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Check List:

1. Move old content to the new domain
2. 301 as many pages to the same content on the new domain as possible
3. Submit a change of address through Google Webmaster Tools
4. Contact site owners that give you high quality incoming links, request they change the links from the old site to the new site (personal preference)
5. Keep building new high quality links to your site's content level pages.

Note:

If it's a brand new domain, Google is going to put your site through about a three month trial period before it accurately ranks you. From my understanding it's done to help prevent spam.

Elance, or Freelancer are always a good place to start

Hi Carrol,

I'm not seeing you screenshot can your re-upload it?

Did you depersonalize your browser?

Are you still indexed? No need to submit a reconsideration if you are.

Noindex you duplicate content.

Develop a new links to your new quality content. Guest blog, do some non-profit work in the community, ect.

If you're still indexed, you should regain some rankings quickly. However after a slap you're going to have to show Google you've changed your ways over the course of a couple of months to get back to where you were.

What CMS/language are you using?

Do some guest blogging and point links at your 301s from your guest posts. Google will see that you mean business. You'll have new links and the old pages will be deindexed quicker.

Hi Jane,

It's best practices to dedicate the direction of an article/page to one topic/keyword. However, if your site is showing multiple times in the SERPs and it's not for spammy reasons, you are effectively covering more real estate on the page thus increasing your chances of getting clicked on, revel in that

Hi,

Clarification:

Have an image next to your site's results doesn't help your rankings per-se. However it does increase your visibility in the results pages, increasing the amount of clicks/visitors your site will get.

Recommendation:

I often tell clients who have a dedicated writer on staff to have them use their personal G+ profile for the content they write. That way you are still getting visibility. If you are running your own business, you are your brand. So personally I would link my own account to what I write.

We're still waiting for Google to catch up with business pages

Regards,

Ben

That's why I used the words "usually" and "generally" lol

"painter new york" is what is referred to as a "head" phrase. That is, a phrase that has a high search volume but a high competition.

So on your home page's title; yes, I would target your head phrase. However you need to be building content in the longtail to rank well for that head phrase.

One of my favorite SEO Moz videos that talks about the longtail is back from 2009. It's dated but it's a great intro, and is still relevant for instruction purposes.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-ignore-the-tail-at-your-peril

If you really want to digg deep into SEO I reccomend watching all of SEO Moz's old videos on Vimeo and You Tube. The 5 year old ones get into a bunch of great ideas that are still useful today, but no one is talking about.

http://vimeo.com/user409469

http://www.youtube.com/user/greatsc0tt

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Hi Sec Jobs,

"Top 20 sites" is a false dichotomy. Top 20 sites is not the "best of the best" but rather, what is best for you, in your location, in your industry.

So how would you go about link building in this way?

• Personally I would start blogging about the sate of security jobs in the UK.
• In order to obtain links, find security sites that have a blog in your industry, but who aren't direct competitors. and get to know the site's owner.
• After becoming chums, ask them if you can do a blog post on their site. In the blog post mention a couple of things visitors may want to check out on your site to help them, and link to those things.

That's pretty much it. content marketing is the thing. Add value and be an authority in your industry, so that when Google slaps down another penalty you'll be the one rising to the top, not getting penalized for "artificial" links.

Regards,

@bnspak

Network with bloggers and social media users who:

• Are computer or tech friendly/technicians
• Advertising firms that specialize in print
• Graphic Design Firms
• Office Equipment Websites/Blogs
• Business Bloggers

By network I mean

• Share tips/experience
• Share funny yet professional stories about your industry/pitfalls
• Interview people in those industries
• offer to write a guest post for their blog

Are you still indexed? No need to submit a reconsideration if you are.

Noindex you duplicate content.

Develop a new links to your new quality content. Guest blog, do some non-profit work in the community, ect.

If you're still indexed, you should regain some rankings quickly. However after a slap you're going to have to show Google you've changed your ways over the course of a couple of months to get back to where you were.

I'd go for it, but I'm a betting man from Las Vegas

Variables:

• How well established is your site?
• Is the site relevant?
• Are their inbound links from well traveled authoritative sources?
• Will their site get alot of traffic in the future?

If at all possible use IIS URL Rewriter so that you can canonicalize your site structure.

http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

If you have a smaller site, and it's in the early stages I'd try using other CMSs and software to see if you can find something that you like. I love Wordpress, and I use it for everything.

It's interlinking, it's good for SEO. Just don't do it in excess. 10 popular post links great! 100 not so much..

Fixing Crawl Diagnostic Issues

http://www.seomoz.org/help/fixing-crawl-diagnostic-issues

Crawl Diagnostics

http://www.seomoz.org/help/crawl-diagnostics

Hi Vahe,

I would be happy to lend a hand, but first could you possibly re-word you questions a bit? I want to make sure I have a firm understanding of what you are seeking so that I can be the most benefit to you.

However I'll do my best to answer your questions as is.

1. I generally tailor my SEO strategy based upon three different variables.

1. Budget
2. Location
3. Industry

So for example, you have a new client who is an up and coming law firm, but they are in, lets say South Dakota and they have a monthly budget of $1000 /month.

Generally law is a very competitive industry, so I know I'll have to dedicate so much more time and resources to this particular client, driving up my required budget. However since they are located in a location that is not very web savy - very little online competition - I would be more liberal with my budget, and I could relax knowing that something like a guest blogging campaign would work to rank them well.

2. I think what you are asking is "Once I have created a content strategy on the clients website, how do I get more traffic and backlinks to the work I have done on the site?".

Again depending on the three variables I mentioned I would either try to guest blog in the similar genre of the content I was producing. Maybe get a little more creative, and have them offer a $2500 essay contest for future law majors, then post the essays on your site and contact colleges to talk about and link to the content rules, and winners on your clients site.

I hope I answered your questions. If not please reword your questions and I'll see if I can help.

Regards,

@bnspak

Haha no worries Alex, we've all been there!

My first step is to usually create a work process for each SEO related task I'll need, for example:

http://www.popvia.com/work-processes/guest-post-acquisition-and-follow-up/

How are you planning on billing?

• Monthly
• Per hour

What KPIs are you using to determine campaign success?

• Traffic
• Conversions/Sales

What tools are you going to use for?

• Rank Checking/Error Checking (SEO Moz assumed)
• Quick 404 error checking
• Task management (try trello)

Let me know a little bit more about what you are looking for and we can build upon your questions.

Regards,

@bnspak

Hi Alen,

Try not to think in terms of nofollow/follow links if it's from an authoritative source Google is going to see that. Would you turn down a nofollow link from a Wikipedia page?