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Robots.txt question
Yes - there is bug in your robots.txt. You should wrote some as: Disallow: /?display=table or: Disallow: /?display=*
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Mobilio0 -
Why some pages show schema and some don't in Google?
Even if you implemented all the tags correctly there is no guarantee that Google will show the them in the SERP's - the choice whether or not to show them is entirely up to them. I guess you already checked if all the tags are properly implemented (if not - check here or here) You could also check this page for the usage guidelines (bottom of the page). Again - even if you are doing everything correct & you meet the guidelines - it's entirely up to Google if the snippets will be shown or not. You can't control it. Dirk
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | DirkC0 -
Combining reviews and duplicate content
Hey There! If the helmets are actually 3 different styles (rather than just colors) then these really are 3 different products that might have differences in terms of comfort, durability, design and customer satisfaction. Given this, I would not recommend showing the reviews of Style 1 on the the page for Style 2. It's not just a matter of whether or not you should duplicate content here, but rather, ensuring that your customer is being shown reviews that speak to the exact product they are considering buying. After all, what if a customer who purchased Style 1 writes that they they really appreciate the nylon comfort lining in the helmet, but Style 2 doesn't have this comfort lining? If a customer reads the reviews of Style 1 on the page for Style 2 and is misled about that comfort lining, they will be disappointed in the product. So, a better path here would be to form a strategy for increasing the reviews of the actual products, rather than trying to make the reviews of one product serve as testimonial for others. I think it can be helpful to put yourself in the customer's shoes here. When you're looking for a product, you'd certainly want to read reviews about it, rather than reviews of a different product, right? In the online world, where we can't see/hold/examine an item in person, our best option is to glean information from product descriptions and reviews, and we wouldn't appreciate a mixup of customer sentiment being posted with the wrong product. Hope these thoughts are helpful!
Reviews and Ratings | | MiriamEllis0 -
Q& A section - SEO perspective
The key question here, which Josh nailed with his response, isn't simply about SEO. It's about whether or not the audience finds the information useful. That's the best information for ordering your steps. The more pages - deep, rich (valuable) content is part of the goal - the better, assuming your topics are varied enough to provide needed depth AND retain overall value on the topic. But, back to the main issue: How is your brand benefitting from this information? It could be in innumerable ways to boost all of your online marketing efforts. For example, based on the questions being asked, you could discern which new products to create, which current products should be updated and which features are likely to be met with the highest approval. I'd suggest gathering the team and brainstorming around the questions and answers being asked to develop (a) content ideas, (b) ways in which you could better serve existing customers and (c) how the brand could do a better job of attracting customers who might be interested about your products or services. RS
On-Page / Site Optimization | | ronell-smith2 -
Trailing slash
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html Rest assured that for your root URL specifically, http://example.com is equivalent to http://example.com/ and can’t be redirected even if you’re Chuck Norris. Note the quote from John Mueller in the comments _Lots of good advice from an older blog post that's still valid & relevant today. _ There may be some technical merit that Googlebot starts at the slashed version on the TLD, but I do not think there is any type of SEO advantage with that (if that is the case).
On-Page / Site Optimization | | CleverPhD0 -
Some Old date showing in SERP
Do you have this on any other pages? If so is there a similarity between any of them? Is there anything that you're using that auto generates dates anywhere?
Technical SEO Issues | | ThomasHarvey0 -
Duplicate meta and title in Google Webmaster Tools not updated?
:insert animated gif from sandlot movie FOR-evv-err: Seriously, it can take a while for the pages to get removed. One week is not going to see the bot recrawl all those pages, most likely 1-2 months. I would resubmit the entire site using fetch as google, and resubmit all linking URLs. Go through your top level menus and resubmit them as well.
On-Page / Site Optimization | | David-Kley0