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Hi Bill,

As I currently understand it, the proper use of an author tag will allow Google to collect data on relevant content.  As an author produces relavent, popular, and accurate data, Google may give this person an authority type fo status.  This could increase the validity of a site that has published the data, or possibly allow Google to figure out where superior content is showing up in the present and future.

The code itself makes the data consistent and easily seen, similar to an hcard.

I took a quick look a quick look at the plugin and it seems to explain what each area is for right below the boxes you are asking about:

Canonical: "The canonical link is shown on the archive page for this term." This allows you to modify the canonical output on the archive page for any specified category.

Breadcrumbs: "The Breadcrumbs title is used in the breadcrumbs where this category appears." You are able to modify the breadcrumb output accordingly for SEO purposes in regards to the specified category.

While I like the vast majority of the functions on the Wordpress SEO plugin, some of these options seem redundant, or would only be needed if poor site structure/naming was implemented originally implemented.  If that is the case your time may be better spent correcting that.

There is a good chance it would be best to contact Joost directly since this is more of a support question for him than SEOmoz, but I hope my answers clarified a few things for you.

I agree with Ryan.

The best practice would be to include the full name and/or description of the product.  It is doubtful that the Bacon Dental Floss competition is extremely fierce, so the first link with proper title tags and content will most likely end up as a top result, but why not do things correctly for maximum impact over time.

I do not expect any free bacon dental floss for my participation in this thread.

Classic.  Well maybe he shouldn't change anything if he is currently ranked #3, but I assume that is due to the strength of his domain, stupid.com.

All of this talk about bacon reminded me of a couple of fellows here in Seattle who come out with a new bacon product every year, and to promote they also come out with some type of bacon art.

May I present to you, Bacon Kevin Bacon:

Bacon Kevin Bacon

Hi...

The ability of gaining an SEO advantage by utilizing article sites, and to a lesser extent PR sites, was all but abolished by the Panda/Farmer updates.  It can be disheartening since many spent so much time, money, and effort trying to get a leg up producing content for these sites.

Only Google knows for sure, but my speculation is that certain PR sites are better than others, and the ones I am thinking about usually are of the paid variety.  The need for payment usually prevents spammers from utilizing the service, and from the things I have read, these paid PR sources end up sending the PR's to quality sites that have high local and organic authority.

My guess is that MANY people have had this problem, and it is time to build better content on local sites and social media, and build strong relationships that will help build trust and authority.

The more I learn about SEO, the more I realize it's all about the basics, and doing them correctly.

Best of luck.

Hi everyone.

While I have read answers regarding this on Mike Blumenthal's blog, I have not been able to get an exact clarification on having multiple Google Places listings.

According to Mike Blumethal, Google accepts multiple listings in the Places area for specific industries.

e.g. One listing for a Dental office, one listing for EACH dentist.  This could include a separate website for each.

If this is the case, how far away are we from having one maxed out business owning muiiple positions in the local listing space in the search engines. specifically Google?

I would love a good explanation of what is and isn't allowed to have multiple listings.