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E-Dreamz, That's not the case from what I am seeing. This update is completely wreaking havoc on numerous e-commerce sites which leads me to believe that there is more to this update then the original content and low editorial profile topics being discussed.

All depends on what the client wants the page to do, and how it is designed. A quick google of "jquery splash page" gets you this http://meerkat.jarodtaylor.com/how-to/meerkat-splash-page/ That's a basic splash page using jqeury, which times out to the main content. Google will ignore this "page" and head straight for the rest of the site. OK, so its not exactly what your client wants but you could add CSS menus in the meerkat content div and have no (or a very long) timer on it, which would get you what the client sounds like they are after. Thats with 2 mins of googling. Probably much better solutions out there, but like I say, it all depends on the design and your crazy client

Depending on the nature and quality of your content, you may also want to consider removing article pages that might be hurting your domain.

Hey Fabian, I'm really sorry that your previous question was lost - I'm not sure what happened there! I don't see your previous question, but I did refund that question credit for you so you should now have that back, at least. Please feel free to report the question and we'll try to get you an answer as quickly as possible. If you're still having problems, please feel free to email help@seomoz.org and we'll try to look into it further. Thanks! Cheers, Aaron

Thank you!

Yeah there are risks. But if you go about it in a slightly different way then you're perhaps less likely to be penalised. For example if you ask each blogger to place a badge on their website as part of the review then it looks a little more legit, with the badge containing an image or logo and an anchor text link.

Thanks for the input, Barry. I like the idea of sharing exclusive content. We have considered that, but haven't ever moved on it.

Thanks for your advice.  I've been offered link building by "Smart Traffic" in the UK.  Any experience of these guys?

In my opinion... 1. I would use the most descriptive URL for the product at hand. That being said, if you want to rank for all three keyword variations, I would go with /big-shiny-blue-widgets. 2. No, inbound anchor text of "shiny blue widgets" will not help the page rank equally for "blue widgets" and "shiny blue widgets". It will help both, but lean toward the latter. That being said, you want to vary the anchor text so this is almost a non-issue (see #3). 3. Vary the anchor text and include all three variations (and possibly others). Here are some other things to consider... 1. The title of the page is a very important indicator for the search engines. If you want to rank for all three variations, you should use "big shiny blue widgets" in your title tag. 2. The content on the page (text) should include all three variations of the text you want to rank for - without stuffing it in. This is a tough one to call out a rule for. If you read the text and it sounds too keyword heavy, it probably is. 3. Another place to inject the keywords you want to rank for is in relation to images of said products. You could include specific product descriptions as captions and in the image alt tag. 4. The page description is another place to possible put all three variations. However, this could be considered overkill. Also, don't forget people will be looking at this text in the SERPs. You want the description to be compelling to a human as well as a searchbot or else your clickthrough rate may suffer. 5. The competitive landscape of the product at hand is important to consider. If you are trying to rank for multiple variations of an obscure keyword set, you may find it easy to rank well for all three keyword variations without a lot of link building. If, on the other hand, you are attempting to rank for highly competitive keywords, you may find yourself needing to pick one to focus on or build lots of links. Hope this helps! If anyone else feels differently, I would love to hear what you have to say.

Thanks Hellemans, you think things should be ok but it's always good to get an outside opinion

I think what he says is often less important than what he doesn't say. As the defacto Google spokesman to our industry, he's in a tough position, and I think if you're fair, you'll admit he does a good job for Google, and provides good info to us. You just have to read between the lines a little. I've yet to ever see Matt caught in a lie. More often, people are to quick to hear what they want to hear.

You've pretty much confirmed my suspicions. I can set the redirects up myself, its just been about 5 years since I've done any SEO work. What I meant was should I mod_rewrite or "redirect 301 /oldurl /newurl" ...I've forgot a lot of stuff that I used to do with ease. My own sites were always started off right and weren't as bad as the one I'm working on now, so I'm in unfamiliar territory. Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it

Well here it is nearly 6 months later and no improvement -- in fact, we have slipped even further in domain authority despite adding some links that have seemingly impressive domain authority like dmoz.org and Google places. Any other suggestions?

In the Philippines we have lots of cheap and great Freelance SEO's as well company's where you at?