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I'd recommend opening in a new tab. Part of that is personal preference, but I can't see any case in which it's a good idea to move someone off your site in that situation.

Awesome, you should see those dupe errors go away on your next crawl report! It looks like you chose the non-www route, in that case, you'll want to update those canonical tags to point to the same.

The only major improvement I can think of hosting images externally would be improving the overall speed of your website. If you run a pagespeed test with Google's free tool and notice your site is rendering slow then I would first consider reducing the number of javascript and css files being loaded. You will run into issues if your site is loading too many external files you can expect to see increases in bounce rates and poor engagement metrics. This may have changed but Moz did an expierement awhile back on if website speed impacts search ranking however if certain pages are taking too long to load they probably This may have changed but Moz did an experiment awhile back on if website speed impacts search ranking. Even if speed does not directly impact rankings if certain pages are taking too long to load they probably won't be indexed. What I would do is run Google's page speed tool on a few pages and if you have Google analytics on your site you can get some insights by looking at Behavior-> Site Speed-> Speed Suggestions and check out some of the recommendations Google is making about your site.If you have a problem with If you find out that you have a problem with speed I came across a good article on some tips and suggestions that may be helpful for you about reducing http request. I hope this helps some.

Hi Jordan, I've used TrafficTravis, even paid the pro version. Let me add some items to your comment. When searching for more than 10 kw, is recommended to buy private proxies. TT makes all searches by your IP, and pretty son in the day google will block yoor IP. And you'll have to wait some time. It has the option to search for competition and competitors in the selected keywords, linking a adwords account. It's practical, when using it for a long time, that makes graphics for the SERPs evolution. Instead of using trafficTravis. I do recommend (when just tracking serps) using Moz, or some private trackers, like serpbook.com or proranktracker.com).

Initially, I would get the competitor to sign an NDA so that there aren't any issues later. It really doesn't matter how much you're going to sell the website and domain name for, you want to protect yourself in the future. Initially, I would point them to SEMrush.com for data, as that typically has as much as someone would need. And, it's a third party offering the data. As for Google Analytics access, I wouldn't give them Analytics access at first, I would ask them what data they are looking for. You can typically give them a PDF that shows the past year of page views, showing the "monthly" view. I also would share with them the referral sources, so that they understand that the site isn't gaming the page view numbers.

Interestingly, I was able to access your home page without the redirect several times as well. Maybe they're running some kind of A:B testing? If so, that's not the way I would suggest going about it.

Aleyda,  this is super useful , thanks a lot for this excellent advice.  I will still need to do some research on how to best compile a comprehensive list of incoming links, as moz and search console data is still kind of limited for this purpose.

I will say sub-directory but my reasons are different; I think Google now consider sub-domain as part of the main domain. Here is the Google Webmaster Central blog that will give you more insight on that topic: https://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/08/reorganizing-internal-vs-external.html The reason why I will consider sub directories as more powerful is because it makes more sense to user and also I think internal link juice flow better when the link is moving from main to sub directory instead of sub domain. Also, if you ask experts within the industry they will also recommend you that. But, above all, double check about how your audience will react to it. If the audience is more comfortable with sub domain, you probably should choose that option. Just a thought! I will say sub-directory but my reasons are different; I think Google now consider sub-domain as part of the main domain. Here is the Google Webmaster Central blog that will give you more insight on that topic: https://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/08/reorganizing-internal-vs-external.html The reason why I will consider sub directories as more powerful is because it makes more sense to user and also I think internal link juice flow better when the link is moving from main to sub directory instead of sub domain. Also, if you ask experts within the industry they will also recommend you that. But, above all, double check about how your audience will react to it. If the audience is more comfortable with sub domain, you probably should choose that option. Just a thought!

Great advice, cheers!

Hey Alex, Exciting to work with a new company! As they are new, I would suggest: For the first X number of months, you focus solely on Vancouver-related content. This would include basic info about the company and its products/services + an on-site blog where you'd start writing about Vancouver-oriented topics relating to your smoothies, health, convenience, customers, etc. Once you've got this rolling well, then, I would say you could perhaps split this 80/20 Vancouver content/national content. So you'd continue to focus largely on Vancouver, but might also write some posts that would be of national interest whether they particularly apply to your city or not. This might be things like 5 best fruits for better skin, 5 best vegetables for better digestion, 5 best smoothies for a chest cold (by the way, the answer here is pineapple/almond milk) etc. These posts, if good enough, could earn wider interest in your brand, and as EGOL mentions, possibly pave the way for future expansion of the business beyond Vancouver.

Much thanks!

Thanks Chris!

Hey Jared, So sorry to hear about your duplicates issue. This may be one of those scenarios which would require a consultant looking directly at your dashboard. You may need to engage someone with good skills to do this ... but, before you do so, can you let me know: Are any of the practitioners sharing a phone number with one another or with the practice, itself? What exact language are you seeing in the dashboard regarding the duplicates? Thanks!