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awesome, glad i could help!

Thx Doc Pete! Will check it out.

Another possibility is that your rankings reports may be pulling from different google data centers while geo-location and local results compound the problem. For example, SEOmoz may be pulling from different data center than your other tool - while your location will play a role in the shuffling of results as well. Although, in my experience, I believe geo has more impact on different rankings than synch issues between data centers now that Google is placing more local biz in the results up front. Run a ranking report test with both tools from the same data center as well as the same geo and review the results ...

http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/multiple-datacenter-google-search/

Let me know if this helps.

I would actually need to see the domain to make an assessment... feel free to msg me privately, if you like.

I would actually need to see the domain to make an assessment... feel free to msg me privately, if you like.

Would love to have other folks weigh in on this discussion...

That's my sense about Schema - have you had any personal experience with implementation?

I've read statements compelling one to think about Schema as a "sports car" and RDFa (and microformats) as a diesel truck... both having merit depending on what you want to do. Although Schema was just announced and seems to have broad support - is it compatible with RDFa 1.1 syntax? I've utilized microformats on a few site with great success but embarking on a very large project and feel structured markeup would give an edge over the competition. Would love to have a discussion with folks on this subject. Thanks!

The short answer to that question is that you can't make a flash site 'fully' SEO friendly. That's why so many companies that were counseled by agencies a few years ago to develop flash sites have now reverted back to more easily crawled platforms.

Flash is pretty but not search engine friendly.

You're right... also, your sitelinks are displayed differently within the search results - similar to how Google used to display them here in the US a while ago. It appears Google has not rolled out a full feature set to your geographic area via Google Webmaster Tools yet.

Your site is also heavily flash-based, which Google doesn't do a good job when parsing navigation and content (although they 'say' they're getting better, I've not seen any real improvement). Looks like you are also dynamically rendering page content based on IP address which adds more complexity for search engine bots (multiple languages on the same page is far less desirable than a ccTLD or at the very least, a separate file path for different language content).

Most webmasters have moved away from developing sites fully in flash, preferring to use flash elements where appropriate, instead. You may want to consider developing a non-flash version of your site for google to index more fully.

Sitelinks are primarily available to Brands or branded searches. Also, info architecture can make a huge difference depending on how easily Google can crawl your site. I've also found that CTR appears to be well correlated to which nav items get picked up as a sitelink.

Was wondering if/when the videos will be made available to participants...

Thanks!

I would suggest you implement an absolute 301 redirect from the 'red shoes' page to the category parent page as opposed to the 'brown boot' page. Although both items are 'footwear,' the category parent for 'red shoes' strikes me as more semantically relevant than a lateral redirect to a less semantically related item like 'brown boots.' Keep in mind though (I don't know your site architecture) that this could be splitting semantic hairs depending on your information architecture and navigation schema. If you ever need to revive the 'red shoes' page in the future, you can simply break the 301 although link juice and link quality diminish over time thus the page won't have the same strength as before.

You can manage your sitelinks in Google Webmaster Tools under 'Site Configuration' and then 'Sitelinks' - you have a choice of up to 8 sitelinks that you can block or show in the SERPS.

I don't know this particular group well enough to make an assessment but you should ask for a client list or examples of link building campaigns they have managed in the past ==> review their work and judge for your self. You usually get what you pay for... if you're getting these guys on the cheap then expect a lot of forum spam and low quality links. Google is looking at link quality more closely these days so be sure you are getting quality links from authoritative and trusted sites. Pay the money to reputable groups to do this work. Don't take chances with paid links, etc. Google will hammer your site.

you should give it time to settle down in the SERPS ... the results are muddy for a while but your canonicals will eventually show up if they have been implemented correctly.

last thought... i've only ever used iframes in the aforementioned example. Not an ideal way to display your original content if you want it indexed.

It is very typical for Google to ignore iframes. I don't know the precise details of your situation but there are several reasons for iframing that might make sense - this is situational - so no hating!

1. you're an affiliate and using another offer (conversion form) that you have to iframe to generate leads, etc

2. you want to hide duplicate content that appears elsewhere on the site (although there are far more elegant ways to do this)

3)You're pulling video or other syndicated content from a publisher who wants to maintain control (ie not let you outrank them with their own content)

*** Remember that the iframed content can certainly be indexed but usually only from the destination URL's originating source. For example: You are www.insuranceaffilifate.com running an offer from www.insurance.com/form_1011 - you will most likely use insurance.com's form via iframe on your landing page. That form, unless it uses a NOINDEX meta tag, will likely be picked by the search engines from www.insurance.com but will be ignored on your site www.insuranceaffiliate.com.

Hope this helps.

Check out Screaming Frog - It's an SEO spider that crawls your site pretty quickly - giving a multitude of useful seo data - including response headers. Two drawbacks: 1) it costs roughly $130 and 2) it has difficulty crawling sites with more than 100K pages. I believe Audette Media is coming out with an industrial strength crawler this summer but don't have a lot details yet. Hope this helps.

Um, short answer... yes. A darker shade of gray.