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Additional research turned up this Matt Cutts video which addresses my question head on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRGkc__FwQ

Hi Becky, Here is what I found: The pros and cons of hiding content using JavaScript and CSS (display: none) has been a topic of some debate within the SEO industry, and Google’s comments over time have somewhat added to the confusion. **November 2014 **– Google’s John Mueller stated that Google _“may not” _index or rank hidden content. In aGoogle+ Hangout the following month, John repeated this, stating that hidden content would be _“discounted”_and has been for a number of years **21 July 2015 **– Google’s Gary Illyes, contributing to a Stack Overflow forum thread , provided clarification of this by stating that this type of content is given “way less weight in ranking” **27 July 2015 **– In a separate Stack Overflow thread on the same topic, Gary Illyes again confirmed that _“[Google] will index that but the content’s weight will be lower since it’s hidden” _ So the content will still be indexed, but deemed less important by the crawlers.

Hey Gopi, What you're looking for are LSI and related keywords as well as regularly searched questions. I've been doing a keyword research task recently so here's a big list for you, based on what I've been using: **Google AdWords Keyword Planner - **https://adwords.google.co.uk/KeywordPlanner The AdWords keyword planner is the usual starting place for me - you can check out exact match search volumes and also get ideas for new keywords based on your original seed keyword. Bear in mind that they've updated this recently so keyword variations and their respective search volumes are often grouped together which can be a little troublesome. Keyword Tool - http://keywordtool.io/ Keywordtool allows you to do much the same as keyword planner but for YouTube, Bing, Amazon and App Store searches. The results can sometimes be a little limiting in the free version but it's a great way of topping up your original keyword research. Answer The Public - http://answerthepublic.com/ This might be more what you're looking for - Answer the Public allows you to enter a seed keyword and it comes back with the popular 'where/what/how/when/why' keyword strings that users have been searching, based upon your keyword of choice. It's also got a good CSV export functionality for getting data out quickly Moz Keyword Explorer - https://moz.com/products/pro/keyword-explorer Then of course there's the Moz Keyword Explorer which gives keyword suggestions, SERP analysis, estimated search volumes and opportunity scores for a whole bunch of keywords. I hope this helps! Sean

Hi GR, ahrefs.com toll helped in link reclamation or link building. However I have noticed that the tool is not able to find all the broken internal or external links. But I was able to find some broken links on another website. ahrefs support team responded to my query on this and agreed that tool might not be listing all links. They even said, no tool can provide all tools and its merely next to impossible. I wanna let you know my experience to keep you updated, so posting here. Thanks, Satish

Many thanks Kristen, I appreciate the answer being specific to the question Yes, we've racked our brains over this one. The business serves London almost uniquely but the HQ is further out. I wonder if anyone has found away around this that works? This is interesting and a bit of a minefield. I guess the only thing we can do is test. Hopefully Penguin 4 will ensure quicker feedback on testing than previously.

Hello sir, No not got any comment for articles, Also It is not showing hacked Site, But All Other unnecessary, bad Search Terms coming, please help out with more options if possible, As your told option have checked. thanx in advance.

Just echoing Dmytro I would noindex, also this can help resolve duplicate issues as often the "Tag" and Search pages can create duplicates or pages the spiders have trouble with. If you are using Wordpress Yoast has a nice feature to help automatically care for this task.

Hi Jazee, I'm afraid that is not possible. What you can do is "play" with the Page title of the  www.repairshop.com/bmwrepairs. Something like this BMW - Repairs That way you will be calling the attention on what you truly wish. On the other hand, it seems to have more sense to redirect the other way. A 301 carries  the rank, either good or a bad one. Mª Verónica B.

Hi Radi, I think that is because the competitor has more accurate title tags and meta descriptions on regard the query - hand therapy Sydney - despite they do not have  inbound links pointing those pages. They answer the query accurately. It is not all about links. Content - answering the query - first and above all. On top of that, they are first in Google local listings. https://moz.com/blog/why-listing-accuracy-is-important-whiteboard-friday All the best, Mª Verónica B.

