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Hi Thomas,

I'm so sorry you are having these issues. I can imagine how frustrating this is for you. Thanks for letting us know about all of this, and for documenting all this weirdness in one place.

We are not aware of similar issues with other accounts, and do hope anyone else reading this thread will speak up if they are experiencing similar issues.

We are trying to sort out what is going on with your account. In the meantime, please do respond to this thread with any changes (such as the staff banner reappearing on your community account profile). Thanks so much for your patience!

Christy

Hi David,

Good question! When you are logged into Moz.com, if you click on your user avatar in the top, righthand part of the main site nav, you will see a link to your private messages. (I've called it out with a hot pink box in the attached screenshot.)

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Hi David,

Thanks for trying to help dubraverd get a good answer to his question, that is, the qualifications he should look for in a freelancer. Would you mind sharing your PM here so that others who have this same question benefit?

Thanks!

Christy

Aww, we all knew what you meant by SERPS. It makes them sound like something very important, and well, they are. ;)In the short-term, sure, the DA of your existing site has the potential to give any pages you add to it a little boost in terms of authority, provided that the pages are easy to find (i.e., they are crawlable, not too deep in your site architecture, are linked to from important pages on the site, etc.).

Now, back to your question. In the short-term, sure, the DA of your existing site has the potential to give any pages you add to it a little boost in terms of authority, provided that the pages are easy to find (i.e., they are crawlable, not too deep in your site architecture, are linked to from important pages on the site, etc.).

BUT in the long-term, I can't really say if taking this route has the potential to harm your whole site -- as we still need more information about how you are structuring your business(es) for these two categories of cleaning services, if the new one will have its own branding or not, and how the markets for each one compare beyond both being consumer markets (including service areas -- are those different, overlapping, or the same)?

In the meantime, I'm going to grab one of my colleagues who specializes in Local SEO to see if she can you can give you any insight into how the path you go down may affect your performance in local search results.

Hi Alex, welcome to the Q&A forum --  and thanks for your kind words about our tools and blog. We're very glad they're helping you successfully rank your existing business website in the SERPs.

You refer to your mobile car detailing business as a new business. I am curious, are you actually setting it up as a business distinct from your air duct cleaning business, and will it have its own branding? And how do the markets for each one compare? (I'm guessing they are very different, with one B2B and the other B2C but I don't know what I don't know.)

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Happy to help, Nicolas!

Hi Nicolas,

The short answer is that we keep the first link nofollowed (instead of removing it and updating the CSS) because we need to use our development resources on higher priority projects that have greater benefit for our community at this time (and do not believe that the value of the second link is negated by virtue of the first one).

The study that you cited was conducted in 2009, right? While I tend to agree with Oleg's opinion of this particular study (and offer the same disclaimer as well as challenge), Matt Cutts, former head of webspam for Google, released this video a couple of years ago confirming that this is how anchor text used to work. As Cutts says, though the algorithm has changed a lot since then -- and has changed even more since 2014. (By the way, Moz's studies conducted around the same time that Cutts references in the video (2007-2009) confirm what Cutts says about how anchor text used to work.)

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for your question! The first "link" goes to an "invisible" icon, which was the easiest way back in the day this code was written, err... updated to keep our code from breaking without having to mess with the CSS when adding custom URLs to this section of the user profile. If you look at the rest of the code for this section, you will see that each social profile is linked to both an icon and the profile name in the same manner, except that the social icons are not just placeholders. (That is, they are real and visible icons.) In each case, the icon link is always no-follow, and the text link is the real link, regardless of whether it is followed or no-followed.

Why link to icons at all? Well, some folks click on icons for profile links instead of the anchor text in social profiles, so it's set up that way for usability.

When a community member earns 200 MozPoints, the no-follow attribute on the link to their first custom URL is removed (that is, the real link), while the no-follow attribute to the "invisible" icon remains in place, as it is only a placeholder.

I hope that helps answer your question. Let me know!

Christy

Great video, Matt! I hope there will be more to come.

Hi there! What browser are you using? For the time being, MozBar only works in the current version of Chrome, as explained in this forum post: <a>https://moz.com/community/q/mozbar-login-change-update-firefox-temporarily-disabled. </a>

Hi Colin,

I'm closing this thread to new comments as is quite old, and the community can continue providing feedback on your app in the new thread you've started at https://moz.com/community/q/feedback-on-our-unofficial-moz-mobile-app. Thanks for your understanding!

Christy

Hi Benu! What are you testing, exactly? Let me know if I can help.

Hi there, welcome to the Q&A forum!

We get a lot of questions about keyword density here in Q&A As a rule of thumb, I recommend using your primary keyword phrase a minimum of six times on a page -- once each in the title, page description, H1, and alt-image tags, as well as the first paragraph of body copy and URL. Other than that, use the keyword phrase whenever it naturally makes sense to do so. Writing for your audience first and foremost will result in the most natural, effective copy.

This blog post is an excellent primer on keyword targeting: A Visual Guide to Keyword Targeting. And if you search the forum for "keyword density," you'll find many discussions on this topic that look at the topic from various angles, including keyword stuffing.

I hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Thi - Is this issue resolved, or are you still getting the same notification?

Hi Cosi, welcome to the Q&A forum! As your question about Google Search Console is, as you admit, not directly related to the topic of this discussion thread, please consider posting it as in a new thread at https://moz.com/community/q/ask. (This will not only help the discussion in this thread on-topic, but will significantly increase your chances of receiving helpful responses to your question.)

Thanks so much for your understanding!

Christy

PS - I will keep an eye out for your new discussion thread.

Hi there, and welcome to the forum! Are you actually going to operate the location at 2731 Interstate St. using the new name -- or are you asking if it is a good idea to list what is essential the same business with this new name and address in order to get an addition map listing with Google My Business?

Keep in mind that your Google My Business listing(s) should mirror your business' real-world name, the one you are known to customers both online and offline (including storefront signage, your website, and all printed materials).

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

In his (intentionally very short) post on Tuesday, Rand makes the case that long-form content isn't necessarily great content:

"Rather than applying a tactic like long-form content universally or setting length as the bar (or even a metric) for greatness, we instead match our content to our audience's needs and our business/personal goals. 700 more words will not help you reach your goals any more than 7 more words. Create content that helps people. Do it efficiently. Never write an ultimate guide where a single image could more powerfully convey the same value. Trust me; your audience and your bottom line will thank you."

I think this is something we all struggle with as online marketers, in one way or another.  As someone who casually consumes online content on a regular basis, this also resonates with me on a personal level.

I'm curious, what are your hesitations with focusing on shorter-form content that packs a wallop, and what excites you about it? Can you think of any examples of content you've come across that you consider 10x short-form content?