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Logan is correct--if you look at the canonical tag in your example in the source code you're not using the full URL, you're only using a snippet (the relative) URL. So, rather than /barn-junior/tilbehor/hansker-votter/junior you need to change it to https://www.gsport.no/barn-junior/tilbehor/hansker-votter/junior.

If you have links or domains listed in your disavow list that should not be there then you should update the disavow file immediately. The way Google deals with the disavow list is this:

• Google crawls the web and caches pages
• When Google sees a link to your site and they've cached the page (you can verify that they've cached a URL in the Google search results)- If the page that contains the link to your site has been cached, you can assume that it's been disavowed.

Links in your disavow list (or links on domains in your disavow list) are essential "deal with" by Google by the time (or before the time) they cache pages.

So, a URL on your disavow list might be taken into account quickly because they crawl that site often, or it might take weeks in order for Google to actually see another link on your list.

In regards to the list you're showing, I truly home those aren't on the disavow list, as the person who put them there obviously doesn't know what he or she is doing--these are supposed to be links that are BAD links to your site, not GOOD ones.

George,

There aren't any specific SEO migration tools out there, but there are several tools out there that will do the job. If you're an advanced SEO and know what you're doing, you can use tools like Screaming Frog's SEO spider to crawl the list of URLs and even Scrutiny (on the mac) to crawl the URLs and grab the data you need.

Ron,

There are WordPress plugins that allow you to serve content based on geolocation. For example, the "Custom Content by Location" plugin comes to mind http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-by-country/

Alternatively, outside of WordPress, you can use PHP code to determine the user's location and then serve them up separate content. There's a sample of that code here: http://www.adviceinteractivegroup.com/how-to-display-unique-content-based-on-geolocation/

Even though you update your title tag on your page, Google from time to time changes the title tag in the search results. If they decide that there's a better title tag that gets more clicks, then they're going to change.

Unfortunately there really isn't anything you can do about Google changing your title tag. You can, though, look at the title tag that Google is using and see if you can determine how they are coming up with that particular title tag. For example, if your site is using a breadcrumb trail, there's a good chance that they may pick up on that and change your title tag.

What's also frustrating is that Google will also change your title tag in the search results for certain search queries--I've noticed that they'll change it for one keyword but not another.

It does sound like you have sorted this out, though, I have run into issues where the site's theme conflicts with other SEO settings. Glad you figured it out.

Whenever working on local search engine rankings, I try to be as consistent as possible when it comes to the NAP (Name, Address, Phone Number) data. If you were to put the name of a larger city in the title tag (I am assuming it is in the same metro area), you'll need to mention that larger city in copy on the page. If you just keyword stuff the larger city name in the title tag and don't make it part of a larger strategy (such as getting anchor text links to the site with that city name pointing to your site), then you won't be successful.

Google knows that smaller cities are a part of a larger city or metro area, and usually it isn't a problem with the NAP data being confused. When you set up the Google Plus Local listing, make sure you specify that you serve customers in that same metro area that you're including in the Title Tag.

Whenever you deal with links, even though I really like OSE, typically we have to compile all of the link data from multiple sources. We typically use OSE, Majestic, ahrefs, Google Search Console, as well as others and compile all of the links into one spreadsheet and then look at them there. Different sites have different crawlers and no one source is the most accurate.

When it comes to duplicate content, Google typically compares one web page versus another web page. So, if the site does have a different company name (franchise name) and carries a different set of products or a some similar products, then it sounds as if the pages on the site won't be considered duplicates. They may be similar, but not necessarily duplicates. It would be best to make sure that each site doesn't use the same exact web design template, as well.

You can run the site through Copyscape.com and Siteliner.com to identify duplicate content issues with the sites. Most good writers will be able to write the content in a way that talks about the same products or services but doesn't include the same text as other sites.

Generally I wouldn't consider that "black hat", although it is hiding the content on the page--which is against Google's Webmaster Guidelines. They've mentioned before that if you have content that is "hidden" like this to most users, the expanded content should be displayed in the expanded mode, not in the way it's being done here.

This generally doesn't quality as being "black hat", though.

Audra,

One of the big differences between Bing and Google is how they deal with links. Google analyzes links to your site a lot more than Bing does, and is "pickier" when it comes to the types of links and how they're obtained. I would review all of the links to your website and make sure that they're all "high quality" links. A quick analysis of the links to your site shows some undesirable links pointing to the site that violate Google's webmaster guidelines.

Google may still be using something related to PageRank or may still be using PageRank internally. They may use it for determining which pages to crawl first--and which ones to crawl less often.

However, publicly there is no PageRank data available, and it's not going to be updated in the future. So, we can consider it dead at this time.

The others are absolutely correct. A content spinner "tool" or script is an outdated technique and will only cause your site tp  have ranking problems. I couldn't imagine a use for a spinner tool now when it comes to organic search.

However, if you have a lot of ads to generate and you need to rewrite ad copy in order to test it you might find a spinner helpful. Even in that case, though, you'd want to manually review all of the results to make sure that they read correctly and the grammar is correct.

When it comes to the trailing slash on website URLs, the proper way is to use a 301 Permanent Redirect. However, you can help minimize this problem by fixing all of the internal links on the site so that you always link internally to the version that you prefer.

Christopher,

When you check the IP address of a domain, you may want to also to see the other websites that are hosted on that same server. MajesticSEO has a tool called the "neighborhood checker" that allows you to do that: https://www.majesticseo.com/reports/neighbourhood-checker

It really depends on your particular website, and the overall Domain Authority of your site versus the Domain Authority of your competitors (or the sites you want to compete with). If your Domain Authority is in line with the other sites that you want to rank for, then you should really have any problems ranking for those keywords.

However, if your site's Domain Authority is half of what the other sites are, then it may be more difficult. I usually recommend working on getting trust first, and working on overall Domain Authority to get  your site in line with the other sites that already rank for those keywords. Then, start looking at trying to rank for specific keywords.

I would check the social media sites, some sponsors may have coupon codes, and they typically share those codes on the social sites if you follow and connect with them.

Sounds as if you shouldn't be adding all of those--there could potentially be severe consequences if you don't deal with them properly. That severe consequence could be that you are hit by a Google Panda penalty, and lost a huge majority of your site's traffic from organic search.

You really do need to deal with this in some way--either don't add them like you're doing or use the canonical tag.

Just like any other marketing or advertising option, you really have to test it first. There are going to be certain home services businesses that may do well with Yelp, and then there are going to be others that don't do well with it. So generally speaking, we do recommend that businesses test it and see if they get leads from it and if it's profitable for them.

Yes, this is actually one of those things that is important. If you're blocking .CSS and .JS files, then your rankings may suffer. There are things you can do in .CSS and JavaScript to present the site to users differently than what you show the bots.

You need to unblock these files and allow the search engines to crawl them.

When you say "many" domains, I'm not sure how many you're talking about. Generally speaking, if it's over about 50 domains then you may run into issues with Google, as I've seen penalties for redirecting too many domains.

Also, keep in mind that redirecting a domain won't magically make that page rank any better or help it at all. If the keyword domain has previous history and links, then it could potentially help--but otherwise it won't. When it comes to domains, you're going to be better off actually setting up a site on that domain than just redirecting it to an internal page. There may still be some type-in traffic, but most likely not with the examples you've given.

The best thing to do is, in fact, to redirect it to the most appropriate page on your site--but don't expect it to help any when it comes to rankings. And, if you redirect too many, it may actually hurt your site.