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My site is currently verified using a meta tag for both Google and Bing. Will I need to recreate the meta tag or will I be able to use the same one?

It is a problem.My guess as to what you are trying to do is use the domain to target different countries, I would change the content on each domain to reflect the country you are targeting.

I am creating a list of all things I need to do for switching a site over to HTTPs. I can find great instructions for Google, but nothing for Bing. If I do everything that Google requires, is the only thing I need to do for Bing is the site move?

If everything on page is staying the same with the exception and you setup your 301 redirects properly you should not lose any of your work or positions. Make sure you do the 301s properly, those are the most important thing. Also make sure you update your sitemap.

"Matt Cutts of Google responded to this thread on Hacker News to imply +1s aren't used directly in Google's algorithm.

While I take Matt at his word that Google doesn't use raw +1s to rank webpages, the evidence seems to suggest Google+ posts do pass other SEO benefits not found easily in other social platforms. If this is not the case, I'm hoping Google will clarify.

Mark Traphagen said it best in this comment:

It is not the +1's themselves that are causing the high rankings of posts but the fact that most +1's on a site result in a shared post on Google+, which creates a followed link back to the post. It's instant organic link building.

The point is not to go out and accumulate a bunch of +1s.The point is, and the evidence seems to suggest, that_earning a link on Google+ is like earning any other type of editorial link_, and these links have actual value with real benefits."

I would try and use Google Plus but not put a lot of effort in getting the actual +1s. If you do any sort of content marketing on your website Google Plus is a really quick way to get it indexed.

I have analytics up on a few different sites and none of them are having a problem today.

If you had a jump of 175 right after a new site launch it seems like Google has found new pages. Have you tried running Screaming Frog to check for broken links or anything out of the ordinary?

I am not sure what is normal but in my experience on larger sites there is often a difference between what is indexed and what is on the sitemap.

I would not recommend putting anything on your site that Google can see but not your customers. From- https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66353?hl=en

Hiding text or links in your content to manipulate Google’s search rankings can be seen as deceptive and is a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Text (such as excessive keywords) can be hidden in several ways, including:

• Using white text on a white background
• Locating text behind an image
• Using CSS to position text off-screen
• Setting the font size to 0
• Hiding a link by only linking one small character—for example, a hyphen in the middle of a paragraph

It might be possible but, I don't think you are supposed to do that. Instead create a My Client Center account here- http://www.google.com/adwords/myclientcenter/ It will let you flip back and forth between accounts really easy.

I did exactly what you said but now I am running into this posted above-

Yeah, Google Webmaster Tools is where I found the errors. When I implemented Schema it showed me with about 35,000 items, and about 9000 errors. I came in today and now my errors are almost gone, down to 600 but my total items dropped to 1600. I checked to see if any other code was removed and it wasn't, and ran the Bing Webmaster Tools Validator and it shows everything is correct. Why that drop?

Yeah, Google Webmaster Tools is where I found the errors. When I implemented Schema it showed me with about 35,000 items, and about 9000 errors. I came in today and now my errors are almost gone, down to 600 but my total items dropped to 1600. I checked to see if any other code was removed and it wasn't, and ran the Bing Webmaster Tools Validator and it shows everything is correct. Why that drop?

That was what I was looking for. Thanks!

That just redirects me to the new home. I want to get back to the original Moz Pro page. Where I could see history of domain authority and things like that.

I put the Schema.org data on my item pages and it works great. However, when an item closes it removes the price. It showed an empty price and that causes an error. The site is now programmed to where if an item closes it removes the price component. This was done about 2 weeks ago and it is still showing a lot of errors. Any ideas?

I used to be able to use the http://moz.com/pro/home link but it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas?

I was thinking the same thing, but I can't figure out why they are even there. My first thought was someone attempting to negative seo us.

Starting in mid February we started receiving links from m.biz, we now have about 14k of them. Some of the example sub-domains are-

http://supply.m.biz/Arabic-Coffee.html

http://wholesale.m.biz/-Agitator-Tank-for-Sale.html

http://supply.m.biz/-For-Sausages.html

http://www.cm.marble.m.biz/Conveyors.html

Should I disallow all of these? It is so many that it would remove half our links. Or is this a legitimate company?

Here is an example ad:

Iowa Wedding‎
www.germanhausbarn.com/‎
(712) 655-3131
Experience Your Dream Iowa Wedding
At Manning Heritage Park!

I am not sure if this is the best place to ask a PPC question but figured it was worth a shot.

I am trying some different keywords around the word "wedding venue" for instance "amazing wedding venue" or "iowa wedding venue". This is the landing page, http://germanhausbarn.com/wedding-venue/ .

What I can't figure out is why I am getting 1/10 quality score for most of those keywords. Is there something I am missing?

The first thing he talked about was 301s. If I did 301s would I have to do anything else? Is there anything I would need to do in Webmaster tools?