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Moz has a pretty in-depth article about it.

https://moz.com/blog/an-introduction-to-google-tag-manager

Hey there. I asked a question that has some similarities, figured I would share that here.

https://moz.com/community/q/competitor-has-same-site-with-multiple-languages

I don't know that there is "structure" that you can implement as far as having categorical pages. However, an easy way to fix this would be to use the canonical tag. Moz defines it as "A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. Using the **canonical tag **prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs."

That way you can tell google which of the two you really want them to index. Otherwise you have to change the content enough that google see's it as different content.

Hey everybody,

I have been testing the Inurl: feature of Google to try and gauge how long ago Google indexed our page. SO, this brings my question.

If we run inurl:https://mysite.com all of our domains show up.

If we run inurl:https://mysite.com/specialpage the domain shows up as being indexed

If I use the "&as_qdr=y15" string to the URL, https://mysite.com/specialpage does not show up.

Does anybody have any experience with this? Also on the same note when I look at how many pages Google has indexed it is about half of the pages we see on our backend/sitemap. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

TY!

Thank you!

1. We have decided that localizing is not worth it, it appears spammy and we cannot offer curated content on that level.

2. I am still a little confused about HrefLang. For example lets say we have a .com and a .de website. Both are nearly identical with the exception of hreflang and a handful or product/pricing descriptions (for example the US website might not list german specific dating sites, where as the german site will most likely include most major dating sites simply because they have the reach). Does google see this as duplicate content? Or does the hreflang indicate to google that this should be treated as two different websites.

3. To sum this up, we are trying to determine just how our competition has such a large keyword footprint when as far as the numbers are concerned (page count, wordcount etc) we are basically on the same level.

Hey Moz,

I am working with a dating review website and we have noticed one of our competitors is basically making duplicated of their site with .com, .de, .co.uk, etc.

My first thought is this is basically a way to game the system but I could be wrong.

They are tapping into googles geo results by including major cities in each state, i.e. "dating in texas" "dating in atlanta" however the content itself doesn't really change. I can't figure out exactly why they are ranking so much higher. For example using some other SEO tools they have a traffic estimate of $500,000 monthly, where as we are sitting around $2000. So, either the traffic estimates are grossly misrepresenting traffic volume, OR they really are crushing it.

TLDR: Is geo locating/translating sites a valid way to create backlinks? It's seems a lot like a PBN.

That certainly should help. However it's no guarantee, Google doesn't always follow whats on the page. The problem is you are competing with Nasdaq. But yes that should help. They could also noindex their content for that page however I have a feeling they won't want to do that.

Hey there. So it appears it is being indexed. I have it showing up for me. I have a feeling what is happening is websites like Nasdaq.com are taking preference to your article. The reason being that they not only have the same exact title, but they are a more trusted website.

If you do a google search for "DTCC Moves Closer to Blockchain-Powered Trades" and then tell google to show results with omitted searches you show up. Also my contact info is in my profile if you have any other questions.

Hey there,

I seem to have heard mixed results on this. We have a LOT of pages that we are trying to tell google are important. Does it make that big of a difference if those pages are linked in the homepage/header menu? Or mega menu for example?

We are essentially a review site, so we potentially have thousands of links that could be implemented into the menu. Thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for your response.

The Hoth is a Forbes 1000 company, so I have to assume they are doing SOMETHING right. Maybe they are building PBN's I'm not sure, but how would they survive if they were utilizing tactics that don't work?

So the company I am working with has purchased backlinks from Hoth and Fiverr.  We have noticed that a lot of links seem to be from very low level DA's as well as wix,wordpress blogs that seem like they are the bottom of the barrel as far as links are concerned.

Is there any value to even having these. Is there a way we can quantify the value that these links provide. It is relatively expensive to purchase these packages, if the company can ensure DA50 posts is it worth doing that sort of this? Is it better to have a lot of a little or a little of a lot.

Something else occurred to me. So, our api rewrites EVERYTHING every night. So technically 1300 landing pages are coming online EVERY night, and the content isn't really changing. If that a problem?

To sorta explain, this is a review site for other websites/apps. Our API scrapes the description from the app/site, as well as ratings from app stores etc and then publishes that onto our page. So, generally the content isnt really changing, its just updating. Thoughts on that?

Thank you!!! Thats great info.

I agree with Gaston 100%... not only that but changing your URL is not only a major pain in the butt, if not done properly can severely hurt your SEO.

Yeah so basically we are bumping up all the static content on our review pages. The reviews are updating daily. And to clarify when you say "wouldn't work in your favor" you mean we aren't getting any benefit from the content, it isn't negatively impacting us correct?

Thank you very much! Can you clarify number 3?

Hello!

I have a website with over 1300 landings pages for specific products. These individual pages update on a 24hr cycle through out API. Our API pulls reviews/ratings from other sources and then writes/updates that content onto the page.

1. Is that 'bad"? Can that be viewed as spammy or dangerous in the eyes of google? (My first thought is no, its fine)

2. Is there such a thing as "too much content". For example if we are adding roughly 20 articles to our site a week, is that ok? (I know news websites add much more than that on a daily basis but I just figured I would ask)

3. On that note, would it be better to stagger our posting? For example 20 articles each week for a total of 80 articles, or 80 articles once a month? (I feel like trickle posting is probably preferable but I figured I would ask.)

4. Is there any negatives to the process of an API writing/updating content? Should we have 800+ words of static content on each page?

Thank you all mozzers!

Agreed! Forcing the rewrite will solve the problem, I'm guessing OP is currently using 301 redirects to send people to HTTPS.

I have been hired to work with a dating website to help with some SEO. The website itself is in a lot of trouble from an SEO standpoint. I have been working on a plan with them for how to fix their problems.

They are currently averaging 1.6k unique users a month and wants to get to 50k in 3 months and 200k in 6 months. This seems entirely unreasonable without spending a lot of money on SEM/Social/Other marketing avenues.

I would agree with Don. Matt Cutts, who is pretty much the authority of all of this, has answered this question. Granted it was 7 years ago I think the answer is still valid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6-KA20QqL8\

Quantity is important for people, quality is important for google.