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All of my image links are hosted on secureservercdn.net. for example, if i go to a webpage, mydomain.com/blog/blog-post and right click any image with a "copy image address" the images are all linking to secureservercdn.net/blablabla rather than mydomain.com/wp-uploads/blalblabla. this cannot be good for SEO. Any ideas why this would be? My site is hosted through GoDaddy, is it on their end?

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Ryan

I know EMD's ranking factor have been significantly reduced in the past decade, but do you think it can help at all in 2020?

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Ryan

Thanks Paul. It is just this page that the issue is with. it is also a brand new site that isnt ranking. so hopefully it resolves itself eventually.

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Ryan

i wrote a page - https://domain.com/how-to-do-xyz/

but when doing an inurl search, i see that it is indexed by google as - https://secureservercdn.net/58584.883848.9834983/myftpupload/how-to-do-xyz/ (not actual url)

and when i view that page, it is a weirdly formatted version of the page with many design elements missing.

this is a wordpress site. Why would this be?

thanks,

Ryan

I wrote a blog article targeting a long-tail KW - "[primary KW] pricing revealed". the article is performing so well that is actually ranking 2nd nationally for my primary KW. I would rather have my conversion page rank for my primary KW obviously.

I'm considering cutting and pasting the content from my blog page onto my conversion page with a 301 redirect from the blog to the conversion page. What are your thoughts on this?

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Ryan

My DA is only 22. I got a beautifully crafted dofollow backlink from a site with a DA of 94 and an AHrefs rank of 98 (the 98th most valuable domain in the world)

2 parter-

1. How much do you think one link like that will affect my DA and rankings? (i understand this is subjective - looking more for opinions)

2. How long before MOZ and Google Search Console see the link? It has been 10 days and the link is not showing up on either yet.

I know the best thing to do is put my head down and keep building links rather than focusing on "when" and "how much" but I'm getting antsy and curious for the community's opinion.

Thanks,

Ryan

Yes this absolutely answers my question, makes sense. Crazy how many sketchy SEO’s are out there.

thanks,

Ryan

anyone with a wordpress blog knows what i am talking about. but why do they do this? my theory is that it is for backlinks, but aren't all wordpress comment links nofollow? i am just curious as to what these robots think they are gaining by flooding my blog comments section.

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Ryan

Thanks! I just sent the email.

Ryan

My DA dropped 4 points in a week. I check the discovered and lost linking domains in the same time range, and i have more discovered than lost, and the DAs of those lost/linking are all comparable. How could this be?

anyone with a wordpress blog knows what i am talking about. but why do they do this? my theory is that it is for backlinks, but aren't all wordpress comment links nofollow? i am just curious as to what these robots think they are gaining by flooding my blog comments section.

Thanks,

Ryan

It depends on the relationship between the two domains. Either way, as long as the 2 domains are similar/relevant to each other I would definitely suggest leveraging your old domain (A DA of 20 isnt terrible) in 1 of 2 ways: 1. A 301 redirect as you mentioned or 2. keep the old domain active and link to and from it to build up the DA of both sites.

While Moz is an excellent resource, i get the impression that it is for community-based SEO questions that can serve as a knowledge database. I am looking for a forum or resource where I can contact other SEO workers to explore link exchange opportunities. For example, i want to reach out to those who do SEO for audio/visual, technology, and event-planning companies so i can offer them links in exchange for some recommended links to my site. Before anyone dogs on link trading as being spammy and not best practice, it would only be done in a useful, relevant, and non-spammy fashion with other high authority sites.

Thanks!

Ryan

Yes this absolutely answers my question, makes sense. Crazy how many sketchy SEO’s are out there.

thanks,

Ryan

My DA is only 22. I got a beautifully crafted dofollow backlink from a site with a DA of 94 and an AHrefs rank of 98 (the 98th most valuable domain in the world)

2 parter-

1. How much do you think one link like that will affect my DA and rankings? (i understand this is subjective - looking more for opinions)

2. How long before MOZ and Google Search Console see the link? It has been 10 days and the link is not showing up on either yet.

I know the best thing to do is put my head down and keep building links rather than focusing on "when" and "how much" but I'm getting antsy and curious for the community's opinion.

Thanks,

Ryan