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I think Google is right to do this but for many businesses the cost to convert sites and possibly redesigns will mean it will take years for people to catch up. I just hope that Google don't start penalising sites straight away.

Shutterstock and bigstockphoto are two cheaper ones

If you've got a genuine blog mentioning your website is it wise to accept a trackback to the site.  The site is wordpress?

Hi

Our website Domain Authority isn't as high and was wondering why it's not increasing.  Compared to 1 or 2 competitors we're not scoring as high as them.  Are rankings are good for all chosen keywords.

Just trying to get a better handle where our site is falling short on.

Matt what an excellent response... I am going to look at the links you've provided as well.

Yes it definitely answered my question I am going to get Google +1 onto my page ASAP as that is an easy step.

I need to look at the copy to make sure users stay on the page, I am pretty sure the page is all white hat but may be in my early days I used board line methods which could be impacting it.

I have some good results for my clients and I can get them to do me a nice little testimonial on the good work I have done on possible Google places, Qype and some others which rank well.

Thanks again... (I am actually very excited today after reading this response)

Yes it seems that sites which are keyword stuffed and purely optimised or not been updated in a year seem to have increased in the ranks where sites which where strong dropped big time... Think this updates gone a little wrong!!!

Thanks Chris

Seems there is an issue with the web host.

I personally think you can keep the PHP.  The only reason I can see changing to HTML site is if you don't have a CMS system running.  I would 301 redirect the old pages to the new.

yep I have noticed this as well I reported a link directory full of spam and its seems to have gone up 3 positions.  I am going to keep an eye on it.

I thought Matt Cutts said that Google recognises that tabbed content could be hidden and its not a factor to be hit with any penalty as long as its not stuffed with rubbish.  This is going off my memory and could be wrong ;o)