaster's path and use data-vocabulary.com markup, however, Schema is the standard. If you're wondering what I mean, run the following URL through the Google Structure Data Markup Tester I linked to in my previous comment:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Chicago-Bulls-tickets/artist/805914

Sorry for not posting links - I am on my phone and I cannot. Will update in the AM.

Hope these help! Good luck!

I agree with Oleg here - each event should have it's own page.

That being said, it is possible to markup individual events on the same page, because each event is has it's own unique attributes. Each event will be wrapped in it's own itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event" - so be mindful of that.

You can read more here.

Keep in mind Google and Yandex have structured data markup testing tools.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Hey there!

I would also add that you can look at the Robots.txt Specifications resource from Google for tips.

Hope this helps as well!

Hi there

You can take a look at Wikipedia's editing capabilities and see if you can update the company URL, as well as blurb about the company being purchased by your company.

Not sure about DMoz - but that could take some time, but I would keep it - any thoughts Linda?

^ Yes! Great idea Linda!

Hey again!

Thanks for the information - does any old company profiles still exist? If so, can you gain access to those profiles to shut them down, update, or delete them?

What could be happening is that those profile URLs could be redirecting and somehow signaling that that company name is still associated.

Or, there may be some tagging in your code on your site that is referencing the old company and somehow translating to the Knowledge Graph.

Lastly, I would check your local SEO and citations to see if listings still have references to that URL and company. You can let these services know "Hey, this is ______ now and not _____ company." You can run your business through the Moz Local Check Listing and see what they find too.

Let me know if I can be of any more service! Good luck!

Hi there

This is a matter of connecting profiles to your site, having a well thought information architecture, and other factors for Google to attach the URL to your website. It's based on the Knowledge Graph.

I would read the following: More information about websites to help you find the right result (Google)
How to Get Search Traffic from Google’s Knowledge Graph (QuickSprout)
Link your brand page to your website (Google)
7 Ways to Make Your Google Search Result Stand Out (SEW)
Changing URLs in search results (Yoast)
Schema.org Structured Data (Moz)
Sitelinks Search Box (Google Developers)

Make sure your company profiles are properly connected and related to your new website. I would read the above information as a "checklist" to make sure you have your bases covered.

Hope this all helps! Good luck!

Hi there

Awesome stuff! Glad I could help - let me know if you need anything else or have questions!

Hi there

I would request the link is nofollow - that seems to be the consensus on multiple resources - here's one and another. From Backlinko Ranking Factors, these can potentially decrease value (but, as this is a study, it's opinion).

Nofollow links are still beneficial though, especially if the links passes traffic where the user is looking for your products or interested in your content.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Hi there

It sounds like this could potentially be a spam attack. You should read this:
Negative SEO: Should You Be Worried? If Attacked, What Should You Do?

I would also look into a backlink audit, collect the data, and see which site you could possibly reach out for removal.

From there, I would take a look at Google's Report spam, paid links, malware, and other problems page and see if there is a way you can report this issue and these websites. You should also consider disavowing backlinks from these sites.

Hope this helps! Good luck!