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Hi there, Moosa, Thomas, and Cyto have all made some valid points about this tool. Personally, I would not be comfortable sharing that much data with Fruition and agreeing to abide by their T&C in order to use a tool with a potentially misleading name  As both Thomas Fruition' site say (if you read closely), not every dip in traffic from Google is the result of a penalty, and being impacted negatively as the result of an update is not synonymous with being penalized.

So the tool is a "penalty checker," which can discover "penalties," the site says ... but if you read closely, what it is really checking for are what "feels" like penalties. Not exactly transparent, eh?

Hi Sean - Thanks for your question, and for being a valuable member of the Moz Community!

We did indeed stop accepting submissions to YouMoz several months ago. Dr. Pete wrote a blog post that explains why this and some other very difficult decisions that affected the Moz Community were made in the latter half of 2016.  You can read about YouMoz being fazed out, specifically, here.

Yes, and I think the way that Web 2.0 sites (as defined by the way you are using the term, Jubaer), including those hosted on Wordpress.com and Tumblr, is a great example of why search engines treat subdomains as distinct domains.

Practically anyone can set up a site on Wordpress.com like abc.wordpress.com with minimal effort. That is, after all, the primary service Wordpress.com offers, after all. The sites that exist as subdomains of Wordpress.com have very little in common with each other, other than being hosted on Wordpress.com.

Wordpress.com has a DA of 96. There are some truly fantastic sites hosted as subdomains of Wordpress.com, and there are also a lot of really crappy ones, too. If search engines treated the value of a link from crappysite.wordpress.com as authoritatively as the value of a link from fantasticsite.wordpress.com simply because both are hosted on wordpress.com (which does, as you say, have a DA of 96), would that be best for users? Nope, it would not. Someone could have made crappysite.wordpress.com for the sole purpose of "earning" a link to their own (self-hosted) site, or created it with good intentions, but never put in the work needed to become a valuable site for its intended audience like fantasticsite.wordpress.com did.

And, let's not forget about the importance of relevance. The topics of sites on Wordpress.com  are all over the place. Therefore, it makes sense to treat each one separately, right?

Hi Tanveer,

Thanks for reaching out to the community with your question! You've already been asked some important questions, and I have one of my own: What is the purpose of each site? That is, what kinds of products/services are these eCommerce sites selling?

Please fill us in with some details on these sites so we can help. Thanks!

Christy

Hi Danny, thanks for your question! Google pulls the author information you see in search results from individual Google+ profiles (not brand or local business pages). So yes, each one of your partners will need to establish Authorship by setting up and actively maintaining an individual Google+ profile. (See https://plus.google.com/authorship for details.) Does that answer your question?

I am also going to have a Local search specialist look at this question as well, and see if they can offer any tips for making it easier to manage the individual and Local pages in tandem. Best of luck!

Christy

Hi there. While you can add redirects by directly modifying the .htaccess file, there are a number of Wordpress plugins that can do this for you (and minimize the chance of breaking your site). You can also configure many of these plugins to automatically set up redirects for you, monitor 404s, etc. I recommend checking out the plugin Redirection (and testing it on a staged copy of your site first if at all possible.)

Hi Robert, this is a fantastic question! I have a hunch that if you post it on a weekday with a more specific title, it will get more Mozzy love.

Ryan's advice is solid. I'd also keep a close eye on the page level metrics for these landing pages. If the copy is horrible, I'm guessing that most of your KPIs aren't great either. (My point being that high keyword traffics are great when they bring in qualified traffic that leads to conversions, but are no good to you if the traffic doesn't convert.) Best of luck!

Christy

The title tags are actually at risk of being truncated (or, in some cases, replaced) when they are too wide now. So a title of around 100 character can in theory show up in the SERPs without being cut off if it uses primarily thin letters. The ideal pixel width, however, is still somewhat of a mystery -- somewhere around 500px.

Hi there, are you asking why does this particular Yelp page shows rating review stars in the organic search results -- and how you can get your rating review stars to show for your Yelp page for these same queries, too -- or something else? In addition to clarifying your question, it would be great if you could share a few screenshots and/or URLs that show us how your Yelp page (and/or website) is performing for these same queries, compared with E Appliance Repair. Thanks!

Christy

Robert,

I totally did not pick up on your movie reference, doh! Good one. Nevertheless, I stand by my recommendation.

I am sorry you get yelled at for visiting Moz when you're on the clock. Boo! Wait... what? The President/Founder of drumBeat gets yelled at for visiting Moz??

