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In the past couple of years, google has reduced the number of queries where multiple pages from the same site are displayed.  However, it is still possible to obtain multiple listings on page one of the SERPs. What do you think to the theory typically for competitive terms Google wont usually rank you more than once on page one? I have two pages on the first page of google for lots of queries.  Many of them are retail money terms. I mean they have been trying very hard to remove duplicate results so I am sceptical that I will be able to achieve page one for both. If your site and both of your pages are strong and have great content compared to the competition then you have a chance of getting them both on the first page. Your first goal should be to move one page up.  Pick that page.   Improve the content.  Improve its competitiveness as much as you possibly can.

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I recently did a similar thing with two of my domains - however, this was a .co.uk to .co.uk move. It took around 3 months for our google results to settle down and return our previous rankings. Pages would bounce around daily between there old positions and new, often worse positions. Eventually it was all good... you need to give it time.

Hello Ryan, Many thanks for taking the time to answer this. I will give that go . Peter

Hi There, I hope all is well in the world and you are enjoying a spectacular day! In this case I would recommend updating our feature request forum at https://seomoz.zendesk.com/entries/23027762-Disavow-upload-for-OSE. Our amazing engineers and developers will peruse through the forums and if there is enough traction we will do what we can to implement it. As an aside I can see why that'd be really useful, but Google doesn't guarantee they pay attention to disavow requests.   Hopefully with a little bit more love this suggestion can be a big step forward for Moz and the community! In the meantime if you have any questions please let me know and I would be more than happy to share my two cents.:) Have an excellent day and may the rankings be ever in your favor.

My first suggestion after reading your question, is to create a plan before making any changes to the website architecture. I have seen on numerous occasions, websites lose up to 90% of their organic traffic after a website redesign due to poor planning. Every page holds value, and each link on that page passes value to the page being linked to. For instance, if you are planning on removing links from the navigation menu on the home page, that page is in jeopardy of losing rank. Look at Your Top Pages in Webmaster Tools You will see a link in the left menu, "Search Traffic." That will expand, then click on the first item below it, "Search Queries." Once you have clicked on it, you will see a tab over the graph labeled "Top Pages." Once you have clicked on that, you can view your most popular organic landing pages. If the page is receiving enough traffic, there will be a toggle arrow next to it. By clicking on the page link, it will expand with a list of search queries used to find that page. Take a look at each page's keyword list and look for semantic patterns or correlations they have to that page. You may not think that every keyword you see is relevant for that page, but that doesn't mean that keyword shouldn't be there. The keyword in question may pass semantic value to the primary keyword your page is ranking for. Take a look at one of Rand's slide decks he posted, Cracking the SEO Code for 2015. Focus more on topic association rather than keyword matching. You may also find a blog I posted on Semantic Search useful. It covers some evaluation techniques you could use. Check Your Backlinks Using Open Site Explorer If you plan on removing pages that are ranking well for high converting keywords (which I would not advise), you may be losing important backlinks to that page. Remember, even though those backlinks are directed toward that specific page, doesn't mean that it won't affect the rankings for your entire website. Any link on that page is passing authority to the pages they're linking to. If you decide for sure that you have to remove a page, make sure you at least create a 301 redirect pointed to the page taking its place. If that page happens to be the home page, then direct it to the home page. Think about every SEO factor and content asset When it comes to Organic Search, there are many variables that come into play. Here are just a few that come to mind: Semantic Structure of each page Number of pages indexed by Google Backlinks passing juice to each page (even nofollow links should be considered as a factor) Internal Link Structure of the Website Keyword Specific Anchor Text Structured data Indexed PDF files Self-Hosted Video assets Images and alt text (consider universal search) Keyword Specific URL aliases Conclusion One of the reason's Moz did so well was because they told a great story about the brand and it was easy to digest. I would keep your blog as well. Moz definitely didn't get rid of their blog. Instead, I would think of some new ideas to make your blog interesting and engaging. As far as the pages are concerned, I would keep them where they are at, and I wouldn't remove any links that are currently directed toward them. Instead, since they are already ranking well and garnering traffic, leverage them as an asset you can build into your conversion strategy. Somehow funnel them to your landing page. Set up Google analytics events and goal funnels to evaluate what works and what doesn't. I'm not sure if that answers your question, but at the very least, I hope it helps guide you in the right direction.

Thank you both.  After posting this question, I did stumble on some of these great prior posts (which my initial searching didn't find). A few that stood out: http://moz.com/blog/scaling-geo-targeted-local-landing-pages-that-really-rank-and-convert-whiteboard-friday http://moz.com/blog/local-landing-pages-guide

I have to submit another vote for Wordpress - you have plug ins that let you update the meta data, the URLs are automatically hierarchical which is handy, and it's really easy to use.

I agree with Miriam and give a thumbs up to her thorough response. I would only add that not having an additional number for the separate business is pretty inexcusable.  With Skype, Anveo, or any other myriad of VOIP and cell options, getting another number is a dirt cheap cost for someone running a legitimate business. Plus the value it adds for the business should more than cover the $50 or so they'd spend yearly.  If they still want the number to ring to the same line, the could just set up call forwarding on the new number... Again, all that should cost less than $100 a year and probably be even cheaper than that.  Best of luck!

Thanks Travis, I have discovered that for some users the initial page loads up to 3 times nearly immediately without it being visual.  It never happens to me or any or the browser/system combinations I use on remote machine testing - even if I match someones setup who is getting the problem, but there is no question it is happening.  This was triggering the robot message I was giving.  I don't yet know the cause as the typical culprits don't apply.  I relaxed the rule by 1 more load in 30 seconds, which is why you didn't get a message.  Am going to use someone's computer tomorrow that gets the problem to try and narrow it down. Agree on the human testing.  Thanks for the suggestions. take care

Ahhh, that's what I figured.  Many thanks for your prompt response.  This will keep me busy for quite some time.

Hello Ali & welcome to the Moz community! There could be many factors influencing your SERPs position, especially for a new website. Since your site is new, Google is just learning about its content and performance. It could be that your article came up high in the SERPs and then Google noticed some significant pogo-sticking and lowered its rankings. Have you checked the behavior metrics of the traffic that came through that day? I also suggest adding the term that sent you traffic to Moz's keyword tracking tool so you can monitor its SERPs progress and see how Google is adjusting the rankings.

Ray is correct our next index is scheduled for this week (Jan 28th). CJ5 - I apologize for the delays we've been seeing with our index, and please know we'd love to get you fresh data ASAP. We had some unforeseen issues early in January that led to this delay. We are working our hardest to get you complete, fresh, relevant link metrics. I do apologize for any issues you have in the meantime!

Hi everyone, Thanks for the responses - we will look into this further and see what unique content we can gather for the listings. Thanks again for the advice!

HI, What Erica said is correct.  You can use 3rd party services to help you with changing contents, links, images and etc. on the website based on many factors such as location, browser, technology and even behavior on the site.  You can use Adobe, Qubit, Monetate and many many other services in this area. Feel free to message me for more detail as I'm currently using one of these services. Thank you!