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I want to work on keyword research for one of our e-commerce website - http://www.grandcrayon.ca which provides office supply products in canada. I am targeting only canada and keyword research will be based on Canada Search results.

I would like to know how i will start targeting keywords in organic way for this website. I am using keyword planner tool and get results some how. But should i start keyword research by filtering with different categories or any other easy way that i can give me the keyword results for this site.

I want to know which are the main keywords or the list of keywords on which i should work.

Your valuable inputs will help me a lot!

Thanks

Hello All Webmasters,

I have questions on organic visits for my fresh website targeted in Australia. I am a webmaster of http://www.canvaschamp.com.au/ and we have launched this domain before 20 days around on the date 7th Aug 2014. I have set up display network ads campaign for quick visits and going to start Product Listing Campaign soon for our products to get transaction. I also set up my social media accounts but have not update anything with them yet.

But my biggest concern is to build organic links through various link building activities as per latest trend. I have couple of questions  which i mentioned below

My domain for AUS: http://www.canvaschamp.com.au/

How can i increase my organic visits? (Right now didn't get any organic visit)

Which Link building activities still works to get maximum organic visits and how can i improve my social media performance?

What are the steps to go forward to promote and increase my performance in Google ranking for this new website? (Any steps by step activity to go ahead?)

Should i keep my link building activities limited to .com.au websites or can i promote globally??

Looking forward to hear from all my expert webmaster friends to help me out and to improve my site's performance.

Thanks

We have 1 eCommerce website (www.bannerbuzz.com.au) for printing products like banners, signs, banner stands, teardrop flags and more...

We want to start affiliate marketing for our products with CPA model.

So, Do anyone have a good experience with Australian affiliate marketing platform.

We are having shareasale account for our USA based website, But Shareasale is not that much aggressive in Australia. So we want to finalize 1 platform for affiliate marketing which can have good strength of advertisers and reputation.

Thanks,

Thank you very much for answer. Rel Canonical will help me to remove cross domain. But, I would like to get index over 4 different regions.

Today, I was reading Google's official article on Multi Regional website and use of duplicate content. Right now, We are working on 4 different blogs for following regions. And, We're writing unique content for each blog. But, I am thinking to use one content / subject for all 4 region blogs.

USA: http://www.bannerbuzz.com/blog/

UK: http://www.bannerbuzz.co.uk/blog/

AUS: http://www.bannerbuzz.com.au/blog/

CA: http://www.bannerbuzz.ca/blog/

Let me give you very clear ideas on it. Recently, We have published one article on USA website.

http://www.bannerbuzz.com/blog/choosing-the-right-banner-for-your-advertisement/

And, We want to publish this article / blog on UK, AUS & CA blog without making any changes.

I have read following paragraph on Google's official guidelines and It's inspire me to make it happen.

Which is best solution for it?

Websites that provide content for different regions and in different languages sometimes create content that is the same or similar but available on different URLs. This is generally not a problem as long as the content is for different users in different countries. While we strongly recommend that you provide unique content for each different group of users, we understand that this may not always be possible. There is generally no need to "hide" the duplicates by disallowing crawling in a robots.txt file or by using a "noindex" robots meta tag. However, if you're providing the same content to the same users on different URLs (for instance, if both example.de/ and example.com/de/ show German language content for users in Germany), you should pick a preferred version and redirect (or use the rel=canonical link element) appropriately. In addition, you should follow the guidelines on rel-alternate-hreflang to make sure that the correct language or regional URL is served to searchers.

Hi Andy Drinkwater

Thanks a lot for your information, but sometime i can see my main keyword (vinyl banners) for 2 links like home page (http://www.bannerbuzz.com) and Vinyl Banners Category page (http://www.bannerbuzz.com/full-color-vinyl-banners.html) even i can see my review site (http://reviews.bannerbuzz.com) as vinyl banners in Google SERP.

So according to you what is the best practice for resolve this problem. If you have some other suggestion for improvement my website, then please let me know...

