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You should keep the H1 tag to only one per page and make the other headings H2.

Change the sizing of the H1 bullet to slightly bigger than the rest of the text on the page.

Make sure that when you are checking your rankings you are using a clean browser without any saved cookies and add &gl=uk to the top of the URL.

If they are still different it's possible that you've gone up in the time between the last ranking check....

It seems like you probably don't want 4 different TLD, but instead would want to use ahref lang to indicate to Google that you are showing different regions different content. See here for more of an explanation - https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

Alternatively, if you do want the unique TLDs you could put a canonical to whatever content is duplicate back to the main site (.com probably).

I am looking for relatively cheap hosting for sites in RU, UK, AU, Es, fr, se, pl and RO.

any recommendations?

Do you think it would be important for the 3 sites to use unique templates/ip addresses?

Is there a way to check my Yandex ranking with SEOMoz?

If not, is there another tool you can recommend?

Thanks!

Google is recommending that websites nofollow any links from press releases or guest blogging.

Do people think this is really the new standard and sites could get penalized for guest blogging with follow links? Is anyone changing their strategy after hearing this announcement?

Where does this leave people who work in difficult niches (such as gambling)?

In the past month I have seen a huge increase in the visits + conversions from Facebook (which is obviously great).  However, from Google Analytics it appears that most of my visits are not coming from my brand page.

Is there an explanation of what these referral paths mean?

Top Facebook referral paths:

/

/l.php

/home.php

/ajax/emu/end.php

/brand - much less visits than above URLs

Definitely not important.  I still add them in because I think it helps our content writers structure the page and some minor search engines use them.  I know some people think they can actually cause harm and don't use them at all.  Whatever you do, make sure not to spend too much time on them and not to keyword stuff.

The only time they have any relevance is if you are using them for Google news.

I want to find out keyword research about a specific US State but Google's tool only gives me data by Country.

Is there something else I can use?

You should check if you are ranked within the top 1000 pages on google.com (add &num=100 to the URL to see 100 SERP results at a time).  If you are ranked just not in the top spots, as Irving said you are merely not geotrageted for the US in the eyes of Google.

However, if your site is not in the top 1000 spots it is likely because of a specific google penalty.

Thesis is a good theme with built in SEO advantages.  Headway is great if you are looking for one with the most flexibility.

As Matt said, using Yoast and ensuring everything is set up important is just as important as picking a good theme (if not more)

There has never been a reputable source making that claim.  I've read speculation that Google boosts your rank if you use Adwords, but that also is not based on actual numbers...

When running my website on link detective I found that 40% of my links were unknown and 41% were dead.

I have a very strong affiliate network and it seems like most of the unknown are from affiliates.  How should I interpret the dead links - is this harming my site?

Thanks!

Yep - geo-location info is in both locations

If I was going to submit to 5 directories where would you recommend?