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Tick mark against Free Shipping text in SERP
OH! I thought it was a new snippet that we were talking about - somehow Google showcasing Free Shipping or COD more prominently. Thanks for clarifying this more Alick!
Search Engine Trends | | PatrickDelehanty0 -
Vat conversion rates (UK)
Dirk, I perhaps was not clear enough - I am not suggesting that prices are displayed without VAT alone. We would display both (for the reasons you point out). The point is that many non B2B customers get confused by 2 prices, particularly those from overseas and it makes the site look a mess. My recommendation is emphatically to display just the inc VAT price as that is what everyone pays and it removes any confusion. I guess this discussion proves that there is little evidence to show the impact of this on conversion rates.
Conversion Rate Optimization | | MrFrisbee0 -
Old pages - should I remove them from serps?
Since the campaigns are no longer available, I assume that these pages are no longer useful to the visitor. In which case, just put a note on the landing page that says "This offer is no longer available, but you might be interested in ...." In this case, the URLs remain in Google's index. Alternatively, you can remove the pages from the server and 301-redirect each URL to your current campaign(s) if that seems more appropriate for the user. Because of the redirects, Google will eventually remove the URLs from their index. In terms of SEO, the goal is not to lose any link equity coming from backlinks to those landing pages. If you simply use the URL removal tool, you'll lose any value from the backlinks. As Chris says, the canonical tag is relevant to duplicate content and not this type of situation.
Technical SEO Issues | | LauraSultan0 -
"Gathering data" How long does it take?
Hi there Sometimes data collecting can take upto 24 hours. Don't worry. This is normal. Crawlers take a little bit of time. If you don't see your data after 24 hours or so, take a look at the Moz Help guide, or reach out here. Hope this helps! Good luck!
Getting Started | | PatrickDelehanty0 -
Many pages small unique content vs 1 page with big content
Wow, Jose, you got a whole audit from Luis. 1. Luis makes a good point about Seville vs Sevilla. When you're trying to target a region other than your own, make sure that you change the location in Google Keyword Planner. Seville is the English version of Sevilla (which I know sounds strange, but we also call your country Spain rather than España). 2. Both subdomains and subfolders can effectively designate different languages. If you've made the call to use subfolders, that's fine. It's probably what I would have done, too, since that means the Domain Authority will transfer easily. 4 & 5. Keyword repetition in URLs isn't necessarily bad in your case, because it's caused by a lot of subfolders. It seems like there's been some debate here on more subfolders vs less: there isn't a hard and fast rule about it. If you have more subfolders, those pages higher up in the structure tend to get more link equity out of the deal and rank better. That takes away from deeper pages, though, which are presumably targeting the most important words. If you use fewer subfolders, the link equity will be evenly distributed, but that means that higher level pages will be weaker and deeper pages will be stronger. In your case, I don't know the answer, since I don't know how competitive different keywords are at different levels. If I were your SEO, I'd tell you to stick with your current URL structure, because moving pages to new URLs tends to cause a big knock in rankings for awhile.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | KristinaKledzik0 -
Have You Influenced Google's "Reviews From Around the Web"?
Hi Fastrack! Yeah, it's an interesting decision. For now, they're gone. But, there's always the possibility that this feature could reappear at some later date in a new form, with new chosen sources. We'll see.
Reviews and Ratings | | MiriamEllis1 -
SEO of blogging websites
SEO BOOK - Bloggers Guide to SEO (Highly recommend reading this) All the best.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | SEO5Team0 -
How to create schema for medical specialties services
Hi Dennis I have a question for you, we are a chain of clinics, so we should use physician or Local Business Schem for Medical Clinic. Regards Aman
Web Design | | Aman_1230 -
E commerce SEO
Quite a generic question. IMO this forum is best used for specific questions/issues you may have. You'll engage the community much better with specific queries.
Technical SEO Issues | | SEO5Team0 -
Sitelink demotion not working after submitting in Google webmaster tool
Hi, In my case it is working all the time so far but I know this answer doesn't help you. Many SEO's facing the same issue. I am quoting Google's John Muller's on this "Just to sum up the possibilities ... As others have mentioned, Sitelinks demotions are demotions, not removals, so what you're seeing might be as expected (also, the changes are not immediate). If you'd like to have text removed from the snippet, there are a few possibilities you might want to look into: use the "nosnippet" robots meta tag use an image (as others have suggested) use a robotted JavaScript file (also mentioned above) use a robotted iframe The "googleon" / "googleoff" tags are only for Google Search Appliances (so if you're running your own, local search engine), not for web-search." You can read full discussion here @ https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/X1SluyGID9o/discussion Hope that helps. Thanks
Technical SEO Issues | | Alick3000 -
Moz api request problem fail (status 401)
Hello there! This is a greta place to get started but for API issues a better forum is available here - https://seomoz.zendesk.com/categories/6328-SEOmoz-APIs-and-Extras Our API dev forum is a great resource for our data customers.
API | | jameskais0 -
What will happen if we 302 a page that is ranking #1 in google for a high traffic term?
Then why redirect at all? Why not just update the page with the new content / layout (whatever) and keep a record of when you changed it. If you keep the old layout / content you can always switch back if the test proves the old worked better than the new...
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | CommT0 -
Does Duplicate Content Actually "Penalize" a Domain?
This is a very interesting topic and as always we have no proof of the consequences from Google. I was always under the impression that should a page be seen as a replica of another page then the older page would rank higher in the SERPS. I was also under the impression that should duplicate content be discovered by Google that page would be flagged and penalized? I'm subject to correction because, as I said, there is no definitive proof relating to this at all.
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | dynamyt1000 -
Linking to URLs With Hash (#) in Them
Hi Miguel Check out this link here. What I would do is create a call to action on the homepage that catches the user's eye and links them to an offer page. That way, you eliminate the need for this pop up (which shows lower engagement) and you can link to a static /offers page. I would just consider the usability aspect of it all before jumping in and sticking with it. Visual Website Optimizer and Optimizely can help you A/B test these sorts of things. That being said, read the Webmasters Help Full Specification guide. There are some technicalities here that you would want to discuss with your web development team. Hope this helps! Good luck!
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | PatrickDelehanty0 -
Recommendations on the URL Structure When Posting Blogs
The solution is simple. Remember usability is key to the user experience. If you have a blog then place the blog/ in the URL. Think of an e-commerce website. You want to categorize items correctly. You don't want customers finding fridges in the microwaves category
Content & Blogging | | dynamyt1000