Including FAQ as Invividual Blog Posts Without Duplicate Issues
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got you. So URL wise with my categories maybe something like
/blog/real-estate
/blog/non-real-estateCleaner and shorter.
As per my previous comment, delete Blog subdomain, re-upload all blog posts to sub-folder and make sure I have better structured URL as part of it. In this way I avoid 301 redirects to each blog posts. Would that make sense or how do you see it?
Site is 2months and 10 days old…..
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how old is the website?
I would create the site so that blog information is 301 redirected to the new subfolder.
If the site has been crawled by Google you will want to be 01 redirect everything exactly where it came from. Then you will want to get rid of the blog subdomain anyway because once it's crawled by Google the links and structure will already be understood. If there are literally no links at all to blog I would say it is very safe to start fresh. And move the content to the subfolder. I would use open site Explorer to make sure you don't have any back links that might matter Pointing to the blog.
it will never hurt you to 301 redirect from the subdomain to your new spot if there are any domains linking to your old blog then you will want to keep the link juice either by asking the person to please link to your new spot if you know them or you can read this post that I think is fairly valuable.
http://moz.com/community/q/how-to-keep-old-url-juice-during-site-switch
I am very happy to hear you're just starting out because now you can start out the right way. You should also consider installing a SEO plug-in for WordPress like Yoast WordPress SEO on you blog when its moved
https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/
Slincerely,
Thomas
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thx, Thomas. So what you are saying is: if I see the blog in its current format has NO back links (2 months old) I can quickly copy paste all the posts to the sub-folder and after 1 week when Google has indexed all those pages then delete the sub-domain and I avoid having to get my web guys to do 301 redirects. All I have to ask them to do is set up new custom URL's that are cleaner.
Please confirm I got your point correctly.
Thx: I heard of Yoast. Why do I really need that? I sometimes wonder how important those advanced tools are as Google seems to be getting better and better at identifying quality content…...
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from what I can see looking at your back links or lack of back links it most likely will not hurt you if you do not 301 redirect. I would normally tell you to 301 redirect but because of the circumstances of having to call in extra people and there being no added value in 301 redirecting something that Google does not Have any Moz or page rank plus that Google does not equated with the current site now you would not be losing anything.
Yoast Has a spectacular free plug-in. That makes it much easier for you to post your site title ( one of the most powerful things in search) your descriptions which do not count in the search engines but do matter to individuals reading them. Along with just having one simple plug-in giving you authorship, the ability to index or no index anything you want the touch of a button and many more valuable features for somebody running WordPress it is a very wise decision in my opinion to use it.
You are correct Google is excellent at finding quality however with Yoast you can make it so people can more easily find your site/blog, and the golden rule is if people our happy Google is happy. It's a free plug-in I would put it in right away when you move the blog to the subfolder. it really does a lot and will not slow you down.
The ability to show authorship, the ability to have the right settings automatically in place most of the time like canonical really cuts down on your FTP time.
If your site is shared on Facebook or twitter Open graph gives you the ability to show a quick summary of the shared link along with a photograph. Twitter Cards let you do the same on twitter without Yoast you will need other plug-ins to do this work this doesn't all free.
Sincerely,
Thomas
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thx, Thomas. Appreciated. After I have all posts uploaded to the new blog sub-folder and they are indeed indexed by Google, then I will delete the blog sub-domain. That is the order I had in mind. Hope that makes sense.
OK, all clear on Yoast. I will get it installed.
Great reponses. Wish I could give you extra thumbs up!
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Thank you that is very kind of you. When you change the site make sure you submit it to Google webmaster tools and that both the www. & non-www are entered into Google Webmaster tools. Then select your preferred site in this case www
after which you can submit the xml site map along with asking Google to index your website using this link
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1352276?hl=en
You're very kind. I really appreciate that.
I really enjoyed speaking with you and I hope that this is helped.
I'm happy that you're off to the right start. Remember you're always welcome to contact me if you get stuck on anything my information is in my profile.
Sincerely,
Thomas
PS you can thumbs up any response you wish. for instance every time someone replies you can have the option of getting a thumbs up or a thumbs down were non at all. Please don't think I'm asking you to do that just telling you what you were able to do.
