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I was thinking the same also. But then I have seen the line in Carla's question: "The funny thing is that Google is picking up the correct Meta Description." (and I thought those have been changed at the same time).

Google is known for the fact that likes to rewrite titles and meta descriptions, if they believe it fits more to the user.

There are a few articles which you could read:

• from Yoast: https://yoast.com/google-page-title/ <- he is writing about this issue itself
• from Moz: http://moz.com/learn/seo/title-tag

I hope it will help.

Gr., Keszi

Hi Christian,

Every single tool has it's own index and indexing procedure. Some have a better link discovery than others. This specifically doesn't mean that a tool in general is better than the other one.

Before paying for any tool, I believe you should make a research for what are you going to use that specific tool.

It might be, that ahrefs, majestic have better link discovery, but Moz is better on the on-site issue discovery... and it helps you resolve that issue quite fast.

If you would like to know more about how OSE link discovery works, you can read more about it in Moz's help hub: http://moz.com/help/guides/research-tools/open-site-explorer (check the FAQ also).

I hope this clears up some questions you had.

Gr., Keszi

Hi Geraldine,

So, meanwhile just jumped in what would be most cost efficient implementation for the HREFLANG on your website.

Give the following article to your developer: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2620865?hl=en

Basically he will create a sitemap for each of the websites, which will indicate what is the alternate version of every single page in other languages.

You will then submit this sitemap to EACH of the Google Webmaster Tools accounts for the websites (.fr, .de, .com, etc.)

This should be the fastest and most cost efficient in your case.

Reminder: Remove the Hreflang link from current versions. It is the best to indicate alternate via only once channel.

Gr., Keszi

Could you write me Private Message with your email address? I need to ask a few questions to your developer in order to search for a good implementation.

Hi Geraldine,

I checked it quickly but I do not see the implementation done.

Regarding of how you could do it fast, what Content Management System are you using?

Gr., Keszi

Hi David,

There is a really good mozinar about Advanced Wordpress SEO: http://moz.com/webinars/advanced-wordpress-seo

I know it is from 2013, and it might not look fresh, but I remember listening it and getting a lot of good tips on how to handle your wordpress website. (Also tags, archive pages, etc.)

It is less than one hour, and it does worth watching it.

I hope it will help you identify and resolve these issues on your website.

Good luck! Keszi

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 was thinking how to answer this, but it is so simple: Yes and Yes for both of the questions

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Hi Ariel,

I have found something on Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7780859/htaccess-rewrite-to-force-trailing-slash-at-the-end

Maybe you want to check it out, if it works for you.

Gr., Keszi

Hi Dave,

Personally I would put a noindex, follow on all three of these pages.

The question to you would be the following: Do you think, that if someone would land on your website to one of these pages, would it deliver value for them?

The single item, that in my belief should be analyzed is the search pages. I'd check from Google Analytics if there is any organic traffic to these pages, compare it with the current pages that are on my site. And IF I find any new queries which I do not cover with my current pages/categories, I would create one for them.

I hope it helped. Gr., Keszi

Hi Lincoln,

I'd be cautious using tools that automatically generate a list for disavowing links. Instead take a day or two and go over it manually, filter out those which do look spammy. (You can use Opensiteexplorer to export your backlinks.)

Here you have a very good article from Modestos Siotos, on how to conduct a link audit.

Gr., Keszi

Hi,

I personally would create a 301 redirect to the closest relevant page (for example their category), and if the website has a blog, I would create a new entry telling my customers that unfortunately we have discontinued Product X.

This way I'd keep the link juice gathered by that specific product page, and distribute it towards a relevant page.

Gr., Keszi

Kundan,

I think if you have this kind of issues, you should contact Moz Billing and Account.

Which you can reach VIA https://moz.com/help/contact

Gr., Keszi

For just a simple example, website speed optimization could also help in a website's performance in search engines.

So I'd try to cover most of the possible issues a website has, in order to have benefit from all the channels.

Hi Andy,

If it was me, I'd try to get rid of these links. They might have any metrics showing high DA, PA, CitationFlow, TrustFlow, or any other (depending on what tool that you use). Until they are in no way related to the target URL, they just raise the balance of spammy link in your link profile.

Let's go back and check why do we have a Penguin update at all?

If we go back in time, many link builders (not all of them), have been hunting for links, regardless the source relevancy&quality. Google had to take action and fight the web spam, that we have created (from one hand with link building).

This is my personal opinion, but I hope it does help you convince your "board" to think in quality vs quantity. Try to remind them, that just because a domain has high metrics, it is not a quality site.

I hope this was helpful, good luck!

Gr., Keszi

Ah, ok! I didn't understand the question. Although I was reading it over and over again.

I'd advise you to make an audit for the site, check why your implementation didn't have any effect and try other approach to reach your target audience.

This won't be a short process, choose your consultant carefully.

Good luck! Gr., Keszi

Hi Victor,

IMO, there are no two identical cheesecakes. So I would not consider it as an issue, UNTIL they are not a complete copy-paste to each other.

Let's say that I have a way to cook a Hungarian goulash, and my best friend makes the "same" Hungarian goulash, but he does "personalize" it. We have two recipes, still we have two different recipes.

The way you could make it more "unique" is to let the community comment on these recipes (for ex. have a button like: "give your compliments to this chef!" and give the possibility to the users to give a personal opinion about the specific recipe. This way community members will generate the unique content to each of the recipes. (lets face it, I do not think comments will be copy-pasted to the similar recipes).

This is a personal opinion, I'd love to hear feedback from others.

Gr., Keszi

Additional to what David said, I would still consider leaving the comments option open (until there is no "over-usage").

Also a factor to consider (especially in Barry's case), what kind of comments do people post. Do they have a positive or a negative annotation? Are they on-topic or not?

If you have a community, like Moz has IMO, where I see a lot of good, complementing comments, responses to each of the posts, I'd consider indexing the comments.

What do you think? David, Monica?

Hi Jacob,

Just arrived home. So I would disclose why I said a few hours ago, that I was afraid of the December 8th date.

I have seen a huge drop in few of our websites which had quite a spammy backlink profile on that date. We have been cleaning up since then, trying to repair the damage, and results are showing up.

Try to check if your organic traffic has dropped site-wide or just for specific search queries. (in my case specific search queries had less traffic, but some other keyword sets were producing well).

On the 6th-7th there was the "Penguin Double Take" update, which I think has hit your site performance.

I hope this helped.

Gr., Keszi