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Phil Sharp of Usertesting.com did a Moz Webinar about using User Testing to improve you website through A/B testing. The difference between the $49/$99 option and pro price is the time of the video, the ability to specify the audience, the ability to tell the user what they are trying to do, even have the tester first look you up on Google and see who they are drawn to, and several other options. So yes, I can do the less expensive option, but I'm not really getting any more than going to a coffee shop and having people do the testing (which I can do for way cheap).

I loved the presentation Phil Sharp did about A/B testing using User Testing. I would love to use his company UserTesting.com, but their minimum package is for $7500! I'm a small business and certainly cannot afford that. Is there another option for the small business owner?

I don't feel this question is understood and I'm not sure how to explain it any further so I would like to close it, without marking any answers good or bad. I'm not sure how I would close it so am posting this response. Thank you.

Isn't it good to let google see that our site does something as opposed to just being a glorified blog?

The sub-domain would not be redirected.  It would be forwarded on to an application server to parse the sub-domains and continue with displaying a page customized for that affiliate (HTML, CSS, and verbiage all can change).

As for why the URL structure won't work, the site must throw an error if no affiliate ID is specified.  It cannot simply assume the one in the cookie is correct.

I am purchasing several websites from the company I work for and starting my own company.

1.The websites have not been updated in several years
2. The websites have poor SEO rankings
3. Though bad inbound links have been removed, there may still be some added by a black-hat SEO company

I would like to start a new website and move all the content to that site. My questions are:

1. Will it hurt my new website rankings if I redirect the old site content to my new site and delete the old sites--due to possible bad inbound links, losing rank due to redirects (I have lost rank from redirecting in the past)?

2. If related, isn't it better to put all the content on one website?

Thank you.

We are looking at changing our URL structure for tracking various affiliates from:

https://sub.domain.com/quote/?affiliate_id=xxx

to  https://aff_xxx_affname.domain.com/quote/

Both would allow us to track affiliates, but the second would allow us to use cookies to track. Does anyone know if this could possibly cause SEO concerns?

Also, For the site we want to rank for, we will use a reverse proxy to change the URL from https://aff_xxx.maindomain.com/quote/ to https://www.maindomain.com/quote/

would that cause any SEO issues.

Thank you.

Thank you! I will look into it.

It's not that I do not like it. Buffer is just easier to use and more intuitive.

I am currently using BufferApp to schedule my social media posts. My scheduling gets messed up at least once per month, where I lose posts or days are skipped, etc. without any changes (and even when I can see the expected schedule). I have used Hootesuite in the past and I like it, but I prefer Buffer when it works.

Is there something else that works as good as Buffer used to?

Thank you.

actually they all would exist on the same menu (watercraft and boat, home and condo), even though they are the same product, use the same product pages and quote forms. Is your answer still the same?

I am being asked to change these product links on the home page:

Home/Condo
Watercraft/Boat

to

Home
Condo
Watercraft
Boat

(Along with several other product links) How does this affect the customer experience/usability, and SEO? Is it a good idea or is it confusing?

Thank you.

understand Dirk about Google seeing the same thing. What about usability, branding on the customer side? Is this considered changing Branding?

I understand Dirk about Google seeing the same thing. What about usability, branding on the customer side? Is this considered changing Branding?

I have a local number listed, so Google local is covered. I am asking about usability for desktop, ipad, tablet. Also how changing the 800 # will affect rankings, if at all. In all our citations that have the option we list both the local number and current 800 # without the vanity numbers. The vanity phone number is a completely new phone number.

Thank you for your comments.

After changing my complete site, citations, etc to a certain brand spelling--capitalize the first letter, I am being asked to add another capital in the spelling. Could this affect customer usability or ranking in any way?

i.e. Mozcon to MozCon

Thanks.

A manager wants change our 800 phone number to use letters instead of numbers. This would involve changing our toll free number, changing phone number on website/blog/quote forms (different platforms) and changing on Social Media, Local and citations.

i.e. 1-800-GoReds1   versus 1-800-555-5555

Is there any research that shows customers appreciate a Brand Named phone number over simple numbers? It seems it would make using the phone number more difficult except on mobile, where it can be clicked.

I have looked online but have found nothing, but am not sure I'm searching the correct terms.

What if the site is not live yet?

Thank you. I do mean use robots.txt to block crawlers.

I am in the process of implementing Zendesk and will have two separate Zendesk sites with the same content to serve two separate user groups (for the same product-- B2B and B2C). Zendesk does not allow me the option to changed canonicals (nor meta tags). If I robots.txt one of the Zendesk sites, will that cover me for duplicate content with Google? Is that a good option? Is there a better option.

I will also have to change some of the canonicals on my site (mysite.com) to use the zendesk canonicals (zendesk.mysite.com) to avoid duplicate content. Will I lose ranking by changing the established page canonicals on my site go to the new subdomain (only option offered through Zendesk)?

Thank you.