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Thanks for the link. So, less the number of links, more is the link juice passed

I'll be looking forward to reading the full article.

You might want to also consider using the 'NOODP' and 'NOYDIR' meta tags if you have listings on Yahoo Directory and Dmoz. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35264

Thanks Geoff. And thanks to Alan for that link I found a section in that post that answers my question "And your website URL should obviously match your company’s website. Because with the changes to local listings back in October, your Places Page and organic listing will be combined, and Google needs to figure out which ones match up. So don’t list some microsite, and then wonder why your organic listing isn’t displaying the Google Places info." So I'll use the brand website as all the SEO is done for that site and i'll want to appear in the blended results nicely. Thanks for your help Geoff, got you on twitter! And thanks Alan for those links Derek

I also recommend that you consult help@seomoz.org. you will have a professional, respond quickly and will not have to share theinfo of your client.

You are the man, John. I really, really appreciate your thoughtful reply. -- Jim

I agree with it. If you want to go with multiple XML site maps so you have to wait after submission. I have very good experience with multiple XML site maps. I am working on eCommerce website and submitted 24 XML site maps to Google webmaster tools. Just look in to multiple XML site maps for Lamps Lighting and More! You can see that Google webmaster tools shows very few index URLs. I have similar experience for my another eCommerce website where I have submitted 7K+ URLs and 300+ indexed by Google with in 15 days.

Have also had tons of problems with google places over they years. Did this get resolved? Looks like your description is up there, and only google reviews at this point.

Thanks Ryan! Great answer.

The 301 cancellation itself is immediate. It may take time for search engines to crawl your site and notice the change on any given page.

We have a busy blog with lots of very temporary content.  About once a year we delete a couple thousand posts.  However, before we do that we look at analytics to see which pages are pulling traffic from search. For pages that receive regular traffic, we first try to recycle the post.  If that is not possible we create a page with evergreen content so that a 301 redirect can be done.  All other pages are 301 redirected to the homepage of the blog.

thankyou so much Keri. i will check it out.

We just found this, which may be helpful. It was exactly what I was looking for. http://www.monperrus.net/martin/list+of+robot+user+agents

Well, I swear I searched for this before posting the question, but somehow I missed this answer from back in March: http://www.seomoz.org/q/why-doesn-t-the-better-business-bureau-show-up-in-my-link-analysis However, if anyone has anything else to contribute I'd be mighty grateful!

Thanks for the input.  In this particular case, the pricing is not an issue as the client has a MAP policy in place so they will actually have a lower or exact match price to their dealers.  The issue is more about the best place for them to be visible and not so much about them selling products through the marketplace.

Keri - Interesting that you've seen others mentioning this. I'd be very interested to see whatever references you can dig up. Thank you!