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Whoa, there are way too many images above the content. This image should be a table http://www.drycleaning.com.sg/images/Laundry-Dry-Cleaning-Rates.jpg. If I remember correctly, Google looks at the l x w of images of ads and

s and may think there is not enough content above the fold. Your content is way too far down the page.

Just a question, why Copyright 2004-2014 in the footer and not Copyright 2004-2013?

This recent blog post may help you out: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/going-beyond-moz-metrics-to-answer-why-is-this-site-outranking-me

I answer a LOT of questions here on SEOmoz. Don't forget that you have access to a lot of tools here like the Beginners guide to SEO http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo.

Piece of advice from me to you... if you are trying to rank higher by doing something that can be easily done (like paid links, directory submissions, article submissions, and even crappy guest blog posts, blog network for backlinks), there is a HIGH likeliness that you will unintentionally hurt your site.

Ask questions here in Q&A before doing something stupid, but 1st read the beginners guide.

That's the video I was looking to post but I couldn't find it. Thanks!

Hi Charles, I have to disagree if the phrase "direct impact" means higher rankings.

Here's why.... I buy Facebook Likes through Facebook ads. Matt Cutts wouldn't allow people to "buy" their way to #1 based off social signals. Same thing with Tweets.

However, if you mean "direct impact" as being getting more referral traffic to a site, then yes it can help pushing people from Facebook to a site.

I made a blog post with guest-blog-post in the URL and in the title.

Here is an example: http://www.shipoverseas.com/blog/2012/10/guest-blog-posts-for-auto-industry-now-accepted/

I get contacted a few times a week.

Hi JA,

you can TOTALLY damage your site. Rand talks about this in one of his WBF. It sounds like you are very new to internet marketing. you may want to read this: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

Anytime you are trying to game the Google algorithm, you risk damaging your site's ranking abilities. OBVIOUSLY 5000 directory submissions is something to game the algorithm. I wouldn't do it.

It's okay to reciprocal link with a quality website. I "reciprocal" link to my BBB page: http://www.bbb.org/san-diego/business-reviews/freight-forwarding/ship-overseas-inc-in-san-diego-ca-25001132/.

I recommend that you read: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

I don't know if you'll find any listing here specifically for NZ, but we mozzers use this list: http://www.seomoz.org/directories

I hope that helps.

BTW, as for paid directories, maybe you can get join a professional organization like a chamber of commerce (we have that here in the US).

I think the most effective way is making a list of all your locations in Google Plus so that your locations come out in the local SERPs. Google Plus has now replaced Google Places for local search.

I don't think that putting the domain is going to hurt. Just make sure it's not spammy. Also, make sure you are submitting to quality directories.

What you should do is contact Ryan Kent. He's one of us mozzers. I recommend his services.

http://www.seomoz.org/users/profile/312503

I have sent him a client.

Just make sure your URLs are good. You shouldn't have any problem with SEO. Also, make sure that your website is not down for long periods of time because if Google Bot sees that the site is down, it may affect rankings. G bot won't do anything the 1st time around, but if it comes back again and the site is still down, you might be removed from the SERPs.

If that happens, your site will be algorithmically back to where it was before once the site is back up.

I didn't have any problem in rankings going from one host to another.  Talk to Host Gator and to Dreamhost. They can help you transfer your site from one host to another.

I heard Matt Cutts say the same thing.

Remember that when doing 301s, not all the link juice is passed. Matt Cutts also says that.

It may be faster to get a response if you ask help@seomoz.org or call them.

- corporate website pages - I would probably focus on these if they are providing conversions.

- landing pages for specific content offers that are gated behind a form - Do these landing pages even rank since they can only be accessed by filling out a form? If so, then this would be last.

- blog posts - Check you Google Analytics for the blog posts that are bringing in conversions (Time on Site, Sales, Leads, etc).

I personally would let Google Analytics "show" me what to focus on 1st. I would make the pages that are already doing good become better.

I get enough search traffic from it to support 10 people. I guess the phrase "lot of traffic" is a  matter of perspective.

No index No Follow in the header.

The only time I would expect that is if a marketer is using the Google URL builder and put "Scrabble dictionary"  as the keyword.

Here's how I did mine: http://www.shipoverseas.com/us/more/how-to-ship-a-car-overseas-faq.html

Maybe that can give you an idea.

This is my landing page's rel canonical.

| rel="canonical" href="http://www.shipoverseas.com/us/ship-car/africa/shipping-car-to-nigeria.html"/> |
|   |

I don't point it to a category page.