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Diane,

It's loading up fast for me as well. The gtmetrix report now gives it a "B" grade with a page load time of 1.51 seconds which is pretty good.

Hi Frédéric,

You might find the below resources useful:

Article by Bruce Clay

French Link Building Tool

French Google SEO Guide

You can also analyze your competitor link profile using OSE and identify link building opportunities using this tool.

Hi Christie,

Based on the search volume, both the keywords warrant their own individual pages. I would suggest sticking with one keyword per page for optimization for best chances to rank for that keyword.

Cheers,

SEO5

There is no cap on the number of 301 redirects that you can do although it is recommended to do the 301 not just to the home page but to the specific pages that you have replaced on the new site.

Matt Cutts answers this question in the video here

Hi Bob,

Some thoughts below:

• You might want to try a sticky navigation so that the top navigation follows the user as they scroll down the article page
• Trying a sliding secondary navigation option. Sort of like gmail with the labels following the user as they scroll down their mail

Hope this helps.

1. Where is that keyword ranking ; Top 5 or top 10. If it is ranking 9 or 10 then that partly explains why your impressions count is high yet the clicks are low and in that case changing the keyword phrase to a more call to action oriented one would not do much for improve the CTR. (although it may help a bit) . If the keyword is ranking high and is quite lucrative , i would not do a lot of testing on it. I would suggest creating another page on the site with the longer title that you want to test, optimize that page and see how it performs with the CTR.

2. I would recommend checking the optimization elements of the page using the Moz On Page Grader.

Cheers,

SEO5..

Google has a really good post on this question . Link

Awesome Keri. Very useful updates especially for the Moz analytics.

Hi Joel,

This question has been addressed at length in one of the Google Product forums. Here's the link. Points 1 , 2 and 3 relate to your question.

Hope this helps.

As mentioned in an earlier post today, you can have as many 301's as needed however the best practice to redirect them to related new pages on the site.

Matt Cutt's video here. 

1. Google Analytics

2. Rankings Check

3. Social Media updates

4. Working on Content

I'd lean towards option 2. Push all the content over in the main domain and apply the redirects to the other domains. With the recent Google updates there is a lot of discussion about the power of exact match domains and their effect on keyword rankings. I'd suggest redirecting them to the main site.

Hi Stephane,

As mentioned previously, there are a number of factors which can be considered by Google as over-optimization. Most commonly, these can include bad inbound links, cloaking and hidden text, and high keyword density. This can also include excessive interlinking, as evidenced by the article here, so you may want to be careful with how links are built between your domain and sub-domain. However, as long as the links are relevant and with unique content used sparingly, Google will generally not consider this over optimization.

I suggest you also read this post here  and the comments. Discusses the issue at length.

Hi,

The recommended way is to contact the webmasters of these sites and have your links removed. If that fails, then the last resort is to use the Google Disavow tool. This topic has been discussed extensively in the posts below:

Disavow Spammy Links

Identifying bad Links

Bruce Clay: Penguin Recovery

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

SEO5

I'd recommend option 4, using a sub domain and specifying the geo target in webmaster tools . I should add that you might have a tough time using this strategy in some countries like Austria and France where country specific TLD's tend to rank better.

Rand covered this topic in one of his whiteboard sessions. Link

Hi Bob,

Here's a link to a great app marketing strategy post . Hope it helps:

Ultimate App Marketing Guide

52 ways to promote your app

Cheers,

Have you suffered any penalty or loss in rankings/traffic. If you have then the answer is yes, use the disavow tool to report all the suspected bad links to Google. If you have not then a suggested  route would be to contact those directories and get your site removed.

SEO BOOK - Bloggers Guide to SEO (Highly recommend reading this)

All the best.

no way to tell for sure except for looking at dates when the traffic dropped and when the Google updates took place. I've added the change history link for your reference.

Hope this helps