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Here is a link that still maintains good positioning.

http://tinyurl.com/n687b8

Here is a link that still maintains good positioning.

http://tinyurl.com/n687b8

By the way, THANK YOU for helping.   What else do you think it is?  I realize Panda had a freshness update, but the other sites that we compete with never change their content.  We had some technical problems but for the most part, they have been fixed.

We have a lot of other pages that still maintain top 5 listings. Here is one example:

http://tinyurl.com/n687b8

But is this is true then why aren't all of our pages affected?  Furthermore, the seomoz tools for suggest that the French page earns an "A". Furthermore, from what I have read, it doesn't make much sense to change up a URL because the improvements are very substantial.  Any thoughts?

In late November, our site experienced a dramatic loss in serps across several pages.  Since this time, we have been trying all sorts of recommendations that included adding the +1 button, adding Facebook like button, differentiation link types and so on.  At the time that all of this happened we also noticed a few problems in GWT concerning inaccessible pages, pages not found and other problems.  We have come really close to fixing all of the technical problems, our pages load quickly and have even added the +1 buttons.  Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any improvement.  Now people are saying that when our site was built, about 5-years ago, the url's had keywords stuffed into them.  Admittedly, they are long but from what I have read making a series of redirects may not be an optimal solution and will take a long time to see any potential benefits.

All of the listed url's in the image below have been on the first page in google for the listed search phrase.  While they are still indexed, they are very difficult to find.

I would like to solicit the help from people with real world experience in diagnosing a problem like this one?  Is this an offsite problem, onsite problem, hosting issue or something else?

Thank you

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I would like to know more about this one too.

Is anyone aware of services that allow the renting of directory listings?  Someone explained the concept to me and I am trying to find a good source for directory rental links.

Thanks

sescout.com seems like a great deal but unfortunately they are closed to new clients.

Anyone aware of an online tool?

I'm needing to get SERP reports on a daily basis for about 120 keywords.  Can anyone recommend an inexpensive and accurate service for doing this? I need something more regular than once a week as many of our keywords are highly competitive.

Thank you

What upsets me the most is that for many local listings, it would be impossible for a local company to only exist in that given market.  There simply isn't enough business.  Then you see these foreign owned companies come in that are often in terrorist harboring nations where the tax rates are very low, rent mail boxes in every city and claim to be operating locally.  Of course, they have no US employees and pay no US taxes.    With lower operating costs, they can afford to offer cheap prices, buy up Google advertising and pay for many SEO initiatives.  Of course, Google couldn't be happier.  Something has got to change to level the playing field.  How about requiring all web based businesses operating in the US to report a DUNS or list their EIN or TIN and ensure credit cards are being processed through a domestic company?  That would be simple enough, the government would start seeing more revenues, US e-companies would grow and hire more employees.

My guess is that something like this will soon happen in the EU as google's conduct is investigated. Here in the US, most politicians can't even figure our out how to turn on their computers.

Oh to address one of your thoughts, most of the reviews that I see are fakes.  The worst of the worst companies always seem to have the most reviews.

Out of curiosity, are you a veteran owned business?  I know of a couple directories but have you found any additional resources for building links?

Have you included social media in your mix?  How much weight do you give to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and +1, and LinkedIn?

Hi Eppie,

Where do you find the 150 word writers who will do this for $0.50 to $1?  Also what services do you use for directory links?

Thank you