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Hi, I see it that diversifying the anchor text will make things look more natural instead of looking like trying to target a specific keyword.  Furthermore, by mixing up the anchor text linking to the a targeted page, you are targeting multiple keywords that are related to that page.  Hopefully, that page can be ranked for multiple keywords.

Thanks Ankit, The site has been re branded for a months now and has had "Ross X Bute" backlinks and anchor text for some time. The "Ross & Bute" title however has only popped up the last couple of days. Is it just a case of doing more of the above and sitting it out or is there more of a quick fix i could exploit? Cheers

I wrote a post about this last year, but the logic is in line with what Irving said - it's really a question of dilution: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-many-links-is-too-many I would say, as someone who used to do a lot of usability work - don't assume more choices is better for users. I'm amazed how often people don't even see mega-menus or click on roughly none of them. I'd strongly recommend user testing and probably firing up something like CrazyEgg to click map. You may be surprised at how many links people never see or use. I think flat architecture has its merits, but putting all of the choices up front is rarely the boon for visitors that people expect it to be.

Hi Simon, Setting up a ccTLD is definitely the best approach but it seems like it is anot a solution.  How about creating subdomains or subdirectories for each location and use rel="alternate" hreflang="x" tag and Google Webmaster Tool to Geo-target?  The tag and the tool will tell Search Engines that these content are for people in these location in these languages.  It should avoid duplicate content and you don't have to use 302 redirect. Do you think that will be a possible solution for you?

Similar page titles aren't the end of the world but its always good to diversify. If you have Google Analytics set up for your site, maybe you could take a look at what terms those other pages could be ranking well for where you aren't already page one and then try optimizing for those terms. When Google made those changes to domain diversity in the SERPs it made it a bit harder to appear two or more times on the same page 1 but that doesn't mean you can't try to appear on more page 1s instead.

No problem!

Posting the new pages of your website on Google+, makes your page get indexed quite quickly.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear in what I initially responded back with.The code that I use doesn't create a new sitemap but rather just adds an additional node to the current one whenever a new page is added, so yes I am using the type of sitemap code that you are referring to. BUT, since the site grows at an exponential rate it means that for every one video uploaded it will be matched up with each and every other single video to create a unique URL for each combination. As an example if there are 10,000 videos currently on site which means there are 2 sitemaps right now and ONE more video is uploaded that means that 10,000 NEW unique urls/pages will be created thus creating 2 additional sitemaps resulting in a total of 4 sitemaps because of one new video being uploaded. Let me know if I need to clarify anything.

Ternit, I would ignore a blog.wordpress.com.  This isn't giving you any natural traffic.  You want the blog on your site. I seem to agree with everyone that your goal should be to focus on optimizing your current website with keyword rich titles, h1s, meta description, and meta tags. If you have any pictures on these pages, I would also look into title tags and alternate title tags. Also if you don't have any social media accounts set up, do this now and make sure that you have plug-ins in place, to make your content is easily shareable.

Xnumrtik pointed out a very important aspect here. Associating your website in GWT with one country will definitely boost your rankings in that country, but it will have no effect on your SERPs in another country.

You may or may not have issues, but the general consensus is that if you place the rel canonical tag to the mobile page you should be ok, perhaps try it on one or two pages and then leave it for a month or so and watch your ranking trends..... Also you could try and ask this question on the G webmaster forum to try and get a reply from a G employee. Best of luck for today and forevermore!

Thanks for the prompt response.... Backlinks* Inbound*

Hi Gary, Yeah, overkill for me. The crawlers won't actually be getting as far as to see the canonical. The 301 will take the crawlers right passed those pages straight to the homepage you want to display. Cheers Matt

Hey Pat, Good question. Firstly, well done for being involved with two very high Domain Authority sites. However (get ready for cheesy quote) with great power comes..... etc. Strictly from an SEO perspective, 301ing pages from the specific product site to the main domain will transfer about 80-90% of the authority. You should see an increase in DA when you do this. However because DA is an exponential scale, it's difficult to say by how much. I would definitely do it, making sure the pages are 301'd to equivalent pages on the main domain, not just the home page. I'd do this because it's easier to expand the content, and target new keywords. However, the question you need to ask yourself is, "Is it the right thing for the brand?" especially as you have loyal followers for the specific product. Hope that helps Iain - Reload Media

Very well elaborated, maybe I should have done so myself in my original response. Always try 301 to relevant pages in this situation but if the redirect rules prove a headache (and the site has little to no inbound links) to create then I would simply remove the subdomain and 301 to main domain homepage. Somewhat of a Time vs Overall Benefit issue, or in some cases a Cost vs Benefit issue. If the m.domain variant has links pointing to it then it's always beneficial to 301 the links the refering sites are pointing to - I'd try to do this as an absolute minimum in this situation. It is common for mobile versions of sites have no links pointing to them apart from redirects from the main site so in that situation a 301would likely have zero affect whatsoever.

Hi Craig, Why not create an awesome kick butt 404 page with links that can direct people to pages that they are looking for?  This way, if your audience is interested, they can continue to navigate your site from your 404 page and you keep all the link juice to your 404 page.  Your 404 page might be one of the top visited page so you should take this opportunity to include links to direct people to the right pages they might be looking for. One reason 301 redirect may not be good is because if someone clicks on a backlink to your stie and you redirect all your 404 traffic to your home page.  It might turn people off for sending them to your home page when they thought the link is directing them to something they are interested in.