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Hi Ruben,

Thanks for the feedback.  I see ur in the legal industry as well.

Yes, the anchor text is too exact - I'm working on fixing that.

I guess it's good news that it's probably not Panda.  But it's still tough to drop 20 spots on such an important KW.

Ok, I'll keep monitoring it to see how it goes.

Thanks again.

Hi David,

Thank you. The site URL is www.thesandiegocriminallawyer.com

The page is:  www.thesandiegocriminallawyer.com/theft-crimes.html

Thanks again.

Moz Rank Tracker AND Google it myself with Google Incognito.

Hi,

I have a page that has been fluctuating a lot the last few days, here are the results:

5/14:  #17 (this is where it had been ranking for about 2 months).

5/15:  #34

5/16:  #33

5/18:  #9

5/19:  #35

5/20:  #13

5/21: #37

I have only made minor changes to the page, and the link profile seems to look good.  Here's the page: www.thesandiegocriminallawyer.com/dui.html (targeted KW:  San Diego DUI Lawyer, San Diego DUI Attorney).

The page has a lot of high-quality, original, and well-cited content.  Any thoughts on what could be causing so much back and forth?

I should state that none of the other rankings for this site (overall) have been impacted.  Just this page for DUI related searches (San Diego DUI Lawyer, San Diego DUI attorney, San Diego Drunk Driving Lawyer, etc.).

Hi David,

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, the interior pages depict only one type of crime, and the homepage links to them (besides just the menu).

The destination URL does NOT match the search query (should I change it so it does?).

The back links point primarily to the homepage (except for the two practice areas that are ranking).

No, I was not.

Howdy Moz Fans (quoting Rand),

I have a weird issue.  I have a site dedicated to criminal defense.  When you Google some crimes, the homepage comes up INSTEAD of the internal page directly related to that type of crime.

However, on other crimes, the more relevant internal page appears.

Obviously, I want the internal page to appear when a particular crime is Googled and NOT the homepage.

Does anyone have an explanation why this happens?

FYI:  I recently moved to WP and used a site map plugin that values the internal pages at 60% (instead of Weebly, which has an auto site map that didn't do that).

Could that be it?  I have repeatedly submitted the internal pages via GWT, but nothing happens.

Thanks.

Is it possible to be penalized on an interior page but not the whole website?

Here's why I ask, I have a page:  www.thesandiegocriminallawyer.com/domestic-violence.html that is not ranking well (p. 21 of Google) while the rest of the site ranks well (b/w p.1 to p.3).

I checked the link profile in opensiteexplorer, ahrefs, and majesticseo but can't find any problems.

I have also checked the HTML code, CSS, keyword optimization, but can't find any problems there either.

Can anyone give me insight into why this might be happening?

Of course, I'm working under the assumption that this page SHOULD be ranked higher for "San Diego Domestic Violence Attorney" - at least higher than page 21.

I liked. Some of the info is a little dated, but overall it's worth the money.  You can probably find most of the stuff on the internet, but it's nice to have it all arranged in one place.  If you have already been doing SEO for a while, you will probably already know most of the info, but if you can get a couple of key points from it, then it was worth it.

In a nutshell, I recommend not only buying it, but reading Neil's QuickSprout blog regularly.

Can anyone give me their opinion on these different tools?

1.  MOZ vs. AHREF (I'm a happy MOZ subscriber, but I would like feedback) (or any other tool you'd recommend)

2.  WhiteSpark vs. BrightLocal (or any other tool you recommend)

3.  Optimizely vs. Visual Website Optimizer (or any other tool you recommend)

4.  Hootsuite vs. ??? (can't think of another one) (or any other tool you recommend)

5.  Weebly vs. Wordpress (to build websites)

Lastly, please feel free to recommend any other tools you find are helpful for either SEO, Local SEO, Social management.

Thanks.

The internal link structure is the issue.  It's completely different.  Any thoughts on how to remove the old link structure from Google, if that's even possible?

Hi, my client had a site built and hosted with Avvo but we now shut it down and are using a new server.  My concern is that Avvo's internal link structure is causing SEO issues.  For example, his site will list for "San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney", but is then removed for no reason.  Far worse, while he had the AVVO site, it would never rank at all on Google.

