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I have read that now you can have multiple h1 tags on a page without it negatively impacting SEO. Previously it was advised to only have 1 h1 tag on a page.

Example: with the new semantic mark up you could have separate h1 tags for the header, article, aside and footer.

Is this really the case?

Thank you for your thorough response.  After reading your response it really does make perfect sense.

What is your perspective on Local SEO and strategies to reach a prominent position.

Do google and bing factor in how many people visit your site per month to determine your serps rankings?

If so, does it matter if they visit your site by searching a keyword phrase or by typing in the name in the search bar?

My instinct  tells me that if the search engine sees 1000 hits per month for a site by keyword phrase and that is high for the industry then they might rank that site higher in the serps.

I was wondering if the same would be true if the site is designed and coded properly for a keyword phrase but receives the same 1000 hits per month from visitors typing in the sites name in the search field rather than the search phrase, would that then translate to higher rankings for the keyword phrase?

Thanks for your help.

Does time on site impact rankings?

If a person visits your site from the serps or directly visits it by typing in your name in the search field and then leaves within a minute, will that impact your serps?

What is the best way to increase time on site?

What impact does bounce rate have on a websites rankings?

What is an ideal bounce rate percentage to shoot for?

What is the best way to reduce bounce rate on a site?

With 2012 coming to an end and 2013 just around the corner. What direction should we be taking our SEO Efforts?

My Short List.

• Unique Content
• Ensure site is Trustworthy
• Combine SEO & Social Media for maximum exposure
• Blog Often

What am I missing? What will be the trend to watch in 2013? How will 2013 differ from 2012?

Seems like the seo jury has spoken and CSS it is. Thank you all for your help on this matter. Thumbs up to you all.

For a user / seo perspective, what is the best way to code a drop down menu nav bar? Is it best to use css, javascript or a scripting library like jquery?

I am thinking about overall best practice that will not have a negative impact on serps.

I am also thinking about what will work best on all types of devices i.e. desk tops, lap tops, smart phones and tablets.

What are the Pro's & Cons of Using CSS for Drop Down Menus.

What are the Pro's & cons of using Javascript for drop down menus.

And the same question for jquery.

Thank you all in advance for your ideas.

I'd rather have 10 links from the NY Times than 100 links from no name sites. That being said, if you could get the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, NY Daily News and the NY Post to link to your site, now that'll be valuable. Can you tell I'm from New York?

At the end of the day you want links from multiple trusted sites.

If I want to transfer my website from yahoo to another web host without having any down time how would I do that?

I have reached out to several  hosting companies and they stated that my site will be down for 24 to 48 hours if I transfer my site over to their service.

I am sure that this would impact my rankings for having the site down. They said it's because I will need to update the domain servers.

Is there any way to prevent downtime while transferring a site?

Thank you for your answer. I was also wondering what is your opinion on Rankings impact from changing Host providers?

I ask this because my current Web Host doesn't allow me to do a 301 redirect.

I have heard that changing providers can negatively impact search rankings because of the change of IP Address.

Note: my concern is duplicate content and split links to my site. From www and non-www version of home page along with the index.html version.

I like to prepare in advance for future Algo Changes. With that said it is probably best not to get into the habit of putting the same 3 links on the blog post.

1. Blog links aren't that valuable
2. Most are set to no follow anyways
3. If on same C-Block, will eventually be a red flag,  if not now then in the future.

It is best to stick to the White Hat techniques. I just think about it this way. If my business is my website and I finally start generating a nice income from it and I violate some rule that shuts me down, how will that impact my lifestyle?

Any recommendations on hosting providers? I am based out of the Bronx in New York.

I have links pointing to both versions but the majority being the www version. I am based out of New York and I was wondering if hosting with a New York Web host would benefit or not.

Is having a 301 redirect a must for rankings when it comes to the www and non-www version of a site?

I am on the bottom of page 1 for my main key phrases but I can't do a 301 redirect with my web host that I've been with for over a year.

I've been considering changing web host (currently with Yahoo) but I also have concerns about transferring the site and the impact it might have because of the changing ip address.

So my options are

1. Stay Put
2. Change Web host

Which would you recommend?

From an SEO perspective what are the advantages of VPS Hosting VS Shared Hosting for a local website that has less that 200 pages and gets max 2000 hits per month?

Is VPS Hosting worth the extra expense for a local Real Estate Website?

Thank you for your advice. I have heard from some companies that changing hosts changes the ip address and this can have an impact.

My key issue is that i need a 301 redirect because both the www and non-www version come up as two different sites.

I have told google and bing through the webmaster tools which I prefer and I've put in the canonical link tag in the head of my doc but I hear it still needs a 301 redirect.