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Brad, since the domain is not going to be yours, and you'll be unable to actually verify it in Google Search Console, then you probably won't be able to use the Google Change of Address Tool.

However, if you are using 301 permanent redirects to redirect the content to your site, that should be good enough. Typically, when you use the Change of Address Tool you get more "credit" from Google, as it looks like they will pass most of the "link juice" over to the new domain--you don't get that when you only 301 redirect from domain to domain, you will lose some "link juice".

I do recommend that you go ahead and use the 301 redirects.

We have run into this error time and time again. Unfortunately, OSE does not support New gTLD domain names. It's a "feature" that we've been asking for for a while (they've been out for two years now) and it's logical that OSE should support these domain names.

I understand that "they're working on it".

Jarred,

Whenever you move to a new domain name Google will keep the old domain name indexed for up to a year (or longer!). It's just the way that Google does it, I suspect that it's because you may change your mind and go back to the old domain.

Having the old domain indexed in Google isn't a problem, as users should be redirected to the content on the new domain.

It will take up to a year for Google to stop indexing the old domain.

By the way, make sure you use the Google Change of Address Tool in Google Search Console, it will really help.

You definitely need to verify the https version of the site in Google Search Console. I would also make sure you verify all of the versions: https:// https://www http:// and http://www which are all different versions. If you have submitted a disavow file previously you will need to also upload a new disavow file for your new https version, as well.

As for moz, I would go ahead and set up a new campaign, as it's a different URL.

Rankings take time. When you say "problems with .com on English in my country", are you referring to the fact that you have a .COM or do the other sites have the .COM? I would concentrate on getting your site's Domain Authority higher and getting more trusted links to your site from your country.

Also, make sure you're using the hreflang tags correctly on your site, that can certainly cause issues with Google if they're not used correctly.

It's quite possible that at one point there was a link there--because the page rendered for some reason. I would crawl the site yourself using a crawler (there are several available) to make sure that the page isn't reachable from, perhaps, a bad link on the site.

Check the archive.org to see if the page existed at one time or not.

I would also take a look at the page's server header again to see if the site is showing a 404 error or a "200 ok" along with a "page not found". It's possible that the page doesn't exist but it delivers a "200 OK" server header anyway. Another option is that it might be in your sitemap.xml file.

When in doubt, if the page doesn't exist, I would mark it as fixed in Google Webmaster Tools and watch if it comes up again. If it doesn't come up again as an error, then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

What I believe you're seeing is information taken from the knowledge graph. Wikipedia is a data source of the knowledge graph (there are a lot of sources), so it's logical that Google would include that information in their results.

Unfortunately, there is actually a correlation there--Google wants the content above the fold, and so do users. You shouldn't have to scroll to see the site's main content. Google's Page Layout algorithm has been around for several years now, and we've seen time and time again over the past few years that it pays to have your content above the fold.

To look into this further, I would study Google's Page Layout algorithm, and the penalties associated with it.

Gina, it sounds as if there are several possible solutions. But it really depends on your budget. You could, actually, perform all of these tasks by using Adobe Acrobat PDF files, where  you could upload the form to your website. People would then download it, fill it out, and email it to you or upload it to your website. This is fairly simple--and most web designers and web developers should be able to get it set it up fairly quickly. The PDF files then would be accessible to you (you could save them on a hard drive or a laptop) and they can be searched.

Another option, though, would be to have someone set up a custom website with the forms that are filled out online--and then saved in a database that you can then access.  This would require more website development, and is costlier.

Another option is to use something like http://www.captira.com/, which appears to be software for your industry. I don't know much about it, but thought I would point it out to you. I'm not sure if integrates with your website.

This is certainly a big issue for all of the real estate websites that pull in the MLS listings, since those are essentially duplicates of each other. It creates a lot of duplicate content.

There are a few things to keep in mind:

• The first crawled is considered the originator of the content--so you'll want to get those pages crawled as soon as possible or frequently.
• Pages that get crawled quickly tend to have more Domain Authority (you get DA from other sites, through links)- Links to pages typically help rankings, as well as social media mentions, as well.

So, in order to get your site crawled quickly or frequently, you'll need to get your Domain Authority to be higher than your competitors' sites. Also, new pages need to have links. So, if you can get those pages (new MLS listings) some links quickly then that will help, as well.

