Hi StreetwiseReports

The code to add onto the end of a URL Search Query is:

• &pws=0

Check out a blog post here on SEOmoz from last week, entitled "Face-off - 4 Ways to De-personalize Google" which is all about de-personalizing search.

Regards

Simon

Hi Theresa

That's a really good question, to which you will likely get differing answers.

These days, there isn't so much difference between the way modern websites appear on Desktop browsers, Tablet browsers and Smartphone browsers.  Non-smartphone mobiles tend to have more issues.

There are differences though, such as some JavaScript, navigational code and flash not working on tablets and mobiles as well as on desktops.

Personally, I see three main categories at present:

• Desktop
• Tablet (including the iPad)
• Smartphone

because websites do tend to load differently enough between the three, thus having three different technology platforms to cater for.  As tablets and smartphones continue to develop & advance, it's slowly becoming more or less the same, one day not too far off, I believe all 3 will be similar enough and there won't be the need to build different versions (other than perhaps for the speed issue mentioned below).

Within Google Adwords, there remains the option to target 'All Devices', 'Desktop and laptop', 'Mobile devices with full browsers' and 'Tablets with full browsers'

Although another issue is of course Speed;  3G does not usually bode well for full-blown websites to be loaded on a tablet or a smartphone, thus this is a major reason why for the time being, it's usually advisable to cater for tablets and smartphones separately with cut-down versions of the main website. 4G is starting to launch and wireless hotspots and becoming more common, so also one day, speed won't be so much of an issue with tablets and smartphones.

I hope that helps,

Regards

Simon

Hi there,

Maybe, it's likely that there are enough inbound links to the old domain, however it is worth checking whether the Domain Redirect that's in place is a 301 or a 302. If it's the later, get it changed to a 301 if you can.

Depending on your access to Google Webmaster Tools, it would be worth informing Google via GWT (if you can) of the change of address (domain) for the old site. This would help to speed up the full reindexing and removal of the old domain from Google's index.

Hope that helps,

Regards, Simon

Content in an iFrame can be indexed, that's the biggest issue here. iFrames have a URL all of their own, so are a page in their own right. Sometimes they are wrapped in a Frameset, which can tie them together to produce a whole normal page.

If their is any way to avoid using an iFrame, then go for it. If not, then it's not just about SEO anyway, Usability is also very important and it's often a compromise that has to be made.

So do what's best for the User Experience and cater for SEO afterwards, which could be using a 'NoIndex, Follow' tag on each iFrame and an 'Index, Follow' tag on the overall main page URL.

Regards

Simon

Hi Brian

This is an easy question to answer; "absolutely not". Please don't copy them, you'll end up regretting it.

How you've described your competitors' links makes them fall into the 'worthless spam' category; their efforts would have been for little gain, especially any long term gain, plus they've risked getting penalised for link spamming.

Links from blog posts are usually nofollow so will hold zero SEO value, there is only a small percentage of decent blogs out there.

To acquire some links that will actually be of benefit to your website, create some unique relevant interesting valuable Content for your visitors and Distribute this well. In turn, you'll likely be rewarded with some great natural links. Infographics with a text link built in can really help.

I hope this has been of some help to you.

Regards

Simon

Hi Ivaylo

I shall share a few pointers with you here for consideration;

1. Perform an on-page analysis of the website to identify and help resolve any issues that might come up, such as too many on-page links or too many no-followed links pointing in, any issues with titles or descriptions... (The SEOmoz toolset is great at helping with this).

2. Research what valuable links are pointing to the Wiki page and try and get some of the same links pointing to your clients' site (new followed links from different reputable websites will help a lot). Also, identify existing links where the anchor text could be improved.

3. Keep the content fresh, relevant and interesting.

4. Depending on what your clients' site offers, consider if there are any tools/widgets that could be developed to help make the site more useful.

5. Consider building upon the Social aspect, such as engaging with people on Twitter, Forums and Guest Blogging to attract more visitors and more sharing of your content.

Hope that helps,

Regards

Simon