Thanks
Banner Buzz

Hello All,

I am a webmaster of http://www.bannerbuzz.com and I have some problem in keyword cannibalization in my store, i have lots of categories related to banners, and in Banner section my my keyword is vinyl banners and my all categories urls structure connected with vinyl banners, I am definitely sure that keyword cannibalization issue in my website and i want to resolve it as soon as possible, so can anyone please help me how can i resolve this issue with effective way or without affected my keyword ranking?

My Keywords

Vinyl Banners      : http://www.bannerbuzz.com/full-color-vinyl-banners.html
Custom Banners  : http://www.bannerbuzz.com/custom-vinyl-banners.html
Outdoor Banners   : http://www.bannerbuzz.com/outdoor-vinyl-banners.html

My 1 keyword vinyl banners is affected, so can anyone please look at these pages and let me know how can i resolve keyword cannibalization from my website.?

Thanks
BannerBuzz.com

Hi,

I have read couple of good blog post on Negative SEO and come to know about few solution which may help me to save my website during Negative SEO. Here, I want to share my experience and live data regarding Negative SEO.

Someone is creating bad inbound links to my website. I come to know about it via Google webmaster tools.

Honestly, I have implemented certain solutions like Google disavow tool, contact to certain websites and many more.

But, I can see negative impact on organic visits. Organic visits are going down since last two months.

And, I am thinking, These bad inbound links are biggest reasons behind it.

You can visit following URLs to know more about it. Can anyone share your experience to save website from negative SEO? How can I save any website from Negative SEO (~Bad Inbound Links)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxyEDFdgDN-iR0xMd2FHeVlzYVU/edit

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxyEDFdgDN-iMEtneXU1YmhWX2s/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxyEDFdgDN-iSzNXdEJRdVJJVGM/edit?usp=sharing

Hello Tommy,

I am 100% agree to use hreflang to remove duplication issue. But, We're planning to go with TLD. And, We're getting issue to use similar images, content and meta on different region website.

Hello Andy,

I am 100% agree with you regarding Keyword Duplication (Keywords Cannibalization) issues on my website. I have read one fabulous blog post on this subject on MOZ to get more idea on it.

http://moz.com/blog/how-to-solve-keyword-cannibalization

Honestly, I am aware about it. But, I was quite confuse to fix this issue on website. Here, I want to give couple of example to give more ideas or get more ideas from you!

Home Page: We're trying to get rank with Canvas Prints keyword on Google. I have added respective page title, meta description and meta keywords for this page.

http://www.canvaschamp.com/

Cheap Canvas Prints, Custom Inexpensive Canvas Photo Printing Online

Get cheap canvas printing online at only $10.00. Customize or explore huge image gallery to get your inexpensive canvas photo prints done today from Canvas Champ with, 100% quality and free shipping.

cheap canvas prints, inexpensive canvas prints, cheap custom canvas prints, cheapest canvas prints, cheap photo canvas prints, cheap canvas printing, canvas prints online, custom canvas prints cheap, canvas prints cheap online, cheap canvas pictures

Now, We have too many good authority pages on website where I can see Canvas Prints keyword in title tag and meta description.

http://www.canvaschamp.com/canvas-prints

Photo Gallery for Canvas Prints, Canvas Photo Gallery | CanvasChamp

Photo Gallery, Get Idea for your Canvas Printing from Photo Gallery, Huge collection of Photos for canvas prints, Choose Stunning Photos from Photo gallery on CanvasChamp

Photo Gallery, Gallery, Photo, canvas photo Gallery, Canvas Gallery

We have 3000+ photo gallery page which is containing Canvas Prints and Canvas Art keyword in title tag and meta description.

http://www.canvaschamp.com/mary-of-magdala

Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints, Canvas Arts from CanvasChamp.com

Find Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints & Mary of Magdala Canvas Art @ CanvasChamp.com, Upload or Choose Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints from thousands of designs, Free Shipping & 100% Quality

Mary of Magdala canvas prints,Mary of Magdala canvas arts,Mary of Magdala canvas printing

Honestly, I want to cut down Canvas Prints keyword from all title tag exclude home page and Custom Canvas Prints page.

