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Hi, Our understanding is that the first link found in the code will "count" as far as the passing of PageRank and the anchor text used. The other links on the page will likely be used to count towards the total links on the page, meaning that there could be some "dilution", but as alrockn says - this set-up is very common for e-commerce and should not mean that you are actively harming the distribution of PageRank throughout the site or to the individual product pages.

No, you should not have any issues with dilluting the source URL, and not pass link juice to the other pages. Here is a short list of ways I've used the span link. For links that only run JavaScript when they are clicked. They don't load a new page into the browser. The same thing can be done with href="javascript:..." within an A tag. With the span link, however, any JavaScript that affects the A tags on a page will not affect the span link. For links that only run JavaScript when a mouse hovers over it. They're not supposed to load a new page when the link is clicked. The span link in this case is so much more elegant. An A tag must have an href attribute and, if the link is used only for an onmouseover, the href must be constructed to do nothing when the link is clicked. Hide from spiders that another web page is being linked to. Perhaps you wish to link to another website for the convenience of your visitors. Yet, the other website is not in the same category as yours and you don't want certain search engines to think your site is similar to that other. Or, you simply don't want to provide link juice to the other site. Source: http://www.willmaster.com/library/web-development/linking-without-an-a-tag.php

Hi, Andy says, there is no magical number for this. We just can't say. The "100 links per page" advice stems from statements made in 2009, 2010 - Matt Cutts has recently said that this limit no longer applies: http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-we-dropped-the-100-links-per-page-guideline-but-we-may-take-action-if-it-is-too-spammy-178197 That post and its video are probably the closest you will get to a clear answer on this. There was another thread more recently (2014) where this is further confirmed but I am having trouble finding it.

There's several different kids of SSL but it sounds like you're talking about a single domain. That narrows things down to the two most common kinds: domain validated and extended validation. Domain validation is the most common kind of certificate. The certification authority will send an email to the administrative contact listed on the WHOIS of the domain. Typically it's a link and you click it and that's all that's involved. These are relatively inexpensive but only work for one domain or subdomain (i.e. the certiciate will be issued for www.domain.com but won't show as valid for domain.com). In this same vein, but more expensive, is the wildcard certificate, which works for all subdomains (*.domain.com). Extended Validation is only available for corporations and you have to jump through a LOT of hoops to get one (birth certificate of one of your officers, letter of validity from your lawyer or accountant, etc.). They take some time to get but the advantage is that you get the coveted green bar (see PayPal's site for a good example). It doesn't matter who issues the certificate. Verisign used to be a huge name in this area but not so much in recent years. You'll pay more for their name and "warranty", but I doubt anyone outside the industry itself could tell you who Verisign is, let alone what the difference is. I have two Godaddy certificates and it hasn't slowed us down one bit. Many people simply resell for another authority (i.e. GeoTrust, Comodo, etc) The encryption itself doesn't differ between certificates. Your Private Key (the piece your server needs to decrypt the traffic) and Certificate Signing Request(CSR) will have to be at least 2048 bits in strength (industry-wide). The actual encryption between your server and your client's browser is something that is negotiated as part of the "handshake" when the connection is first made and is most likely 128 bits (although some browsers and servers can support 256 bits). One thing you will need to note is the difference between SHA1 and SHA2 (Godaddy directly asks you which you want and I'm sure the others do as well). When you look at a certificate's details in your browser you'll see who issued a certificate. If it says G2, they're using SHA2. SHA1 has some weaknesses and is being phased out. The only people who will notice the difference are people running Windows XP SP2 or earlier (running any browser, even Chrome or Firefox) and they'll get an invalid certificate warning. Be sure that your host has plugged the Heartbleed bug or you'll expose your private keys (anyone with your private key can decrypt your traffic).

Thanks Everyone for answering my questions and also for giving me the link. I am now still reading the beginner guide to SEO, It's a bit difficult to me for understand, but I am pretty sure I will understand it later Uhm... can you please giving me an advise regarding the duplicate content? My website is www.myknitt.com  I have tons of a duplicate content on my item description. Since I sell crocheted dog clothes, so I duplicate the material & shipping term. Will it be a problem for my rank? Thank you.

When connecting Google Analytics you would need to use the email address that manages the profile for the specific domain. It helps to not be logged into Google when connecting so you can be prompted to log in with the correct credentials. Let me know if that helps!

Hey David thanks for your response.  We are not using wordpress or joomla.  We use currently IIS, ASP.net and MVC.  This will be going on a software company website.

Yes, Dan is correct. As long as the intent is not malicious, you should be good. Moreover, it is a common practice where a JS overlay is displayed before the actual site is served. For example, the adult sites and liquor related websites show an age gate page using JS overlay technique for the human visitors to confirm their age before they can access the website but the search engines bots (like the Google bot) do not see the JS overlay and can directly access the website. With this kind of setup in place, there is nothing to worry about different experience being served to visitors and bots. This is definitely not considered, cloaking. Hope it helps. Best regards, Devanur Rafi

Hi Andy, Unfortunately I do not use any 3rd party software programs. Thanks for the tip on positions 4 -10. I will look at the conversion rates before moving the ads up. What do you consider an acceptable overall quality score for an ad group? Thanks Carla

Safest bet is to do internal linking from as many pages as possible, that are related to the keyword.  Depending on the keyword, external linking may actually hurt your SEO if you over do it.

It's good to be aware of the scrapers to see what they are trying to do with your content, and it can't hurt to ask them to remove it. Don't ask for a link, you never want links for sites that rely on bad practices like that, it can hurt you. This is most likely not effect you if left alone. If the scraper is grabbing from source code, then implementing a canonical tag in your content will help Google know where the content came from (but they probably already know).

Hi Gavin, Agree with Martijn here - links from 404ing pages are very unlikely to either help or hinder a website, just as inbound links to pages on your site that 404 also don't help / hurt. You probably do not need to do anything about these links. However, if they were very good links in the past and you would like them back, you could consider contacting the webmasters of the sites with the broken pages and asking them if they are aware of their errors and / or would consider updating. Cheers, Jane

A 401 is 'unauthorized' - is that the code it would produce, or a different error (or a typo!)? That could work in theory - I'd be a bit hesitant about the extra step involved in 301ing to get to an error page on a different site. In general, the fewer steps you make Google go through, the better. This method would mean that your new site should not be "credited" with the bad links, however.

Hi Edmond, Can you elaborate on what you mean by "2 - 3 filters" please? Do you mean something like choosing "bathroom" under "Space" and ending up with a URL like http://www.wayfair.com/Shop-The-Look/Bathroom/space? Thanks, Jane

The design is very responsive and very friendly for mobile

Thanks David 3 to 1 is a massive difference, certainly confirms i need to do it! Ash

Cheers Evan, will DM