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When you run this page through the rich snippet testing tool, it says the page doesn't contain authorship markup.

Problem is, a look at the code shows rel = author has been properly added, and the author has listed the domain as a site he contributes to. 

Hopefully someone in the forum can tell me what I'missing? Why isn't authorship effective here?

Thanks Alan,

Sure, here is the site map: http://www.nationalbankruptcyforum.com/sitemap_index.xml

As far as noindexing pages is concerned, I always use noindex, follow, but choose to noindex category and author archive pages as I think they can cause duplicate content/ Panda issues.

John

After upgrading design and theme on a relatively high traffic wordpress site, I created an XML site map through Yoast SEO since WP Engine didn't allow the old XML site map plugin I was using.

A site:www.mysite.com search shows Google is indexing about 1,100 pages on my site, yet the XML site map I submitted shows "458 URLs submitted and 467 URLs indexed."

These numbers are about 1/2 of what they should be. My old site map had about 1,100 URLs and 965 or so indexed (used noindex on some low value pages.)

Any ideas as to what may be wrong?

Thanks Miriam, that was my concern as I mentioned above.

Thanks Oleg, my thought was that since domain authority plays a role in local, it could hurt, but I appreciate the feedback.

John

All,

One of my client's sites was hit by Penguin. The business has lost almost all of its organic rankings but is still holding on for a handful of local searches for some of its satellite offices.

We've built a new site and are slowly building domain authority.

My question is this: at what point do I swap out the new site's location URL for the old URL in Google places?

I don't want to risk the existing local placement which is all they have left for the time being.

Thanks,

John

All,

Open site explorer is showing a very spammy link profile for one of my clients, however, when I click through to the actual pages I don't see the links or even the anchor text.

The client has not hired anyone to do clean up on the site and is not yet aware of the links.

Has anyone had similar experiences?

John

All,

Would love to hear from the community on the issue of 2 rich snippets appearing on the same page, will one take precedence in the SERP?

For example, I am working with a client who has authorship markup on his homepage, we are going to add to that schema markup for an introductory video. Will the video snippet or authorship snippet display? Will both display?

All,

What is the best way to deal with a home page that has the /index.html at the end of it? 301 redirect to the .com home page?

Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

Thanks in advance.

No, I haven't. That was my suspicion as well. It is too strange.

Can a competitor do negative SEO on one page or URL to get it de-indexed?

Hello Everyone,

Under normal circumstances, new posts to my site are indexed almost instantly by Google. I know this because an occasional search with quotation marks surrounding the 1st paragraph of text displays my newly published page. I use this tactic from time to time to ensure contributors aren't syndicating content.

My question is this: I've noticed over the last day or so that my newly published articles are not yet indexed. For example, an article that was published over 24 hours ago does not appear to be indexed yet. Is this cause for concern? Is there an average wait time for indexation? XML issue?

Thanks in advance for the help/insight.

Thanks James. So, if it were you, you would not simply let the pages be crawled without utilizing one of the tactics mentioned above?

All,

I have a  site built on WordPress with directory software (edirectory) on the backend that houses a directory of members. The Wordpress portion of the site is full of content and drives traffic through to the directory. Like most directories, the results pages are thin on content and mainly contain links to member profiles.

Is it best to simply no index the search results for the directory portion of the site?

Thanks for the great answer Miriam!

All,

I'm working on a duplicate Google places listing issue. One of the listings is accurate, verified and has been reviewed by quite a few customers. However, we have a problem with an old address that still shows up in Google maps and seems to be the cause of poor performance for the accurate listing.  The old address listing was deleted but may not have been removed using best practices based on what I've been able to read here at SEO Moz.

The old address listing has been flagged by Google with a notation: “this place is permanently closed.” My question is what happens next? Do listings that have been flagged as permanently closed eventually drop out of the search results Or do I need to take additional action?

It appears that once a listing has been flagged as permanently close you can no longer report a problem so that route seems to be unavailable.

I think the amount of link juice that will flow from the acquired site will be a function of:

1. How conspicuous your link building becomes

2. Where the sites are hosted

If your acquired site is hosted on the same server as your current site my opinion is that you won't experience much value from the additional links as the search engines can identify ownership information as well as websites that exist for the sole purpose of linking to one another. Consider hosting on different servers, hence different IP addresses, and even this may not stop Google from eventually realizing that you own both sites.

Similarly, 100 new links from your acquired site will raise red flags and won't do much to advance your existing site.

I'd link the two sites strictly where it will benefit your readers (i.e. where a reader of the acquired site will benefit from or be interested in content on your existing site). Bottom line: don't overdo it and link for your readers.

Just my opinion

OK, great idea, but how much must I change in order for Google to see the content as a unique product?

All,

We used to allow users of our legal information site to syndicate content that was published in identical form on their blogs and, in some cases, other sites as well. No surprise that post-Panda, we're not ranking for those syndicated posts, they offer very little value.

We still boast a very nice library of original content that drives traffic, however, I'm concerned that those lingering syndicated posts are bringing down our overall domain authority/credibility. Right now, syndicated posts account for roughly 25%-30% of overall site content.

I'd like your opinions as to whether I should:

1. Delete the syndicated posts and 301 to an original page;

2. Do nothing

3. Do something I've yet to think of

Any insight is welcomed!

John