WE LOVE THIS QUESTION. Have you used your site for other content purposes like blogging? If you're a directory, you could reach out to reputable companies (or whatever you're a directory for)  and ask them to either guest post on your blog and then share it on social media, or you could use link building tactics to get people to link to your site. Make sure you add the value to your directory or aggregator, and make it clear what the purpose of your site is. One thing you could take advantage of is social media. Since you're an aggregator, you probably have a niche or target, and you can reach that audience to funnel traffic to your website through social media. Other than that, we would just recommend making sure your backend is as tight as possible, and make sure it's optimized for mobile, since mobile is a huge factor. Another thing to look into would be to optimize for voice search. Hope this helps, and looking forward to seeing other responses!

I think the  second link is showing as duplicate because the page has exact same title. I did face similar issue and I added "Page=n" to the title using the software. This may or may not be possible in the software you have but essentially the links are not showing the same pages and so there title should be different.

Thank you Bernadette for that response and help. That’s what I thought would be the solution. Am I correct in assuming that because the http version is currently being indexed that there would most likely be an associated temporary drop in results while Google sorts everything out? – Because they are a seasonal-heavy business I’m trying to plan this accordingly so any experience/insight would be appreciated. Thanks again.

Thank you Chris! Yes, I think it would make sense include the old brand name for some time. "I can't imagine that it would do any harm so long as you do not change your new title tags also. This might become confusing in terms of branding for SEO." ...Not sure how you mean here? It´s a completely redesigned site

I like the banner idea. Maybe what I'd do is use a canonical so people could still view the article, but then also put in a banner.

The domains in question are brand new and have no website associated with them.  As I described, they are just being used for advertising to certain audiences. Essentially instead of using subdomains (department.domain.com) or sub folders  domain.com/department, I want to use domaindepartment.com  so I can print domaindepartment.com on business cards and those recipients when they go to domaindepartment.com they will be redirect to the department section of domain.com

Same thing happening for me. Interested in this as well.

Yes, for the most part. Google wants to deliver the best results for visitors based on their search query. So if something is hidden from initial view this would impact ux and especially if it's poorly implemented (not intuitive). As you know, original and compelling copy is the best. Unfortunately in many situations, such as a large ecommerce site, it is resource intensive. It's best to avoid thin content. However, it does get ranked as you can grab a snippet and place in Google and look at the results. So yes, it's possible that Google will rank these pages with duplicate content in a hidden view. I would advise you to tell your client to remove any hidden content and rewrite product descriptions. Depending on resources, they may/may not want to do this. If they don't, at least you made a recommendation. Good luck!

I understand , you may need an opencart professional to fix the problem.

I would publish unique descriptions.  The advantage of unique descriptions is that you are not one of many with the same content in the SERPs.  Your pages will have more unique keywords for long tail reach beyond your competitors, and your pages will not be filtered from the SERPs because you arrived late with a weak site displaying the exact same content as others.  You are entering a competitive environment.  Compete or die. I wouldn't hire students.  I would hire a couple people who have university degrees in English with an emphasis in literature and who have earned excellent grades.  These are folks who know books, have bought lots of them, are familiar with their commercial descriptions and can write freely and easily with proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.  The competing salaries are not as high as other employees.  They will cost more than a rocks-for-jocks sophomore who is about to drop out, but they are definitely worth the extra money for the quality and productivity that comes with them. I would tell them to start by picking books that they are already familiar with and write some sample descriptions.  Before they start writing I would have them use SEMrush on the title of the book and get some sample keywords of what people with commercial intent might include in a query. After that, I would have them focus on books that are not best sellers - too much competition there.  They would also focus on higher price books with search volume - more profit there. Don't try to save money by attacking with a rubber sword.  You know what will happen.