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I searched these terms and I'm not sure what they mean. Can you provide some clarification? In  my results it shows that 880 LMS is associated to Mobius Learning Centers, which would likely have more search traffic than a part number for 2900 LMS. More information would be very useful here. Thanks!

I would stick with what you have then optimize. I would also remove the english articles and come up with a separate content strategy for that. Itll save you time and keep things within a strategy so you can track performance better (but youll have to check if those articles already get traffic and links first) Other options i could think of will need more time and a lot of changes (and cost)

This could be due to many reasons. If the drop is has come quickly, chances are that you have been penalised by the new google algo, i would imagine either keyword stuffing on-site or spammy backlinks would be the issue. These seem to be getting alot of sites since the update - which i think went live early october. There are software packages that you can get to tell you when you were hit with google penalties. Best to just google that find one that explains your sites situation and then address the problems. ie. better on-site and remove bad links. Thanks

Hi yeah I meant fetch and render.

Hi Mick, One more question if you don't mind, how would this affect my traffic results? Could this be why my direct is off so much? Or would it show in my organic traffic? My Direct traffic used to be 3x or 4x by Organic or Paid traffic, now it's barely 1/10th. Cheers.

Are you asking about a page that has a canonical link which is the same as the URL of the page? That is quite common, and not a problem. (Take a look at the source code of this page--you will see Moz has used a canonical that is the same as the URL.)

I also want my charge refunded please. I only wanted a free trial and was auto charged.

If you were planning to use these sites as linking sources for each other, then you would definitely want different hosts for their sites. It will increase the value of the links. The most important thing is giving them each quality, unique content. If the content is considered duplicate by Google only one of the sites will rank. It is really the only thing that can separate two sites that are so similar, aside from diverse link profiles.

Attributes and their corresponding values can be in any order within a tag. Having a self referring canonical tag also helps eliminate duplication issues if the site produces query strings appended to the URL. There is no ambiguity as to which is the "real" URL.

Rewrites are generally regarded as the best way to handle this kind of redirect, but your DNS provider likely has their own redirect system in place that can implement the same functionality without modifying your site's .htaccess. Same result, different technique. The reason I use my DNS with a "www" subdomain record to forward to my non-www domain is because WordPress sometimes has issues with using RewriteRule. It seems to break permalinks. I always just set it once with my DNS host and never think about it again.

As far as I know, you can always tell Google to ignore links when it's hurting you in Webmaster Tools, right?

Yes I would definitely link back the images to the new site so you can make sure that if they have any link juice they still will have when they're redirected.

Hi All:) Popping back in here with a little proviso. While I think The Sage's suggestion is creative, I would strongly stipulate that if you do choose to go with a multi-domain approach, your NAP (name, address, phone) must reside on only one of the two websites. And do not use the second domain in any of your citation building. You do not want Google getting mixed up finding the same basic contact details on two different websites - it can create a nightmare of merged and duplicate listings, negatively impacting the clarity of your citations and the ranking power they provide. As you can tell, I'm not a big fan of multi-site approaches for local businesses in most cases, because of these risks, and if you do decide to go with this route, do be careful to run the second site as a completely separate entity that does not share basic NAP with the main, local site. Hope this advice is helpful!

Its in YP becuase they have a tracking number. Question I am asking is YP says that they have a way for the search engines to see that it is tracking but the search engines read the real number while the public reads the tracking. i was trying to get my client to get rid of the tracking number but this is what the sales rep told him So just seeing if there is any truck to this or if anyone has heard that hear.?

Hey NYWA, It's hard to tell based on the information provided. I suggest you experiment a bit with the keywords and locations you're trying to rank for. For example, if you're trying to rank for "Southampton automotive repair services" and there's very little competition, then there's probably no need to try to rank separate pages for engine repair, heating and AC, brakes and rotors and so on. Just optimize for "Southampton automotive repair services" and be sure to include keywords when describing the different services offered in your page copy. If, on the other hand, there is a lot of competition and they have gone all-out to optimize pages for each of these distinct services, then you'd be best to do the same, only better. Make sense?

For broken link opportunities for link building you can't go wrong with: http://moz.com/blog/the-broken-link-building-bible http://moz.com/blog/broken-link-building-bible-new-testament

If you think about the original use of bold/italicized text, it was to emphasize certain words/phrases/concepts to readers. Search engines would then use the markup as an indicator of what the most important concepts were on the page, and what search queries the page would make the most sense to rank for. Then came SEOs who overused the once-valid editorial tactic to manipulate search engine algos & rankings. The same thing happened with linking - the original purpose was to help users navigate from page to relevant page, but SEOs went overboard focusing too heavily on rankings & links (spam/black hat SEO) and not enough on user experience. All 3 of these tactics are now scrutinized via specific content & link quality algorithms. I do not recommend bolding, italicizing, or even linking 'just for SEO.' However, if bolding/italicizing certain parts of text will benefit the reader (helping them better understand your point) or if linking to other pages on your site would provide the visitor with more relevant/useful information that will help with their purchasing decision, then by all means, add the markup. In general, I try not to do anything "**just for SEO" **;) Always ask whether or not a tactic would benefit the user - more often than not, user-friendly efforts will also be search-friendly.