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Meta Robots.

Not that I'm aware of.

Even if it isn't penalized, I don't see it as a long-term strategy with the rankings focus on User Experience post-Panda.

And are you going to attract the right kind of people to your site with all caps?

I was caught up in the wording.

OSE lists the number of internal and external links for a website.

But you also have to factor in where they are linking to. Links to spam sites is not a site you want to be associated with.

I understand what you're saying. It can be a great deal of work getting a link from someone and you want to find an exact way of rating one over the other. But I think you have to factor in all of the other context factors.

I know from Rand and others' comments that a low PA/High DA link is favorable compared to a High PA/Low DA link.  And I believe the PA score is affected by the number of outgoing links (Not 100% sure). This would mean that DA is a larger factor than the number of outgoing links.

It would be convenient if links were absolute in value. E.g, four links are worth twice as much as two links. But they are not and there is a ton of value in analyzing where links are coming from and where your competition is getting links.

Open Site Explorer is a good option for this. So is Yahoo Site Explorer. Majestic is another option.

OSE is my preference. Each one will likely give you a different number of links. Some links are discounted for appearing spammy, some are considered duplicates, etc. While you may not always have an absolute number to rely on, there is value in analyzing what you and your competitors have and improving on that over time.

I believe you are talking about inbound links. Links to you.

"In the event that there are three sites on which you have been offered the opportunity of a link"

To answer your question: I don't believe so. It's not as simple as counting the number of links on a page. You also have to factor in link placement. Top of the page vs. bottom of the page. And while you want to hold the other factors constant, anchor text, relevancy, etc., they will never be constant. There are always variables involved.

You would be different, but making your titles in all caps appears spammy.

Do you click on emails that are in ALL CAPS?

The home page, from my perspective, has too much information. One section is diabetes. One is osteoporosis. Another is Vitamin D. And that isn't even half of the front page. This combined with the two-column drop-down navigational buttons is a lot to process.

The drop-down tabs and rollover images appear instantly making the website interface feel jumpy.

I'd focus on simplifying the front-page and having less internal links directly off the home page.

The first is talking about Meta Descriptions. The second is talking about Meta Keywords. Two completely different things.

Meta Descriptions are important. Meta Keywords are not.

Maybe it's because you have two home pages. Each one splitting your backlinks.

http://www.1step2heaven.co.uk/index.php

and

http://www.1step2heaven.co.uk/

Or some of those links might not be counted due to having bought links.

I wouldn't focus on your statistical discrepancies at this stage. Instead I'd focus on adding more quality links and adding strong content to your website.

You will see different statistics for each SEO tool. Some don't take into account linking domains that are spam, some do. Some don't count duplicate domains, some do. Etc.

The same thing happens with traffic statistics. GWT and Google Analytics rarely line up on site traffic numbers. It's more important to follow trends over time than the actual numbers.

In the following URL, "example.com" is the domain URL and the entire URL is the page's URL:

http://example.com/category/page/

Consider the page an extension of the domain.Your page statistics are going to be better than the domain statistics If you have a page that is performing better than the rest of the website.

http://www.tareeinternet.com/forum/knowledgebase/54-canonical-urls-301-redirects-important-search-engine-optimization.html

This post covers Apache redirects in-depth.

Read this if you don't want an entire overview:

"Part 4 - How can I add a trailing slash to requested URLs ?

Description of the problem:

Some search engines remove the trailing slash from urls that look like directories - e.g. Yahoo does it. However it could result into duplicated content problems when the same page content is accessible under different urls. Apache gives some more information in the Apache Server FAQ.

Let's have a look at an example: domain.com/google/ is indexed in Yahoo as domain.com/google - which would result in two urls with the same content.

Solution:

The solution is to create a .htaccess rewrite rule that adds the trailing slashes to these urls. Example - redirect all urls that do not have a trailing slash to urls with a trailing slash:

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !example.php
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1/ [L,R=301]

Explanation of the add trailing slash .htaccess rewrite rule:

The first line tells Apache that this is code for the rewrite engine of the mod_rewrite module of Apache. The 2nd line sets the current directory as page root. But the interesting part is:

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 

makes sure that existing files will not get a slash added. You shouldn't do the same with directories since this would exclude the rewrite behavior for existing directories. The line

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !example.php

excludes a sample url that should not be rewritten. This is just an example. If you do not have a file or url that should not be rewritten, remove this line. The condition:

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$ 

finally fires when a url does not contain a trailing slash. Now we need to redirect the urls without the trailing slash:

  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1/ [L,R=301] 

does the 301 redirect to the url, with the trailing slash appended. You should replace domain.com with your url."

https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/357?step=357

You have a trailing slash canonical issue. There are two version of every page on your site. The slash version and the non-slash version.

Find out which version has the most links going to it. Using Open Site Explorer is one way. And then 301 redirect all of the pages from the less popular version to the more popular version.

Directions for a 301 redirect can be found in the Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet:

http://static.seomoz.org/user_files/SEO_Web_Developer_Cheat_Sheet.pdf

She could offer fashion advice. How to look good and be comfortable at the same time.

Just look at UGG boots. They don't look any different than other boots. But they feel like slippers.

Leggings is another example of combining comfort and looks.

Tell your wife good luck.

SEO encompasses many things and it keeps changing.

It's easier to understand all of the articles on this site when you can visualize the process step-by-step. That's why I recommended Dover's book. He covers the information from a consultant perspective.

Watch all of the Whiteboard Fridays. You shouldn't need much background information to understand them. And most of them are only ten minutes a piece.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/category/33

Pay particular attention to Rand's Whiteboard Friday discussing the new Panda Update and what it means for SEO:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-googles-panda-update-changed-seo-best-practices-forever-whiteboard-friday

A negative effect would be from incoming links. You want the links going to the old page to route to the new page. I'd use a 301.

The old pages might still be indexed if you do your proposed switch. Currently your site has a robots.txt file, but it doesn't have Meta Robots. Meta Robots will allow you to choose whether to index a page or not.

There are many articles on this site. You should read through the beginner's guide if you haven't already:

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

SEO Secrets by Danny Dover is a great book to get an overview of the SEO process, especially for on-page optimization:

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Secrets/dp/0470554185/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1/177-8397498-2734067

And to answer your question, I'd pursue on-page optimization first.

There shouldn't be any major issues. You will lose the link juice going to the old link if you don't use a 301 redirect. But the conversion you are describing isn't a dynamic URL issue. Both are static URLs. The bigger issue is the duplicate site locations:

http://ciee.org/#home

http://ciee.org/

http://www.ciee.org/

http://www.ciee.org/#home

Also the meta description and home page title are too long:

CIEE is a leading provider of international educational experiences. Each year, more than 35000 people from around the world study, work, travel, host, and ...

CIEE - work, travel, study and exchange programs for students ...

Hope that helps.

I agree with everything John said, especially the text.

And your meta description is too long:

"Internet marketing specialists online media direct are experts on all internet marketing services. We specialise in providing marketing to companies who ..."