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Hi there,

This is one of the reasons why the hreflang tag was created. You can learn more about this here: https://moz.com/learn/seo/hreflang-tag

Also I would advise you to read Dave's post about it: https://moz.com/blog/hreflang-behaviour-insights

I hope this will clear it a little bit.

Keszi

Hi Russel,

My advice would be to go and check up the webinar section. There has been a quite good webinar last Thursday pointing out dos and don't for Google Places.

I believe it will give answer to all of your questions.

I hope that will help,

Istvan

Hi Chris, Maybe opensiteexplorer.org could be a solution? You could export the info and check anchor texts and links also. Gr., Istvan

Hi Salvyy,

I always told my team, that if we gain links from bad websites, that is in a some way harmful, BUT pointing out to such sites can flag us. (The same is told by Matt Cutts who pointed out that you cannot influence who is linking to you, but you can choose where to link to).

Therefore my advice would be, if it is not in your niche then don't link to these sites.

Gr.,

Istvan

Hi,

You can block RogerBot from Robots.txt

Check for further instructions on: http://www.seomoz.org/dp/rogerbot

"Please note: Adding this code will prevent our crawl test tool from being able to crawl your website."

Gr.,

Istvan

What I would add to Lewis's answer, just to make it clear, canonicals do pass link juice. If you are interested, you can check this article from Dr. Pete: http://moz.com/blog/an-seos-guide-to-http-status-codes

But for sure the 301 would be the best practice in your case. Because there would be no good use to have the pictures on 2 urls (the kws and the non kws versions).

I hope this helps.

Keszi

Hi,

I'd quote from Moz: http://moz.com/learn/seo/domain-authority

"How do I influence this metric?

Unlike other SEO metrics, Domain Authority is difficult to influence directly. It is made up of an aggregate of metrics (MozRank, MozTrust, link profile, and more) that each have an impact on this score. This was done intentionally; this metric is meant to approximate how competitive a given site is in Google.com. Since Google takes a lot of factors into account, a metric that tries to calculate it must incorporate a lot of factors, as well.

The best way to influence this metric is to improve your overall SEO. In particular, you should focus on your link profile—which influences MozRank and MozTrust—by getting more links from other well-linked-to pages."

So answering your question, Yes, you can improve the DA, while working on your SEO.

In general, in my belief, the 301 redirect could have influenced the score, but I would rather check the rankings and organic evolution of the website after the redirect instead of checking only the DA. If the organic results improved, I wouldn't worry to much about the DA itself. (maybe it is just only a temporary glitch until Moz recalculates it's value based on the new information they get).

Keszi

First of all, I think SEOmoz team took decision after long time planning, and although it is a hard decision in long term it will pay back to the community. Now we will have even more people answering in the public Q/A section and helping to deliver faster responses there.

For those who said that they will miss private Q/A, I think there will be mozzers (and friends from the SEOmoz community) out there who you will be able to private message from time to time to discuss about the latest strategy ideas (and once again, I don't think anyone will refuse to discuss it with you).

Last and not least: as part of the community our job is to support them in order to get supported by them, so let us behave like that!

Istvan

Hey Miranda,

I would go for one of the following:

1. usage of canonicals (link rel canonical to domain.com/jobs-in-london/)

2. the dev team could use cookies to keep trackings (I am not a developer guy, but this issue has been solved many times with cookies) - Developers please correct me if I am wrong in this.

I hope it hepled,

Istvan

Hi there,

I underlined it many time to others and I will underline this fact to you too: before you are trying to "hire" someone to get a job done, try to get to know, what that specific person is going to do for you.

In your case I would advice you to go and check the following two videos:

1. www.seomoz.org/blog/which-link-metrics-should-i-use-part-1-of-2-whiteboard-friday
2. www.seomoz.org/blog/which-link-metrics-should-i-use-part-2-of-2-whiteboard-friday

These two take up 30 minutes, but they will give you the basic knowledge of how to measure the link metrics.

BTW: if you really want to climb in "SEO" try to deliver something real good and you will achieve the goal.

Regarding the SEO company you have hired: my advice would be to sit down with them for 1 hour meeting and ask the following question:

1. What is the strategy they are going after?
2. Why did they choose that?
3. How will this point you out from the crowd?

