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Oh yes he is correct, good call Neil, I had no idea that the robot.txt would be publicly accessible. I actually never seen a site have their robot txt visible.. I guess it's the "open source"...

Hi Keri, http://www.seomoz.org/blog/anchor-text-distribution-avoiding-over-optimization the author  Geoff Kenyon says that he would recommend a 7:3 ratio branded vs. exact..

Do you think this Ratio is good?

<imo>the algorithms are not going to "always" rank a site with a 7:3 ratio over a site with a 6:4 ratio they are not "only" looking at the quality of links and the anchor ratios to rank a site, they are also looking at social media indicators.  </imo>

I did read an article on seomoz about Wikipedia pages which outrank many sites and have mostly exact links.. However, Wikipedia's root domain has mucho trust and authority  so this would not be a good enough indicator

Using http://pro.seomoz.org/tools/on-page-keyword-optimization, you can check individual pages, in the keyword field I put the helper and in the URL I put http://www.dmoz.org/public/profile?editor=thehelper... So it seems like it does get indexed : )

To keep a link profile clean the recommended natural looking anchor text are as follows:

50-75% Branded inbound links and URL links.

25-50% Exact and diverse inbound links.

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

The campaign keyword tool is set to auto run on a specific date. Unfortunately you cannot update this data manually. I would advise just using a browser to check. I would also advise clearing your catch, saved searches and logging off any google account.

Hi,

You can use opensiteexplorer.com, Majestic, your Google webmaster tools and Bing webmaster tools to collect all this data. Unfortunately there is no software that gives you every single link picked up... If you use all the mentioned methods above you should have most of the data.

Hope this helps.

You can post on forums but most forum links are no follow. Anyways just make sure the forums are relevant and do not to link exact text anchors. Just put you URL or Brand name.

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.

If the page is indexed I would remove it. This should help: https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=59819

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.

I believe Google + is a great social media outlet to learn marketing.. Here a link to David Amerlands G+ Profile https://plus.google.com/u/0/115620878851836664537/about he is an author for marketing, social media, and seo books.

For authorship and markup you might want to check out (circle) AJ Kohns Google + profile.

Following the latest SEO news from authoritative people will help stay up to date and it will help you create great ideas.

Hope this helps.

Hi Cecil,

DMOZ as Kane mentions is trustworthy and valuble. Many directories scrape it, earning more directory links. I've read a great article on getting accepted into DMOZ here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/want-to-get-listed-in-dmoz-become-an-editor

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.

Local as in city or state, earn links from the areas you want to rank in.

If they are attached to specific strings ( String: After the URL it looks like this: /?alwer.ei.we ) you can block the string(s) in your robot.txt file.

Lets say there are 100 duplicates that start with"/?osifos.sdjvnksdj" block out the "?osifos" in your robot txt.

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 Joel,

Have you considered earning local links?

If you're trying to rank for something in Google places all you need is a ton of relevant citations, from good directories.

If you're  trying to rank for local organic results you need local organic links. You can look up local sites (that have local IP's and get them to link to you. You can also do a charity in your office and invite other Companies to join. After the event, write a press release about it. Then ask these companies if they want to leave a quote about the event (this works great). Lastly syndicate the PR to your site and ask them to share it with their audiences, or link to it from their site.

This is just one example of gaining links. Good luck.

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