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  • I'm afraid it's going to need to be added manually. (They acknowledge this is a pain, here: <a>https://schema.org/docs/faq.html#10) </a>and explain why  - sort of. There's a getting started guide, here: <a>http://schema.org/docs/gs.html</a> You can use Google's Markup Helper, which may make it easier for you to implement: https://www.google.com/webmasters/markup-helper/?hl=en There's a great help section on this, here: <a>https://support.google.com/webmasters/topic/4599161?hl=en&ref_topic=4589289</a> If the code is in the footer (so re-used across the site) you should only need to tag it once. Some schema properties that relate to your industry may be useful, too: <a>https://schema.org/Hotel</a> Good luck and happy tagging

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Hurf
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  • Hi Laszlo, thanks for your question! Did you see James' response? He's asked some good clarifying questions!

    On-Page / Site Optimization | | Christy-Correll
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  • If the only change is to the URL (and job reference) and the content is otherwise the same, you'd definitely want to create 301s for these - this is exactly what 301s are for, after all.  The 301s should, now, pass on 100percent of the pagerank. There are caveats (PR is not the only ranking signal), see here: <a>https://moz.com/blog/301-redirection-rules-for-seo</a> Also,  think of the user experience,  If I've bookmarked a job I'd expect to click the link and find it. A thought: If the new system could append the job number with a fixed value, creating a pattern match redirect rule could make easy work of this for them. Then, with your 301s in place (and confirmed to be in good order - you can run a crawl test: <a>https://moz.com/researchtools/crawl-test</a>, you can remove your old listings. Sorry for the multiple revisions of this answer, Adam; I was in the bath when I started writing it!

    Technical SEO Issues | | Hurf
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  • Option A is definitely the one that is going to be the best long-term approach. Google wants unique content and anything you can do to give them this is a winner. -Andy

    Technical SEO Issues | | Andy.Drinkwater
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  • Thank you Andy, this does answer, and confirm, my situation/expectation. But, what you are suggestion is quite a high-maintenance solution, because if my client adds another couple of plates, they'd all need new canonicals to the 'main product page' that we want to rank.

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Adriaan.Multiply
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  • Hi, It is easy, you installed an SSL certificate but did not properly redirected the page, both http & https versions are accessible, thus creating duplicates. You have lost 5 DA points just last week during the latest update. Add this code to your .htaccess page and wait until the end of the month for the next update: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] Hope it helps!

    Other Research Tools | | Clotaire-Damy
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  • As Martijn said, tagging multiple categories to a post can help with crawling due to more internal linking. Fortunately, if your URL is just sitename.com/post-title, then you can change/add existing categories and it won't make a difference as the URL won't change, so you won't have to redirect anything. If you're renaming categories, changing the category URLs, you may still want to redirect the old category URLs to the new category URLs to preserve the category pages' authority though. If the site structure is more like sitename.com/category/post-title, that's when it may become an issue and you will want to redirect the old URL to the new URL. If you use Wordpress, I believe it will automatically redirect the old URL to the new URL if you do change the category. (Definitely test this to make sure it works with your version/plugins.) There are also plugins to help you tag multiple categories to a post but, setting a preference for the permalink category.

    Technical SEO Issues | | Ria_
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  • Putting the user's experience first is your priority (and always should be). if your visitor is more engaged with your site content (and brand) because of these videos you'd want to add it anyway, right? A video can answer questions text simply cannot, particularly in your niche. Keeping visitors engaged with your content for longer is going to have a positive effect on both the user and Google's perception of your site i.e. if your time on page goes up (and your bounce rate, potentially, drops - as users reach out to find out more/download brochures/contact you), which are signals that you are delivering a good user experience. Sometimes, we focus too much on inbound links, when our primary focus should be on a great user experience. All the best!

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Hurf
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  • James, I think you are totally incorrect. You can not remove the training splash from your homepage. And all the canonical tags should also include that I'm pretty sure. (I mean here the homepage canonical)

    Technical SEO Issues | | advertisingcloud
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  • This thread may shed some light on this issue as you are not alone in seeing a drop in DA since recent Mozscape API (the last one was on the 26th Jan: <a>https://moz.com/products/api/updates).</a> https://moz.com/community/q/is-everybody-seeing-da-pa-drops-after-last-moz-api-update The last post by Staff Member 'Tawny Case' is very informative. You'll see a few other posts throughout the Q & A mentioning this, over the last 3 days. I hope that's of some help to you. All the best.

    Other Research Tools | | Hurf
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  • Yes, adding both www and non-www to Google Search Console is absolutely best practice to ensure you aren't presenting duplicate content. It's also the first recommended step in your check list after you've verified your property within GSC (which suggests it's pretty important). Here's what Google say about this: You may need to verify ownership of both the www and non-www versions of your domain. Because setting a preferred domain impacts both crawling and indexing, we need to ensure that you own both versions. Typically, both versions point to the same physical location, but this is not always the case. Generally, once you have verified one version of the domain, we can easily verify the other using the original verification method. However, if you've removed the file, meta tag, or DNS record, you'll need to repeat the verification steps. Note: Once you've set your preferred domain, you may want to use a 301 redirect to redirect traffic from your non-preferred domain, so that other search engines and visitors know which version you prefer. I hope that helps.

    Technical SEO Issues | | Hurf
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  • Thanks! Glad to have been of assistance.

    International Issues | | Hurf
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  • Marvellous! That's great news. Thanks for bringing to my attention, too

    Online Marketing Tools | | Hurf
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  • This might be a problem.  If you submit a DMCA agaist a page and that DMCA is rejected, Google will often not accept a second attempt.  This seems to be a problem with Google's DMCA system. Good luck.

    White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | EGOL
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