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Bing suggest 250 links. if you had 250 links pointing to submenu pages that is 250*250 = 62,000 pages only 2 clicks from home page. Bing suggst 250 max or they may be ignored and not indexed. http://perthseocompany.com.au/seo/reports/violation/the-page-contains-too-many-hyperlinks

Definitely possible with HTML5. But you're probably going to have to make one from scratch. Then you can share with the world

You can definitely define permalinks in Wordpress. Now there could be some other issues going on, but one of the easy thing about Wordpress (from an SEO-perspective) is defining those permalinks. I'm sure why everything's under /index.php/. It seems like something is not installed or set-up correctly. If something else, you'll need to set up 301 redirects from the old pages to the new ones. Yes, you'll lose some of your link juice and your URL structure as it is on the new site is not as strong.

I agree.... my answer for NO CMS is based upon in-house work.  If I had clients this could be a huge briarpatch.

Hello Jamesjd7, Thanks for coming to Q&A to ask your question. I want to be sure I'm understanding your query correctly. Does the OC in your domain name refer to 'Orange County' or something else? You don't mention what the OC stands for. Where is your business physically located? In Orange County? In Los Angeles County? Some more details would be helpful. Thanks! Miriam

Here's another post that may be of help in moving a dev wordpress site to a live site. http://www.billerickson.net/how-to-move-your-wordpress-website/ Some services, like page.ly (which has a new discount for pro members now! http://www.seomoz.org/pro-perks)  make it real easy to do a dev site on their sub domain while your current site is still live, then switch it over after you finish everything in WP.

Now that I can see the real reason that our competitor is number one for one of our key search terms, it's because they bought hundreds of links from spam blogs.  This just occurred in the past 30 days.  Here's the big question: Do you report them or see if Google will catch up?  I don't use black hat link building, but I would rather not draw attention to this issue if there is a chance for any "blowback" coming our way. I would use my secondary Gmail account to do the reporting, but I worry that Google would do something more than just look at that site for that term, and that rank.  Any thoughts?

Found the easiest way was to do a map search for the addy and just hit the link button to copy.

I'd recommend Derek Ashauer and the team at AshWebStudio: http://www.ashwebstudio.com/.  I've been working with them for over a year now and am not only happy with the website work but also with the interaction and communication.  I plan on continuing to work with them on projects for the foreseeable future.  If you want to see examples of their work you can check out my site, www.autorepairkey.com or their site at the URL listed earlier.  They have a lot of WordPress project examples in the WP section of the Portfolio tab on the website.  FYI I have no ownership, interest, or affiliation with AshWebStudio, other than as a satisfied customer.

Also, have your traffic levels increased noticeably? Could be a server/hosting issue maybe

I'm personally really picky where I would allow my link juice to go from my strongest page (Home Page).  I would make sure to pass my link juice to the most important pages, and not waste it on any page that won't benefit the search engines or user right away. When practiced, this would look like a menu bar with no drop downs, only links pointing to my important pages within content and only important links in the footer.  This not only funnels your visitors the way you want, but it also spreads the link juice the way you want. Another reason to do what I had described is usability.  Although people manage to function well on most sites, it has been shown that fewer options leads to better results.  You don't want your visitors to have to debate on what's the best way to go, you just want them to click forward. Anyway, here is my favorite navigation example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ I like how the refinement is under the menu, but this is just my own personal preference with no data/examples or anything backing it up.

Hey here is an example of a Magento site where all pages (even statics like About-us) have been moved to the flat .html extension (example: http://www.topdjgear.com/about-topdjgear.html/) In my opinion it is best to present a uniform URL structure sitewide and generally flat HTML files are a good thing although I also have worked on very successful eCommerce sites that used no file extension. It is relatively easy in Magento to mod you static page to include the file extension, so in terms of lowest barrier, this is the route I would go.

Doesn't appear to one available.  Is it common for SharePoint to be used for public sites?   Maybe they'll include some SEO functionality in future releases.

We've had very good results by silo'ing our content.  We do use drop down menus.  We are ranking very high (top three) for some targeted key phrases that are over two categories deep.  I'm a big fan of the silo approach.

Can't see it especially if the span is added with JS.  But, if you are worried, try pure CSS with pseudo class "first-child": http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/drop-caps/

Thanks for the pointers, since implementation Google is indexing almost twice the number of pages however our Organic placement, which has always been very good, has now suffered.

Hi Michael, Take a look at StudioPress.com (Wordpress Theses) - They have some excellent tutorials and help and have created the Genesis Framework and a whole load of professional designs that are easy to configure to your needs. They have also created a set of free plug ins that make altering the detail of the designs easy. Like "Simple Edits" which allows you to change the footer section / copyright notice. I've been using these for about a year and find them super easy to use. Hope that helps Steve

Hi James, As a usability expert and both a web designer & internet marketer, the topic of usability and the effectiveness of your website engaging and creating a memorable web experience with your audience is one that is always discussed. Whether or not your website is effectively communicating your vision, goals, ideas with your audience is the key to a successful website. To understand this, we must look at the underlying core of the website itself. Not all websites that feature a sophisticated and classy or well designed User Interface bodes well with either SEO or Usability. In fact many websites may feature a spiffy design but just don't attract the users in a clearly defined manner. When it comes to A/B testing, as Simon mentioned you can conduct tests at that level but as mentioned it will take much longer. As he mentioned Google's Website Optimizer is a great tool. Another way you can easily identify weak areas of your website is through Google's Analytics. Now this can be trickier, but you can create various goals and or funnels to identify how users are progressing through your website. With this information we want to look at key areas, bounce rate, exit, time on page, time on site, etc to understand how our users are interacting and engaging. Let's take this for example, let's say we create a landing page within our website to sell a book. We create the content, banners, images, etc. Now we can set up goals and funnels to see how or even if our users get to this area. Are we directing them clearly? If we are getting a high bounce rate or users are not even getting to this area, then something is seriously wrong with our website. So we look at usability, engagement, and interaction. This is a basic outline of utilizing Analytics to achieve and idea of what may not be working properly for your website. Now on to other areas of usability testing. Here are a bunch of different links / resources as well as services that can help in testing your website: http://www.testingscrum.com/ http://www.totalfeedback.net/ www.usefulusability.com/24-usability-testing-tools/ http://mashable.com/2011/09/30/website-usability-tools/ One last thing, if utilizing social networks, you could ask for feedback. For instance on Facebook, ask fans to provide feedback of your website. Another option would be adding a feedback section on your website and get users to submit what they think. This is different than A/B testing but can be very useful in understanding how your website is perceived. This also creates a high level of user interaction and ensures your users that you are a real business - so Brand Development / Awareness is a supplemental achievement!