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I was reading as what brought in overall more compared to the two channels. I found data from Similar Web reports in shopping categories that 5% of all traffic came via paid and organic was around 95% (just the messenger on this).

Typically new sites heavily rely on generating traffic via ppc before organic kicks in. If you are generating traffic via ppc, take Roman's advice. Also, implement a good attribution framework to figure out your ROI or it will likely cost you. If you generate calls, get a unique number or use DNI to track your campaigns.  Well worth the money.

To the best of my knowledge Google will read it pretty regularly (every day/several days). However, Google takes several weeks until the disavow request is processed

Do you see the content when view source (content isn't hidden -- for example in iframe)?

Thanks Roman. I contacted Fili Wiese who has the best article on HTTP to HTTPS migration and he was graciously answered me back in minutes and he replied:

"HSTS is for the browser and the user, not the search engine. So yes, you do need to do 301 redirects."

Thanks!

Just wondering if this was strong enough signal to search engines that we don't need to write a 301 rule in .htaccess.

No, you need to cap daily budget. If you haven't done so, I would suggest implementing an attribution framework to see what traffic is converting and what is not. So, you can eliminate the waste and allocate more to the campaigns driving the conversions. Good luck!

ViviCa1 is correct. Check out Bing Webmaster Tools as well.

Why are you using 302's? Is this temporary? If permanent, use 301's.

Just tweak the .htaccess file and push non-www to www and change Magneto's base url in system => configuration.

Taysir,

I imagine that you received this message (added message so if someone is searching able to find this thread):

Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode.

The following URLs on your site include text input fields (such as < input type="text" > or < input type="email" >) that will trigger the new Chrome warning. Review these examples to see where these warnings will appear, so that you can take action to help protect users’ data. This list is not exhaustive.

Gaston links and suggestion are great. This is a pain, but it's for the best. Good luck on the migration.

If the pages you are deleting do not have a related page, you can just 410 them out. So if a 301 pointed to these pages, you can safely delete these redirects. Should be no SEO issues with minor 4xx's.

I guess why are you considering to do this? If any external sites are linking to those specific landing pages, and the 301 was removed, they would receive a 404.

I agree with 2. Always do 301's to pages that are most relevant. If not, organics and conversion will most likely drop.

Most likely after next Mozscape Index. If the 301 is done correctly and PA is not reflected in the short term, I wouldn't worry that much. Make sure to monitor organic positions and traffic to those landing pages for any fluctuations.

Alick300 provided the best link to see top seo companies. Also, see Rand's whiteboard on the topic "How to Choose a Good SEO Company" from earlier this year.

Because Google believes that it is better for the user based on their query:

There’s a simple reason for this: the title tag as specified by a webmaster is limited to being static, fixed regardless of the query. Once we know the user’s query, we can often find alternative text from a page that better explains why that result is relevant. Using this alternative text as a title helps the user, and it also can help your site. Users are scanning for their query terms or other signs of relevance in the results, and a title that is tailored for the query can increase the chances that they will click through. See Google's artcile: Create good titles...

A directory needs to be well organized (site architecture), great content/reviews (linkbait), appears well on many devices (responsive) and much more. As Donald pointed out, MOZ has a huge amount of guides and resources that should help you create some tactics in improving your rating/review site. Good luck!

To expand on what Alick300 stated, typically if the meta description is relevant, and includes the search query that the visitor is googling, it will show up in the snippet. If the meta description does not contain the keyword, they will grab a snippet of on-page content that includes it.

Have you looked into ahrefs? I know a ton of horsepower behind it, but don't know if it can handle checking 20m. Good luck!

Logan nailed the answer. Quality over content always. Even if you have good metrics, you may not have a baseline to compare to it yet. One way is hiring an independent contractor to produce 5 or so articles and compare metrics and cost and go from there. It's difficult to do, but you should always be testing! Good luck.

You can file a DMCA complaint and do a removal request to Google. However, the best remedy I found is to contact them and letting them know and asking them to take it down before some repercussion. Good luck!