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Title tags are an introduction to your content. Google Algos look at them whrm making a decision about content. Two titles with similar titles create ambiguity. How to solve? Create different titles. If your pages are same. Take one down https://quoracreative.com/article/title-tag

Hey SimpleSearch–yes, you'll need to indicate these alternate URLs in your sitemap. Google claims that you can use hreflang or sitemaps to indicate international content, but I typically find that being thorough is best (you can always test whether your updated sitemap has made a difference through log file analysis before and after you execute this change). Here is Google's writeup on indicating alternate pages via sitemap: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

Thanks, Miriam!  I appreciate your time and expertise. We'll continue to proceed with the steps you recommended.  I'll also provide an update if we do eventually resolve the issue! -Lindsey

Hi Eric, Thanks for the update. The screenshot showing the 301 is correct - all good there. Regarding the sitemap, sorry I should have been clearer on this - can you exclude that from the redirects so that when Google crawl it, they don't get redirected and instead find all of the URLs from the old site? Cheers. Paddy

Hi Charlie! Clearly what you are needing is internationalization and a correct hreflanf setup. Here a few resources to help you more: Hreflang generator - Aleyda Solis International SEO - Moz Learning Center The Guide to International Website Expansion: Hreflang, ccTLDs, & More! - Moz Blog The International SEO Checklist - Moz Blog Hope it helps. Best luck. GR

This doesn't ring true to me because: There are all kinds of ways you can find links to your site (referring traffic in GA, link analysis sources like moz's own tools, ahrefs, majestic etc, and tools like Google Alerts) You've already got the link in these cases, so you would have no incentive to "bother" the webmasters In general, my experience has been that most providers want to tell you about as many placements as they can! Add to this some of the phrasing (e.g. "webmasters we have" -- emphasis mine) suggests that there may be payments taking place or other schemes afoot that place these well outside the Google guidelines. Per the conversation in the other comments - I would recommend that you get at least a statement of work in place to govern what you are expecting for the money you are paying even if you are not committing to a long-term contract. This could include agreements on any of the above (what information they will provide you with, what you will do with that information etc). At the very least, you should want to understand the techniques in use in order to make your own informed decisions about the risks and rewards. Hope that helps.

Hi there! On one hand, keep in mind that Search Console never showed us exactly ALL backlinks found. As long as you are certain and other tools like Moz link explorer, Ahrefs or Magestic find them you are good to go. Did you know that past 1/8 there was a massive algorithm update? Your site could have been hit. Here four of the best articles about that. Grab a cup of coffee and read them so as to understand whether you were hit. Analysis and Findings From The August 1, 2018 Google Algorithm Update – A Massive Core Ranking Update - GSQi Google's August 1st Core Update: Week 1 - Moz Blog Google’s August algorithm update strengthens as roll-out continues - Sistrix The August 1, 2018 Google Update strongly affected YMYL sites - Marie Haynes Hope it helps. Best luck. GR

Hi Matt, You're welcome, we are here to help. Yes! When a migration is done, always redirection 301. Remember to map all the "old" URLs and the "new" URLs must match. PLEASE! Do not redirect all to one page. Best luck. GR

Hello! You probably don't need to do anything, Google will likely know the difference. You can disavow them if you'd like just to be safe. Unless you see traffic drop and rankings drop (for no other known reason) they are likely not affecting the site.

Hi Boodreaux! Have you migrated to https? If you havent migrated to https, then you should have that in your immidiate backlog. Did you know that last week there was a massive algorithm update? Your site could have been hit. Here four of the best articles about that. Grab a cup of coffe and read them so as to understand whether you were hit. Analysis and Findings From The August 1, 2018 Google Algorithm Update – A Massive Core Ranking Update - GSQi Google's August 1st Core Update: Week 1 - Moz Blog Google’s August algorithm update strengthens as roll-out continues - Sistrix The August 1, 2018 Google Update strongly affected YMYL sites - Marie Haynes Hope it helps. Best luck. GR

Thank you Gaston for the response. And now I am feeling relaxed after reading your response. Thanks again.

Thanks for the input! We actually reached out to google and they admitted it's a bug on their end.

Thank you! yes the clarifies a lot, one question though, any suggestions as for high quality directories and content sharing websites? i know medium for content sharing but nothing about directories and looking into competitors didnt look like they are registered on any directories.