There definitely is a benefit for keeping all of your content on one domain (using folders), and building up the overall Domain Authority of one domain/one site.

When it comes to making the decision on whether or not to go to a ccTLD, consider your users/visitors first. How will they interact with the site, will they trust it more if it's a ccTLD in their country? If so, then consider the fact that it will ultimately be better for your business if the users like it and trust it better.

Another consideration is the fact that you'll be creating an entirely new site on a ccTLD. You'll be starting fresh, and will need links and time to ultimately get it to rank and get the traffic to where you need it to be. Then there's the whole issue of content, you'll need unique content for the site. If you can afford the time and effort involved in creating a completely new site, and it makes sense for users then I would consider the ccTLD route.

i would definitely not change the URLs. Once a page is crawled and indexed, you should leave it there--and update that page as necessary. Other sites may link to it (and you may then lose the links or they'll to 404 errors) if you change the URL. You may also have social media links out there to the article that are shared. If someone clicks on it from social media, then it would then go to an old story if you change the URL.

Generally it's better to NOT change the URL of the page unless it's a new story, requiring a new article. If it's the same story, then you should just update the current URL.

Google has made it clear, time and time again, that if a web page is in a different language (it's translated), then it's not considered to be duplicate content. So, we recommend translating it into the appropriate language, it will (should) do just fine in Google and won't have an duplicate content issues.

If, however, there's more than one site that has the same content in the same language, like using English in more than one country (having two English sites but targeting different countries), then your content will need to be unique. If it's not unique, then we recommend using the canonical tag to specify which one Google should use. Using the canonical tag should be a last resort, though, as unique content is going to be best.

Probably the most helpful longtail keyword tool is going to be your own site's analytics and Google AdWords data. You'll see which keywords actually are converting for you, and you can then shift your budget so that you concentrate on those keywords.

Another tool, SEMRush.com is also helpful, as you can actually see what your competitors are bidding on--and see their ad spend, ad copy, etc..

Your best bet is to make sure you comply with Google's guidelines, the Bing guidelines are typically similar.

It also depends on how the business relationship is set up. If they're independent contractors of the company then it would be different than if they were employees of the company.

Generally speaking, we typically recommend setting up "suite numbers" for the business location, and those need to be clearly marked at the location. I have heard of cases where Google has looked to make sure that this is the case.

Those keywords are extremely competitive. What we generally recommend is that you go after geo-based keywords such as "city name + mobile development".

The other issue I'm seeing is that there are some low quality backlinks pointing to the site. You'll need to work on the link profile and get the overall Domain Authority and overall trust much higher than it is currently.

We generally recommend keeping all of that content on the website, there are only a few cases where you would want to remove the content (for example if there are copyright or legal issues involved). Your site, over time, will become larger, and this is a good thing.

Fashion trends tend to come back, so in 5 or 10 years if you still have that content on the site it may become relevant again. And, if it's been there for 10 years then there is a good chance that it will rank well--because it's been there 10 years and it's trusted.

When it comes to the actual type of certificate, I do not believe the actual type of certificate matters. Look at the Google official blog post (https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html) and see what they're recommending:

"Here are some basic tips to get started:

• Decide the kind of certificate you need: single, multi-domain, or wildcard certificate
• Use 2048-bit key certificates
• Use relative URLs for resources that reside on the same secure domain
• Use protocol relative URLs for all other domains
• Check out our Site move article for more guidelines on how to change your website’s address
• Don’t block your HTTPS site from crawling using robots.txt
• Allow indexing of your pages by search engines where possible. Avoid the noindex robots meta tag."

Margaret, I'm not sure what exactly you want to do this for, but the best way, actually, is to use the site: search operator in Google. For example, you can use something like this:

site:subdomain.yourdomain.com keyword

That will show the results for that keyword, and it will show what Google thinks.

Unfortunately most likely you won't get an official response from Google on this. It may come down to the type of business it is, and maybe even the website that you link to. If you were to have a website and list both locations (or both areas that you serve), such as domain.accountant/city1 and domain.accountant/city2 and each local listing links to the appropriate page, you may have a better chance of getting your business listed.

Also, rather than focus specifically on Google, you may want to focus on getting more local citations and listings for both locations. That may help you in the future, you may want to hold off on the Google listing until you have more links and listings elsewhere.