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Why am i ranking better in canada?
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Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Seotools0960 -
What if i dont use an H1, but rather, h2 with multiple keywords.
Ive posted this before, but, the use of H1/H2/H3 compared to only use of H1 or H2 dont matter really that much. We had a very well running website, 1500 clicks a day or so, we had a argument on the use of only H2 and if we switched that to H1/H2/H3 / correct paragraphs if it would change any. So we did, and 6 months later, not really a change. I kind of have the feeling that description and the way you publish your content in relation of H1/H2/H3 tags are kind of ignored by google these days, as google pretty much decides now on how to display your relevancy in search. So just make sure the content is OK, and your good really. Dont hurt tho to have things put up correctly.
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
Can i manipulate a picture in a such way that it is usable. if yes how?
"i know there could be copyright issue. what can be done to avoid this issue. " I dont think you should be getting any advice for this at all, since copyright exists for a reason. I'm not going to tell you on how to avoid being caught using copyrighted photo's.
Alternative Search Sources | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
I want to use a photo from an official website for my own website.IF YES HOW?
It's another thread in where he asks for the same thing; alter photo's without leaving a source or copyright credit. I really woud'nt do that if i was you. There's severe penalty's if you do that and the owner might decide to bring you up to court. You might get away with 1 to 5 photo's but if they have you on their list and your having up to 30 photo's a year later you might be getting into serious stuff.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
Do Product Ratings or Reviews Improve Google Rankings?
Although I have seen no evidence or documentation that local GMB listing reviews have any impact on non-localized search results for a brand's non-local homepage. However, the picking apart of each little ranking algorithm factor is short-sighted. These things do not work in a vacuum. I have a client with a single location who does mostly eCommerce. But they allow people to come into the warehouse and buy directly if they happen to be in the area. This means we can get a GMB listing, and reviews for the location. I fully support this strategy, even if it doesn't help the homepage rank better.
Reviews and Ratings | | Everett0 -
Reusing content on different ccTLDs
Julian, Will you be translating the content into other languages? And/or customizing it for the location? For example, changing US English spelling to the rest of the world English spelling? To answer your question, no, you don't have to worry as much about duplicate content if it is only happening on different ccTLDs. The biggest issue with duplicating content is that Google has to choose one to show. In this case, that decision becomes easy to do: Show the one in the right country. Use of Href Lang tags, and setting the target country in GSC, are helpful hints as well. I recommend using this tool by Aleyda Solis and team to build out the tags: https://www.aleydasolis.com/english/international-seo-tools/hreflang-tags-generator/
Content & Blogging | | Everett0 -
Website homepage temporarily getting removed from google index
De-indexed would mean it is removed from google search completely. Your having a 'temporarily' being shown and not shown into search. This usually is the result of a bad backlink profile happening, so i'd suggest to check the most recent placed links, and adjust accordingly.
Technical SEO Issues | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
Can anyone tell me why my site DA is not increasing?
Correct, it's listed on https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2009/11/hard-facts-about-comment-spam.html for example (google's own blog). You really need to avoid doing that practice, and second, most of the blogs now only offer a "Nofollow" based website link (that is if they ever show a website adres within the template). If you want to get links, a good start is to signup your website to category's / business listings that are relevant to your website or service you are providing. It might take a month or so to be found, caught up and see some changes going on. Buying links is a no go really, as that is to bypass a natural linkbuilding.
Link Building | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
Does changing text content on a site affects seo?
Structure like a theme dont change the content, so yes you can safely change that. The URL's will remain the same as well so that shoud'nt cause an issue at all.
Search Engine Trends | | Vanderlindemedia0 -
Hi anyone please help I use this code but now getting 404 error. please help.
Thank you guys, for your help it helped my problem to slove. I restore my pages back.
Technical SEO Issues | | roynguyen0 -
How to work on spam score.
I guess you are asking the things to do to bring spam score down. Before diving further, I would like to tell you that spam score is not an official metric by Google but a metric by Moz that gives you an idea of how spammy your domain is (on the basis of sites that have linked to you). If you have a high spam score, then I recommend you to find out all those sites that have linked to you (you can use Moz Link checker for this). Once you have found all those links, then start deleting them one-by-one (if those links were created by you manually). Otherwise, you can simply submit a disavow file (list of all spammy links) to Google using Google search console.
Moz Tools | | Ratnakar_Shukla0 -
How to decrease the spam score of website ?
Thank you so much for helping me spam score become 6 % now. After Disavow crawl your link it works. Thank you once again
Moz News | | kuldeep_chauhan0 -
Meta Description for ALL my Posts is Being Overwritten!
Hey Mike. Not to fret, this is actually a common silly mistake in theme development. The meta description shouldn't be set in WordPress theme because that is handled in the wp_head function. This function is where Yoast, and other plugins, hook into to deliver all the SEO optimized meta and header tags.
Technical SEO Issues | | Advanced-Air-Ambulance1 -
How can I identify links that point to a specific landing page with a specific anchor text on my own website?
You could also do a google search for the anchor text with a search like this: site:yourdomain.com "your anchor text" Screamingfrog might be more thorough and anyone who has anything to do with websites should be well versed on how to use screamimgfrog--and as many different ways to accomplish tasks as possible.
Moz Tools | | Chris.Menke0 -
How can i use multiple domain for one website?
Good question! Good question! The way to handle this is by using something called "Hreflang". Here is Google's documentation on it; https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en All hreflang is, is some on-page code which says "this is the US version, that is the UK version" etc. Google uses it in exactly this kind of scenario, it determines what pages should appear in what countries and avoids content duplication issues. Don't redirect the pages - that will stop users (or Google) from accessing the international variations so the hreflang won't work. All you need to handle this is hreflang. Hope that helps!
Technical SEO Issues | | R0bin_L0rd0 -
Does increase in DA increase Moz Trust score?
Hi there, DA and MozTrust metrics are correlated, but not affecting each other. Actually, I believe MozTrust is not really being even used anymore. DA kinda took over. Basically, you should care about DA and SpamScore. Here are a couple links to other answers, explaining what it is, the differences etc: https://moz.com/community/q/mozrank-and-moztrust https://moz.com/community/q/how-do-i-increase-my-trust-score Hope this helps.
Moz Tools | | DmitriiK1