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Thanks, yea I can use canonicals with bigcommerce. I just wasn't sure how much the URL structure really influences the rankings of the page. Like if everything else is perfect, but there is one variable in there that isn't (ie having /categories/ in the URL) how much that would actually effect the results.

Yes, time counts. The site is six years old. The page is a few months.

I actually use Raven tools for link management and SERP tracking. I'll check out the social section. Thanks!

Thank you for your answer. I About Google Translate, tx for the tip but, the point is that I need/want to stick to separate domains because each domain is related to a (strong) brandname that is targeted per language. Indeed, the three domains are in different languages, but our basic content (business directory listings/names/adresses) is of course the same for all domains. Kind regards

That's about right. Organic does get more than PPC from the stuff I've seen/read and it probably averages at about 80/20. I'd take the search volumes with a pinch of salt anyway though, from any keyword tool

suggestions? "one of those Firefox plugins" or is this something hoped for? Going to firefox now to search...

This is a great idea. Probably gonna use it

Only way is to wait, give ti some time! Google should re-index you soon, and your rank will start to stabilize once again.

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Thanks bookworm!  Interesting ideas.