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Wow Robert! I owe you a Pint for sure for all that information. I'm speechless but very thankful. SEO is one of those fields that the more you learn the less you know you know.  I am aware of many of the things you recommend but I guess my thought process was it didn't matter or wasn't important for Local SEO and Google places.  I can't thank you enough, this is by far the best answer to a question I've ever received on this forum.  I'm serious when I say if you are ever in New York City look me up and I'll buy you a good pint of Guinness.  Thanks again!

Thanks Robert, Great Stuff

Thanks Alan. Apparently my client was given this information by a Google Ad Words sales rep. I'm with you on this one.  I'm going to advise him not to change his url name.

Thanks

I'm with you Robert.  My client was told this by a Google Ad Words sales rep. I had never heard this before.  Thank you for your input.

I have a new client who has the letters "BB" at the start of his url name, bbzautorepair.com.  He was told by someone at Google Adwords that the letters "BB" in his url name could hurt him with Google rankings.  Reason being that Google red flags anything or website to do with firearms, guns and ammunition.  He was told that the letters "BB" could be mistaken or red flagged for "BB Gun".

Seems a bit far fetched.

Has anyone every heard of such a thing?

Thanks
Gary Downey

Fransisco,

I actually sat in on that live webinar and it was very informative.  I had already implemented many of the things Rand spoke about in that webinar.  My problem is this competitor has practically done nothing to his site and he out ranks me. I'm absolutely baffled how this happens, how a site with such low scores for on page and off page factors out ranks my clients site which out scores him in just about every department, I mean he kicks his ass yet he is getting out ranked.

The only thing I can say to myself is welcome to the world of SEO!

I have just lost the top stop on Google Places (Pack 7) for one of my clients.  The company that took it came out of nowhere to take the top stop. Now I don't mind getting out ranked when someone has worked hard to out rank me but what is frustrating is this site scores terrible across the board on just about every score that is supposed to determine on and off page ranking factors.  The only place it outscores is in the link department but the site is so new there is no data available in OSE.  The site has 0's and 1's for PA, MR and MT plus the keyword (kitchen remodeling) that it is taking the top spot for scores and F in the SEOMoz on page report card while the page that I optimized for this very same keyword scores an A.  Plus this site has zero citations according to Bright Local Data.

What Gives?

Here is a little bit of data:

Keyword: Kitchen Remodeling

My Clients website is http://www.tandmkitchens.com

Competitors website: http://www.njkitchendesigns.com

I'm kicking his butt in every category except Domain Age and inbound link total, his inbound link total is 409 but it's only from 2 domains.
Any thoughts on how this is possible would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all and Merry Christmas!
Gary

Alan, I was only talking about the on page report. Good oversight on your part.

Thanks again

Great Stuff Alan.  Thank you so much for the input. I owe you a pint!

My thoughts exactly Alan "Weird"

I'll try the 301 redirect to www.

Thanks for the help!

Why is it that when I run an "On Page Optimization Keyword Report" for my website I get a different score when using http://www.tandmkitchens.com vs http://tandmkitchens.com.

My keyword is "Kitchen Remodeling"

http://www.tandmkitchens.com scores an A

http://tandmkitchens.com scores a B

It's the same page yet one url scores higher than the other.

Any help!

Thanks
Gary

Hey Allan, is paying ($299) to be listed in the Yahoo Business Directory considered a paid link by Google?

Crystal,

Here is a couple of good videos from SEOmoz on Domain Authority, Page Authority and Page Rank.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-domain-trust-authority

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-whats-pagerank-got-to-do-with-it

Hope they help!

That works!

Thanks Justin!

I want to check content (Keyword Density and such) for a page before I load it to the server.  The Term Extractor Tool is great for pages already loaded on the site but what if I want to scan content before I upload it?  Is there a tool out there where I can cut and paste content from a program like word and have it scanned for keyword relevancy prior to uploading it?

Thanks
Gary

Thanks Dan!

I'm with you Bjorn everything you say and some but business directories are part of the mix and I'm looking for the most efficient and productive method.