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Besides Moz.com/local and yext.com what other services do you guys use to fix duplicates and create more citations for clientele?
I have a recent domain 301 and i cant seem to update some old brand listings for a campaign.
I do also use bright local.
@AaronHenry This works. i had numerous redirect hops on wpengine. i followed these industructions and my issue went away. Make sure you clear cache when you do this (on the site and wpengine cache)... also make sure you dont have any redirects on the domain or cloud flare dns file level. Remove any redriects of the primary and set www. as the primary.
All this spam. You guys are pathetic.
I would just disavow to be careful. Who wants to keep looking over their shoulder .
I have numerous clients who were at the top of page in the top 3 spots. They all dropped to page 3 or 4 or 2 and now they are number 1 in maps or in the top 3.
Content is great on all these sites. backlinks are high quality and we do not build high quantity, we always focus on quality. the sites have authorship information. trust . we have excellent content written by professionals in the industry for each of the websites.
The sites load super fast. they are very mobile friendly. we have CDN installed. content is organized per topic. all of our citations are setup properly and no duplicates, or missing citations. code is good on the websites. we do not have anchor text links pointing to the site from gust posts or whatever. we have plenty of content. our DA/PA is great.
Audits of the website are great. I've been doing this a long time and ive never been so dumb founded as to what google has done this time.
Or better yet what exactly is wrong with our clients websites today that was working perfectly for the last 5 years.
I really am getting frustrated. im comparing my sites to competitors and everything's better.
Please someone guide me here and tell me what im missing or tell me what you have done to recover from this nonsense.
Yikes I just realized something and let me add onto this story. Maybe this is the issue and cause of the 301 not really taking effect and the new domain almost seeming to start from scratch.
The old domain was lets say for example 123 paper company with a focus on the same topic. The old design was also updated when we did the 301.
When we switched the domain the client changed addresses (yet again) , changed his business name, changes his website design and kept the same content. The content has been updates and modified a little but its pretty much the same.
Since the client made all these changes at once I feel google might be negating the 301 benefits because it feels like the domain was sold and redirected to a new law firm.
what does the community think?
My domain was indexed with HTTPS://WWW. now that we redirected it the certificate has been removed and if you try to visit the old site with https it throws an obvious error that this sites not secure and the 301 does not happen.
My question is will googles bot have this issue. Right now the domain has been in redirection status to the new domain for a couple months and the old site is still indexed, while the new one is not ranking well for half its terms.
If that is not causing the problem can anyone tell me why would the 301 take such a long time. Ive double and quadruple checked the 301's and all settings to ensure its being redirected properly. Yet it still hasn't fully redirected. Something is wrong and my clients ready to ditch the old domain we worked on for a good amount of time.
backgorund:About 30 days ago we found some redirect loops .. well not loop but it was redirecting from old domain to the new domain several times without error. I removed the plugins causing the multi redirects and now we have just one redirect from any page on the old domain to the new https version.
Any suggestions? This is really frustrating me and I just can't figure it out. My only answer at this point is wait it out because others have had this issue where it takes up to 2 months to redirect the domain. My only issue is that this is the first domain redirect out of many that have ever taken more than a week or three.
Question is how does one target two locations in the same city with the same keyword/service, and then the home page as well.
I have GMB links to my location pages for a south and central location in one large metro city. The home page is having the same keyword.
What would you do in this instance?
For now i removed all instances of keywords located on the location pages. The home page has a totally different topic now.
I did see my rankings jump up a page and we got into the top 5 on gmaps for tons of terms. I am just trying to see if there are any options im missing on best way to setup multiple locations targeting the same city without wasting the home page SEO juice. Because right now my home page is not ranking for any major terms at all.
Thanks for the responses but the keywords are fictional and jsut an example of my predicament. The business has been around for 27+ years and in google for about ten. our backlink profile , citations and etc are all very competitive. Clean and concise citations and links.
I will re read what you said. But it sounds like we are on the same page and I do not expect rank well jsut because on page is perfect. What I’m trying to figure out is the best plan for long term success targetfing these highly Competitive terms.
Content is also exceptional and very informational and helpful.
I’m going To review competition again and make spreadsheet of their layout.
I will kepe this updated so that maybe I can help others in the future
Been doing some searches for this directory, we have used them for quite a few links and now it seems as though they do not show up in serps for branded terms and the actual "www.hotvsnot.com" search phrase. Scary! Have a look let me know if you are having the same issue ladies and gents.
Ideally you want to keep your URL's short and to the point. Depending on the CMS you are using their could be an option to turn on friendly URL's.
Scroll to the bottom of this page where it says URL Structures http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/basics-of-search-engine-friendly-design-and-development
If this is a real business with real long term plans I would use the branded domain name. This feels more professional and as a business owner I would rather be identified with my company name on the internet rather than city+service.com.
On the other hand you can use the keyword domain to have two listings on Google. Question is, are you will doing to put in the time!!!
Does anyone know of any good quality website award/competition type site? Somewhere where we can submit our site and try to win an award?
A customer of mine had a new channel come to their place of business today in regards to valentines day (they are florists). They shot a video and wrote an article. Only problem is they only mentioned the business name and no link to the website. Has anyone had experience with reaching out to reporters and asking for a link in this type of a situation. Is a telephone call or email better?
Dont spam your nav bar with keywords. Use about us, contact us and home as your nav links because users are used to seeing them. To add descriptive tags to your links use the title attribute on your href links
I agree with Matt, there is no go-to directory. A directory or listing can have value for one site but not for another based on relevance, location, and site quality.
If you're looking for a list of directories that MIGHT be valuable then you're going about it all wrong. Don't waste your time with directory listings. Instead, spend time building good off-site content and link bait. Look at the two following discussions for ideas and caveats.
http://moz.com/community/q/niche-directories
http://moz.com/community/q/seomoz-directory-list-some-clarity-needed
I would just disavow to be careful. Who wants to keep looking over their shoulder .
How do you know you are getting penalized? Did you add those links and then drop in rankings. Send over a link to your site.
You need to find a new approach in discussing website usability for the user + search engines. Set realistic expectations (as stated above) and do the best you can. I would continue impressing the need for a better website design which includes more content and functionality. Give them some examples. Pull some competitor data, show them other sites. If these are publicly held companies you might be able to find some great information or press releases on how companies are fairing with internet marketing.
Regardless, you can get that website to rank well for specific keywords by building more high quality links than the competition. Ive seen it work numerous times. Without allot of content you simply are not going to be able to target long tail keywords or less competitive keywords.
You can also build a blog for them and drive traffic there.