Taking rough decisions like Hire of Fire is not specific to SEO. There might be strategies which might not show up too much in the start, but on a long run you will benefit from their campaigns. A good SEO company knows that your goals are their goals too! If you are happy as a customer, you will stick up with them.

Another advice: SEO consultant and Client relationship should be compared to marriage. I know it sounds ridiculous, but if they hide things from you, they are going after sneaky goals, it will end up with a divorce. And a divorce is not good for neither of you.

Final thought: Go ask this question question to your SEO too, ask them why is it good to have you submitted in those directories, if it is delivering any plus value, etc. etc.

Good luck,

Istvan

Hi Pedro,

You will find your answer in this article: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices-since-sitemaps

I hope it helped,

Istvan

Hi Erik,

In the campaign setup you have 3 different possibilities:

1. Subdomain (Examples: www.seomoz.org, guides.seomoz.org, pro.seomoz.org)

2. Root Domain - Track at root domain level. Track all the different subdomains within this root domain.

3. Subfolder (Examples: www.seomoz.org/tools, guides.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization)

Now, if you want to track the www. version of you site, go and use the first possibility and track www.yourdomainnamehere.com

Hope this was helpful!

Istvan

Hi Alex,

Related to Image Optimization Kasy Allen wrote a very nice post back in august 2011. Read it through, it will provide answers to your question

Here is the link: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/is-optimizing-photos-more-important-than-you-think

I hope that helped,

Istvan

I would underline something related to your question: I take myself as an example. - just so it is clear for everyone

I had talks with other mozzers who told me they appreciate that I am investing time in answering questions here in Q/A. That felt like... GOOD! That was the best feedback ever for me! (and if you read this through - "You know Who" - Thank you! ) - I am not pointing out with a finger, that is not the point. The Feedback is!

Ok, now back to Alan's question: Why it is important to put thumbs up/thumbs down, mark it as a good question or not: with every question I read and I try to answer here on SEOmoz Q/A I am learning something new (if a client comes and asks the same question I would need to answer it in more detail, so I am testing, preparing and constantly learning in here) - every one of us is a man, we can make mistakes, but we learn from these mistakes only if we get the feedback. So please-please-please don't hesitate to give us a feedback, we learn from that (even if it is a negative one).

@Alan: I am glad you brought it up. I was thinking on writing something similar too.

Cheers,

Istvan

Hi there,

It can take quite some time until you will see effect of the disavowed links file. For example in one of our projects I've seen it took almost 6 months until we have seen some recovery after submitting the disavow file.

Also what I'd advise you to check if your rankings were only effected by the lower quality links you had in the past. One tool that might help you with that is Barracuda's Panguin tool: http://barracuda.digital/panguin-tool/

Basically it will use your Google Analytics data, and overlap with the known google updates. That could also highlight if your website was hit by another update meanwhile.

I hope this helps a little-bit.

Keszi

Hi Jackie,

What I'd advise you to do, is to create a Screaming Frog Crawl so you can compare the two crawl data. If both show missing meta descriptions on the same pages, then there might be something on your side.

It is always good to double-check the information you are provided. So you are sure that the issue isn't a bug.

Gr., Keszi

P.S. I made a quick crawl with Screaming Frog on the first domain: sundancevacationsblog.com and found quite a big number of Missing Meta Titles.

Hi,

Would you be able to post a URL? Maybe there is something you have missed with the implementation. More eyes, see more.

If you cant/wont post it publicly, send me a PM.

Keszi

Hi Will,

Before taking a decision like this, maybe you should analyze why was it deindexed?

I have seen websites getting deindexed because of technical issues, it might be worth taking a look.

Greetings,

Istvan

Hi!

Like Jamie has mentioned it, you have a HREFLANG issue on the site.

Try implementing for each of the domains the following code:

<- default for international
                  <- default for US
              <- default for Aus
                             <- default for italian language!
                             <- default for french language
                          <- default for german language!

I would implement it like this.

The difference is compared to Jamie's implementation idea, is that I wouldn't put the .com version as the x-default.

All of the hreflang markups have to appear on each of the pages! For example:

Read through the articles Jamie provided, they will be a huge help to kick-start the implementation.

Gr., Keszi

I'd rather not use images that are not licensed or owned by my company.

That's just my personal opinion.

Gr., Keszi