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Hi

One of my sites is flagging a duplicate content problem which is affecting the search rankings.

The duplicate problem is caused by http://www.mydomain.com/index.php which has a page rank of 26

How can I sort the duplicate content problem, as the main page should just be

http://www.mydomain.com which has a page rank of 42 and is the stronger page with stronger links etc

Many Thanks

How can you tell if a 301 has been set up correctly.  We had a .co.uk site that has moved over to a .com

However the .co.uk we have hasd problems with the old webmaster giving control, but he has said he has implemented a 301 redirect to the new .com site, and if you click on .co.uk it does transfer you to the .com site

How can we check that it is a 301 set up and not another sort of redirect?

Hi

There were two listings created for the same address, and it seems as though one has gone, which I can see why, because why have two versions.

Tthe question still remaining is why have all the reviews gone apart from one under Review from everyone

and all of the previous reviews from customers now only show under 'Your Activity' for that user when they are logged into Google?

Any ideas?

Hi

Since Google switched places to Google+ Local lots of the reviews that were on the listing are no longer showing?

A customer of mine brought up the point when visiting the store today, when they are logged into Google they can see their review under Your Activity, however when they are logged out the only review is listed under 1 Review from everyone and the review is no longer being shown?

Any ideas on what is going on?

Also with local search / places optimisation has the best practice guidelines changed now that is transformed into Google+ Local?

If so it would be great to share any links on getting the most out of this new + local service

Hi

We have allocated resources to write some great content (how to's, best practice, videos) etc which will benefit customers as they will find it a useful resource.

We are using this not as a sales channel but as a trust and information resource to build a community

It is currently located about 2 levels deep in our website, what are the best ways of getting people to find these articles on the web?

I have placed some social sharing icons at the bottom of the page to Facebook and Twitter but are there other channels because at present the only way they will find this information as if they visit our website.

Do we also need to be practive and distribute this content around the web perhaps as a guest writer?  which raises duplicate content problems as it would also be on our website or is there a better approach?

Hi Hannah

Great response - many thanks. I am just looking for some clarification on some points you made - hope thats ok

What do you mean by

"Something similar could also be applied if you were providing services for companies with websites"

If we ran competitions how would that help a local audience - we are not a national provider just in a certain region of the UK.  Also I thought this appraoch would only lead to temporary links as once the competition is over the likes of loquax, prizefinder etc would remove the competition entry

Thanks

Thanks - but how would you find these websites - if using google what search queries would you use?

What would you use stumbleupon for?  are there any other channels I should be looking at?

Hi

I have written 2 articles for 2 seperate businesses and markets.

One article  is a Top 10 tips on choosing a conservatory

How would I go about promoting and seeding this around related home improvement websites around the UK, use stumbleupon?

2. I also have recipes for a restaurant which I need to seed and promote online in order to gain links and promote the restaurant.  Again which methods are best in finding sources to list these recipes and to related blogs etc

Many Thanks

Any other ideas for the UK market?

Outreach is easier when you have a product to give away to bloggers, review sites etc to review the product etc

But for builders, plumbers and in our space pvc windows, doors and conservatories this is more difficult as we cant use the above approach.

So to summarise am I just looking at

1.) local directories

2.) web based directories that are primarily used for seo purposes

3.) Participating in DIY forums and posting comments on DIY blogs?

What is the best what to find DIY forums/ DIY blogs in the UK

The only popular DIY blog for the UK market is

diynot.com  and some of these blogs have nofollow for links

Hi

I am looking for some advice / lists of recommended local search directories / citations that I can add our double glazing window site - as part of our strategy to improve local search rankings and increase our visibility on the web through SEO for phrases such as 'pvc windows'  'pvc doors' 'double glazing' and 'conservatories'

For example I have added the business to the likes of

Yelp
Qype
Tipped
Ufindus
Hotfrog
Freeindex
Brownbook

But are there any specific home improvement sites that I should add the business to also.

I would also be interested in sharing recommended strategy for this market in relation to link building, for example I have thought about offering staff in local goverment / universities / hospitals a genuine discount on our products as part of their staff discount schemes

Many Thanks

Thanks for the reply - but I feel this space is moving toward more app like mobile views hence the platforms like jquerymobile / senchatouch coming more to the fore.

If you have a .mobi version of the site built on the jquerymobile platform will Google understand that its a mobile version of the site therefore there would be no duplicate content issues?  or do you need to carry out additional steps?

Hi

I have started offering customers a mobile app view of their existing websites using sencha touch which works well.

On visiting the website if a user visits via a mobile device they access the mobile app view of the site.

I am looking for some best practice please - as many of the customers already have hosting with their existing website so would it be possible to use a subdomain of

m.theirdomain.com

which will point to the mobile website which will be hosted on our servers in the cloud.

Or is the only alternative to use a subdomain for their mobile sites because they are hosted with us in the cloud of

businessname.ourdomain.com  ?

Many Thanks

I am using the following script that works well which may help you?

But the question I have to add to the discussion is from the jquerymobile site I want to add a link to the full website if the user chooses to view the full site.

The problem with the above script is that because there is a redirect to the mobile site it ends up in a loop so the user can never see the full website if they so wish

1.) How can I get around this? (I would rather use javascript if possible because some of my sites are not using php

2.) Will Google see the content on the mobile pages as duplicate content?   At present I have put a noindex on the mobile site - is this the correct way of dealing with it?

Hi All

Thanks for all your insight and advice - it surprising the length some people go to in black hat practices to try and spoof the algorithm and try to boost their own sites by hitching a ride on your hard work!

Anyway after a long night and help from these guys sucuri.net who manage to blast through the malware and offer insight and advice resulting in the problem on the site going.

How long will it take Google to recrawl the site because as of 23:02 UK time the malware is still showing in the SERP

Great Thanks

Just an update I have cleared all plugins on the site, and removed all the dodgy looking entries in wp_options in the db, but one still keeps coming back even after I delete it?

How can I get rid of this?

option_id             option_name                option_value

10853               rewrite_rules a:84:{s:47:"category/(.+?)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2...

In phpmyadmin in the wp_options table

Are these rogue entries?

dashboard_widget_options and then under option value it displays a:4:{s:25:"dashboard_recent_comments";a:1:{s:5:"it...

welcomeinn_admin_options  and again under option value it displays

a:35:{i:0;a:3:{s:4:"name";s:7:"General";s:4:"type"...

Hi Keri

Thanks

Yes I have just noticed that!

I have been doing some research and have come across this article http://www.pearsonified.com/2010/04/wordpress-pharma-hack.php

which seems to be what has happened

What I am trying to work out first is how I back up my db in phpmyadmin.

And when all traces are removed as per the article in the above link - how do I get Google seeing my site properly again ?  Any ideas Keri - do I email them or put it in a recrawl?