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It's helpful to use Dreamweaver with the visual and code views showing together - it helps you see what you are doing.
It would help you to learn basic HTML and there's plenty of free help online.
We use CMS now but sometimes I wish I could go back to sites editable in Dreamweaver for the ability to have more control.
Useful tool I found recently: http://httpstatus.nl/ - showed a few redirect chains on our site
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Are they products that will come back in stock again soon? If so I would have a page that says it is temporarily out of stock but why not sign up to newsletter that will tell you when it's back in. That way they may still buy the product from you.
I'd also add 'you may also be interested in' products on the page to see if people want to buy something else from you in the meantime.
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If the dev site can't be crawled (which is generally the idea), it doesn't matter what you call the URL's on the test site.
If the URL's on the old site are good, keep the same names for the new one to avoid the need for 301's. If the URL's could be better though, change them but 301 the old pages to the relevant new ones.
Hope that helps
I would say tags are useful to readers to help them find more of your content on the same topic.
Unlike Chris, I have clicked on them but people use the web and websites in different ways.
If it's useful to readers then do it.
I don't think they rank better but it isn't just used for blogging. You can make decent website but if you know how to code and are happy doing it then probably stick to it.
Wordpress is easy though and you can write a custom theme.
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That should be enough to stop the search engines crawling and indexing the test site.
Remember to take it off when you go live though.
Why the thumbs down when I said the same as Kate?:
"Ensure you have it on your site first"
Ideally you don't want a redirect chain. It's best to redirect the old page to the new, missing out the middle one.
Redirect the middle page to the new too.
Hope that helps
Totally agree with Egol.
If the content is inaccurate it could really harm the client if it is supposed to be written by them.
I would definitely get them to approve anything written in their name but also, before writing it, ask them what key points or facts they would expect it to include so that it guides your research and writing.
Obviously it's easier to write about subjects you know, but if you have a genuine interest in a new subject it makes it easier to learn about and write about.
Good luck.
If you have Google Analytics (or similar) take a look at where the traffic is coming from and compare it to any historical data if you have it.
It could be something happened online like better rankings or a buzz about you on social media as Don said a link in a forum or it could be something offline like a newspaper or magazine article on you or even a mention on TV. Check referrers in Analytics.
If you have been at any trade shows that could also have driven traffic. Check 'city' report in Analytics.
If it's possible you may also be able to implement a 'where did you hear about us' question at some point - either when people come to buy something or as an after sales thing. That would help for future.
All good news for you though as you said but it's better to know why it happened so you can do more of it.
Hope that helps
I agree with vzPRO - avoid the mass follow/unfollow tactic and write great tweets that get people to follow naturally.
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I think your H1 idea is fine.
For the meta descriptions I'd write a new one for each page and make it so that it compels searchers to click your page. That may or may not be the first few words on your page. If the words do not capture interest you may lose a searcher to another search result. The meta description is important for click through.
As you identified, just a product name or half a sentence will not serve you well.
I'd agree that it takes hard work.
Make sure your site is as good content-wise as it can be and make sure you only use ethical ways to promote it - trying to take short cuts won't pay off in the long run.
You're in the right place to learn how to make your site great - there's plenty on moz and on the site of partners Distilled.
Also, try watching the regular Whiteboard Fridays https://moz.com/blog/category/whiteboard-friday
Good luck
Guessing it's AVG Secure Search but may be wrong
Might be worth checking that if they say they are going to link to you that they actually do so and that they leave it up. Hopefully if they are decent enough sites they wouldn't do that though...
As others have said, definitely only link with decent sites and only if it would make sense from a human point of view to do so.
Might be worth checking in GA to see if the site then refers you good traffic. It may help you decide which ones to link with in the future.
I wouldn't go mad with exchanges though.
Firstly, don't pay for them or do a mass 'follow the unfollow'.
Try great content, tweeting pictures, helping people out, joining conversations etc - the growth will be slower but a better quality of follower.
If your content is good, it will get re-tweeted.
Try mentioning others in tweets. If you are saying something good, chances are they will RT and your tweet will then be seen by their followers, some of who may then follow you.
Obvious one is to add your profile name on email footers etc and to link to your profile on any other social media profiles.
Take a look at top tweeters to see what sort of thing they are saying - you may be able to learn from it.
Good luck
No. Add to the end of the search results URL after the results have been returned
This may be useful http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google