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I'll try that; in the meantime, I've been using Yahoo to find links.

Ever since the new Open Site Explorer came out, I've haven't been able to use the download feature.  It just gives me a prompt saying "No Data Received."

Anyone else have trouble with OSE, or been able to get past this issue?

I was was reading Tom Critchlow's excellent blog on how to rank well for Google Product Search.  I'm trying to find out if there are stats on how often people use this feature in Google (since it is not listed on Google's main navigation).  I'm working with a customer who has b-2-b products and am trying to determine the value of adjusting his ecommerce pages to appear on Google Product Search.

Great idea, Malachi.  Thanks for the input.

Good suggestion, Mike.  Appreciate the feedback.

Great ideas, Michael.  Thanks for the feedback.

EGOL,

Great idea.  I think it is something that the customer will go for.  Thanks!

I recently took over management of the SEO work for the following site: http://www.grovercorp.com/rings-and-seals/.  I want to do link building, but don't have a ton of experience with it.

From what I've read, offering linkable content is the best way to get links.  However, this site -- like many in industrial B-2-B -- is focused primarily on promoting their products.  I'd like tto offer an article or add an infographic, but am not sure where I would put it?  It doesn't seem like the architecture offers a good place to add linkable content.

Anyone have thoughts or suggestions?

I've added the Yoast SEO Plug In for my word press blog.  When I add a new category, there is a listing called "Edit Category".  On this page there is a listing "Yoast WordPress SEO Settings." In this section, there are two fields in which I need guidance on what is supposed to be included.

One: There is a field called "Canonical".  What info is supposed to be entered in this field and how does it need to be formatted? Is it a URL.  If so, what URL is supposed to go there?

Two: Breadcrumbs title.  What is the purpose of this field? (Isn't it OK to just use the category name as the breadcrumb title?)

I recently took over the SEO work for a website that has a limited budget.  I'd like to use the resources to get as much as I can for a few pages on the site (keyword  research, on-page optimization).  Are there pitfalls to not optimizing every page on a site?  If so, what are they?

Hi Donnie,

Thanks for your reply.  The links are great.  However, I was hoping that Rand would provide his perspective in a blog or weekly whitepaper.

Is anyone from SEOmoz planning on writing anything about the Semantic Web and Schema and how they see it impacting SEO?

Hi EGOL,

Will SEO Smart Links work with the Yeost SEO Plugin?  (I'm new to wordrpess and plugins so I don't really know how they work together)

Eric

I’m trying to optimize the category links in the wordpress blog http://blog.reputationforward.com.  I’m in the process of installing the Yeost SEO plugin and am going to revise the Category Title Tags, Meta Descriptions and slugs.  I’m also in the process of using Tags so that I can get the posts that appear in a category to be specific to that category (currently the publisher is listing posts in multiple categories: See “Business Management Category”).

But other than that, is there anything else I can do to optimize each category?

Thanks, Tait.  This is very helpful!

Thanks, EGOL.  Great advice!

I'm working on a wordpress blog, /www.athleticfoodie.com, and I'd like to change the names of the categories so that I include keywords.

If I change the current category name of "Healthy Recipes" to "Recipes for Athletes" will I lose the inbound links associated with the category and/or posts?  Is there a way to prevent this?

Great info, Kevin.  I appreciate the quick feedback.

Eric