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If a link to my site is posted on another site and many people start following that link and they stay on my site for a while, and I also have GA set up, does Google factor that information back into the Google rankings? In other words, are there ways that Google tries to use clicks and bounce rates and other user behavior to determine page rank and domain rank?
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Christopher
Can you please explain what it means to "be careful about your anchor text." Regarding anchor text, what is the difference between good and bad anchor text?
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Christopher
Thanks for the info and the link to the testing tool.
To be fair, I should add that Volusion has added rich snippets for reviews, and that's certainly a step in the right direction. However, companies rolling out a new shop typically have products and no reviews, so the product snippets could be used from day one if they were implemented.
I did come up with a hack to add a schema.org description to each of my products. I'll continue to look for a hack that allows me to put meta data around all product features like price and availability, but product description will have to do for now.
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Christopher
Last year I rolled my own online shop and I included schema.org microdata for all the products. My Google ranking continued to improve during that period, but I was doing a number of improvements, so I can't say how much was due to the microdata.
My store continues to grow so I moved to an eCommerce solution. I opted to go with Volusion. Much to my surprise, about the only SEO feature they have implemented is SEO friendly URLs. They have not implemented microdata, which is pretty surprising given that all their sites are geared towards products. I would think it would be very easy for them to span the product name, description, price, etc, with a product schema.
I called CoreCommerce, a Volusion competitor, and they have not implemented microdata either.
Why are these large eCommerce providers ignoring microdata?
Are there eCommerce solutions that have implemented microdata?
Do large online retailers like Amazon and Buy use microdata?
Is there any data that shows the SEO benefits of implementing microdata for an online store?
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Christopher
Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I have access to edit the .htaccess file.
I'll try using the [L] tag for the virtual domains.
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Christopher
My web host account allows me to have multiple domain names. Internally, the first domain is the main domain, and the additional domains are virtual domains, but externally, the intent is for each domain to appear as a unique domain. When accessing a virtual domain, the server first processes the main .htaccess file, and then processes the .htaccess file for that virtual domain. I'm sure this is a common setup, and this is not unique to my web host.
Due the main .htaccess file, references to virtual.com are rewritten as main.com/virtual. The web pages are displayed correctly, but of course, this rewrite is not what is desired. What is the common solution? For example, is there a conditional rewrite rule that says ignore the rest of the rewrite rules in this .htacces file?
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Christopher
My site has modest traffic (50 unique visitors per day). In the past week, I've seen two unexplained spikes in my Google Analytics. Yesterday, there were 140 unique visitors, and these unique visitors each visited one unique page. This appears to be a bot of some sort. If this is a bot, why does Google Analytics think these are unique visitors? Is there a was for small sites to deal with this?
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Christopher
What do you mean, "place your URL in the video window"? Are you referring to the area for Google Ads in the lower third of the video? Or something else? Can you link to an example?
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Christopher
Thanks for the quick response. The no-follow and ALT text is in the HTML code. I was referring to the information contained in the JPEG file itself. I put copyright, URL, and other information in the JPEG meta data. When others use my images, they may strip this data. Is there any evidence that leaving this information, and in particular, the URL that points to my site, will enhance my SEO?
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Christopher
I distribute a product in the US and I do my own product shoots. Some distributors in other countries use my images. I don't mind them using my images, but I would like for them to include all the IPTC data such as copyright and my URL. Is there any SEO benefit to me if these images on other sites include my URL, etc.
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Christopher
Many .edu colleges and universities provide students and alum a free hosting service. Here's an example:
http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/homepage.shtml
According to SEOmoz bar, the PA=53 and DA=94. What is the banklink value from a page like this? Surely this is not the same as a backlink from www.wisc.edu, is it?
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Christopher
Hmm, this is strange. Yesterday I looked a large number of older press releases and all had a PA=1. Today the PA of random older pages are much higher. Perhaps I was doing it wrong, or perhaps there was a glitch in the mozbar.
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Christopher
I don't think it has anything to do with age of the page. The vast majority of news releases have a PA=1. I just picked a random example which happened to be recent. Go back in the archives and you will find that most of the older pages also have PA=1. The unique difference I posted was the HP White. That page has a significantly higher PA.
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Christopher
Here is an example of PA=49 (2 links from 2 root domains)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8923419.htm
Here is a more typical example of PA=1 (0 links from 0 root domains)
I've been reviewing the PA and DA of news releases on PRWeb.com. While PRWeb has a very high DA=96, the vast majority of news releases have a PA=1, even those that are several months or several years old.
1. What is the affect of a follow back link with PA=1 and DA=96?
2. Although the vast majority of news releases have a PA=1, there are a few with a PA=40 plus. Further analysis revealed that these pages had one or two back links from other root domains. So, it appears that it is possible to boost the PA of your news release by linking to it from another root domain. Would it be advisable to link to your own news release from other root domains so as to boost the PA, and thus have back links to your site with a good PA and excellent DA?
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Christopher
Thanks, I'll start a new thread.
Why do all the news releases on PRweb.com have a PA=1? It makes sense that the news releases start at PA=1, but news releases from 2009 are still at PA=1. Is it because the vast majority of news releases have one internal back link? What is the affect of a follow link from a page with PA=1 and DA=96? Also, is it possible to increase the PA of your own press release on PRweb.com by adding your own external back links to the press release, thus having a decent PA and a very high DA?
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Christopher
If a two word domain is already taken (e.g. onetwo.com), which of the following is a better alternative?
1. one-two.com
2. onetwo.org
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Christopher
It is my understanding, bases on other responses to this forum, that using nofollow does not improve the link juice passed to the follow links, but that the link juice that would have been passed to the nofollow link is lost.
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Christopher