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Maybe on extreme cases where you have little content and a very high code to content ratio and 100% duplicated code (not PHP but actual 'source code') from another site it might be taken into account?
I don't know, but then I guess the design would be the least of the problems!
If it helps, I can tell you from personal experience that I've used site structures that I've refined over time in different sites and I've seen very good results until now.
The link doesn't work for me either, but if as you say the markup is hard-coded (not real users voting), I did see it a while ago, the boost lasted around two weeks, then as Kevin points out it backfired (site got penalized) and they removed it, although it wasn't probably the only reason since they were implementing many other 'tricks' at the time.
Well, they may be other ways, but one seems to be to get the Journeyman status in the Q&A:
Level: Journeyman
mozPoints: 200-999
Benefits: "Nofollow" is removed from the first custom URL on profile
Unless you have relevant information for your users on the log in page (i.e. for your private use) then it's probably a good idea not to index it!
Yes, among other elements, the location of your IP does impact the SERPs if you're using a gTLD (.com, .net, .org, etc.) for your website, but you can also set your domain geolocation using Google's Webmaster Tools.
Read on:
Working with multi-regional websites (Point #3 - Geotargeting factors)
Yes, you can't actually vote for the product, they just include hReview-aggregate which is intended to show an average of user votes, but since there's no implementation of a voting system it seems they're just filling out the blanks by themselves..very similar to what I saw in this other site I was telling you about.
Hey,
There's a great Whiteboard Friday which I think covers those questions and more:
Check it out!
You should be able to set different titles and descriptions as they are different pages, or are you generating the English page with some kind of automatic translation or plugin?
Try to set the titles directly from WordPress instead of the ALL in one SEO plugin and see if that works.
Concerning the ?attachment_id= page, it shows an empty page with the blog title.
This is generated by WP when you link an attachment (an image for example), one solution would be to make sure none of your attachments are linking to it's attachment page or just not linking at all. Another could be to upload an empty file named 'attachment.php' to your WP root directory with a noindex tag and/or redirect it to your home page.
Here's another solution you could try: http://www.lancelhoff.com/wordpress-disable-image-attachment-page-links/
See if it works.
If you exchange links with quality sites, relevant to your niche and in a useful manner from the user point of view, you should be on the safe side and could probably benefit from it.
Check out this video for more info: Whiteboard Friday - Sitewide, Reciprocal, and Directory Links
Check out Google's Global Market Finder, it could give out a few useful clues.
WordPress creates internal redirects sometimes (if your server configuration allows it), for example if you change your permalink structure or a post URL (slug), the old address will redirect to the new one. Maybe that is what you are seeing?
You can check all your internal WP rewrite rules with this tool: http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/rewriterule-viewer-plugin.html
Well, I'm not sure since I'm not familiar with that plugin, try it's documentation or just googling it.
A quick search shows relevant results, even a thread by the plugin's author referring to the issue with the title and the other plugin you are using, but I guess it would be a lot better to create an actual page, at least for your index.
Hi Gina, If it isn't clear enough in the comments, check the first video I posted and the sixth point in this one:
Cheers!
Using ccTLDs is the heaviest factor you could use to geotarget your websites and
in that case you shouldn't need to use local IP addresses for geotargeting, although if you have the budget, it could give you an extra boost along helping you with other factors such as latency.
You won't be able to use Google's webmaster tools geographic target since this feature is only for gTLDs, ccTLDs are targeted to it's country by default.
Some resources that could prove useful:
Working with multi-regional websites
International SEO: Where to Host and How to Target - Whiteboard Friday
Yes, they could affect your rankings, probably more so if you're getting errors and warnings from them, and even if you don't want to index them, depending on which kind of errors you're getting, it'd be probably a good idea to fix them up, as they will still be part of your site.
Now, if you use robots.txt those pages could get indexed anyway (i.e. someone else links to them), and could also stall ranking factors, read more here.
About the links, you'd probably be better off using 'noindex' instead of 'nofollow', to make sure pages aren't indexed and don't drain your juice, but I guess in this case the best choice would be to use a 'noindex, follow' meta tag within those pages, to make sure they aren't indexed and don't drain your site.
Although, if the content is sensitive (as you say, customer data) it'd be better to password protect it, that way you'd be blocking not only search engine bots but malicious robots, spyware, and uninvited users as well.
Maybe you just need to think a little outside of the box. For example, an article about scanning could be an useful resource for students, in a design blog, or even in a photography one, just think of all it's possible uses and stay creative!
Also googling the terms will get you a good place to start, check the SERP for 'Microfiche Scanning' for example, I'm staring at a few good linking opportunities right there.
Good luck!
Hello dear, we could discuss it over dinner if you'd like (insert seductive emoticon here).. 8-)
No really, what's the issue? Is there another Branagan?
Cheers!
If you want to avoid it you could do that but It'd really depend on each case since the use you're giving the tags and their usefulness for your users (even in the SERPs) it's what should give you the right answer.
Some resources that could help you make an informed decision:
Also, a search within the Q&A should provide useful information.
The 301 doesn't seem to be in place.
Since you say you've done it through cPanel:
-Have you checked there to see if the redirect is active there?
-Did you ask your hosting provider?
You can always do it manually through .htaccess or if you find that too complicated and since you are using WordPress, you can try one of their redirection plugins.
Basically, yes.
I'm not sure if you can use 301 redirects (best method) in Blogspot, if not you could set the new domain's URLs as canonical.
You could also use the "change of address" feature in Google's Webmaster Tools. although. again. I'm not sure if you can use it with Blogspot (not a big fan of the service as you can see 
When you finish, check, re check, and keep an eye for those 404s!