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This technique is famously known as the toggle effect. According to Matt (in recent video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsW8E4dOtRY), It's pretty common on the web for people who want to be able to say okay click here and then show manufacturer details, show specifications, show reviews. That's a pretty normal indium at this point it's not deceptive, nobody's trying to be a manipulative. It's easy to see that this is text that's intended for users and so as long as you're doing that it should be not an issue. But certainly if you were using you know a tiny little on that users can see in there's like six pages of text area and there is not intended for users and there is keyword stuffing then that is something that Google possibly could consider hidden text. If you just doing it for users than you are in pretty good shape. Here is the ref link- http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-on-hidden-text-using-expandable-sections-youll-be-in-good-shape-167753 Hope this will help!

Hi There,

First of all, let me clear one point- **Google supports frames and iframes but to the extent that it can. **this means, Google does not support frames and iFrames completely.

However, Google is often capable of crawling iFrames on webpages if the iFrames are SEO-friendly. In fact, Google is capable of passing link juice via iFrames (read more about it here- https://www.seroundtable.com/google-iframe-link-14558.html).

In my personal opinion, _**avoid ****using iFrames if you can, **_because they are not 100 percent SEs friendly. If it is required then you should take the effort to make iFrames as Google-Friendly as you can. Here are few tips for that:

-You can index your iFrame trough robots.txt

• use Google web master tools to add the URL of the iframe source to be crawled. However, this will only index the iFrame and not the parent HTML document. So it won't score high on the Search Engine Result page.

-if you have frames on the master page of your website, to ensure Google crawls the entire website, ensure that you include links to other pages within the website inside the no frames area of the master page.

- ensure your main or surrounding page highlights more when it comes to search engines. It’s best not to make your main page simply a placeholder for one iFrame or even multiple iFrames.

-Try to move as much info as possible from iFrames to the main page. Overall, your main page should at least describe the content within the iFrames.

_- I_f you want the iframe to be indexed by google, include a link from the parent page to the iframe page.

• Add meta tags to the master page. However, meta tags are only a partial solution, because not all the search engines support them.

Most search engine spiders will only see the master page. Just like an old browser, they don't understand the instructions on how to produce the frame layout. These are ignored, and only information within the noframes tags is read. so use noframe tags also.

Apart from this, I would recommend you to read the following article as well- http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064573/Search-Engines-and-Frames

Hope this will help!

Hey, I am sure you will find answers for all of your queries here- http://moz.com/ugc/seo-guide-to-google-webmaster-recommendations-for-pagination

Also, I would recommend you to read these articles-

http://moz.com/blog/rel-confused-answers-to-your-rel-canonical-questions

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.in/2013/04/5-common-mistakes-with-relcanonical.html

Yes, I also agree with MoosaHemani.

Additionally, would like to mention few resources which you may find helpful- 10 Video SEO Tips That Can Truly Impact Your Rankings

Can a YouTube Video Help Your Google Ranking?

I am in....thanks for updating the info.

Thanks Marcus & Donna.

I was looking for a way where i can avoid deleting the page

I guess, I have to delete the page.

Yes, Google has completely dropped all authorship functionality from the search results and webmaster tools.

John Mueller of Google Webmaster Tools has announced in a Google+ post here- https://plus.google.com/+JohnMueller/posts/HZf3KDP1Dm8

Some more resources you may find helpful-

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2352147/Google-to-Remove-Author-Images-from-Search-Results

http://moz.com/blog/author-photos-are-gone-does-google-authorship-still-have-value-29334

http://searchengineland.com/goodbye-google-authorship-201975

Hi All,

One of our client have 2 business listings on Google Local for same business (same  NAP but different website).

Actually, their first website was under Google Penalty. They tried to remove the penalty but could not get rid of it so they bought a new domain and started working on it and listed the same business with new website URL.

Now, their business is having 2 listings but with different URLs.

How can we merge these two? Please advice.

Thanks in Advance.

Hi Alex,

Yes, you can.

In fact, I will recommend to create different tags for both. Search pattern is different for mobile & desktop visitors. Mobile visitors are to be looking for different results than desktop visitors so it is important to do your keyword research for mobile traffic before creating the tags.

Mobile screens are smaller, there are fewer characters displayed in the SERPs. To adapt to the smaller screen size, it's important that your meta tags be formatted in a mobile-friendly style. Your title will be broken up into 2, possibly even 3 lines on a mobile site. You should take this into consideration when writing your title tags to make sure your page title is visually appealing and makes sense on 2 lines.

The number of characters Google allots for title tags has also changed. Instead of getting 65-70 characters to work with, titles are now measured in pixels.

Also, there is less room for meta descriptions on a mobile site than on a desktop site. Try to write shorter tags to avoid potential issues with your mobile site.

Hope this will help.

Hi Masbro,

Here are some suggestions:

• You can participate in national travel communities/ forums like TripAdvisor. They usually have city-wise segregation for city specific discussions.

• You can be a part of various local travel groups on Facebook. Here, you can find national as well as city specific groups. For example: Explore Canada (https://www.facebook.com/ExploreCanada) for Canada as a whole and Visit Toronto (https://www.facebook.com/visittoronto) for Toronto as specific location. It’s not just Facebook but other platforms like Twitter engagement, blogging, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, all are important.

• Engagement with local travel bloggers can be good idea.

• Image platforms like Instagram is again a worth try. When you are planning to market a destination where your travel agency offers a trip, pictures could be the thing you would like to show to your potential customers. Most of the people decide the spot where they want to go for a vacation after seeing the images, mostly on the internet. So, the images are probably the best tools for travel marketing, especially when it is performed online.

Hope this will help.

