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Moz doesn't have this, but there are a number of tools you can use for this purpose. Xenu Link Sleuth and Screaming Frog both will help you in this process.

I think you're saying you have

mainwebsitethatsellsstuff.com
securesubdomainof.mainwebsitethatsellsstuff.com

and that you want to keep the main domain, and remove the subdomain, and that it's not a case of http vs https with the URL otherwise being the same, right?

You can verify a subdomain in Google Webmaster Tools and remove the entire subdomain. I've had to do this for a dev subdomain that accidentally got indexed. I was able to keep the main domain, and remove the subdomain. The key is to verify that subdomain, and leave the main domain alone, provided I'm understanding your question correctly.

That's a bit of a broad question, and requires knowledge of the client, their competitive landscape, etc. Some of our guides at http://moz.com/learn/seo are a good place to start to get some ideas of where to go with your client.

Two SEOmoz articles talk about hiring copywriters in general, setting expectations, how to help the relationship go well, etc. The second blog post has over sixty comments, and the discussion is worth reading as well.

http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/how-to-talk-to-your-copywriter

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-outsourcing-content-creation

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Let's keep this thread related to the original question posted. We make it real easy to create a new question and mark it as a discussion, and that's the more appropriate place for a level-headed discussion about some of these details that don't concern the OP as much as it does the people answering the questions.

Thanks!

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You'll want to keep the robots.txt on the dev subdomain, then verify the subdomain in Google Webmaster Tools. Once you do this, you can request removal of the dev subdomain from Google's index (same goes for Bing).

If you pull out dotbot from your exclusions, you should be fine.

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/dotbot

The search engine crawlers don't always get to all of the pages on your site at the exact time. The one page may get crawled more frequently than the other, so the other one may take a bit before it shows the updates. Google crawls the homepage of Amazon and eBay much more frequently than they would some obscure interior page, for example.

Before doing something like this, the OP would want to have a real honest talk with their client, and make sure that their client is comfortable with doing that and the possible ramifications.

As an Associate, I marked this question as answered. Catherine, glad you were able to get your question answered so quickly! When you next visit this thread, it'd be great if you could mark the Helpful Answers, which will give some extra MozPoints to these gentlemen.

I would be concerned about hiring any SEO that has a link exchange page. This site really has very little concrete in the way of content or anything to convince a potential customer to give you their information. There's just hardly anything here in the current version of the site.

Also look at "what can I offer that the other phone review sites don't currently offer? What can be unique about my site so that people will come to my site instead of one of the others already set up talking about the same thing?"

The Mozscape index currently updates about once a month. It can take 1-2 updates for your links to show up. We don't have as deep as an index as Google, so we may not see all of the links. Do also verify your site in Google Webmaster Tools and check there for your links.

Barry at Search Engine Roundtable has written about Google choosing their own page titles for your site, and I've seen reports of it here as well, so you're certainly not alone. Here's what Barry has written:

http://www.seroundtable.com/google-title-selection-12989.html

http://www.seroundtable.com/google-title-tag-13704.html

It also wouldn't hurt to log into Google Webmaster Tools and see if there are any messages to the webmaster from Google in there about any problems.

I just have to say I'm real thankful this is about car body kits. I saw the URL and was afraid I was going to need to add a NSFW disclaimer, until I saw the comments.

Moz has a list of recommended companies (based on our own personal experience) at http://moz.com/community/recommended.

If you search, you will find some companies (there is one prominent one in particular) that state they rate SEO firms. You may want to look on the Q&A forum for opinions of those companies, as they often require payment to even be considered in their listings.

Also, what works for one person, may not work for another. Do you have a 25 page site that serves a local area spanning two counties and sell nothing online? Or do you only sell your products online and never meet face-to-face, and need to be present in searches in Asia, Europe, and the Americas? Two very different firms would meet those needs.

It's broken. I'm sending out an alert and we'll be on it as soon as we can. It may be a little bit, as it's about 3:30 in the morning in Seattle right now. Thanks for your patience!

I can't speak for the search engines, but users take the value of good grammar seriously. If you're writing about a subject, proper spelling and grammar make a huge difference in having people trust you and be willing to buy from you or sign up for your services.

Blueglass has had a lot of posts about building infographics. You might start with http://www.blueglass.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-infographic/ then do a search on their site for infographics to find their other posts.