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I would never recommend altering your site in any way specifically for a bot. Google has repeatedly stated that would be seen as cloaking and you definitely run the risk of a penalty. It can happen any time. Do you really want that cloud over your head? Even if Amazon is able to do it, you are not Amazon. Despite any statement to the contrary, a huge site like Amazon can do things that you or I may not be able to do. We can debate the fairness of it, but we are not on a level playing field with them. You seem to really want to do this, so feel free. But x months from now you will likely make a post "My rankings dropped and I can't figure out why", and then someone will notice the setting and that will be the answer.
On-Page / Site Optimization | | RyanKent0 -
Search engine usage stats
Hi Yumi Thanks for your reply but i'm looking for the percentage of users that use google.ie in ireland over google.com and the same for google.co.uk v google.com in the UK rather than any specific keywords I'm doing some research on International SEO and whther we go for multiple ccTLDs or a single generic TLD and the usage is going to help with the decision. jason
International Issues | | robotseo0 -
About the microformat, Hreview ?
Webmaster Tools help has a nice articled that outlines the actual HTML examples of how to utilize Hreview: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=146645 The schema.org definition and example page is here http://schema.org/Review I know that Yelp and Tripadvisor do a good job at marking up their listings with Hcard and Hreview. typically when you type in a specific hotel + city combo in Google, those guys will have a rich snippet with start ratings, and you can see how they mark it up. Another good article written last year by seogadget: http://seogadget.co.uk/using-hreview-microformat-on-your-review-page/ That should be enough to get you started!
On-Page / Site Optimization | | rhutchings0 -
Hubpages and Page authority
Domain authority can have a big influence on page authority. Its not a direct correlation, because page authority depends on a lot of different inputs on a page level (internal links, external links, information architecture, perceived value). But just because a site have good DA doesn't mean that all internal pages get a nice PA. Depending on the value of those three backlinks, three could be all you need to boost a PA.
Link Building | | rhutchings0 -
What would you do with unqiue articles?
I agree with EGOL. When people say that your best content belongs on your website, I always ask myself - why are you spending time creating content that isn't your best? Whether you intend to put an article on your website or use it for a guest post opportunity, you owe it to yourself to only put your name on the best quality work you can produce. You'll create way more opportunities for yourself down the road as you start to be seen as an expert in your niche.
Link Building | | AnthonyMangia0 -
Inbound links
Sorry to be so late to jump in here. If you're still having odd numbers, email help@seomoz.org and they'll be able to look at your account and give you a better answer about what is happening. Thanks!
Moz Tools | | KeriMorgret0 -
Best title tag structure?
This thread is over a year old. I'd actually suggest starting a new question, as it will get more visibility. Thanks!
On-Page / Site Optimization | | KeriMorgret0 -
Strange duplicate content issue
it could be any one out of the following 3 scenarios. 1: The page in question was moved at some point and since the CMS still accepts the old URL, when google re-visits the old URL it still finds it. So in this scenario it will find both the old URL and the new URL and index both. 2: google hasn't revisited the page for a long while but it is still in it's index, even though it would get a 301 by the CMS when it visits the page. Can be easily fixed by going to webmaster tools and ask it to remove it from the index. 3: there are still links to the old URL either on site or off site and since the CMS doesn't 301 the oid page it will index it again with a new URL. 4:the page still exists in the CMS because of some strange setting or equivalent in the CMS. as mentioned before the easy fix is to use a robots.txt and deny access to the page and ask google to remove it from it's index. the better fix is to find the problem in the CMS and solve it. a midway fix could be to 301 it in the .htaccess or equvilent on an ISS server. hope it helped
Technical SEO Issues | | ReneReinholdt0 -
Singular vs plural SEO
"the plural seems to un-natural to fit in the content, or title" In that case, I wouldn't use it. I can't speak for Portugese, but in English, in the last 2 or more years I can't remember any cases I've had where Google doesn't recognise the difference between plural and non-plural anyway. What happens when you search for the keyword in plural? Do non-plural results show up? And vice-versa? Trying that out should help.
Search Engine Trends | | Alex-Harford2 -
Why does this 1-page doorway rank #2?
Have the same issue. Exact match domain (www.baseplates.com), but single doorway page with links to the owners site, www.adventurerv.net. What up?
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | lisawilliams400 -
Reproducing RSS feed
It's suggested you do so with permission from the site owner, or make sure the content is not copyright. If you're just copying the contents of another site to your site, that's not OK. I believe there are any number of software plugins that will enable you to do this, but first step back and make sure that it's something that will add value and not just be duplicate content.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | KeriMorgret0