He's got great content, and no spammy links.  This is the site: www.thesandiegocriminallawyer.com.

Any thoughts of what I could do to disavow the AVVO pages that Google still has indexed?  Does it matter?  Or, is it simply a function of time?

Thank you for your help.

If you Google - "San Diego DUI Lawyer" (a competitive term), this guys site comes up:

sandiegoduiattorneys.weebly.com/san-diego-dui-lawyer.html

Run his site in Opensite Explorer and you won't believe the results.  This guy somehow has as much domain authority as Facebook, and maybe more than Moz.  How is this possible?

How is he getting all those links from random Weebly sites?  I'm not saying I want to copy him, but I think it's highly problematic that somehow that site has been rigged to get all that link juice.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Hi,

I know this topic results in many mixed answers, so I'll try to keep it focused on how much to charge based on my past work.

I built a site, did all the SEO, and run a Google Adwords Campaign for a site: www.aerlawgroup.com.  If you google "Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney" (or any variation of that) - you can see the results.  The Google Adword campaign has also generated a lot of leads.

So here's my question: what do you charge a client if you're going to do intense, high-quality work that involves: (1) building a site, (2) SEO, and (3) designing and implementing a Google Adword campaign?  Please be cognizant that my results are within the context of a highly competitive environment.  My business plan would involve exclusivity, so that I don't have clients cannibalizing each other.

What would you charge for that type of service?  I'm not asking in the context of my current client, but in the context of future clients.  Assuming you are willing to do time-intensive, high-quality work.

Thank you so much!  I don't really like the way the 3rd party vendor set up the site (the IDX supplier).

Do you know of any good IDX site providers?  Thanks again.

I'm working on this site: www.aldodavico.com - who is a real estate agent in Miami.  Any ideas/best practices for SEO for a site like this one?  It's got about 500 pages.  I've never deal with such a huge site before.

Hi,

Can anyone give me insight into how people are getting away with naming their business by the SEO search term, creating a BS Google + page, then having that page rank high in the search results.  I am speaking specifically about the results you get when you Google: "Los Angeles DUI Lawyer".

As you can see from my attached screenshot (I'm doing the search in Los Angeles), the FIRST listing is a Google + business.  Strangely, the phone number listed doesn't actually take you to a DUI attorney, but rather to some marketing group that never answers the phone.

Can anyone give me insight into why Google even allows this?  I just find it odd that Google cares so much about the user experience, but have the first result be something completely misleading.  I know it sounds like I'm just jealous (which I am, a little), but I find it disheartening that we work so hard on SEO, and someone takes the top spot with an obvious BS page.

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Hi,

I have a page with a lot of links going to it.  I want to change the name of the page (thereby changing the URL).  I can do a 301 redirect, but does a 301 send the "link juice" to the new page?

The page in question is www.aerlawgroup.com/dui.html, and I want to change it to www.aerlawgroup.com/dui-lawyer.html.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Hi,

When you search "Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney", the first organic listing is Tyler and Wilson.  My listing comes up fourth.  My question is, how does Tyler and Wilson get their address AND google + page listed right below search result.  No one else gets that.  I included a screenshot so u see what I mean.  How can I add that?

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Hi,

I manage and do the SEO for this site:  www.aerlawgroup.com.  If you Google "Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney", you can see I rank well (1st page).  I have managed to achieve similar rankings for interior pages within the site: www.aerlawgroup.com/domestic-violence.html (Google: "Los Angeles Domestic Violence Attorney".)

Here is my question.  No matter how hard I try, I cannot get to the first page on Google for the search term: "Los Angeles DUI Lawyer", for the following interior page: www.aerlawgroup.com/dui.html.

Is there anyway that I can pass the authority/ranking (not sure what to call it) that I have for www.aerlawgroup.com to www.aerlawgroup.com/dui.html so that internal page ranks higher for "Los Angeles DUI Lawyer"?

I apologize if my question doesn't make sense.  In a nutshell, I'm trying to understand if there is anyway to use the ranking I have for www.aerlawgroup.com to help me rank higher for Los Angeles DUI lawyer for the dui interior page.

If not, are there any other suggestions anyone has to achieve a higher ranking?  Thanks!