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Hi Sara,

A URL is unlikely to ever bring down a penalty on its own - there would need to be a lot more at play before this happens.

Try not to get too hung up on which URL for SEO purposes, but do look at the one that is going to serve you best in the years to come. If the business is an app, then having app in there can help others understand what it is that you do.

Try to focus on the brand as well - if you market yourselves as mobilewebapp, then try and stick to something close that will again help with brand recognition.

You will be surprised just how much Google loves a brand, so choose wisely and market accordingly.

-Andy

I  put an end to that, mostly because it was absolutely pointless and not user friendly.

This..

If there is one thing I have learnt it is to steer well clear of anything that is not completely white-hat (ethical) because Google pops up now and then and surprises everyone - Look at the recent changes with 'Panda' and the sites they are going after there!

There is no long term substitute for a well designed site with fresh, unique content that is easy for visitors and search engines to navigate.

Regards,

Andy

This is going to be markup language, Schema / MicroData perhaps, but I haven't come across this myself yet.

I think perhaps it is time to do some digging

-Andy

Edit

Just read this:

"Update: A Google spokesperson let us know that restaurant menu data is coming from an unnamed data partner. It's similar to how Google uses data from The Weather Channel and other partners to pull in data for searches about the weather."

So there we go - I am sure we will all find out soon.

-Andy

Hi,

I would strongly urge you not to run multiple sites. If Google catches on to this, you will end up with a penalty for all of them. This would be seen as a way to try and 'game' the search engine by trying to find ways to get more exposure for keywords. What you will also find is that you are competing against your own sites in terms of keywords, which is never an area you want to get in to.

Look at it from Google's eyes - if they were to ask you why you have 5 sites, what would be your answer? I promise you that they wouldn't let you get away with it.

Best thing to do here is ditch all but one site and concentrate, as Russ suggests, on amazing content. Pull everything back to within one domain and create pages to target specific keywords, but don't make it spammy. Well researched content will win every time and can result in great SERP placements.

-Andy

Ah sorry, I misunderstood.

For links I personally tend not to trust automated apps or websites they mess everything up if they get it wrong, and rely purely on manual searching here through OSE, Yahoo and Webmaster tools.

Regards,

Andy

Hi - What I would suggest is getting yourself somewhere comfy to sit down and read through this incredibly helpful SEO guide that MOZ produced.

this covers many different aspects, including some that you might not have even thought about.

-Andy

Hi,

...are inpage anchor links looked upon and dealt with differently

I would be trying to name your anchor texts as something a little more than just a Keyword. Try and make it answer a short question if you can so that the link makes sense to both the user and Google.

Anchors are handled like a new page if Google decides to index them, which is why you should try and have these as something that is more of a benefit add to the page, rather than anything too short and simple as a keyword. It will satisfy Google and also remove the worry of any issues.

There is no problem in running with a 'quick skip to content' as it will help with usability. Anything you can do to increase that is good.

I hope I have understood what you are asking correctly?

-Andy

Google is smart enough to know that not every link is something you have added, or indeed can do anything about, so don't worry too much.

Can you see your link on those sites or pages? Do you feel your traffic is suffering? You could try and ask them to take down your link, but I wouldn't hold up a lot of hope for getting an answer - but never say never

Regards,

Andy

Hi,

If you have a look at this URL, there are plenty to choose from, and all appear to have reviews.

-Andy

Hi Michael,

The first thing I would say, is that the page is somewhat lacking in actual content. There are only 168 words on there and this to me would suggest a thin page in Google's eyes.

You then have to ask yourself, who am I trying to attract to the page and what do I offer them when they get there? Do I answer a question in enough detail that Google is going to rank me well for it?

Is the page about Mountaineering or Edmund Hilary? What is the purpose of the page? What phrase are are you trying to optimize for?

I hope this makes sense?

-Andy

I don't know about OSE, but if they are being removed then I would just wait it out.

However, a friendly mail to the webmaster of the site won't hurt either. And do you think a competitor would go to such extremes in order to try to damage your site reputation?

Regards,

Andy

Hi,

When I do a search for Nickel Alloys, I get the homepage at position 17. Other than the Adwords, I don't see www.artificialgrass4u.co.uk in the first 5 pages.

What are you using to check pages and positions?

-Andy

The best way to test this is to head into Search Console and use the Robots.txt tester. If a URL is being blocked, or suspect it is, just add that URL to be tested and it will show you.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598?hl=en

-Andy

Before even looking at link building, I would take some time to sort your site out as it is a huge link fest in there!

And no, you dont want to be getting links back from the same class IP. Google is wise to this trick.

Regards,

Andy

Hi Conor,

If visitors are correctly redirected to the mobile page already, you don't really need to do anything else. If there is a rule that takes someone to the mobile site (when on a mobile platform), that is pretty much all you need to do. Sticking a canonical tag in there will confuse issues.

-Andy

Hi Kasper,

To be honest, this probably wouldn't even appear on Google's radar, but just in case, I always no-follow these sorts of links. This shows to Google that you are not trying to benefit either site in any way, even though you might prefer to do this.

A footer link won't do anything for your site and Google pretty much discounts them, but just err on the side of caution and add a no-follow.

-Andy

I have had that in the past - the link appears and then goes again - I wouldn't worry about it too much Never caused me any problems.

Regards,

Andy

Hi,

"My question is, does mens v.s men's make a different for on-page SEO?"

Google are always going to look for the grammatically correct wording, so it is important to always ensure this is what you give them. As Andrew said, MOZ & Google are going to have pretty major differences in what they look for and how they grade it.

You also have to think about visitors that land on your page and find the lack of punctuation, and yes, people will do this. I'm not saying that it would lose you business, but I would never give anyone the chance to question any aspect of credibility.

Would wording this incorrectly leave you with a penalty? Nope! Would getting this right form part of a score on one of the Google algorithms? More than likely - but to what degree is anyone's guess.

-Andy

Hi Tomar,
Can you give me any examples of what you are referring to please, although I think I know what you are referring to - I just want to be sure.

-Andy