Hi Fergus, thanks for your question! Yes, you can do this. It's fairly straightforward if you know what to look for -- no hacks needed. :). Here's how:

1. In MA, select the profile you want to create a custom report for.

2. Click on Custom Reports, and then Create a Custom Report.

3. Name your report and add a description, then click on Add Modules.

4. In the LH nav, select Keyword Rankings, then scroll down the page and select the Performance tab.

5. Filter your data by Keyword Label. You should now see keyword performance data for the keywords attached to the label you selected. All good? Great, now click on the blue plus sign in the view for this module to add it to your custom report (with the filtered view). The blue plus sign will turn green to confirm the module has been added.

6. If you would like to add another view for this module, you can do so before leaving the same screen. Just select the view you want (and filter if desired), then press the (now) green button again. Repeat as desired.

7. Continue configuring your report as directed by MA. (Move on from Add Modules to Design Report, then Preview and Download, and, finally, Schedule Report.

Hope that helps! Please let me know when you are able to set the report up, or if you need any clarification. Cheers!

Christy

Rel=publisher is for brands, rel=author is for individuals. Google pulls author information from individual Google+ profiles. WMT content guidelines state that each profile should have a clear, recognizable headshot of the author. Hope that helps.

Hi David,

Actually, this forum was built from scratch, in-house.

We are really glad you enjoy using it! I'd love to know what you features you must appreciate, which ones you could do without, and what you'd like to see added to make using the forum a much better experience for everyone.

Also, I am curious what forum platform solutions you've already looked into for your own forum, and how they compare. Would you mind sharing? (No pressure, of course.)

Great question, thanks!

Christy

Hi DJ123,

Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, we are experiencing intermittent issues with our tools as a result of ongoing DDoS attacks. I am so, so sorry for the frustration and inconvenience this is causing you.

Rest assured, our engineers are working as hard as possible to resolve the attacks and resulting instability of our tools. For ongoing status updates on the situation, please visit Moz Health. For details on the DDoS attacks on Moz, please check out this article from the NYTimes: Tally of Cyber Extortion on Tech Companies Grows.

We are grateful for your patience, DJ123.

Kind Wishes,
Christy

Hi Chad,

Here's a great thread from Q&A that offers a few different options for addressing your Hatom feed errors: Wordpress Hatom Problem. To be honest, though, I currently need to address the same issue on one of my own sites, and Authorship rich snippets are showing for all of this site's blog posts in the SERPs.

While I wouldn't ignore the Hatom feed errors altogether, I would change your Google+ profile image to a likeness of yourself right off the bat. Authorship is meant for people, and is why it requires reciprocal linking between an author's article/post and their personal Google+ profile. The Google+ profile you are currently linking to is showing a branded image (vs. your smiling face). I've seen Authorship suddenly start showing for people who updated their avatars from a side profile shot to a full-facing one, from an image with dark glasses to a one without, from one with a busy background to one with a background that makes their portrait pop, from a group shot to individual portrait, etc. And while I have occasionally seen logos show as Authorship snippets, this is the rule, not the exception.

The next thing I would do is enable bylines on your blog posts and articles where this makes sense. Then I'd work on regularly publishing useful, high-quality content for your audience on your website/blog -- and build up your personal Google+ profile. Those are good starting points!

Finally, you should also know that Google has never guaranteed showing rich snippets for Authorship in the SERPs, and recently reduced their presence in the SERPs by 15% about a week ago. You can read more about this in this blog post for Virante by Google Authorship expert Mark Traphagen. Work on becoming known as a quality author who posts on quality websites, though, and this shouldn't be a problem. (Easier said than done, I know. But you can do it!)

I hope this helps. Please let me know how things go, and if you need clarification. Cheers!

Christy

If you didn't register for the webinar, you can find the recording here, along with all of our recent tool-specific webinars. I hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your suggestion! Would you mind submitting a new feature request at https://seomoz.zendesk.com/forums/293194-Moz-Feature-Requests? You can also vote on other feature requests, track their status, and review feedback from the Product Team at that URL.

Thanks,
Christy

Hi Chad,

I'm glad your question was answered! Would you kindly mark the most helpful responses you received in this thread as "good answers"?

To answer your last question, bylines contain the name of the author of a story, and sometimes the date published and category. For example, in this post on The Moz Blog, Are You Setting up Wordpress for SEO Success, the byline is "May 7th, 2012 - Posted by Dan Shure to On-Page / Site Optimization".

Bylines are most appropriate for blog posts, news article, editorials, and feature stories. Bylines should not go on press releases, product/service pages, nor sales pages. I peeked at your site, and didn't see any content piece that looked like it should have a byline. If you add a blog to your site with Wordpress, bylines will be enabled by default. Hope this helps, and best of luck!

Christy

Thanks for the additional feedback, Kevin Budzynski! Our engineers are looking into this issue and we'll update this thread with any updates we have. Thanks so much for your patience!

Kind wishes,

Christy