And, It may give me good hike in Google organic search. What you think about it?

Hello Andy,

I am 100% agree with you! And, Thank you very much for detail answer.

If we are talking about permission. So, We're using each and every images with 100% copyright permission.

What about title tag and meta description?

We're going to open similar page on Australia website...

http://www.canvaschamp.com/mona-lisa

And, We may use similar image, image name, description, title tag and meta description for that respective page...

What you suggest on it?

I have couple of questions regarding multi regional websites. Right now, We're working on http://www.canvaschamp.com/ and planning to design new website for Australia region.

I have read Google's official guidelines regarding duplicate content on following URL.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192?hl=en

Now, I have biggest question regarding images and videos. We're going to use all photo gallery images on Australia website.

http://www.canvaschamp.com/canvas-prints

We may use similar name, title tag, meta description for all images.

So, Will it work for us? I want to save my website from duplicate content penalty.

I am looking forward for any additional help which may help me to perform better on different region with similar images.

Hello,

My URL is: www.BannerBuzz.com and it has been penalized by google algorithm and my all ranking are getting down so i have found some links and disavowed them in google webmaster tool and now I want to submit a reconsideration request with google but I am not able to do the same.

When I Click on "Request reconsideration of your site." it takes me to Check any manual action against my website. After Checking the manual action it says "No manual web spam actions found." and After that No Option to Submit My Request!

Can we submit a request while not having any manual action against the site?

Thanks

Hello Miriam,

Yes, We're going to add our full address on home page via Footer and Contact us page.

By the way, Thank you very much for your detail answers and fix my issue. Now, I am going to mark this question as fixed. And, All credit goes to you!

Hi Miriam,

I am going to add this sentence on my Google places listing... Let's see what happen next!

I am really happy to read your back to back reply on my issue.

Hi Miriam,

I want to share one more thing with you! We have listed our business on different 49 local listing websites with same address. So, It may help me to give more consideration to Google! What you think about it?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhyEDFdgDN-idEE5ZHdjYVNscE05MkhId3h2b0Nna3c&usp=sharing

I am quite excited to compile task list for this... Can you please help me to make it happen?

Hello Miriam,

I want to give you answer on following comment.

So, if the physical point of transactions is in your customers homes and all other transactions are handled via e-commerce, then your Google+ Local page is not in compliance with Google's guidelines. The face-to-face component of your business appears to be as an SAB (service area business) meaning that you are required to indicate this in the dashboard of your Google+ Local page, in which case, your address will be hidden.

We are handling customers at our location. If any customer walk in to our location so We're able to take order over there and fulfill all requirements.

So, Does it really matter to hide our address from Google plus dashboard?

Hi Miriam,

I want to give you answer on your each question.

1. Does your business have in-person transactions with its customers, or is business handled virtually via e-commerce?

A: Yes, our business have in-person transactions with its customers and we have online Ecommerce store. You can find out attachment to know more about it.

2. If your business does have transactions face-to-face with customers, do these happen at the company's location (like a showroom in Toledo) or at the clients' locations (perhaps with staff installing cabinets in customers' homes)?

A: Our business does have face-to-face transactions when we go to install cabinets in customers' homes.

If you require further information so please let me know!

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Hello Chris,

Thank you very much for sharing two great sources about local search ranking factors! I have read it and found very interesting information over there. I can see answer from Miriam at below who has published great blog... I'm quite excited!!

Hello ImWaqas,

Honestly, I am aware about it and able to see Kitchen Cabinets keywords in Google places dashboard. You can find out attachment to know more about it.

I have biggest concern with good amount of impressions and clicks. I have checked search volume for Kitchen Cabinets specific for Ohio. It shows me 5400 search volume with that specific location.

So, I am quite excited to gather maximum impressions and clicks on my Google places listing.

By the way, Thank you very much for your answer!

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