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Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help!

Okay, so my caution was well-founded.  Thanks for helping me feel sane. I really appreciate your input on this one guys.  Thank you!

That was terribly unclear, I apologized. We linked to a new blog post from our Facebook page.  Posted through Hootsuite, but that's never been an issue before. Because it's a fan page, there are no followers, and the same number of "likes." Thanks for the help.

If you’re doing blog commenting for the sole purpose for gaining thinks than you should stop. This is just spam and does not contribute to anything. Now, commenting on blogs can be a really good way to connect with other people in your industry and get your name out there. This also works well if you want to become a guest blogger on a site. Start commenting on their blogs with useful insights and you can gain a personal relationship with them. Other people might also start following your blog because of your helpful / informational comments.

Thanks for the responses guys. I know that you won't get the full link juice, but it looked like some weren't even getting seen.  That does explain a lower authority though. The transfer was done about 2 months ago.  I thought after the first month, things would be basically ironed out, but I'll just give it more time and build other links in the meantime. Thanks for your help!

Why don't you just apply a new coupon code since it's a new account? There are so many of them floating around on the internet. And if you have an MCC, and are signed up for Google Engage, they constantly give you new ones.

The only long lasting way to rank for local specific pages is to offer truly unique content on those pages, and build unique links to those pages. The two methods you mentioned here, using near duplicate sites and pages, may work for a short time or in non-competitive niches. It may also work somewhat if a very strong link profile is backing it up... but in general these sorts of tricks usually result in a drop in rankings. If not now, then during an upcoming algorythm change. Often times, misguided webmasters think they are doing the right thing in launching these sites and pages, and no ill intent is intended. Unless the pages are obviously spam or doorway pages, then in my opinion it's probably not worth it reporting them to Google, but that decision is of course best left to each individual. Read more about doorway pages: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66355 Consider how Yelp has 100s of pages about dentist, at least one page for every major city in America. Although the pages are similar, they are each filled with unique content and all have unique links pointing to them. Each delivers a similar message, but provides unique value based on that particular location. Add unique value to each location specific page, and you're doing great.

Adam-  Could be a couple of things... Option #1: there should be a drop down chat box or exclamation point that you can click on to get further information on why it is ineligible. You need to make sure that the ad is following all the requirements. Option #2: for google voice enabled campaigns there is a click threshold minimum for the adgroups-(I think it is 25 clicks for a month)-that will allow you to show a google voice number extension.... The last thing is make sure you have set up the phone extension correctly....might be an issue there.....(have you enabled the phone impression column in the setup?) here is a solid link that you cna use to make sure you have set it up correctly....its entitled what are phone extensions and how do i implement them? http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=173346 Good luck.Hope this helps... Mark

Brent and Syed are correct - nofollow no longer preserves link-juice. As for the 100-links "rule", it's really just a guideline. I discuss it in depth here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-many-links-is-too-many It's really a balancing act - the more links you have, the less love each link gets. It's not just SEOs - it's true for visitors, too (as Ryan pointed out). More options isn't always a good thing. The trick is that the balance really depends a lot on the site. I've seen sites with 160 links that were well-designed with ample authority to make that work. I've seen others with 80 links where it was a complete mess. It's also important to note that links to the same Page B on any Page A are discounted by Google - so, if you have a link in the navigation and then a link to that same page in the content and footer, the 2nd and 3rd links are basically ignored. We still count them as part of the 100, but Google doesn't in most cases. It's a little tricky, since Google probably views navigation links differently from contextual (in-page) links, but the rule still generally holds. Only one link to any Page B from Page A is going to get counted.

Thanks everyone.  This has all been very helpful.

Take a look at the WordPress plugin, ALL IN ONE SEO.  WordPress is notorious for this issue by default (blog index, archive index, category index, post itself will all conflict).  If the issue is between the articles itself, I posted a YouMoz yesterday that explains how a PHP-savvy person could use the levenshtein() function to identify which articles conflict in your database.