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I would not change a old domain with links to it for the value of adding a keyword to the domain especially since google is giving less reward to EMD's. Read more about that here

50% is still pretty difficult i would suggest you run some other keywords to get a feel for the tool

You should be fine as long as it looks natural and the site is industry related and you dont over do this tactic.

Not sure - but now that you can disallow links im sure we will start seeing link profiles that are nasty but are ranking due to the disallow tool

In your space you need to show people your good and help out in communities.

I would also try to focus on one niche type of site and get known for it in the industry  or find someway to differentiate yourself.

I would reach out to marketers and "I.T" people who dont build sites and try to get them to refer you.

run the report by hour for the day and take the data from it

I was agreeing with you

We both showed you how to do it in analytics not adwords - login to analytics in the top right click on custom reports then hit dimension and type hour

I dont think a drop in one position is enough to say you got hit. It can be anything or nothing

Yes you can make a custom report that shows hour of day traffic - see this image http://imgur.com/Hkwlf

I totally agree but you should be able to have another set written with great quality - The big drop shippers always rewrite manufacturer descriptions because of this issue.

• You need to decide if the gains out-ways the costs

You could have them add a rel- canonical - But dropshippers want your content so they can rank they will not want to use it.

I see in OSE banner ads counting ads as incoming links - My question is has anyone done a study showing a non tagged banner ad link and its effects on seo? Does google counting it as organic since it has no tagging or since its in a ad spot its ignored?

penalization isnt the only thing you need to worry about its a dropshipper that is stronger then you out ranking you.

The best way is to give your drop shippers a feed with 1 set of descriptions and your site having another set (people will still copy but much less)

It really depends on what you do but most our leads from customers come from ppc - Is this for your webdesign business?

You can rank on wedding dress in 6 months on page 1?

Without you explaining how you plan on gaining links nobody can tell you a time frame,

Keywords should be in internal anchor text but they should be in it so a user can find what he is looking for not to manipulate google.

It all depends on what you plan on doing to market them. What tactics are you using? To be honest you have some really hard terms on that list you probably will not rank on 1st page for years if ever.