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• If the annual content can be defined uniquely enough, create original URL's and write new copy.
• If the copy is close to the same, edit the previous pages to the relevant year and unique information
• if you prefer to make new pages/posts, 301 the old to the new

Hope this helps.

KJr

Here is the message I received from Google:

**Beacons transmit small bits of data like a random number or unique URL roughly once per second. These signals are readable by BLE-compatible devices, like smartphones and tablets, within a limited proximity range. Apps with the appropriate Bluetooth permissions can read these signals and perform actions. **

Beacons are an interesting new technology that will generate useful customer experiences and insightful analytics for your business. There are many reasons to participate, including:

• Store Visit Insights - Report on consumer behavior such as how long they spent in store & where they are going next
• Store Visit Integration - Signals for Google provided beacons will be utilized as an additional input to store visit reports as soon as they are installed

How does this actually work?

BLE beacons give users better location and proximity experiences by acting as digital lighthouses. They effectively “mark-up” (or tag) the real world for mobile devices to understand and use. For this store visits pilot, BLE beacons will be used to provide more precise indoor location “tagging” in situations where GPS does not work well (e.g., within a shopping mall). The user will have location history enabled and Bluetooth on for BLE beacons to register and inherently improve our store visits model.

Chris,

It's the competition that makes SEO great! Embrace this challenge and your rewards will follow.

1. On-Page SEO - use the Moz page optimization tool
2. Quality Content - I know it's an over used term, but it's true
3. Blog - write about what you know, become the expert to your audience by answering questions and invoking responses
4. Back links - this seems to be controversial, but bottom line is: Quality over Quantity

This helped us in 2 very competitive markets for "Signs Charlotte" & "Commercial Printer DC" it may help you too.

KJr

Hi Everett,

Yes, I keep them updated every month with new data & imagery. Agreed, it's a massive job to "clean up the internet" one that I'm sure is thankless and never ending.

I hope this post/question doesn't portray me as a hater, I love Google, search changed my life for the better. Good people like yourself, Miriam and others are my inspiration to keep working hard to do my part in keeping our internet as clean as possible.

TY for the reply

KJr

I use: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search to gauge if a site is spammy, if so, I follow this guide: https://moz.com/blog/guide-to-googles-disavow-tool

This has worked for me.

IF the webmaster has everything set correctly, you should use http. If you use https and it's not secure it's broken, they should have http and www. all pointing to the secured version

KJr

We have this white space below our logo when our local schema markup is added: http://d.pr/i/73EmV0

Can the markup be hidden to remove the space and still be indexed by google?

Kevin

Ruben,

This article helped me, I disavowed for 6 months and now quarterly. This may help you too: https://moz.com/blog/guide-to-googles-disavow-tool

KJr

Jazom,

Good Question! I think the search algorithms see voice search the same as any typed search since the request is after the voice recognition software has exercised its duty.

My answer doesn't provide much help, but your post was compelling and intriguing.

KJr

Agreed, read Rand's post it explains it well. I just finished creating a spreadsheet of us and our competitors with their PA/DA scores and rank for our #1 term, which I will use as a measuring tool going forward. PA/DA is important, but not as much as your ranking.

Joe

Hi A_Q

I always considered all PR sites as "nofollow" links, I still use them but don't see most of them when I check our inbound links, except for the association groups we pay to be in, but I don't see them as PR sites, more industry news.

KJr

Thanks Tom, yes this does help. Here's the code:

| itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness"> |
|   | itemprop="name">Heritage Custom Signs & Displays |
|   | itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"> |
|   | itemprop="streetAddress">2731 Interstate Street |
|   | itemprop="addressLocality">Charlotte, |
|   | itemprop="addressRegion">NC |
|   | itemprop="postalCode">28208 |
|   | |
|   | Phone: itemprop="telephone">704-655-1465 |

We recently went through a server upgrade, including SSL, Encryption, Browser Caching and Image Compression. Most articles I've read, state there will be a slight decrease in traffic shortly after launching before an increase from the normal volume. However, we launched over 3 weeks ago and our traffic has dropped consistently since.

Question1: What would be an average length of time after implementing this type of update to rebound from the drop?

Question 2: I follow Moz to the letter and have scores of 97 and 99 ,from the optimize a page section, for most of our product pages targeted keywords. What recommendations do you, my friends in the Moz Community, suggest we do next?

TY in advance, you input is very valuable to me.

KJr

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Just my opinion, but I say yes. KISS Keep It Simple Smith If I can avoid my visitor from asking "How Do I.." then I will keep them on my page longer. I believe Prev & Next links do that.

KJr

Hi Ruchy,

Google is one of the few that encourages reviews, so we actively seek them with nearly 100 in the past 8 months!

I do use Schema markup for reviews, I believe it helps because I lean toward reviews when I search.

Look for businesses with physical addresses, avoid complexes with multiple competing offices and home based businesses.

KJr

When adding the rel=canonical tag to a landing page inside a folder, should the tag read:

or

With or without the index.php?

TY

KJr

Thx, I'll change that over

Personally I think it's a bad idea, I tried it and it was a waste of time, 0 results. My time is better spent improving the quality of our websites, adding rich content and building links. It's my understanding that 3rd party blogging site are not indexed by Google anyway.

Just my opinion, hope it helps

KJr

Works GREAT!

BTW: this is the marketing manager Kevin, not Joe (owner). I'm native TARHEEL!