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Howdy businessowner, If you're targeting low competition/long-tailed keywords, you shouldn't have a problem ranking. However, if you're trying to obtain the number 1 spot I'd recommend looking for several link opportunities that would be easy for you to obtain. Having even just a handful of links to a page can really boost it up. Good luck, I look forward to hearing what happens.

Here are the following things I have noticed while being on your blog for 10 seconds. -          Page Load time is high -          Topics are mostly used keeping the keywords in life. -          No promoting strategy implemented. -          No option for me to connect to author on social media -          Design is good but a little heavy in my opinion We at our end when work on blog management this is something we always consider -          Design should compliment brand’s online identity as well as appeal to user. User cannot wait much so the design should be light so that it can load fast as required by the reader. -          Topics you are choosing are keyword friendly but when building a conversation on the blog you should play with mix of keyword friendly topics and the topics that have the ability to create buzz and conversation on your blog. -          Lot of text, no infographics, you are missing mix media content on your blog. -          There are multiple authors, which is great but there is no way I can communicate with them and engage with your brand. Remember, now people like to engage with faces instead of logos. -          Writing a quality blog post is nothing unless you have a awesome marketing and promotion plan for it These are the few ideas that you should consider and you will see a measureable difference in your traffic.

Hi, You've worked really hard at putting together a business, a site and now a plan. When I read your list, I was left asking "Why?" What drove the decision to distribute one press release per month? Is it for a tangible reason? For example, so you release a brand new product every month? If so, then okay, there's a business reason for that frequency and that goal.  But if not, Why once a month? Is it because you think that's somehow going to get you attention in the search engines? My same question/challenge transfers to everything else in your plan, You mention Web 2.0 submission Web at Squdoo, Hubpage , Tumblr , Blogspot , WordPress. Why those? What made you choose those? Was it driven by data that tells you that your users are hanging out in those places? Or was it driven by what you think Google is going to reward in the SERPs. I'd personally revisit every item in the plan and determine whether or not there's data to support that decision, if not, move on and find some other way, some other place to promote that's directly relevant to your particular business. A linkbuilding plan shouldn't be arbitrary. It needs to be intentional. Just my humble opinion. The days of a formulaic/quantity driven approach to link building are long, long gone. Cheers, Dana

Ok, if I would be at your place, I will choose one of these solutions. -          301 the URL to appropriate live URLs so that when traffic lands, it go to relevant page or a custom 404 page that tell user the page is not available (and give links to other parts of the website). This is a good idea to retain visitor to the website even when the page is dead. -          If you really want to remove the URLs from Google, in webmaster tool there is a remove URL section, use that and it will remove from the index for 90 days and as the header status of those URL is already 404 they will not come back again. Ever! Hope this helps! 404 hurt rankings? In my personal experience, too many 404 on the page does!

Hi Chris, It really depends on the authority of your Web site, but usually a couple of days will cut it. Although it could be that these pages still won't be indexed at that point when Google finds the quality of these pages too low.

Duplicate content is duplicate content whether you cite the original author or not. I would immediately reconsider your blogger's approach. Depending on the citation they are using, they are actually creating backlinks from your site to the original source. That can help them, but, link juice doesn't work both ways. All of your content should be unique, expertly written, trustworthy and authoritative. You want to sound like an expert in your field, not duplicate someone else's expert opinions. Content is king, and duplicate content will definitely effect your SEO rankings.

Cut the rope and run! To build links you need high authority (mixed with some lower authority), highly relevant in context sites that suit your niche.  Imagine how many thousands of niches there out there, now imagine that company has such a complex portfolio of opportunities it can cater for anyone who buys a 'package'.  It's not going to happen!  That would be like the holy grail. You would be far better spending on time $200 for 1 single powerful link than spend $xxx + for the privilege of getting penalized. You'd be better off investing time in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLFlaWxgJA http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links http://moz.com/blog/category/link-building