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I tried to contact my Hosting company to tell them that the server was providing us an error they said that the 500 server errors are the fact that there are url in structure which are nor properly SEO. They are saying its an SEO error not the server error. Actually i had them transfer the files for me and i am affraid they did something wrong with the transfer bec ever since then i have been getting errors left and right,  My site was down for like 2 days because it was only serving the homepage and not any other pages it was a mess.

Now as far as the redirect. - are saying to look at all 2800 not found url and redirect them .

and iam not sure i understood completely about the 500 errors quite yet . can you further explain in detail please

Hey guys. I am having some issues when i switched over to a new server about a month ago.

Recently i have been getting emails from google webmaster files saying that my server errors have gone up to 94 and page not found is up to 2800

I know i did something wrong i just dont know the process of what i did wrong.

I had about 4 months ago restructured my url structure and DID NOT do a 301 redirect because i figure my site was just new and no need to. I am wondering if thats whats causing my page errors now after 6 months>?

I have attached the files here

http://ge.tt/2er5kmd

If anyone can just give me some direction on what i did wrong it would be helpful .

Thanks

Hey guys. So i am on a role of launching my two podcasts one video and one audio and i have some questions.

Do you guys know of any great softwares that will automatically Transcribe my audio or video files into written content. ( just like the Whiteboard Friday does )

Second, do you guys know of any great Podcasting softwares, ( i have used hip cast before wondering if there are any better ones out there )

Third, Do i need multiple iTunes accounts if I two different podcast shows?

Help is needed greatly

Best Wishes

i am planning on building widgets and content for the university for SEO purposes, but yes most content the meet and potatoes are behind a paywall as i am trying to market and sell the services i provide.

But subdomain. My site does not have much value yet as its been only 3 months .

Ok questions so if my sub domain over the long run builds MORE value then my site. Does my site benefit from my robust subdomain . ?

Hello Happy Mozers

Ok i have a small technical question.

I am building an online university of video, tasks and tutorials where people can join and take a self paced courses or do a coach course with me.

I already have my own Internet Marketing Website and this is something i am building and doing on the side but it is part of my marketing services.

I would love to pick your brain on how i should proceed to handle .

All the content is going to be behind a pay-wall and my direct question is this.

Do i build a new website with a unique url for the university i am building

or do i attach it to my current marketing site and put it in a subdirectory.

ie: Learn.mysite.com

From an Seo and marketing standpoint,  the Tutorial site is most probably going to get more steam and more links coming in then my internet marketing site.

How do i leverage this?

Any experience out there !

Every month they add new videos to the curriculum . The content is def fresh . And you learn methodology from the experts

Actually guys they have some amazing instructors.

Brad Geddes ( he runs certified knowledge.org ) ( Approved by Google Adwords Seminars for teaching )

Avinash Kaushik ( from the lips of Google )

Todd Malicoat ( awesome SEO instructor and i studied under him )

and so much more you can check out on their site.

And by the way guys these are all proven professionals in our field and most of them authors of their own books. They were referred to me by some high-end seo individuals.

If you guys have more questions about the courses i will be more than happy to answer them for you guys please PM me.

Hey guys. I actually graduated from the Market Motive Courses.

They are excellent in coached courses and provide a wide range of topics to cover.

I took the SEO Masters Course and it was the best thing i can do.

So much too learn, its advanced and well worth it. !

If you guys need any more information please feel free to contact me via PM>

Btw quick questions i have tried to contact Search news before.

Who do i talk to in regards to writing a guest post or an article about Restaurant Marketing

Thank you for the article and help.

I saw the SH404SEF software and i didnt know how well it would perform.

But i want to learn the coding so i figured i asked since some sites might not be so simple.

Thank you Rebekah big help .

Figured it out after i posted it by reading the google help files.

LOL

Somtimes i jump the gun.

Thanks for all the info.

Hey guys i tried to to make a Preferred Domain choice in webmaster tools, but it is not allowing me to save my choice bec its asking me to verify that i own http://bizdetox.com

How do i go about doing that and what are the steps

I have already verified

www.bizdetox.com

Hey guys, It is my first attempt to actually code a site and do a 301 redirect for client of mine and i am seeking help on how to code the HTML code is suppose to look and what the process is .

