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Thank you both, really helpful

Just wanted to add that Google announced that page rank will not be updated  (Source) and it's been theorized that the last update (Dec 2013) was a mistake. Agree with Andreas that using alternative methods is the way to go. As for the why it could be any number of things from fake PR to Google dropping PR or lost links etc. either way it makes no difference as the metric is superfluous now.

Hi Ruborg, I would argue that those tools don't do the same as Moz.  They cover the same areas, but do different things.  Also, Moz is much more limited in the number of sites you can direct it at.  With the domain limit in Moz I'd say I am paying considerably less and getting more of the functionality that I am after. That isn't any criticism of Moz. It's horses for courses and Moz just isn't the right horse for the course I run on!

Very glad to see you got it working! You can mark the question as answered to let others know it is fixed.

If you are hitting the 200-300 comments/page mark it might be better to get into pagination from a sheer UX perspective - depending on their dedication to the content matter, it is unlikely that the average user is going to want to sift through so many comments after reading your content. I don't know what audience you are targeting, but it seems to me that 25-50 would be sufficient to capture the essence of most commenting sections regardless of topic and would also help with loading times. Ray makes a great point about the canonical tag and rel tags though - as with everything, your strategy has to account for your specific situation and marketing approach.

Hello Andreas, alankoan123 made some good points in terms of creating an efficient blog structure. I will address your questions directly: 1) Would it benefit us to host these two blogs on different domains? From a marketing perspective, yes. Having separate domains that are equally accessible and memorable increases your chances of customer involvement and therefore increases your chances of completing an objective, whether it is traffic, conversions or market penetration. This will require dedication, time and resources, but 2 blogs which speak directly to separate clientele is a good idea if you can't bring them together reasonably easily. As for SEO, this is a tool you would use to help your blogs get found (along with content marketing, among other things). Having 2 blogs will not help your SEO directly. Having a good SEO approach will help your 2 blogs. We are also wondering if it would help our hurt our SEO to take the content related to our corporate blog and move it to the new domain? Depending on who you talk to, it might not help or hurt you. Moving content simply requires a 301 redirect which effectively moves all "link juice" from one domain to another.  There are arguments (and some evidence) that shows that small levels of link strength are lost during this process, but it isn't sufficient for you to be concerned about it. A redirect can help you if it makes your brand more visible, enhances customer experience, or otherwise improves your sites trust metrics according to Google. Long story short, your needs and strategy should determine  your next move. If you have the resources to create 2 blogs and move your current blog to them using 301 redirects with minimal cost and effort to yourselves, then it is probably worthwhile. If you are short on resources, perhaps another approach is necessary. Either way, your SEO will not be heavily impacted as long as you follow best practices regarding your 301's and in putting up your blogs. Cheers and feel free to pick my brain further if you have questions. Best regards, Rob

Hello Evan, Ray has covered this pretty well - I would also point out that given the differences in search possibilities people can use, and the fact that you don't need exact-match keywords to gain rankings, it is a good idea to have both industrial supply and **electrical supply **in your title tag. This way, you stand a chance of being located by customers or clients looking for either of these terms, and they are equally weighted for relevance.

I am talking the actual content, not the headings in grey Boxes, they print fine. Its the content below these "headings" where you have alternate grey rows. (actual results) Its a very thin small "greyish" font. Even making the font one px larger would help. Yes its a rather expensive Brother inkjet printer. The KW labels next to each keyword are colour (branded etc) are also very light (barley visible) even though other colours such as the Bar graphs at the top are bright and vibrant!

Thanks all...Much appreciated! Looking at the examples below, does anyone think this move could result in a negative effect? **From: **http://www.xyzwidgets.com/widgets/commercial-widgets/small_blue_widget.htm **To: **https://www.xyzwidgets.com/small-blue-widget **From: **http://www.xyzwidgets.com/info/videos/general/what-are-widgets.htm **To: **https://www.xyzwidgets.com.com/edu/what-are-widgets