Hi Dom,

Here is my opinion for your query:

You can have 2 separate landing pages for your organic & paid visitors (visitors from your paid marketing efforts like AdWords).

For your paid marketing, you should create a page where you can accommodate both important aspects- Content & Functionality on the same page. Content is equally important even if you are using landing page for paid ads. A perfect combination of both can give you better quality score, higher rank at low cost & more conversions.

Here, I am not suggesting you to write big paragraph on your landing page but you can just highlight very important aspects which can compel the visitors to take action.

I would advice you to write little content with catchy headlines along with functionality. A modification in page layout should work here.

For your organic visitors, you can make your landing pages content-centric to make it more informative from search engines & users point of view and then can lead them to the main functionality page via creating a button as suggested by OlegKorneitchouk. Content will help SEs to find you and help visitors to understand more about your services and then take necessary action. Please avoid to push "Call to Action" below the page as many a times visitors don't want to read too many content and they can leave the site without taking any action.

One more suggestion: I noticed that you have provides Login button on the top right on http://www.rentcollegepads.com/marquette/search. I would suggest you to make it Sigh In Button coz there are chances when visitors not member of your site already.

Hope this will help.

Hi there,

there could be multiple reasons, some of them are here-

1- many times, it takes more than 3 weeks to show businesses in a Maps search and even more (could be 7-8 weeks) to show for a 'category in location' search.

2- Google indexes the information in Google Places listings after a certain period of time. If you made changes in your Google Places listing, the keywords and categories you specified will not go into effect until Google indexes your listing again.

3- Have you mentioned the street address? Is your clients' service location open to the public during stated hours? Every Google Places listing must have a street address. If your business has no street address or if you entered a P.O. box as your street address, the listing will not show up on Google Maps or in organic search results. Once you have entered a valid street address, your business should begin to show up.

4- Have you checked the Google Places Guidelines? It is always recommended to fill out your Google Places listing as completely and accurately as possible. Do not "keyword stuff" your listing to influence the search results. The more complete your information is, the more chances of getting better visibility on Google Places.

You may get more info at Google help forum - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/business

Hope this will help.

Hi there,

In my opinion, you can create a drop down menu for your category items with unbranded keywords and then link them with the targeted product page. It will help your visitors to search the product with generic (unbranded) keywords as well. You don't need to create a duplicate page here. You can simply tweak the content to accommodate the non-branded keywords as well. Also, you can use your non-brander keywords as anchor text for internal linking & external backlinks.

I would advice you to see your website's internal search trends to find out which non-branded terms people are using while exploring your website.

I hope this will help.

You must list a physical address.  If you provide service at their customer's location then you can use your home address. Here, you have the option to hide your address (if do not want to show it to public). You can get more info here-  Google Places Quality Guidelines

You may also find this link helpful- http://moz.com/community/q/google-local-listing-no-physical-address

Hey Rajeev,

In this case local businesses (with physical stores) will take extra edge when people searched locally with location as a keyword.

Here are some of the suggestions which you may find helpful:

Say, you are running an e-commerce store which is having only one Head Office in a specific city but selling products to many cities in a country.

Now, you can create city specific directory pages where you can create the local content. You can update real time inventory for that particular location. Ask your current customers to review your products or services on that location specific page only. Try to get some good links on location specific pages from local directories. It will help you to create authority locally.

I hope this will help.

Hey, you may get your answer here- https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/business/Az--JGbPOME

jim.jaggers has clarify some really confusing queries

Hi Rajeev,

Here is my viewpoint: (I am assuming that you have a single domain but physical address on multiple cities and want local visibility)

• You can use a sub-domain or directories URL structure to store your geo-specific city pages.

• Whatever you choose, you can add city specific pages (focusing some local keywords) and do local link building.

• Create unique geo-specific content to the page designated for each city

• Do SEO for each city page and its content.

• Create Google+ Local pages for each location.

- submit your business addresses in local directories and link that with city specific domain or directory.

Hope this will help.

Thanks

You may find these links helpful-

http://moz.com/blog/10-things-relaunch-your-website

http://www.seoandy.net/optimisation/relaunch-seo/

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2070968/SEO-Website-Redesign-Relaunching-Without-Losing-Sleep

Thanks

Hi Rajeev,

Here is my opinion on your queries-

Google generally display the local results in search when it feels that a search would benefit from producing local-based results. For example, if someone in NewYork searches on Google for “Chinese Restaurant” they will find search results for many NY Chinese restaurants. If another person living in California makes the same search, the search results will represent California Chinese restaurants. A searcher does not need to specify “NY” or “CA” in their search phrase in order to find local Chinese restaurants. They will get local search results automatically. Google uses your location to tailor their results. This is done based on Google’s information about your current location, which generally is actually pretty accurate.

However, if the person in CA search for the phrase "chinese Restaurant in Newyork" then he will show you listed Chinese restaurants in NY.

If you change your location settings to NY (when you are in California) then google will display you the restaurants listed in NY even when you have not specified your location in search term (in this case NY).

For the factors you can read-

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2321848/4-Local-Search-Tactics-That-Will-Matter-More-in-2014

http://moz.com/blog/top-20-local-search-ranking-factors-an-illustrated-guide

You may find this moz post helpful- 40 Important Local Search Questions Answered

http://moz.com/blog/40-important-local-search-questions-answered

Hey Fryguy,

Apart from above mentioned suggestions, you can try following things as well....

Try this command- "site:www.yoursiteurl.com" (replace www.yoursiteurl.com with your exact url) if it shows no pages, which means it isn't in the index.

If you were already added a while ago then you might want to consider if you have been blacked listed. Has that domain always been yours? If not, there are chances that this domain previously been spammed or had malware. You might want to look into that as it could be a reason why you are not listed.