Questions:

• Lets say i have an existing page. ( obviously i am guessing for the homepage i dont need a 301 ). ie:  www.testsite.com/category  and i need to move it to www.testsite/category2.  Do i need to keep both pages live on the site and redirect the traffic from old to new. ( and is this permanent and for how long do i need to keep the old page up )

• Two what does the coding for the 301 redirect look like ? Do you guys have a sample article explaining in detail what its suppose to look like and what i am suppose to write . ( sorry i am not a coder )

• I am using joomla is there a plug in for this? and i have heard everyone say use the HTACCESS file . ( how is this done and how does the coding look on this )

Thanks again for all your help. If i am missing anything else i should know it would be helpful.

Best Wishes

Hampig

I am sorry i am not understanding why you need a rel = in this matter if the sites are two different sites?

What is your end goal ?

Zora. Totally understand, but my input and what Majority of people do is redirect the traffic.

A server side htaccess 301 Redirect is your BEST choice here.

Why dont you want o use a 301 and prefer a Rel, curious on what your take is on this.

and Thanks for the rel update info i didnt know

Zora hope you are doing well.

I came across this video about a few weeks ago. I think this is suppose to be found under Webmaster tools although i have not used it, i think it might be the best solution to get googles attention to portions of the pages and what they are suppose to be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrEJds3QeTw

Ok but i am confused a bit. You have two different domains ?

or two version of the same domain?

Because from the sound of it you have two different domains and using rel = con wont work and you would have to do a 301 redirect. Even for my sites when i change the pages around i use 301 redirect for the same existing site.

watch?v=WrEJds3QeTw

With E-commerce sites it really matters on the product you are selling. As you explained and what i understood there is 6 different products you are selling or 1 product 6 different styles or prints.

So to begin a basic few questions.

1. Do you manufacture this product.

2. Do other people sell this product and at what costs ( your resellers or if your a reseller )

I have always found it helpful, that FREE SHIPPING is king. Most customer dont care about anything else sometimes and i have tones of stats and A/B testing to prove my case here .

What i have found helpful specially if someone is reselling the product is to stay at or under the MSRP & offer free shipping and then cover my ass different ways.

• Offer faster shipping server for above and beyond my cost. 2nd day air $15 Overnight $19

*  Offer gift wrapping and gift card services for a small charge $1 to $4 bucks

• Offer upselling by including another product for X amount more

I mean you can get creative.

and if you do free shipping make sure you ADVERTISE that with a HUGE BANNER. Remember most people take 8 seconds when they visit your page whether to stay or leave. Make sure your call to action and message are loud and clear with no other distractions around it.

I would highly recommend going through the checkout process of some of your competitors and see what they are doing. You can always copy them or reverse engineer the process. There is nothing wrong with that .

As for the pricing YES on the homepage since its 1 item if you have more than 10 items ( then no room ).

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Hampig M

BizDetox

Mark i am a firm believer in links that make sense, obviously the link is not coming from a NBA.com where it would be a non-related issued, but i feel as though you develop that software and that it is what you do and the links you are getting are actually based on a product you developed so i don't see the harm in that, Unless you are trying to manipulate the anchor text into providing miss-matched information.

But from the looks of it that does not seem to be the case. I would monitor the situation and after your next crawl see what difference it has been making.

How long have you been getting multiple links for and what anchor text are you using? I also would not want you guys to get flooded with links from them . After a certain point you should no follow that post.

Also take a look at some of your internal linking structure, you have a lot of blog post with images and NO ANCHOR TEXT for the image. You should definitely change that .

Bes Wishes

Hampig M

BizDetox

When did you acquire the link?

Some links dont show up for a while, i have experienced that myself, I guess it depends on when your last crawl was. For example Seomoz shows my backlink profile different then what my webmaster tools show.

So segway into the tool i would recommend to check is signing up for webmaster Tools.

My Best Suggestions

Hampig M

BizDetox

pbhatt.

Focus on their repore and what other people are saying. Asking for Hours is like being a big boss on top of them asking them if they punched in on the clock. If they can get the work done, it doesnt matter how many hours they worked. UNLESS, they are charging you by the hour which at that point your red flag makes sense.

But search the company on the net and see what other people are saying about them. You can easily get an answer. and be careful with people on Freelancer or Odesk, i have had some bad experiences, and stay away from people that are offering to link you o PR8, or such. Its all BS. ( speaking from experience here )

Best of luck.

Hampig M