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I am about to work on a multi-national site and need some more information about what I should consider regarding:

• content
• keyword research
• anything else

My biggest question is regarding content. The company would like a UK version of the site with a different URL, but plan to keep the content essentially the same, with the exception of a few minor details. In this case, would duplicate content still be an issue? If so, any suggestions for working around this?

Any strategy information on multi-national sites would be really helpful.

Thank you!

Erin

Miriam,

I am aware that it should be on the google listing. In this case, I am referring to the website. In other words, if the local number is at the top-right of the page, I would list the toll free number below with 'toll free' labeled as an option for the user. The toll free number would also be placed below the NAP in the footer of the page.

Thanks,

Erin

Miriam,

Thanks for the comment.

What about if I add the 888 number below the local number. Will this cause confusion with the search engines?

Thanks,

Erin

Interesting suggestion... so the image would display the 800 number, but the alt-text would have the other (NAP) number?

Thanks!

Hi,

My client just sent me an 800 number that he would like to use to replace his number on the website. I know that it is best to keep a local phone number on the website and across all citations for NAP/Local SEO reasons.

Is there anywhere that I could still incorporate the 800 number and not have it affect SEO?

Thanks,

Erin

Steve,

Thanks again for your help!!!

Erin

Steve,

Thanks again for your help!!!

Erin

Steven,

This article was very helpful. However, what if the content and site architecture will be changing. There will likely be some parallels in information, which I imagine should include 1 to 1 301 redirects. But what about the rest of the information.

There is also one more piece to the story. The client is consolidating two old websites into 1. The two old sites will be modified to represent two locations under one umbrella brand name (the new site). Currently the 2 sites have duplicate content.

What would you do in this case?

Thanks,

Erin

Hi,

I am working with a client who is planning to rebrand the company and set up a new domain. What is the best way to maximize and pass the authority from the existing sites (there are 2)? Each site already has many inbound links and have been around for a while.

• Should I set up 301 redirects for all of the pages?
• Should I set up domain forwarding?

If I do this, what are the implications from an SEO perspective?

Please advise.

Thank you,

Erin

Thanks everyone for your responses!

Hi,

I have recently been told that it no longer impacts authority or rankings if a blog is set up on a subdomain (blog.domain.com) rather than a subdirectory (/blog). However, I am reluctant to do so because I remember learning how blog subdomains did not adhere to SEO best practices.

Would anyone be able to shed some light on the latest SEO best practices regarding this topic?

Many thanks,

Erin

Makes sense.

J.P. -

Thanks... do you mean if any link is posted through a company G+ account, it should update the results?

That reminds me, I have a quick questions about personal G+ accounts. Is there any advantage to using a root domain email address associated with the G+ account or can any email address be used, as long as there are associated links within the profile?

Thanks,

Erin

Thanks everyone, for the feedback and reassurance that I am on the right track. This is a client's site and he is not quite ready/convinced to dive into social media. At this point, we are taking it step-by-step. That said, I do have some local link-building and content creation plans in the works that are just not quite there yet.

J.P. - Thanks for the suggestion! It's good to know that this will impact the indexing. I will work on this with the client, just believe it might take some time.

Irving - Thanks. I resubmitted the sitemap, but have not requested the re-crawl. I will do that.

Owen - Okay... good to know it still may take some time. And yes, it desperately needs links... working on that.

Again, thanks to all of you for your input!

Best,

Erin

Hi,

I have launched a website ( www.bookkeepingking.com )and would like Google to reflect the latest title tag changes in its results. How long does it typically take to happen? I believe this might be one reason why the site may not be generating any search traffic yet, even though I haven't yet begun any link building yet.

A couple of notes:

• When I enter site:bookkeepingking.com in the search box, the pages show up, but with the old/default title and meta descriptions.
• I am using the Yoast for SEO plugin
• I have resubmitted the XML map - Yoast created 2... /page-sitemap.xml and /post-sitemap.xml
• The changes were made about 1 week ago.
• WMT says that there are zero errors.

Is there something I may have missed? Or do I just need to give it more time?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Erin