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That's great, Activitysuper, Just stage the project in a reasonable manner. Your copywriter can't do it all at once, but he/she can do it over time. Good luck! Miriam

clean code, no errors, less forgiving than google Links not as important. CTR is imporatant, bing uses a 50% win algorithm, that is if your link gets more clicks compared to the listing above you, you are likly to move up in rankings. if people go to your site a come back to bing, that is a sign that your site is not so good. Good content and a good serp are important.

Hello, I've got a site that's product based but it's custom countertops so nothing that has a model number. I've added schema (hopefully in the correct fashion) to mark up my gallery pages which are made up of thumbnails that then lead to a single product page. I would love it if someone would take a quick look and let me know if this is the correct way to use it. Here is the code for the <ul itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageGallery" id="image-gallery-thumbnails" title="Iroko Countertops and Butcher Block Island Photographs"> <li> <a itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="[iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-1.html](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/wood-countertop-gallery/iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-1.html)"><img src="[../images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-6.jpg](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-6.jpg)" width="80" alt="Distressed edge grain iroko butcher block kitchen island">a> li> <li> <a itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="[iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-2.html](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/wood-countertop-gallery/iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-2.html)"><img src="[../images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-7.jpg](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-7.jpg)" width="80" alt="Detail of butcher block kitchen island made from iroko wood">a> li> <li> <a itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="[iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-3.html](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/wood-countertop-gallery/iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-3.html)"><img src="[../images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-8.jpg](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/wood-kitchen-island-top-8.jpg)" width="80" alt="Wide plank iroko kitchen island">a> li> <li> <a itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="[iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-4.html](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/wood-countertop-gallery/iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-4.html)"><img src="[../images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/raised-kitchen-bar-top-1.jpg](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/raised-kitchen-bar-top-1.jpg)" width="80" alt="Iroko raised wood bar top">a> li> <li> <a itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="[iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-5.html](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/wood-countertop-gallery/iroko-countertop-pictures/iroko-countertop-5.html)"><img src="[../images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/raised-kitchen-bar-top-2.jpg](view-source:http://www.jaaronwoodcountertops.com/images/photographs-of-wood-countertops/thumbnails/raised-kitchen-bar-top-2.jpg)" width="80" alt="Iroko bar top for a kitchen island">a> li> <li style="display:block; height:30px;">li> ul> Thanks, Josh

I should point out that directory "level" in the URL is not the same as how deep a page is. If a page one-off the home-page is 4 directory levels deep, the crawlers still see it as one layer down, because that's how they reached it. I agree that this structure is far less than ideal, but I don't think it would automatically harm your internal PR flow.

One additional comment, and it's tricky. You need to find the crawl path creating these, BUT you don't necessarily want to block it yet. Add the canonical, and let Google keep crawling these pages. Otherwise, the canonical can't do its job properly. Then, once they've cleared out, fix the crawl path. Are you seeing this in our (SEOmoz) tools or in Google? I'm not actually seeing these variants indexed, so it could potentially be a glitch. It looks a bit like some kind of session variable.

Yes, you can set it up like this: Disallow: /user/ Allow: /user/password/ And that should do it!

Hey! So, I listened to Matt's video. I see his point about wanting to crawl the JS files just in case something tricky is going on. Do understand that this is a risk you take. I don't see an issue blocking crawling of those files from a logical perspective, but if you or someone that takes over for you in the future does do something sneaky with JS and you are caught ... plus you have blacked access to the offending files ... it is going to take a lot more work to get back in good graces with them. It's like a cop searching your car. You have every right to ban them from doing so, but if you have nothing to hide, why make trouble? Matt is right, banning crawling of these files is not going to save you much but if you think it's an issue, feel free. Just know that they might take it as a possible flag in the future. Kate

Hi Bucky, Have you seen Rand's post on several things to do if the wrong page is ranking at http://www.seomoz.org/blog/wrong-page-ranking-in-the-results-6-common-causes-5-solutions?

A couple of recent great resources about redesigning websites without losing rankings are available at http://www.seomoz.org/blog/achieving-an-seo-friendly-domain-migration-the-infographic http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-site-migration-guide-tips-for-seos They are aimed at migrating your site to a new URL, but much of the information they have is applicable in your situation about URLs and things to consider during a redesign.

Hi James - i saw your reply on this thread and a quick question - i was running Gsitecrawler, after selecting all the suitable options , it opens up a "Crawl watch" page. While I am assuming it is crawling the site, as per the online instruction it says to select the "Generate" tab at the main application window (I did not opt for auto ftp). When should I select the Generate option, immediately or wait for crawl to complete? suparno

Yes, I like using rewrites in an .htaccess file, which is covered in the links above.

Sadly it looks like there isn't an option to change the color. Maybe they're trying to compete with the Pinterest button.

For wordpress.com you have to purchase the "Site Redirect" service.  This does a 301 redirect for you entire url.  You can go to Store > Domains in your dashboard to confirm it's working, change the new domain's url, etc.  Be sure to use the same permalink structure in your new domain!  Good luck.

Personally, I'd keep an eye on it. These things do have a way of expanding over time, so you may want to be proactive. At the moment, though, you probably don't have to lose sleep over it.

Ok, I have done some serious testing on EMD's this year and have seen results such as country coded domains rank 1st page with 500 words of content and a social sharing tool to add with no link building. I have done a lot of research into more competitive search terms using the seomoz tool bar and have seen 100's of EMD's with low mozstats (DA:30) against the surrounding results with (DA:50/70). I've done the same sort of stuff with hyphened and other extensions and nothing comes anywhere near the true exact match. But thats just me and my findings.

OK, so simple 301 redirects seem to be working out fine. But having a thing for a puzzle, and thus far learning more about htaccess, I am wondering why a simple rewrite... or "redirect" rule would not work. Like this: RewriteRule ^(./blog)$ http://cmsearchmarketing.com/blog$1.php [R=301,NC] or this RewriteRule ^./blog$ http://www.cmsearchmarketing.com/blog [R=301,NC] (...and this goes into the old site htaccess with the old domain name, NOT the new site with the new domain name; and the new site basically has all new page names.) Where in the htaccess file would it go... after the WP permalink rule - considering I am using permalinks on the site and writing the rules with the permalink structure? Can I write a rule such as this and redirect to another domain all together? When would I use [L] for last rule? And what's the difference in a rewrite and a redirect? OK, if anyone is pursuing and can help I would appreciate. Thank you very much. _Cindy

Hi Corey- Thanks for the response. No, there wasn't any malicious code found on the site. Yes, I agree about the trackbacks not a high priority. I just don't like seeing those errors. Best, Lisa

Also we use SEOQuake toolbar all the time which as far I know check Google PR + results count for a particular URL/domain. Is it a potential issue too?