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If you do a redirect expect a drop in traffic. Rand says that there might be a 10% drop in some video I watched long ago.
www vs non-www is irrelevant to me. I do both (not on the same domain). www looks nicer because we are used to seeing it like that.
How do you mean unreliable? Do you mean it's down or do you mean it is not accurate?
You should get an Advanced Google Analytics Consultant to figure out what is happening. I know if I were in this problem, I would be running a lot of Advanced Segments. Every business is different so there's no canned responses. Also the reason I say to hire someone for an analysis is if what you say is true and you don't believe the site has a penalty, then you can be losing traffic for many other reasons.
You need to find out "why" conversions are lower.
I agree with John.
I never use the Keyword tag for anything. nobody is going to look at that unless they are a marketer.
We don't know exact what Google does to rank websites. I think it's a good thing doesn't let us know the algorithm.
I think link building through guest blog posting should only be one thing you should do. How about leaving testimonials on other websites? I have used that successfully especialy with companies that use our service.
I think I'll be using this soon: http://www.bidsketch.com/
They are on SEOMOZ's Perks http://www.seomoz.org/pro-perks
Awesome! Let me know how it goes.
You are using a trademarked name in your Domain. Here in USA, it's illegal to use a Trademarked name without permission from the company.
It's like saying appleiphoneme.com
This is WP links. These are probably results of a bot (maybe googlebot) going into your search bar and entering in numbers to see if there are any other pages they can discover. It's probaly nothing to worry about. I personally wouldn't worry about it
Why would you want to "protect" your articles? Why not rel="canonical" them? If you fear getting scraped, put links in the content pointing back to your site.
Yoast has a great plugin so that's not the issue.
Here is one of the main reasons you will NEVER rank. Your domain is using a GOOGLE trademark. http://www.androidgadgematic.com/
You should read this: http://searchengineland.com/google-panda-to-be-integrated-into-the-search-algorithm-panda-everflux-151528
Panda is integrating with the G algoithm.
Build links to your blog post, not to your home page. Also, I use Hootsuite to put the same blog post one rotation, ie I tweet,fb, g+ the same post multiple times.
I guess maybe I have an unfair advantage in that I market a site that already has authority. There are many subjects in the webinar on this. The webinars are included in your SEOMOZ subscription: http://www.seomoz.org/webinars
I have never used Aheadworks. As far as I know, it's a pretty reputable company that makes many Magento plugins.
Yes. Here's an example.
El Pollo Loco (a fast food restaurant in California) - 1 BRAND Page
5,000 locations - Each location gets a postcard from Google verifying the location. Each post card has a PIN#. Since every Local G+ Page has it's own respective location, people can leave reviews for that particular location, not the company itself.
1 company = 1 Brand page
5 locations = 1 page for each location. Each location gets it's own reviews.
I would probably take it one step further and say to use Magneto if you have or expect higher volume sales. Even if a magento site has 10 products, but there are 100 sales per day, it's better than WP.
I use WP everyday as well as Magneto. But we are getting off topic now.
LOL! I haven't done link building in over 1 year. Once in a while I'll write a guest blog post with a link pointing back, but about once per month.
I weathered all Panda and Penguin updates. I still get links from other companies, but I don't make much effort building links.
What you are saying happens exactly to me.
I just checked the link. It works.
WordPress = Static Site/BLog
Magento = eCommerce.
I don't think anyone should be running an ecommerce site using WP, ESPECIALLY if they are doing high volume. Magento is built for ecommerce. Wordpress isn't. You have to find a plugin.
Ecommerce involves transactional emails, tracking numbers, customer accounts, repeat orders, and way more. WP is okay for only a few products.
WEBBY! Nice topic. Let me share something. My clients have great rankings too. Yes there is always room for improvement, but how much? Get a REAL Google Analytics report to uncover opportunity.
In addition, look at your incoming traffic. I told my clients that I have to stop being so dependent on Google because a change in their algorithm can cause a dip in traffic. I started changing focus from link building to relationship building. Some call it community building, some build their Fabebook/Twitter account. I help individuals and try getting them to grow so I can get my clients repeat business. That's the key on my end, repeat business.