do logged in-user and anonymous user should have the same behavior ? For the most part, yes, however it depends on the forum you are running. The important piece to understand is that whatever is hidden behind a login wall, remains hidden to the search engines. So, you have to weigh that factor when deciding which content to display to everyone versus the content to display to only logged in users. How do you suggest handling canonical in a UGC world ? Canonicalization isn't too hard to manage. Your forum software should include canonical URLs, but if not you will want those implemented into the template as soon as possible. The use of the rel=prev and rel=next tags are highly recommended. This allows you to keep the main forum thread as the canonical URL and Google understands that the subsequent pages are related to the main page and how they add value. Do you have specific editorial guidelines enforced on UGC ? Again, that's up to you and your community. What work editorially for one forum may not be the most desirable for another (e.g. the use of profanity). As long as the content being added is of value, then I consider it good content. With forums, you can be a lot more loose with the guidelines and allow users to interact as they desire. Don't let your forum become infested with Spam, obvious self-promoting threads, and make sure all links are nofollow. Many forums implement restrictions on users in regards to links and only when they prove themselves can they add links to their posts. Link and Spam management are very important for forums.

Generally not what the forum is used for, but I'm sure there are a number of people who would be willing to discuss further with you privately - you can always consult one of the companies Moz recommends: http://moz.com/community/recommended Best of luck with your project!

Hi Michelle, As Robert has said below, it's hard to say for sure if those links are hurting you without having a closer look at your website. However it does sound like an unusual amount of links to have if you're not aware of any kind of a partnership between your website and Booksie.com. I did notice that on pages such as this: http://www.booksie.com/young_adult/novel/suzannee/beating-the-player/chapter/1 There are comments which link back to profile pages. Without looking at your site, I'd venture a guess that these are the types of pages that the links are coming from? If so, it may be that someone is automatically creating the profiles and linking to you from them. If this is the case, then these probably are links that Google are not going to like. If you can determine that they are definitely low quality links, then you should try to remove them and if you can't, you should disavow them using Google Webmaster Tools. This blog post may help you learn more about this topic: http://moz.com/blog/guide-to-googles-disavow-tool I hope that helps! Paddy

Hey Stephen... Ray and Rob make some great points here! Here is my personal explanation on the importance of proper image alt attributes... my mother lost her eyesight back when she was young. As she uses her computer each day, knowing my profession, she constantly tells me how bad most of the sites are that she visits. The reason she feels they are so bad is due to improper structure and poor usage of image alt tags. When her computer reads the contents of a web page to her, it reads similar to the way a web crawler would. Images are a very important factor and the alt attributes should be a clear explanation of the image itself. Thus explaining what the image is to both a web crawler and most important, your visitors. I would recommend catering your website, its design, content and the optimization (including images) to your users first. End of the day, without them, does being on top of Google even matter that much? Good luck with your project!! Cheers

Facebook and Twitter are no follow links, which means that there is no benefit at all to your link profile. I agree with Robert mostly. Since these links are no follow, the key terms will only help if users are searching the respective social media platforms for your product. The benefit to SEO from Social networks comes solely from the trust factor social signals send. High engagement tells the engines that you are a reputable business, and, as we continue through 2015 most SEOs expect these social signals to increase in importance. I would recommend that you use your social media to build popularity and increase your audience. Stuffing your pages with keywords will have absolutely no effect on your SEO rankings. The exception to this is Google Plus. Posts on Google Plus can influence the SERPs of people who are in your circles. For example, when I am logged into my MCC account and I search for one of my key terms, I often see my Google plus posts in the results. Other than that, there is no benefit to that platform either. Here is another post with some more information I might have missed. Hope that helps!

Two theories, and these are purely theories (I don't have hard evidence): (1) There was a time when we believed in the "sandbox" - a holding pen for new sites/data. Whether or not that existed in any explicit form, I think Google has moved to more of a reverse sandbox. I think new data gets a little bit of forgiveness in the short term, while Google sorts the data out, and then it settles back to normal. So, resubmitting pages can give you a little boost and the benefit of the doubt, until Google does the rest of the math. (2) The alternate, but related explanation is that Google is seeing something in "the rest of the math" that it doesn't like. So, it's possible this could signal some impending SEO problems. They aren't deep enough for Google to dock you on a surface level, but when they take a closer look, you're losing ranking power. I would strongly suggest not refreshing content frequently to game the system. I think this could trigger a red flag with Google.

No problem Bradley! The redirects will pass authority but not 100% of it. I wouldn't worry too much about it honestly. Here is a post on the topic, its a bit old (2012) but hopefully it helps explain in more detail. http://moz.com/community/q/how-much-juice-do-you-lose-in-a-301-redirect Cheers!

Well, mine has about 250 for site:yoursite and about 3X that in GWT.