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I am trying to track internal links and identify orphan pages. What is the best way to do this?

Dopes MOZ have anything like this?

https://www.semrush.com/features/google-data-studio-connector/

MOZ crawl has been waiting since April 2nd. Whats the deal? I am not able to "recrawl", so i have been stuck in limbo.

Can someone provides insights on a de-indexing example? I have gone through the depths of Google lack of support and requesting duplicate content flags, so no avail.

Here's the scenario:

Client had a competing SEO provider try to earn his business. In doing so, he copied word for word our blog that we have been producing content on over the last 5 years. He also integrated Google reviews in the structured data on this new URL. Well, fast forward 1-2 months later, our rankings started to drop. We found this 100% plagiarized site is taking away from our keyword rankings on GMB, and is no and Google search, and our site GMB is now only displaying on a branded name search as well as our search traffic has dropped. I have identified the plagiarized, duplicated content, being tied to our GMB as well, as the source of the problem.

Well, I finally obtain ed control of the plagarized domain and shut down the hosted, and forwarded the URL to our URL. Well, Google still has the HTTS version of the site indexed. And it is in my professional opinion, that since the site is still indexed and is associated with the physician GMB that was ranking for our target keyword and no longer does, that this is the barrier to ranking again. Since its the HTTPS version, it is not forwarded to our domain. Its a 504 error but is still ranking in the google index. The hosting and SSL was canceled circa December 10th. I have been waiting for Google to de-index this site, therefore allowing our primary site to climb the rankings and GMB rankings once again. But it has been 6 weeks and Google is still indexing this spam site. I am incredibly frustrated with google support (as a google partner) and disappointed that this spam site is still indexed.

Again, my conclusion that when this SPAM site is de-indexed, we will return back to #1. But when? and at this point, ever?

Highlighted below is the spam site. Any suggestions?

Domain authority is the biggest scam in SEO. But unfortunately, I love to watch it increase.

What happened to the MOZ points system and rewards for participating?

Where can I go in MOZ to view Google snippets that I am not currently tracking? I noticed a client is listed on a snippet but MOZ shows 0 snippets. I am also fairly confident given organic traffic data that this snippet has been listed for a while.

I am looking to provide an on page grader on our website. Does MOZ provide this feature?

It shows Bing is synced, but it does not display the correct data. Any suggestions?

Excellent question I have also had issues with. At times, Ive seen random URLs pop up in analytics that are not associated with Google ads.

I'm a big fan of anchor text. No only for the internal linking value, but, when done properly, increases user retention and conversion by accurately describing the page to the user.

IMO

Some great information on here. What I have realized, the applicant must have agency experience. It makes on boarding and client relations going forward so much more efficient.

March 5th cant come soon enough!

Three websites = 3x the work...and budget needed. Similar to a medical clinic when it comes to services. List this company's services and optimize accordingly. If it is an incredibly competitive market, niche website may be the way to go.

If I had it my way, in a medium to low competition market, i would focus on strengthen the content & DA on one site, rather than 3.

An influencer can absolutely be a travel guide or comparable company rather than only an individual. We run and operate Totally Boise as this purpose, to highlight great things to do and places to see in Boise, for tourists and local. Just keep in mind, influencers should be focused on providing the highest quality content for your query. Dont be a pushy inlfuencer selling goods and services that are not needed. Be a value, as Im sure your plan is to be.

Great question. I have also asked about how much weight content on yelp pages hold in terms of SEO.

Definitely reach out to yelp about this issue. Not quite sure about the SEO aspects, but from a brand perception aspect, you definitely want to respond to negative reviews.

although i personally am a fan of targeted keywords in URLs, I do not believe it is a MUST. You can optimize the page content and links pointing to the page, and get great results without needing the keyword in the URL.

It seems like GDPR was a whole lot of hype, but fizzled away quite quickly. I know of the penalties and much depends on audience traffic. Which even for the most local of local sites, can easily obtain Euro traffic. Just curious to know the experience of others.

Yext is a HUGE time save. Well worth it.

sometimes, designers take shortcuts or are limited on where to place content on a product page. Amazon is the almighty King of ecommerce. They lead with images, then description, then reviews, then price, then features, then specs. With a video at the bottom.

what is the product you are selling?

Depends on the CMS you use. Many CMS's can click a quick button to not index in Google search.

If that isnt an option, do it through a robots.txt file in webmaster tools.

Yes, analyze the links pointing to that domain and verify there arent many SPAM links.

Also, a link reclamation campaign will most likely be needed for brand mentions, which can be very time consuming.

This can involve many factors

• Is the new website on a dedicated IP and SSL?
• Did all of the URLs stay the same?
• Did any new Link Farms or SPAM links get added?
• Was all of the content transferred? ALL
• Same meta data and internal linking as well?
• Did the client happen to change addresses?

Are you asking where to purchase or outsource copy or where to place copy on an ecommerce product page?

I am so unbelievably excited about this new DA algorithm! DA is used constantly in our never ending SEO practice. Would be appreciated if it updated on a consistent, anticipated basis, rather than every so often.

What are some of the best resources with learning and teaching other GTM and conversion tracking?

From my experience, it is very difficult / cannot forward a HTTP version to a HTTPS version.

I may have to defer to another SEO Pro about forwarding a lower DA to a higher. My educated guess...it doesnt matter. In Google's eyes its not technically considered a link.

It always amuses me when clients purchase multiple domains and want to forward them with dreams of larger traffic funnels. If a branded URL search isnt happening, traffic wont either. For brand protection, absolutely valuable. But when clients want to dominate the internet, this tactic is a pipe dream.

