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Very interesting... do you have a link to the articles/video on "the spammer hook" in google's algo?

Thanks!

Wow - nice graph!  Where is that data from?

I would take it down immediately.

This is so obviously like a paid link under "site partners."

No worries! Appreciate your input.

Interesting note on the discriminatory aspect - I was under the impression that as long as the directory provided real value to users, Google would be lenient.

While I agree that there is nothing more annoying then telemarketers, our company does not have a choice, we pick up the phone when it rings. (And I have a feeling your company is the same way.) Our phone number is on our website.  I don't think being a part of "Dial a Human" would cause any extra telemarketers to call us.

I was asking more from a link-building aspect whether you thought this link was worthwhile.

I know people have mixed feelings towards submitting their sites to directories, but this one really seemed special, so I decided to share the opportunity with the Moz community, as well as open up a discussion on the value of being a part of this directory (and similar ones.)

We recently submitted our site to Dial a Human (www.dialahuman.com) It is a directory of companies' phone numbers, which go directly to a person (bypassing the machines.) I think this directory actually does provide users with value, and is far from your typical link farm.

The Page Authority is 56 and the Domain Authority is 47, and it is a PR5 site.

The other companies listed are all extremely reputable (most of them are fortune 500 companies.) The fee to join is $75-$150, but to be included with this group of companies, we felt it was very worthwhile.

We would join this type of directory over and over again.  Would you?

If you have any other directories which are of the same caliber please share!

hmm not sure - seems to be working fine here.

Hope you can figure it out - let us know what caused the issue when you do.

Well, the comparison page has a page authority of 32 while the product page only has a page authority of 21.

This is the most important factor.

THe comparison page also has external links from PC Gamer, and Bit-Tech - while the product page has zero external (followed) links.

I would try to build some external links to the product page.

You have to keep working at adding valuable content, and providing a great user experience.

At the same time you should never be satisfied with your backlink profile.  Keep working on building them - but stick to high quality, relevant, and non-spammy links.

They are hard to get, but worth the time.

I agree with Ron.  I would not trade links with any random site, especially not one with SEO in the URL.

Agree with Keri.

I don't think there is a "tool" for what you are looking for.  Every site will have different conversion rates for the same keywords, based on relevance, reviews, authority, etc.

BUT

You can start to develop a good idea of keyword/conversion rates for your site over time.

You need to start thinking about the searcher's intent for a query as well. If someone searches for "Rayban Sunglasses" What % of them are ready to buy? What % of them want information on Rayban Sunglasses, such as prices, reviews, styles, etc.

I would imagine a keyword like "Rayban Wayfarers" will have a higher conversion rate than "Rayban Sunglasses."

Further, I would imagine "ray ban wayfarer 2140" would have a higher conversion rate than "rayban wayfarers"

From my experience, the longer tail, lower volume keywords usually have a higher conversion rate than the high traffic generic keywords (although when you are ranking for the generic terms you may turn out more conversions than the long tail, just due to the volume)

Hope that helps

I would say it is possible - with the likelihood depending on how many pages you are including in your sitemap, and how authoritative your site/sitemap is in Google's eyes.

Of course linking to the page from other pages on your site increases your chances dramatically.

Hope that helps

You need to either redirect the other pages to the URL you want, or make use the canonical tag.

You can use the canonical tag as Guy mentioned, but the redirect you have in place should serve your purpose.

I would redirect all variations to www.abc.com as well as REL=Canonical back to www.abc.com.   This should solve you issues.

Never used SEO ultimate, but for your Rel=Confusion, check out this very helpful post.

http://moz.com/blog/rel-confused-answers-to-your-rel-canonical-questions

If you can pinpoint what it is about the Rel=Can that is confusing to you, I'm sure someone on here will be able help you.

I would definitely monitor city+keyword.

I have been using Hostmonster for my websites for years now and I haven't experienced any problems that would cause me to switch. Hostmonster also makes it easier to host several domains at the same time.

Hope this helped!

First of all, when I search for "fur elise violin and piano sheet music" your pages come up TWICE on page one - results number 6, and 7.

The Viola page comes in at #6, and the Violin at #7.

I would rather have two results rather than one - so consider yourself lucky. (I'm not sure if this is coming up like this on your SERP page, but regardless - your results are personalized for you - I would check www.startpage.com - and I'll bet you see the "real" results (#7 & #8)

One thing that stands out to me about your Viola page which may be why it is beating you Volin page:

It includes "Scorch" files, which the other page does not

Hope this helps