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Hi Ehren, You're exactly right - under most circumstances, you have no obligation to remove links. Exceptions may exist for copyright infringement - courts are still working on settling that. You should almost always nofollow UGC, unless you're editing all comments manually to make sure each link adds value. If you add nofollow, you can basically have a canned response telling webmasters that these are not the links they're looking for.

Yes.  You can absolutely recover a Google Analytics account after it has been deleted.  I've done this a handful of times in different ways, but it keeps getting more difficult to get the request to the right department who has this access.  The link keeps moving with each Help Center redesign and such.  At the time of this writing, Google Analytics gives you 35 days before it's gone for good.  So, don't delay. Start here:  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009696?hl=en&ref_topic=1009690#contact=1 This is actually a page with instructions to delete an Analytics account.  Don't do that.  Just click the link to go there.  A contact form should pop up due to the "#contact=1" at the end of the URL.  If it doesn't, click on "Contact Us" at the top right of the screen.  As of right now, there are two options: Chat online with a support specialist (it redirects you to fill out a form before you do your chat but it's usually faster for me) Request an email reply from a support specialist (I didn't see the option for recovering a deleted account just now) As of this moment, and the last time I recovered a deleted account, I chose the chat option and it went very well. Before you begin, remember that they likely have more important things to do than overstaff this particular department.  It can take 2-3 days to complete the process once they get back with you depending on how prepared you are to help them.  You'll need to supply the right information such as one or more admin(s) who was/were on the account, any login data or other credentials, etc. If for whatever reason your email address is not listed as having admin access to the account, you will need to wait while the admins listed get a chance to reclaim the account first.  Google will send an email to those admin email addresses on file and they usually have 48-72 hours to respond before Google proceeds to consider your request and set up another call with you (I'm sure this will get more automated over time). In the meantime, they will ask you to upload an html file to the root folder of the domain in question.  This is similar to how you may have verified admin access within Google Analytics in the past.  Keep in mind that just because you do this and verify access to the domain doesn't mean that you have a right to the data.  Say what?  That's right!  It's still their decision to grant you access to the account.  So, be very nice to these people. If no previous admin who was on file at the time of the account deletion claims the account via the email they send out, you'll receive a follow up call where they will discuss whether or not you get access.  If you've already uploaded the html file to the root directory of the domain in question, they'll litterally call just to tell you that their system was able to scan your site and confirm that you can have access to the deleted account. They will then email you an admin invite and ask you to log in and confirm that the site you just got access to is what you were expecting.  I imagine they go to these lengths because if it's not, the clock is still ticking on the account that you really wanted.  Remember that there can be multiple accounts for the same domain!  Be sure to get the one you need and say thank you! I have moved mountains by being nice to support reps and I am very thankful for all that they have done for me and my clients.  You too can recover deleted accounts!  We all just have to follow the rules, be nice, and please leave them a good review when they email you about your experience after the fact.  We're all in this together if you think about it.  Best of luck! And yes I can try to help you if you hit a brick wall and are easy to work with.  

I would also use a 302. As long as it doesn't last too long, you should be OK. If you think it may last longer, you could change your DNS to point to the other location, but you should drop your TTL on DNS so it is a fast changeover to move it back. This kind of thing is best set up and tested when there are no problems, on another domain, and then test it for real sometime when you have worked out exactly what to do.

From a SEO perspective, the page offers little to no value for search engines. The better question is...why would a search engine include this page in their index? What query might a user type in where this page would satisfy the result and the user would think "ahhh perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for"? There are multiple issues with the page: 1. It has very little unique content. It is similar to a category page. It mostly contains snippets of other articles with links to those pages. 2. The title is almost a match for the home page's title. The home page shows 611 linking root domains. The /weddings page has no external links visible in OSE. The title is supposed to be the main focus of the page. This title lacks focus and attempts to target too many keywords. Additionally, the same keywords are cannibalized on the home page which should win. 3. The only unique content on the page is a couple paragraphs at the bottom of the page. Those paragraphs appear to have been written for search engines, not people. The first sentence of the first paragraph is generally the most important. The first sentence shared is "A wedding is more than just the one wedding day." There is not any realistic search query a person would ever enter where that sentence would be desired as a result. If you feel this evaluation is harsh, that's fine but I am sharing what is the likely view of search engines when reviewing this page. Give search engines a reason to WANT to index the page. Offer quality, helpful, unique content which is not available elsewhere, including on your own site, and the page should be indexed.

A year or more ago I did a project where I added a tonne of links to the bottom of the page. http://www.locazu.com/ as a result we saw significant improvements in the development of internal landing pages. But I'm not sure if this is exactly what you mean or not? If you're referring to "un-linked" content. I think just make sure you're not duplicating your H1 tags, but also that you're placing or tags around the keywords you're really hoping to optimize for that page. The content won't be as valuable if it's page bottom but you'll see some benefit if you add these attributes. Hope this helps!!