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Thanks everybody,

I decided to go with WordPress.  Looks like I have a lot more learning to go again.

Scott

Matt,

Thanks for the advise.  What scared me the most was the 302 temporary redirect which according to my reading will not allow link juice pass to my homepage.  It appears that that is gone now according to the Moz crawler.  But I don't see any redirects at all and the 3 homepages are still showing up.  At this point content will be my focus because I realize how important it is.  I just want to make sure everything is right as I start.

Thanks again everybody,

Scott

Thank you Wizard,

I have done a lot of SeoMoz reading and I consider my SEO knowledge as just enough to be dangerous.  I ran another crawl test and it appears that the 302 temporary redirect is now gone but there is no 301 permanent redirect and according to the On Page Grader there are no Canonical tags.  Also, Google is not showing duplicate titles or metatags anymore.  GoDaddy will not allow me to access or change any code.    Can I tell Google to disregard all other pages except for my main homepage to avoid duplicate pages or do I need to?  Sorry for being paranoid, I don't want to make a dumb mistake that I can't change years from now without starting over.

Scott

Thank you I think you have answered my question.  It looks like my only option now is start a new website using WordPress.  If I continue with my current website I will be throwing link money down the toilet.  What is really sad is that I bought the SEO version of the website thinking it would give me more options.

Thank you for your for all of you experience and responses.

I called GoDaddy again and they continue to tell me there is only one homepage and no redirects and that there is no way to change the website.  I also got a sarcastic response saying I needed to build my own website and host it on a private server.  I still trust MozPro  crawlers and Google more than Godaddy.  At this point I don't think even someone with developer skills can make these changes though I may be wrong.  Is there a simple website design program like GoDaddy that I can use and that is SEO friendly?  I hate to switch at this point but what I do now will reflect in the future.  It's frustrating not knowing what can be changed.

Thank you for responding so quickly,

We are starting a business assisting expats in obtaining retirement visas in Ecuador, so it doesn't need to be a complex site.   Actually the simpler the better.  What I am concerned about is according to MozPro I have 3 separate homepages.  http://www.ecuadorvisapros.com redirected to http://www.ecuadorvisapros.com/ with a 302 temporary redirect and another homepage called http://www.ecuadorvisapros.com/home.html with no redirect, as far as I can tell.  Go daddy tells me that I only have one homepage http://www.ecuadorvisapros.com/home.html and there is no way to change anything.  Google Webmaster tells me I have duplicate content and duplicate title pages.  It seems like the 302 temporary redirect and the two identical pages will kill any change of links coming to my homepage helping my rankings.  I have no rankings for my homepage and several internal pages that have decent ranks.  I am concerned about putting money into a link outreach campaign.  Sorry for the long post.

Scott

I made the horrible mistake of using GoDaddy website builder and just found out that I have 3 homepages with a 302 temporary redirect on one of them.  GoDaddy says I have only one homepage and no redirects which is not true as far as both Google Webmaster and Mozpro are concerned.  I am not able to change anything structurally on the Godaddy site.  Is there an economical alternative to having a website built that I can work with myself (with little knowledge) and that I can do some link building that will be effective.

Thank you, I will refrain from commenting on GoDaddy

Scott

Thanks,

I am not sure what or where that is.  I have limited access to what's inside the GoDaddy website.  I will try and contact GoDaddy again.  Also I am concerned with the 302 redirect.  I hear that it will not pass link juice.  Is this a common problem with Godaddy websites and how might I fix it?  I hate to scrap them due to the work I have already put in.

Scott

I have GoDaddy website builder and a new website http://ecuadorvisapros.com and I notices through your crawl test that there are 3 home pages http://ecuadorvisapros with a 302 temporary redirect, http://www.ecuadorvisapros.com/ with no redirect and http://www.ecuadorvisapros/home.html.  GoDaddy says there is only one home page.  Is this going to kill my chances of having a successful website and can this be fixed?  Or can it.  I actually went with the SEO version thinking it would be better, but it wants to auto change my settings that I worked so hard at with your sites help.

Please keep it simple, I am a novice although I have had websites in the past I know more about the what's than the how's of websites.

Thanks,

Thanks everybody,

I decided to go with WordPress.  Looks like I have a lot more learning to go again.

Scott