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If the content that exists on the page is identical then yes, it is duplicate content and may negatively impact your site. You can set up a canonical tag to one page and let the search engines know that the content is pulling from one place.

However, if you are optimizing these pages and building links to them the canonical will not be a good solution. If these pages are targeting keywords you will need to build unique content for each page.

Hi Chanel,

Yes, many tips : )

If you are working on getting local listings on Google places you will need to build citations.

A citation is your Name Address and phone number. Every citation must match the info you placed on your Google local page.

I would recommend starting off by listing your site in good directories that have relevant categories and then earning citations from local web sites(http://searchengineland.com/where-to-get-citations-for-local-seo-105667). This will require off line work such as sponsoring something locally and getting a citation on the site.

here is a good webinar on the topic http://www.seomoz.org/webinars/you-probably-think-this-citation-source-is-about-you-dont-you

Hope this helps.

HI Chris,

This is a good question, the first thing I would do is check how competitive these terms are. If the terms are really competitive it would be better to build individual pages with unique content on each. It is best to target one-two words max per page. (esp. if the terms are competitive)

As far as anchor text (link building), I would read up on a clean link profile (Natural linking).

Hope this helps.

There is more then one way to verify..

To verify that you own a site, you have a number of options. You can:

• Add a meta tag to your home page (proving that you have access to the source files). To use this method, you must be able to edit the HTML code of your site's pages.
• Upload an HTML file with the name you specify to your server. To use this method, you must be able to upload new files to your server.
• Verify via your domain name provider. To use this method, you must be able to sign in to your domain name provider (for example, GoDaddy.com or networksolutions.com) or hosting provider and add a new DNS record.
• Add the Google Analytics code you use to track your site. To use this option, you must be an administrator on the Google Analytics account, and the tracking code must use the new asynchronous snippet.

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35179

HI  loevgaard,

Solar panels are green and creating content should not be too challenging. The challenge is finding the right social media outlets or industry leading editors to help get your content visibility. IMO if your content will educate, entertain, or guide a user it is not enough.

I would use followerwonk to find real people that are in this niche, talking about it and getting social interaction. Network with them, earn their trust by reading and innovating. Once you network with the industry gurus you will be able to create the content they will want to share, or better yet link to off of your blog

Hope this helps.

HI mGordon,

I would use the Company name which happens to be exact. During a recent update many sites were affected by what Google called a Exact Match Domain Devaluation, however I recall reading something from Dr.Pete (seomoz staff guru)  that this was not the case, and more sites that had Part Match Domains were hit by the algo change. I know of a site that fell with a domain that had Company[Exact Keyword].

As long as your company name and your keyword are exact I don't think Google will not punish your site. Also if you focus primarily on earning relevant links with your contents you will indicate to Google that your site has trustworthy documents in its index.

Should we use 'disavow' if we dramatically dropped serps after Oct 5th, but did not receive a warning?

Not necessarily, here is a good read on who should use this tool: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-disavow-tool-take-a-deep-breath

IMO The best way to earn links is by building quality content on your own site and get industry related people to link to it. I would look for the best social media outlets for your niche. You can also look for industry related blogs, interact and win.

There are several tools available to in wordpress. I use Yoast, it is a great tool. Here is a good aticle that will help you set up the tool and understand how wordpress works: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/setup-wordpress-for-seo-success

There is no timeline, it takes time for your site to become trustworthy. Depending on the competition level and how you develop your site and market your brand will determine these results.

Hope this helps.

From my understanding the onsite work is only 30% of the pie. To ensure that your onsite is good you can use the SEOmoz on page report card.

If the On page data is good all that's left is who is linking to you, how relevant are they, and how authoratative are they?

The onpage content that you were ranking for may have built natural links. People may have referenced it which helped you get results.

Hi Shay, If the content on both pages are vary similar it might get picked up as duplicate content. You can add a conical tag to one of the pages letting the spiders know that these pages are all similar. The other option is to no index the page. Good luck.

If you download the app and follow the instructions in that article you should be just fine, don't be intimated and if you have any more questions while you are setting up your Yoast account ask them here and someone will help you out

Hi Pedro,

I used http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ and it worked great.

If you are using WordPress you might want to look into setting up yoast and follow these guidelines: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/setup-wordpress-for-seo-success

Hi Haviv,

If you want to find the keyword volume for a term you can use Google Adwords Keyword tool to find the volume of searches for your keyword phrases. Be sure to check the box on the left to exact.

Hope this helps.

Hi Punit,

It all depends:

Does this site have a clean link profile?

Is the site providing good content?

Do they give any value?

Will the users of this site find your site helpful?

If yes then do it. If not don't.

Why?

Google wants to rank sites that earn their keep

Google wants to show value

Google wants you to find results efficiently

I hope this helps : )

Link your blog author to a Google + account. Find people in niche related fields to network with. Interact with them. Google + is full of greatness for SEO.

Here is the ultimate guide to SEO:

http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/google-plus-seo

Hi Gregory,

If the goal is to focus on one brand I would 301 the site. However are these sites relevant to each other? Aare the existing links from the transferred site going to help the users?

If these are "yes" then I would do a 301.

Keep in mind having two relevant sites is spreading you ink equity in 2. This is also spreading your credibility/authority on the web in 2.

Also, if one site has a bad link profile I would clean it up before transferring it.

Hope this helps.

Hi Vikas,

Article submissions can be done but they require some strategy. If you are guest blogging you can use a site like myblogguest.com to find relevant niche related blogs that you can offer your articles to. This site is not free but can work in some niches.

You can post to squidoo.com ezines and other article sites but they don't hold the same value they used to. Read more.

Here is an effective method. Look for niche related blogs that are active and network within the niche. Once you can show a good amount of value by studying and innovating content, you will be able to post and earn real links.

Lastly my favorite method is to network**^** but place the articles on your own site. Gain bookmarks, Social media mentions, and the indexed content on your own domain.

Hope this helps.

Hi Timi,

If you did a 301 redirect from rxmagaizne.mx to rxmagazine.co. then it can take a while for Google and SEOmoz to index the links. If you did not do a 301 redirect the links will not transfer. You can allways add the 301 now to transfer the links from rxmagaizne.mx to rxmagazine.co. properly.

Hope this helps.