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Thank you so much!  Yes that does help indeed.

One small question if i may?

I maybe have 20 backlinks to the site, but all high quality and very relevant.  I would keep almost all the value of these links wouldn't I? And wouldn't it bowd well because Google 'knows' I've been around for a while?

Thanks.

Isaac.

Hi guys.

I'm building a new site at the moment - seen a solid SEO opportunity for my work.  I'm a producer engineer, specialising in mixing and mastering, so i'm creating a site for online mixing services.

After a bit of keyword research I decided that "online mixing" was the best, most relevant and high volume term to go for.  Ideally i'd like my home page to be www.onlinemixing.com (or something similar) but alas! It's been taken, as well as all the variations (like switching words, hypens etc)

How much does this matter form an SEO point of view?

E.g - For the search term "online mixing" would - www.onlinemixing-signalchain.co.uk  be much worse than -www.onlinemixing.co.uk?   Or am I sweating the small stuff?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Isaac.

Hi Guys.

I'm a music producer and studio owner.  I want to start a new business for online music mixing.  Instead of starting from scratch I want to use a 301 redirect from my previous site that has built up a little authority over the years.  However, the old site is purely for my music studio, there is no mention of online mixing services. Will Google consider this 'odd'?  Pass less link juice?

Or perhaps pass no authority at all if Google 'decides' the 2 business are unrelated?

Cheers in advance guys.

Isaac.

Hi Andy!  Thankyou sooooooo much!  I'm kinda new to this.  I worked for them for while as a product guy. I realised the SEO was lacking and so I've sorta stepped into that role.

Makes a lot of sense, I will defiantly be implementing some changes.

Not sure what you meant by links that aren't the 'crumb trail'.  And also what did you mean by keyword cannibalisation?  Is that just having more than one page that you try to optimise for the same keywords?

Again thankyou so much.

Isaac.

Hi Guys.

One of my pages ranks quite well for "mid year diaries 14-15" on Google.  The problem is it's a really specific product page (A4, Hardback, day-to-a-page diary I think).

It would be much better for the user to land on our mid-year diaries category, not really deep into the site.  Why is Google prioritizing this product page over our general 'mid year diaries' category?

Especially when the category would relate to the search more accurately?

I work for TOAD diaries and I think our page rank is 10 for this search.

Eagerly awaiting some insight

Thanks in advance everyone!

Isaac.