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Hello Adam!

Firstly, John Mueller from Google said that HTML lang attribute is ignored as a ranking factor.

Here some articles:
Google: We Ignore The HTML lang Attribute - The SERoundTable
Why Google Ignores HTML Lang Attribute for Indexing in Search Results - The SEMpost

You should use Hreflang,
Here some really useful resources about that:
Multi-regional and multilingual sites - Google Search Console
International checklist - Moz Blog
Using the correct hreglang tag - Moz Blog
Guide to international website expansion - Moz Blog
Tool for checking hreflang anotations - Moz Blog

Secondly, yes. It could help creating a separate page for differente audiences. Remember to create a completely original and different page for both countries. And of course use correctly the internationalization tags.

Hope it helps.
Best Luck.
GR

Hi there!

No, you will not have the benefit of both keywords.

In the case that you focus on **IPA beer kit, **Asuming that you rank really well for that search it is possible that you also rank well for the inner keyword: IPA beer.

Please keep in mind that Google advised not to create as many pages as keywords you want to target.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

Hi there!

I do not know what you mean by a true nofollow link.
What i can see is that there are 6 nofollow tags in that page, what means that google bot will not go from that page to those other in the href tag with nofollow.

Remember that Nofollow tag is an invention in order to control spammy pages and/or links to other pages that webmasters do not want to link.
Google information is very usefull: Use rel="nofollow" for specific links - Search Console Help.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

Yesterday it was a nightmare to leave an answer with links.
Those links where those I wanted to share here.

Here some useful resources, specially the ones from Aleyda Solis:

Hreflang generator - Aleyda Solis International SEO - Moz Learning Center The Guide to International Website Expansion: Hreflang, ccTLDs, & More! - Moz Blog The International SEO Checklist - Moz Blog Using the correct hreglang tag - Moz Blog Tool for checking hreflang anotations - Moz Blog

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

Hi there!

Yeap, it is completely possible to be done. There is no risk in SEO. 
Hreflangs must be set up in perfection.

Hope it helps.
Best luck
GR

There is no difference en SEO terms. If you cant remove them, then leave them as is

I am getting lots of error 500 when adding the links  
Im trying to add them below here

Some info about that: Can my URLs use non-English words? - Google Webmaster Youtube

John Mueller confirmed it here: Will removing “.html” from my URLs help my site?  - Google Webmaster Youtube

Keep a simple URL structure - Search Console Help

Hello Marios

1- There is no problem using language specific words in the URL. Even though it is useful for ranking in that language.
Some info about that: Can my URLs use non-English words? - Google Webmaster Youtube

2- There is no SEO difference in adding nor deleting the file extension.
John Mueller confirmed it here: Will removing “.html” from my URLs help my site? - Google Webmaster Youtube

3- There is no simple answer to "the best way" to get great rankings. Regarding URLs, I´d suggest to use the keyword focus in the URL.
Some more info about that:
8 SEO Tips to Optimize Your URL Structure - SEJ
15 SEO Best Practices for Structuring URLs - Moz Blog
Keep a simple URL structure - Search Console Help

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

Hello there!

what im checking using wheregoes.com is that you set a 301 redirection. Both domains are indexed.
Check the attached images.

Also, what worries you is that you lost any ranking you've achieved. This is a normal transition between the URLs. It usually it takes Google some time to completely understand the "new" structure. So just be patinent.

Hope it helps
Best luck.
GR.

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Hello Fubra,

First of all, there is no way to "delete" a sitemap in search console. Making the old one as 404 and adding the new sitemap is just enough. Dont worry about it.

Secondly, just add the new sitemap to search console and analyze how search console responds. The structure you are refering to is more or less a cascade of sitemaps. If you have an "index sitemap", this would be the one in the root: domain.com/sitemap.xml (or what ever name it has) just give that to search console.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

Hello Kev!

your homepage IS INDEXED. Sometimes googles confuses itself and doesnt show the homepage in first place when searching with "site:" Also, John Mueller said that these searches (with "site:" parameter) doent always represent the indexation status.