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oh, and back to confirm my initial question: after this blog "move" I can no "index no follow" the entire FAQ section and instead let each FAQ be indexed on my blog. Idea is to include a video with each FAQ and then a written version below (which is pretty much the an answer from the FAQ section).
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It is a beautiful layout that you have. You would be best not duplicating content however I would be interested to see how search engines view your FAQ is being seen by the search engines because it is collapsible it's possible it's not being seen by me have a look at it with a tool I'll answer you and 2 seconds
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Okay after looking at your http://www.honoluluhi5.com/faq/ you have over 7000 words visible to Google. Simply use the
Text the spider sees
Text seems long enough. - (spiders see 7696 words)
Google can see text on your page and there is likely enough text to help users understand your page.To check out Google sees your site use this tool with the crawl spider it also has many additional excellent tools.
http://www.feedthebot.com/tools/
I would simply use the canonical tag to let Google know that your telling them where it was found originally. However it's not a good practice to continue creating duplicate content on one site.
Here is Google's Matt Cutts on the subject but don't take it too far I think you'll be safe however I would create unique content from now on out
Sincerely,
Thomas
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thx. I think what I will do is keep growing the FAQ and then on the blog create short videos around the FAQ. This solves the issue and offers the insight from a different angle (video).
Interesting: I see Google has indexed my /faq page but when I take a piece from my FAQ like the below it does not show up. Does that mean the page is indexed, but the written content is not?
Example of content from FAQ NOT found when pasting in to Google:
"There is considerable risk not owning the land underneath: Leasehold owners pay a monthly lease rent to the land owner. Per the terms of the lease the lease rent could increase over time and is payable above and beyond the property taxes and any possible association dues or maintenance fees. Per the terms of the Lease there may be restrictions on property usage, alterations and maintenance." -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MswMYk05tk - this video by Matt Cutts seems to indicate one can use sub-domain or sub-directory, either is fine. It comes back to my thinking Google is now so advanced they probably do not care whether a blog is on a sub-domain or sub-folder. That was more something of the past….I could be wrong, but his video indicates it does not matter...
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well I don't know what was there when the site was indexed
for instance I know the actual URL has been indexed by Google
you can use the this inside the Google search box " site:http://www.honoluluhi5.com/faq/ "
in order to find out if your site has been indexed or not. However I'm getting the same info as you according to Google this is what content they show is on your site's FAQ
then click on the site link in the top right you will see an arrow come d show cached
the easy way to tell is if you would remember if the content was there on Jan 31, 2014 08:18:33 GMT
if it was then Google is having trouble reading through all the JavaScript enabled to make the folding occur.
rather not Google can read it I would stick to making that a directory to the blog posts instead of a part of your website that simply is duplicate content that way it will serve as a FAQ and point people to the right answer in the blog just be certain to interlink and allow people to go back to the FAQ when needed.
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thx. Content was uploaded Feb 2nd. I will observe. Probably next time indexing it will be included. the structure of FAQ is similar to some of Google's own pages and I am sure they can read the content…..
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Google treats them as 2 separate sites now the Google sites treats them as 2 separate video you referenced is 2 years old. You can get a penalty on a subdomain and not on another subdomain meaning blog or www
It does not work like that anymore. it is very strange to see subdomain blog because it makes no sense to use one In almost all cases.
Please read this and then I encourage you to ask the question to everyone should I make my blog a subdomain or should I make it a subdirectory?
http://contentlead.com/blog/whats-your-seo-ally-the-subdomain-or-the-subdirectory
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/subdomains-and-subdirectories/
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got you, Thomas. thx
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trust on this one but I encourage you if you have the slightest doubt and it is wise to get a 2nd opinion. But I do know that currently Google will give a penalty to a www. and not to another subdomain that means they're treated differently. Not to mention the fact that all of the incoming links are split if you're in a get any going to one part they're not going to go to the other. The video was old please start a new question saying I have a brand-new site I would like anyone's opinion on this.
"Should I make my blog in this format www.example.com/blog or blog.example.com ?"
I guarantee you will get a lot of people with a lot of knowledge telling you to use the subdirectory.
