Yes, I've had this happen to me too. I'm not sure of the technical reason for this, other then the internet being re-propogated. Everytime I relocate a website, I run into this issue. After a month or so, everything seems to go back to normal.
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RE: IP address changed and some rankings drop
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RE: Client is being approached by company claiming to get lots of video views
Does YouTube do that? If so, that is probably why this YouTube Channel was only created in October 2012. That alone was a red flag to me!
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RE: Reports
Bummer! I didn't get a postcard, but I agree... really not liking the upgrade. I don't care about fancy... just useful.
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RE: Is there are way to set reports to run at month/quarter end so I can see each month as a whole or do I have to wait until the end of the month to set it up to achieve this?
Moz custom reports? You can set them up to run on the first of the month, which should encompass the previous month's history (based on crawl reports).
As for quarterly and other date ranges...nothing but old-fashioned elbow grease into Excel will work. We download and maintain this data in our own database, so we can run our own date-driven reports.
Would be a good enhancement feature for Moz (hint-hint!).
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RE: PPC keywords and locations help
I don't know how it works over in the UK, but here in the States, I can run a PPC campaign with a generalized keyword "web design" and only target specific zip codes, cities or county (through Google PPC), and even more granular based on hobbies (in FB).
So, yes, I would do the generalized, and then if you can, spread it around the several different geo areas that you can target.
Good luck!
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RE: Getting Traffic to a New Website - Looking for Ideas
Beyond building a solid website....
Off page - have you considered MOZ local? For $49 they can kick start a citation campaign for you. First you will need to make sure the client has a Facebook fanpage or Google Plus account.
The rest is all elbow grease.
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RE: Keywords going to Subdomain instead of targeted page(general landing page)
Well you've got flexsteel as a keyword on two URL's. Google probably is putting more empahsis on the deeper page because it either existed longer OR has been crawled with higher factors for the keyword.
You may want to check out your other internal linking and make sure everything is going to the new product page. Chances are you have lots of internal links pointing to the deeper page, hence making it appear more authoritative on your site.
Check on that, then re-upload a new sitemap for a new crawl. Good luck!
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RE: SEO for PPC landing pages
PPC landing pages and SEO landing pages ARE NOT THE SAME! Nor should they be treated the same. Sure, every page on a website that is exercising SEO should be treated liked a "landing page" - but not in the same way. Let me explain.
SEO Landing Pages When you have rolled up your sleeves, written your content, worked it to a Flesch-Kinkaid grade level and optimized it, it would be a total bummer if your visitor couldn't convert. Conversion could be, reading the next blog page, next blog article, signing up for newsletter, signing up for trial offer, or actually buying x. In other words, on an SEO page, there are lots of options for conversions or browsing beyond the actual page itself, including bookmarking for later reference.
PPC Landing Pages Now, let's take the visitor who you paid to visit your website. Those visitors, you don't want them to browse or look around, you want them to buy or convert RIGHT THEN AND THERE! That conversion should be there only option. There should be no other leaks out of the page to keep browsing and tire kicking... either sign up, enter email to download, start the trial or buy RIGHT NOW, or back out. Those pages should have the on-page meta done OK. They clicked on your ad, if written properly, because they wanted to buy/try/sign up right now. The page needs to have enough content on there to help them make the conversion and actually convert. But not so much that it deters the conversion.These are the pages you can roll up your sleeves on and have fun testing with A/B conversions, customizing meta, etc... One well written landing page can serve the purpose for several, if not a handful of keyword ads. They key is that the content (message) needs to match the intention (ad). So, if your ad promises a free trial for white apples - then your LP better offer a free trial for white apples. However, if you ad promises super cheap white apples with free delivery, don't take them to a landing page that offers a free trial for white apples. Capisce?
I hope that makes sense. Good luck to you!
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RE: Value in creating an 'All listings' sitemap?
Like a page that lists every show in your database? Isn't that what a sitemap is for? Couldn't find one on your site.
Your search is already fantastic! I can search for Lion King... and pick a city I want to see it in. The dates aren't listed, so I don't know if I've missed the one in Boston or not... would be helpful for vacation planning.
The only benefit I see to listing all the shows on one page (with perhaps the city and dates listed) is for prompting ideas to the visitor who knows nothing about theater (like me and only know about the ones I've seen or want to see).