Can you provide more context to your question? Topics on what? A web page or website?

Research shows pages that go in dept on niche topics out rank others that cover a variety of topics. Of course, with all link building and domain authority being the same.... Here is where a large amount of information (content) will need to be balanced with great web design to engage the reader.

Some rookie digital marketers just throw up 2,000 words straight. No images, No accordions, no way to break up the read. Therefore, site engagement stats are decreased, which doesn't add to your SEO and most likely, negatively impacts your website conversion metrics.

I am not the greatest resource in the affiliate marketing world, but have handles a few projects on the subject. In my experience, affiliate links do track conversions, and work similar to a UTM code. From my experience with setting up an affiliate store on Shopify, we utilized lead dyno and it worked well. From managing multiple vendors to keeping track of their behaviors and affiliate earnings. This is transparency.

The cross domain conversion tracking would work as well. This would involve your vendors placing a specific js code on their site...so, margin for error is higher. Unless you do it all. Either way, its A or B from my perspective.

Hope this helps!

This is the exact reason why I am hesitant to purchase and run with .CO domains. I would rather exercise all of my options to make a .com work rather than running with a .CO.

Dedicate some time to exclude SPAM referral links from your bounce rate analysis. SPAM links are notorious for providing skewed data in these areas.

I would also look into average time on page and pages per visit depending on source/medium.

check the robots.txt for no-follow designations?

also, is your hosting reliable? i have had websites go down, which would cause crawler errors from reporting, resulting in a poor index.

You need to setup Tag manager and track external links and setup GTM codes. But to measure conversion on another site, you will need to have your hands on that site as well.

I've had a similar problem years ago. Check to see if that page has a no-crawl or no-follow designation in your CMS. Hop on the page and hit a control+U, then find "follow".

Look for this: name="robots" content="INDEX,FOLLOW" />

Yes, most likely it is redirecting from hhtp to https. Check your canonical's as well.

Yes, you can setup a redirect depending on your CMS. We use DNN and there is a section in the site settings that makes this easily possible...or even design your own 404 page any way you want.

Nice website by the way. It looks very professional. And your 49 DA is very impressive.

HA! doesnt matter huh...

download SEO Quake as a chrome extension. Its great stuff. It will grade every page in detail, showing you how long titles and descriptions should be, as well as other metrics. big fan.

Is manta really needed tho?

Try updating your resolution queries to a max height of 1080, replacing the block of height:100%. Seems like google bot is crawling your site and queries are under a desktop resolution.

Simple. If SEO tactics are a part of your scope of services contracted with the client, you need to implement the H1. If not, there's no reason to.

Suggestions:

Check Webmaster tools and make sure all pages are indexing correctly.

Also, watch out for "no follow" tags in the meta data of each page.

"><me< span="">ta id="MetaGenerator" name="GENERATOR" content="example keyword "></me<>

and of course, utilize MOZ SEO tools for ranking reports and optimization errors.

Long URLs is a pet peeve! But I agree with Martin on the traffic analogy. Modify the pages that need the most help and measure against the pages you do not change.

The more niche, the better results...IMO. If you want to get ranked well on 3 different topics, build 3 different pages.

You would only want (1) H1 tag per page, and multiple H2-H6 tags per page.

I would like to 2nd this proposition of a feature. Half of our agency SEO battles are documenting and communicating completed tasks for a client, to the client.

After a week of reading your posts, I would expect a better response.

My initial point was to focus on on-page content, by utilizing the diagnosis and keyword density tools on SEO Quake as one of my preferred tools without the use of developer tools.

As Matt Cutts stated in the video, there is a law of diminishing returns when dealing with keyword content. And absolutely there is. So, if there is a law of diminishing returns, there must also be a law of increasing returns. Correct?

I respect your opinion and appreciate your feedback. But not the type of feedback that puts down another person for their opinion. You make good points, but a weak argument on why the metric is flawed overall.

A better discussion would be how does too much keyword density effect Conversion Rate Optimization? Or how a keyword density tool differs from a TF-IDF calculation.

All in all, its been fun. Agree to disagree about pieces of you perspective. And I'm sure the feeling is mutual.

I appreciate your feedback Martin, and yes, as an SEO professional, I am constantly learning about SEO best practices. What I do not appreciate is your willingness to publicly shame me for a difference in opinion. That sir, is something you should correct. Last time I checked, I didn't see your name as the almighty resource for SEO.

"It's using the RIGHT metrics to decide what you're going for and how to prioritize certain areas of optimizations over another. But clearly you don't want to be convinced of that....good luck with keyword density. I hope the other people reading this topic at least don't take this for granted. "

As a comment to your statement, how do we find the "right metrics"? Do these metrics come from theories? A/B testing is real and the A comes from one opinion and the B comes from another. Yes, accurately researched data is concrete, but the samples come from differences in theory...AKA opinion.

However, your argument still has many holes. Your'e basically telling me, I can have a page up for snocones in phoenix, and not mention "snocones and/or phoenix on the page, but still be ranked #1 because of links? That's entirely incorrect.

This example is the point to my argument.

Keyword density isnt the one-stop-shop for great SEO ranking factors, but is does have a hand in on-page optimization. Or.....is that a myth as well?

Are you referencing the sitemap link at the bottom of a lot of older websites? Typically those links lead to a page with links to every page on the website. This is more a of a tactic to better navigation purposes. Is this correct?

To answer your question, good question! I would be interested to hear what others say as well.

The wonderful thing about SEO, is that every SEO expert can have a difference of opinion, and both can be correct.