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Hi

I have just been informed that I should be using the rel=next / rel=prev markup on my category pages and search results pages that use pagination.

How do i add these in?  Is it just the simple case of adding rel=next in the<a href="" for="" item="" in="" the="" pagination?<="" p=""></a>

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Not indexed?

Anything else onsite that you feel is a little weak that could be affecting the site?

I know I thought that was unusually quick!

I am trying to build a good range of inbound links and strong social signals.  When building links should I target the homepage or the actual long tail pages with the target keyphrase in the anchor text?

For example on one of the long tail pages http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-F1-2011-/B004U4AFXE

I feel that the title is strong, good internal links and URL structure

But what are your thoughts on the copy?  weak? and what onsite optimisation could improve it?

Yes good point is the title tag on the homepage too long?

It was going to be changed to

Computer Game Price Comparison - Cheapfinder Games

Hi Folks

Noticed something strange just now pages that were ranking on position 10 on Google for searches such as 'ufc trainer kinect best price' at the start of this week are no longer ranking?

Is what has happened to the site the famous google dance or sandbox effect as the site only officially went live on Monday

If this is the case what is the recommended course of action to get back ranking competitively again?  as I have no idea on what has gone wrong as I has always tried to follow best practice from these forums and the SEOMOZ and YOUMOZ articles

My site is www.cheapfindergames.com

Many Thanks

Ian

Hi Thomas

Yeah it is new so I am working hard on its visability.

Any ideas why the other 2 websites are ranking higher than me for the same search term as described in the 1st post? are they better optimised onsite which I dounbt and offsite and social they are quite weak?

What is best practice for the Facebook like button, when a user clicks on like on your webpage should this go to your facebook page our should it contain your website url?

The reason being is that on my homepage it shows as 5 likes but when going to my facebook page it is only showing 1 like?  So where are the other 4 likes going?

Any ideas on what is going wrong or what I have set up wrong?

The like box is on

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/xbox360

My Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheapfinder/129888913795351

Where did you find the links to the 2 pages you mentioned?

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-soul-calibur-v-xbox-360/index.php

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-soul-calibur-v-xbox-360/searchresults.php?platform=xbox360

In my robots.txt file I already had the entry below

User-agent: *
Disallow: /retailer.php

so I am unsure why its complaining about URLs like

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-250gb-console/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awin1.com%2Fcread.php%3Fs%3D278646%26v%3D1202%26q%3D132235%26r%3D132598%26clickref%3Dgames%26p%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwantoneofthose.com%2Fiwantoneofthose%2F10208131.product

Thanks Vahe

I think the 404 errors are being generated from the links to the retailers sites from product details pages such as

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-soul-calibur-v-xbox-360/B005IWC4M2

Then when you click on the 'go to shop' button it takes you to the retailers page via the a retailers.php page - Perhaps if I put a noindex and nofollow on the retailers.php page it will stop the 404's?

Hi

I am looking for the best way to generate an XML sitemap for webmaster tools for my website http://www.cheapfindergames.com.  I have come across http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ but it only allows up to 500 links.

Is there a PHP script that any experts could share that would create the XML map that I could upload please?

Many Thanks

Hi Ryan

Thanks for the great feedback.  Coming back to some of your points

1.) How can I resolve this in the .htaccess file - what script is required so that it points to http://www.cheapfindergames.com therefore reducing canonical urls.

3.) Would this cause any damage if it is left as it is?

7.) Any suggestions on what you feel would work?  Perhaps

Video Games Price Comparison - Cheapfindergames.com ?

10.) Do you mean putting javascript and css in external files rather than inline?

+  What would you recommend to create an XML sitemap, as the site is a dynamic site which changes throughout the day

Thanks Kieran I understand now

Totally agree and every day I try and improve it, I was just looking for additional insight into perhaps things i might have missed that would have an affect on rankings.

Thanks yes the keywords are xbox 360, PS3, computer games, Wii and then the long tail keyphrase would be the likes of Best Price of Fifa 12 Xbox 360 which I cover in the details page

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/games-fifa-12-xbox-360/B005A2BDZY

- you mention " Wii/ PS3 / Xbox links are only directed to the home page" could you explain what you mean by this please?

ALSO if any other experts can locate anything I have missed with regard to onsite and technical SEO it would be great to know, or have I covered the 99% of what's required.

Hi

I am a huge fan of the SEOMOZ site and this great community which has helped me learn the current SEO skills I have now which are still very basic compared to the pros on the forum.

I have tried to follow best practice regarding onsite and technical seo when developing my new site www.cheapfindergames.com and I would really appreciate it if experts on the forum could spare a minute to critique the site from a search perspective please

This will give any elements of what onsite and technical SEO I done well and what aspects still need work.

I am currently trying to build quality links and social mentions into the site which will take time, and the site has been designed around usability and conversions.

Many Thanks

Ian

Hi

I have been reading into canonicalisation and I am looking for professional advice and guidance on the best approach as there are many conflicting views on how to implement a solution.

I have added to the homepage

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/" />

so that http://cheapfindergames.com and index.php redirects to the www version.

Or would it be better using .htaccess if this is the case what code would be needed to achieve the above?

Many Thanks

The site is using AJAX thats why you cant see it.  If you want to use AJAX instead of using a page refresh how can you can around the above issue?

Good idea with the category specific content.

Any other recommendations welcome

Hi

Our new site is still in beta mode, and I just wanted to check from an SEO perspective that on search results and on the pagination at the bottom of the page, is there anything we need to do so its compatible with the search engines and not have duplicate content issues etc

I have implemented search friendly URL's, but I would welcome any other issues or suggestions you have that will help improve the sites SEO performance

The URL of a search results page is

http://www.cheapfindergames.com/category-arcade-and-platform