Check the image attached, you´ll see the result of your site.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

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Hi Jane!

There is no correct answer here. In the examples you gave there is a big difference between them: The number of folders.
4 folders vs just 1.

The are some miths and some experiments stating that both long and short URLs rank really good.
In my opinion, I'd go for a middle in those two: 2-3 folders with less words each folders.

You should focus in the experience you are providing the user and if each of those folders represent a section in your site. 
This is just a wild guess:
yoursite.com/conservation/endangered-species/birds/mexican-spotted-owl
It looks like /endangered-species-act-protections/ and /endangered-species-list/ are the same category/folder. I'd remove the latter.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

Hello there!

There is no definite answer for your question. It does completely depends on your strategy. 
So if your homepage is optimized for one keyword, then when creating backlinks with that kw point them to the home page.
Otherwise, use a landing page created specually for that.

REMEMBER, google does not want (even, doesnt like) us to create several pages nearly identical just for targetting different keywords that are very similar.
More info: Doorway pages - Google Search Console Help and Google Defines doorway pages, John Mueller - SERT

Hope it helps you.
Best Luck.
GR

Hi Myron,

Both questions refer to the same, all URLs and inner pages, :). At least that's what im interpreting

1./2. You've answered the question yourself. Also, it is possible that you did not implemented the tags correctly in the others versions. Are those tags in every homepage of the four sites?
Remember that hreflangs works in pairs and need to be referential from every site you point.
Just as an example: if you have 2 sites, exampleA.com and exampleB.com, there should be 2 tags in each site: One stating the targetted language/country for the current site and other for the other language/country specific site.

Here some useful resources, specially the ones from Aleyda Solis:

Hreflang generator - Aleyda Solis International SEO - Moz Learning Center The Guide to International Website Expansion: Hreflang, ccTLDs, & More! - Moz Blog The International SEO Checklist - Moz Blog Using the correct hreglang tag - Moz Blog Tool for checking hreflang anotations - Moz Blog

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

Hi Andrew,

First of all, its not possible to rate the priority of this issue without knowing all the other technical problems in that website.
is it a big issue in terms of SEO? yes it definitely is.
Your main concern should be in how long google considers that 302 as permanent.

On the other hand, Google publicly said that they do fully understand up to 5 hops in redirects.

Given these facts, i've try to measue all the issues to be solved and the time, money and energy available to solve them all. Start with those that carry the most potential gain (UX+SEO+Sales+whatever you consider).

To back what i'm saying: Matt Cutts said it in these videos:
Can too many redirects from a single URL have a negative effect on crawling? Is there a limit to how many 301 (Permanent) redirects I can do on a site?

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

Yeap, URLs that are now 301 redirected will eventually be removed from google and stop being showed.

Keep in mind that what Moz shows in their reports does not exactly reflects what is in Google.

Hope it helps.
Best Luck.
GR.

Hi there

As you are in Wordpress, you could use YOAST plugin. There is a setting that allows you to deindex and/or set next/prev tags.

Here some more info:
rel=next & rel=prev in pagination - YOAST
Pagination and SEO best practices - YOAST
Wordpress SEO  complete guide tutorial - YOAST
Indicate paginated content - Google Search Console Help

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

Of course that cities will be counted.

That´s why im always reinforcing the idea of creating UNIQUE and Special pages for each keyword.
Google is getting smarter and smarter, so simple variations in a few words are easly detected.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.

You are welcome!. We are here to help!

Yeap, if those URLs still appears when searching for your site in Google, then tell google to deindex them in Search Console.
Usually its enugh, just as google gets those 404 and you tell them to remove them then you will be fine.

Keep in mind that if there are too many of them the total removal could take a several weeks.

Hope it helps.
Best Luck.
GR.

Hi Jonathan,

Yes, if those URLs dont exist in your server then google will get a 404 too.

Be sure to crawl and clean all those URLs in order to google does not find them any more. 
And yes, a good way to force the removal from index is telling google in search console. This might speed up the process that google will eventually do not show any more those 404 pages.

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.