If you are interested in ranking with video Wistia is the way to get people to actually come back to your site. It ranks like YouTube unlike YouTube it will not help you get people to convert on your site. The reasons why are explained right here
http://wistia.com/learning/advanced-seo-with-distilled
something I would strongly recommend doing is signing up for Distilled U
I have been on there since the beginning here is what I have learned it is constantly updating
http://www.distilled.net/user/blueprint/
I don't want you to think I misled you so please get a 2nd opinion from everyone at Moz you will get a lot of answers very quickly during the daytime. If you want to learn more about why this would be the best way to go I suggest Moz Academy along with Distilled U
Wistia the video host that will give you 5 free videos then you pay reasonable prices which you can save on by using Moz.com/perks in addition you can save on distilled U with Moz.com/perks
Sincerely,
Thomas
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Hi Thomas, Just woke up here! Your insight has been terrific and I can tell you are spot on regarding these matters as I research. thx again. I wouldn't have notice moving the blog from sub-domain without your details
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I'm happy I could help you.
many times people have these issues when their site is a year or two old, and they have hundreds or thousands of links pointing at it. So it's always nice to speak to somebody when their site is brand-new and has the freedom to make changes before they're would be traffic loss or other things like that.
Please let me know if I can be of any more help you at all.
sincerely,
Thomas
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thx. Since all my FAQ are answering relevant real estate questions (and none of my FAQ answers general questions such as "I lost my password, what to do?") I feel they belong both in FAQ and on blog.
Let me clarify: what is issue in placing a "no index no follow" on the FAQ section and instead uploading 1 by 1 to the blog? I still don't see this? Each blog would include a video where I share answer to an FAQ and below video would be the written data which currently is on the FAQ section. Let us assume Google can look through by collapsable structure on FAQ section, which I am 99% sure they can (Google just hasn't indexed that page since I uploaded the data).
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If you feel that they belong in the FAQ and as an individual blog post that you're going to add your own unique content for People using the blog and would like to use your FAQ answers in order to enhance the blog. I can tell you the only thing that would be confusing is to go to a site and try to find something then find it twice. However if you believe in yourself and the visitors shoes you would prefer to have a layout like that then yes it's okay. Google will only give you credit for the content in your FAQ once that's it after that it's not worth anything to Google. So it will index your blog and give credit to your FAQ therefore your added information could benefit the blog of your and you're saying well even though it's already on the website it would benefit the end user if I had into places on my website I would say yes do it
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/demystifying-duplicate-content-penalty.html
I noticed you are already using Wistia, and I would suggest using "speech pad" to have your Wistia videos become even more viable by pasting the content spoken about in the video below the video.
I agree it looks like your developer had yet to add the text the feedthebot.com tool is very good at figuring out rather not it can be read by Google and from what it tells me it will deftly be read and indexed by Google.
I want to say that I think you should 301 redirect just because if you're blog has been indexed by Google it will be a hard 404 meaning it will show up in your Webmaster tools, and it only makes sense 301 redirect the old link to your new link. It will not take away from the value in any way it will only add to it. And if you keep track of your links which you should do then you can set up the redirects very easily.
can I ask you if you are doing most of the work on the site?
the reason I ask is if you are there is a fantastic tool you should probably be using right now screaming frog SEO spider has a free version it will index 500 pages and a paid version which in US dollars is about $160 that will index your, entire site all the links will be there for you to have, and you will not worry about site architecture issues when you make the change to the new structure.
here is an example of what you can do and if you do download it which I recommend you get the free one no matter what use this guide with it
http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/screaming-frog-guide
you can download it for Mac, PC and Linux free here
http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/
http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/screaming-frog-guide#How_to_rewrite_the_crawled_URLs
If you like I have the paid version I can crawl your site and send you the entire link profile?
lastly can I ask would it make sense to simply have a brief description under the FAQ with a link to the blog for the full text?
I realize it sounds like you're going to be adding to this FAQ and you want to be very easy for people to use. Clicking on the accordion like drop-down is not much harder than clicking on something that takes you to a new page and answers the question there. Then put a large call to action allowing them to return to the FAQ that's what I would do however if you would like to have your blog on their it will not destroy your site because you will be creating a lot of unique high-quality relevant content that will be for one part of the site only right?
if that's the case then do it. Do not bother with the no index no follow Google will simply only give you credit for one copy of the 7000 words.
Does that answer your question?
also please don't be alarmed about the penguin stuff in the other links there just relevant to duplicate content so I hope you will find them helpful in this case.
Long story short as long as you're not going to continue to create duplicate content you will be fine.
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