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Sure. It is www.wijss.com.

We run a training center. We had 1 main website and 2 dedicated websites to certain themes. The 2 dedicated websites are older and the main website is about 6 months old. The 2 dedicated websites had a top 5 ranking for their most important keywords.

2 weeks ago we imported all the content from the dedicated websites into the main website. Then immediately after we did a perfect 301 redirect of these websites to the main website. 2 SEO companies checked it for us and so I'm very sure this is done right. Google immediately caught this up and gave the main website a boost. We where in the top 10 for many important keywords for 1 week. The next week all our rankings dropped. We only have a top 50 ranking for 10 keywords. Before it was 75 keywords in the top 20.

Do you know what could have caused this? Any suggestion, thought, ... is welcome!

My weekly ranking report shows massive loss of SERP's on Bing. For most keywords I was no longer in the top 50 which where first top 5. But when I checked it out for myself, I'm still ranked top 5 for these keywords. I then used the Moz Rank Tracker and there it also says I'm still ranking top 5 for these keywords.

What should I believe now?

Interesting view. That would be correct if we where a shop or service provider. Yet we take our subscriptions online and manage everything from a distance. The trainings itself take place at this location. How could I know for sure if Google would find this a problem or not?

In Google Places, I can also select other working areas. Does this have the same effect on local rankings as a separate business profile?

Hi Mozzers,

We operate in Belgium and just recently we also opened a location in the Netherlands. This is a trainingslocation but there is no staff present.

We want to add this location to our Google Places account. It seems we need to enter it is as different company profile.

Does Google have a problem with the fact that there is no staff present on adres of this company profile and the location is managed by our HQ in Belgium?

I'm considering installing Wordpress for my website. So I have to change the static URL's from /webpage.html to /webpage/. Yet I don't want to lose in the SERP's. What should I expect?

Thank you for the response. Yet I'm looking for a tool which monitors new links, not old links. My preference would be to get updates on a monthly basis.

What are the best tools to find the links gained on (monthly basis) by your competitors?

What is a good ratio for publishing blog messages on our company website? Which ratio is "Panda-friendly"?

HI Seomoz,

Yes, this question is to you :-), but it might come in handy for the rest of us.

With the revamp of your service and website, you guys also decided to change your web address to Moz.com. Myself and perhaps others here consider to do the same. Yet I fear loss in the SERP's.

Did you guys experience any loss in the SERP's for your most valuable keywords?

What was your plan of action?

I'm considering installing Wordpress for my website. So I have to change the static URL's from /webpage.html to /webpage/. Yet I don't want to lose in the SERP's. What should I expect?