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My 404 page is returning a 404
You need to look at the CSV version of your Moz crawl. It will show what pages link to it.
Technical SEO Issues | | CleverPhD0 -
Geo-Redirect: good idea or not?
Thank you for your answer Dirk. This looks really solid. Sander
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | WeAreDigital_BE0 -
Key Word in URL - To Include or Exclude?
Be careful that you don't end up with multiple URLs for the same page...if you do want to go that way, then be sure to set a rel=canonical from one to the other. I don't know about a click-through advantage. You might say that the brand stands out more and is more readable at the end of the URL, actually.
Search Engine Trends | | MichaelC-150220 -
Using Multiple links/names for the same product?
If the content is going to be the same, keep them merged, don't separate. If you have sufficient content to produce truly valuable pages then you can segment them. It really is that simple.
Web Design | | rjonesx. 00 -
Repeatedly target a rolling list of kws..or is that cannibalization? Biggest Confusion in SEO Ive found
Ricky, It's impossible to get around using the same and/or similar phrases in multiple pieces of content on a website. As long as your writing the content your audience craves, this should be of little concern. To become an authority on/in a given topic or area, you will need to create a deep collection of similar but varied content. In a nutshell, your worries about cannibalization in this sense, are unfounded. RS
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | ronell-smith0 -
Open Site Explorer - Just Discovered Inbound Links
The Mozscape index is updated circa every 2 months. The next update is on 9 October 2015, so check on the 10th and see what impact your new links have had.See the below link, https://moz.com/products/api/updates Additionally it often takes a couple of updates for all additional links to be included in the index. Sounds like you are on the right track, it just takes a bit of time for everyone else to catch up.. Hope that assists.
Link Explorer | | ClaytonJ0 -
I just submitted a Local listing. How long does it take to propagate?
You can view the MozLocal dots and if you put the mouse over then it will show the expected date. It will be seen by the public. About 2-3 months. Hope that helps, Tom
Moz Local | | BlueprintMarketing0 -
Does Google ACTUALLY ding you for having long Meta Titles? Or do studies just suggest a lower CTR?
I think meta descriptions are important. They are your first chance to display a call to action to a customer and to get them to click through to your site. Hence a poorly written one, truncated etc. is probably not as enticing as one within the 160 characters - that does not truncate. We have acted for several clients where we have optimized the MD and improved the CTR by .08% (ie less than 1%) but that has amounted to over 20,000 additional clicks on their site a year. Also I loved Rand's WBF which indirectly addresses the issue, but correlates with my view, though probably not as strong that dwell time is a significant factor on ranking. https://moz.com/blog/impact-of-queries-and-clicks-on-googles-rankings-whiteboard-friday On your questions directly:- Will it hurt your SEO? - Yes, two possible reasons 1/ you keyword stuff it. 2/ no-one clicks through because you have a bad MD On truncation - there are exceptions, but google generally does not if you fit within there pixel/character limit. My view - draft and implement your MD's properly... Hope that assists.
Search Engine Trends | | ClaytonJ0 -
Good web design layouts
Bob I love two sites .. ... airbnb is my favorite site.. https://www.airbnb.com.au/ The second, for layout and ideas is:- http://www.squarespace.com Hope that assists. ps do not like squarespace as a platform and not on airbnb.... !
Web Design | | ClaytonJ1 -
What are the best tools to help analyse on page optimisation for pages on development server and not currently live
Hi! Thanks for reaching out to us! We do have a Crawl Test tool in Moz Analytics, but it requires your pages to be reachable over the public internet from Moz's servers. Allowing such access to your network would be a lot of trouble, and if I were you I wouldn't want to do it. It's a potential security risk for you, and it might involve a list of crawler IP addresses that is likely to change over time. If you're looking for a service that to which you can upload pages for diagnosis, we don't offer a tool like that. I'll pass this along to our product team, though. Thank you for the suggestion! Regards, Maura Hubbell
Other Research Tools | | MauraHubbell0