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In short, no. But checkout http://www.opensiteexplorer.org with SEOmoz Pro you'll have unlimited access to it.

SEOmoz tools don't report PageRank, but they have a similar scoring method called Domain Authority (DA). Enter a URL and checkout the linking domains report, it will give you a listing of linking domains in order of DA.

It doesn't tell you whether a domain is a blog / wiki / dir etc - that would be quite difficult for a machine to understand. You can often get an idea by the domain name, or check them yourself manually.

If possible add unique content to your category pages, and use unique post extracts. Then no need to block.

Don't block "read more" as these link to full posts.

I wouldn't be too concerned, Google is clever enough to identify page elements, like header, nav and content serparately.

Once the redesign is live, do a crawl as Googlebot within Google Webmaster Tools to make sure it can crawl the entire  page.

The other consideration you might look into is site speed, have a look at how the redesign impacts load time, you can compare within Google Analytics (Content > Site Speed report), and/or use an external tool like http://www.webpagetest.org.

I assumed the same, hoping for a reply from staff.

Thanks.

I have a client who is currently ranking close to the top of the Google Places results for a handful of important local keywords.

They have a competitor who is pretty consistantly ranking in number #1 and #2 organic positions, above the Places results.

Does anyone know the average click through rates for results similar to these? Do the #1 and #2 organic positions still outperform the lower placed Google Places (with side map) results when the search intent is very local?

I just wonder if they are possibly in a better position as-is if people are more likely to use the map or places listings on the SERPs page, rather than click through to another site.

Thanks

These links are not editorial earned but I have mixed feelings about them, here's why:

I don't have a problem when a designer ads one text or image link with their brand name in the footer, as long as the client is happy with it. If you've designed an awesome site that link may act as lead gen.

However, I have noticed designers getting a bit crazy with this and adding multiple (2,3,4 more) keyword rich text links (web design, web development, web deigners location etc etc) in footers which I really do have a problem with as they are only there for one reason. It looks spammy on the client's site and may actually get their site penalised.

There's no set time, typically it can take a week or two, I've seen it take a month or longer though to completely noindex all desired results on bigger sites.

There's no harm in re-submtting the site,  try submitting URL and all linked pages via webmaster tools, it may help get crawled a little faster.

I've seen keyword specific penalties applied when people have been overzealous in linking with specific link text too often. Lesson: vary your link text.

Here are a few goodies:

http://www.searchengineguide.com/lisa-barone/five-steps-to-effective-keywor.php

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

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/keyword-research

A couple more with high DA (over 50 the last time I checked) are:

http://www.hotfrog.com.au
http://searchsight.com
http://www.dlook.com.au
http://www.enterprisesearch.com.au
http://www.aubiz.org
http://www.comeonaussie.com
http://www.downunderindex.com
http://www.surfpacific.net.au
http://www.womo.com.au

I'm not suggesting using all of those for every client, but have a look and see if they meet your standards etc.

My opinion, if you're going to do it, do it properly.

I've had great and affordable results hiring translators on Odesk. Get them to do a sample and have another, or multiple native speakers review it. If you can't afford to translate an entire site, consider just doing a mini version of the site or just core pages in another language.

I asked a similar question a while ago: http://www.seomoz.org/q/project-management-program-for-seo

There are a number of products discussed there. However, the consensus seemed to be that while there are a number of options available, no one product seemed to nail it for SEO specifically.

If you can 301 to similar content, that is the best option, for users and search engines.

Good observations in regard to EMDs in general. However, if you take a look at the site in question, I think you'll agree the OP needs to do a lot of work on the site regardless of the fact that it's an EMD.

"Panda is a filter that Google has designed to spot what it believes are low-quality pages. Have too many low-quality pages, and Panda effectively flags your entire site. Being Pandified, Pandification — whatever clever name you want to call it — doesn’t mean that your entire site is out of Google. But it does mean that pages within your site carry a penalty designed to help ensure only the better ones make it into Google’s top results."From http://searchengineland.com/why-google-panda-is-more-a-ranking-factor-than-algorithm-update-82564Sub domains are not treated entirely separately. Moving content will not help, you need to improve it or lose it.

Google doesn't have a cert but the two providers I'd recommend would be:

Market Motive: Conversion Optimization Training and Certification

Marketing Experiments Landing Page Optimization course

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for a specific video post I recall watching, i thought it was on moz.com, all about creating a decent set up for video production. It discussed things like lighting setup, sound, hardware on a budget etc.

I have searched the moz.com blog video tag archive, as well as the Q&A, but haven't been able to find what I'm looking for.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

I use Textbroker for a number of reasons.

1. You can specify the quality level per article and pay accordingly. I wouldn't recommend going any lower than 4 stars though. I have mostly good experiences with 4 star writers, 4 star is actually quite affordable too.

2. If you don't like the article you can request it be re-written, by the same or a new writer.

3. They have US English as well as UK English writers, there's actually a .co.uk version of the site too.

4. You can create teams of writers, so if you have a large volume of requests, you can send the requests to writers you've worked with before and know what to expect from. You can also create teams for specific niches etc.

A few things I like about Yoast that All in one doesn't do:

• It has some minification options to help with page load speed - as well as integration with Google Page Speed.
• It includes an xml sitemap creator that allows you to include images

Straight from the horses mouth, checkout this video from Google's Matt Cutts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAWFv43qubI

Importantly: "Now if you are still on the fence, let me just give you a bit of color. that we have looked at the rankings and the weights that we give to keyword domains, & some people have complained that we are giving a little too much weight for keywords in domains. So we have been thinking about at adjusting that mix a bit and sort of turning the knob down within the algorithm, so that given 2 different domains it wouldn't necessarily help you as much to have a domain name with a bunch of keywords in it."