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Depending upon the channel - the 'name' on the content can count BIG time....so I get your slant on this.

Me? I'd just put the CEO's name on it, period. If his rep carries that much channel juice, then you should ALWAYS go for the most you can get...i.e. just put his name on it....the author obviously works for him so no problem...

Finding a UK based SEO firm will help immensely....Dave's great - but a google for same shows there's thousands who will come up...just pick your shortlist with some degree of expertise...and DO inisist on getting references you can check!!!

Dave Naylor is a well respected SEO practitioner in the UK...

https://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/

Contact them and ask for a quote....they're a solid performer, eh!

Hi...
Had a few seconds so I ran "wedding photojournalist" in g.co.uk....your PPC advert comes up nicely, and your organic site ranks at #12 - ie page 2...

So I don't quite understand why you'd say "google has dropped my site" ??

Where were you ranking before?

Plus if you want a UK SEO firm - I can highly recommend Dave Naylor at - https://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/ - have heard him speak at conferences and like his take VERY much on all things SEO!

Hello EdBen...

That date seems a bit "after" the July 24th Google Pigeon update...about a month or so...but can I ask, was this rankings drop at google.com or google.co.uk?

Up here in google.ca land (Canada that is) we tend to get the changes to the major google.com algo about a few weeks after...so while Pigeon did change many things (like local listing packs, local directories, carousel items etc.) it took those weeks to be "seen" up here...

Could then, Pigeon be the culprit for your drop? Have you been able to drill-down to see if your own site has been re-ranked based on IBLs (incoming back links with authority) or new local directory reviews from say Yelp etc?

Flavour - schmavour!

the only thing in my world that hurts conversions - is the inablity to communicate! if the bad grammar does that, then I'd find a way to change it to work for you - rather than against you....

As Benjamin just above said...if you can "update" that content by adding fresh links or latest thinking or 5 new items to consider....then re-publishing same....it does revitalize the content, gets it reindexed again and hopefully new traffic to boot!

RE: "** I'd like to remove most of the blog articles as I want the new site to be very high quality, but isn't it dangerous to do a 301 redirect to the same page for all these articles..."**

While others have commented on that, what we've done before on this is to create (note a WP site) new Categories and then 301 all to the master Category post page....

This is or rather has been solid SEO in that it is okay to group like posts....gathered all together on this master Category page and save the linkjuice that way...

You are aware of the latest Pigeon updates, right?

And the move of directories into a higher valuation by Google for serps?

Here's how I blogged about same - http://www.canuckseo.com/index.php/2014/08/google-pigeon-update-gotta-know/ and a quick Google for "pigeon update favors directories" shows many more SEO practitioners with the same view...

Yelp has especially been moved up in my own client roster serps....

Yes...relation to the centroid of the search area is very important still (see the 2013 Local Search Ranking Factor Survey here at moz from David Mihm) as we well know...

And yes, we've had clients with the same issue too. One way that we handled that issue was to open up a "sub-office" for the client via a hot-desk at an Incubator site located across the street from city hall - ie AT the centroid! Took awhile for the updates to resolve...but the move up the Local search results happened...and they (and us too of course) were happy with the results.

Oh - they actually 'do' use the hot-desk - it's staffed by a marketing dept person every day and they 'award' the seat to a diff person each week as a sort of 'bonus'....ie the telecommuting opportunity as a reward. Works, it does!

As usual, Egol perfectly answered...but thought I'd just add....

That just a year ago, I did file a DMCA and eventually wound up (honest!) talking to someone from Homeland Security in the US as the firm I was after apparently was being "watched!" While I do believe we're all being watched, that experience did worry me a bit...

My content was taken down - but by the .gov of the firm in which the owners of same lived - least that's the answer I got...if you can trust that anything you hear from the ones in charge is believeable.... <knocks on="" desk="">testing testing...you guys still listening in???

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Hire someone Mark that you're "comfy" with would be my answer....

Email me for more info....I've a couple of CA contacts you might want to consult on this for candidates too!

YES...you do need to include the full NAP!

Check here at moz.com for the local search ranking factors survey - we're still working on this years, but last years shows too the vast importance of the full NAP on every page....

Sorry...didn't know about the no-sig thingy...am new to the Q&A area...but  I hear you!

Egol....is this the Egol I might know from seochat days long ago?

If so hey!

Jim Rudnick
KKT INTERACTIVE Inc.
www.canuckseo.com

Yup....that Sugar is a Canuck too, eh! Good call Keri!!

As noted this is really a Negative SEO type of thrust, into the marketplace by folks who IMHO are idiots!

Disavow anything that looks shady....and also ensure that you check now every single week on the new IBLs....now that someone has started on you in your channel, it may be worse before it gets  better, eh?

Oh - google for "Negative SEO" and read some of the lastest case studies too....knowledge learned is a good thing, eh!

Jim Rudnick
KKT INTERACTIVE Inc. www.canuckseo.com

Look as others have noted...that "sized" budget is pretty small....however if you are correct in that the channel you're in is not that competitive....then there maybe some help you can use just to get you started.

You'd need to be prepared tho to do much of the "grunt" work yourownself....

Email me your details, I'll look over what you might need and give you a quote - jrudnick at kkti dot com is me...

Oh, just google for me or for our blog - www.canuckseo.com to see who we are....and what our credentials are too!

Jim Rudnick
KKT INTERACTIVE Inc.
www.kkti.com

In my Local Dashboard, there is a green circle with the number 2 in same....

Yet I've only got 1 Local campaign ongoing....

???