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  • Hi Edward, Schema tags are intended to a) indicate with more granularity what a given element is on a page (e.g. 'review', 'recipe', 'video file', etc.), and b) this information can sometimes be used by Google for rich snippets in the SERPs. So whether you need to include these tags in the mobile version of your header will depend on what they are describing. If the code for the header is different for the desktop and mobile versions, but you do have the same element and you do want the schema tags to be there, you'll need to include them; if the element which you're marking up in the desktop header isn't present in the mobile header, don't include them. There aren't currently (to my knowledge) specific Schema tags which indicate a 'mobile site'. (The ones that Robert mentioned seem to be for marking up a page featuring a mobile app). If you had a separate URL for mobile visitors, such as m.domain.com, you would need a mobile 'rel=canonical' tag to avoid duplicate content but that doesn't sound like it's the case for your site. It sounds to me like you're using dynamic serving, rather than a pure responsive design. (pure responsive only changes the CSS whereas dynamic serving keeps the same URL but serves up different HTML based on user agent). If this is the case, you'll also want to include a vary HTTP header based on user agent. (the Google guidelines for how to do this are here.) This indicates to Google that you are serving a different HTML based on user agent, and not cloaking. Hope that helps!

    | bridget.randolph
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  • Firstly, you might want to create landing pages with better URL's for certain manufactures like: www.example.com/classifieds/honda-bikes/ www.example.com/classifieds/kawasaki-bikes/ And no-index 0 result pages programatically.

    | razasaeed
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  • Usually classified sites have a lot of filters to narrow down, you should definitely no index them and also add those filtered pages to block list via robots.txt. You don't want google crawler to start going in loops and instead want to conserve it to top level pages which user search and would find valuable once they land on it.

    | razasaeed
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  • Unfortunately I just see part of a framework of what looks like a beginning of a website in the bottom right box Try using this tool to create your pop up I think you will find the reference box very helpful. http://gettopup.com/demo or http://www.scriptiny.com/2009/05/javascript-popup-box/ Sincerely, Thomas

    | BlueprintMarketing
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  • Hey Kelly, Awesome! I am so glad that relieved your worries. You are very welcome Dana

    | danatanseo
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  • It's a bit tricky, since your category page will naturally have internal links. I wouldn't canonical all the paginated versions to View All and then canonical the View All to the main category - that's likely to cause some problems. If you really want to focus on page 1 as the category (and not the View All), then I'd probably consider rel=prev/next.

    | Dr-Pete
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  • This sounds like a problem for your internal IT to solve. It sounds like that URL is in your 301 redirect and it's quite possible it's used for tracking purposes. I would find out what it's used for first. From an SEO standpoint, I would simply canonical your home page to www.crh.org/mobile and that will avoid any duplicate content issues.

    | Highland
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  • If you do that and those links have supported rankings then there could be a traffic loss. Yes, traffic/rankings have gone down so I've been investigating possible over optimisation especially on money terms. If this was client site, I would be tempted to describe Door A, Door B and Door C. Yes, you are not wrong. I like the analogy! Really appreciate your help, EGOL.

    | WCR
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  • Well thanks for everyone's help, I ended up putting some more work in and finally outranked them

    | jesse1341
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  • If you combine them, you'll also need to rel=canonical or 301-redirect the audio pages to the video pages (or vise-versa). To avoid chaining your canonicals, the blog posts should all go back to whichever version (audio/video) you choose as the canonical. It depends on usage, but I'm guessing the videos have higher engagement than the audio? You could just build a longish page that looks like: [Video] [Audio] [Description] [Transcript] Transcripts add a lot of SEO power to a page, potentially, and getting that content right on the main video page could help quite a bit, if you can keep it user-friendly.

    | Dr-Pete
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  • Hey Spencer While I'm not truly sure how this will respond, I bet if you use the structured data tester it will give you an answer. In my research as well, I don't think it's a good idea to use display:none (resource) - but my feeling is if you do this correctly, the breadcrumbs will show in the SERPs. -Dan

    | evolvingSEO
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  • Right.It will take some time.Most importantly if your site is not so big it will takes more wait.MATT CUTT in a video said clearly that the 301 redirect pass the same link juice. As far as the method that you have mentioned I do not think so that you did any mistake with redirecting.

    | csfarnsworth
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  • If it is duplicate but on your site only, I do not think you will have an issue based on what I read from Google. If you are using the same product verbiage as everyone else I think it could be an issue. As to poor quality, this issue would more affect ranking IMO. So, you can no index if it is not a critical page to your business. Or, if it is as I have here, you can simply leave it be until at such time as you believe it is a problem in the eyes of Google. If it is duped content that everyone is using I, personally, would no index no follow. Best

    | RobertFisher
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  • I placed rel=canonical on some content that is shared by two websites.  Now when I go into webmaster tools and look at backlinks.  The pages on the site that have rel=canonical are displayed as backlinks on the site with the original copy. I am really happy with how this is working.

    | EGOL
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  • Hello Nicolas, You're welcome! I am glad you found the answer helpful. I direct the SEO strategy for seOverflow, and yes we do work with small businesses. Fill out our contact form and we'll be in touch. You can also look into other reputable SEO agencies and freelancers listed here on Moz.com. Nice site.

    | Everett
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  • Hi Paul, You can disavow the entire blogspot domain, but you may have some good links in there from legitimate blogs on blogspot. I would start first with looking at the links provided to you in webmaster tools. Download the list, filter for blogspot subdomains, and then manually review each of these subdomains. Anything you think in there that should be removed, try finding a contact email of the person who set up the subdomain - if you find it, great and contact them for cleanup. If not, just add it to the disavow list. I would also do this for other potential spammy large sites that allow you to set up sites on a subdomain, like wordpress.com. I would look closely at those subdomains and decide what you want to cleanup and disavow. Good luck, Mark

    | Mark_Ginsberg
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  • There are a number of different keyword trackers out there, which one you want to use will depend on how many keywords you want to track. For a small number of keywords, SERP Fox is a great tool for $10/mo: http://www.serpfox.com/ Another good tool is SEO PowerSuite: http://www.seopowersuite.com/ If you're tracking thousands of keywords, you might want to check out Authority Labs (http://authoritylabs.com/) or LinkDex (http://www.linkdex.com/).

    | TakeshiYoung
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  • Thank you Lesley. This really helps a lot. I appreciate it very much. This is my site by the way: http://devilswink.com/ Thanks. Nico.

    | niconico101
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  • Google reads "-" as a space. So always use "-" and certainly don't use "%20" A lot of people use "_" also, instead of using a "-" .. Which they should not be doing.

    | warcom
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