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Yep, you're on the right track with your thought process. Google will try and give credit to the original source of the content.

Hi Avraam,

On the Leed page (www.cleanedison.com/leed)  the keyword Leed has been used over 20 times and you might be facing the impact of the over optimization penalty. Try to reduce the focus on this keyword on the page . More info here.

I don't think the adding the feed on your site will get you in any trouble as long as you link to the original source of the content. More Info Here

Hi Eric,

more info on the over optimization penalty here.

Lisa, try checking manually which URL is not getting indexed in Google. Make sure you do not have any no follows on those pages. If all the pages are connected / linked together, then Google will crawl your whole site eventually, just a matter of time.

when did you do the cleanup. Might take some time before you bounce back in the results.

What are the recommended ways to optimize the Google+ places page for clients. Do services like louder voice and customer lobby help? I'd love to get the group's opinion on what strategies are working for them on local optimization.

This issue that you're facing is quite common with franchise related websites as they follow one master template and just some localized content changes on each of the franchisee sites.

Each of the individual franchisee sites should invest in original content that separates it from the corporate site. Just having a 5% difference in content will not suffice and will do harm sooner or later.

A really good discussion on this topic in this Link 

In my opinion, add the 150k pages in the site map along with the 300k pages, let Google index all the pages and once they are all indexed , you can take a call on de indexing the 150k pages based on their traction.

I'm trying it out as well. Thanks Neil.

Hi Bob,

Sent you a PM with details.

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. 

I've heard a lot of buzz about Marin and Acquisio. Personally we like using the Google adwords editor for the adwords campaigns and reviewing the campaigns manually.

Bob, duplichecker is another good one Link

This post might also be useful for you. Link

Google has a really good post on this question . Link

The length of the content should be based on the actual content itself being presented and the visitor experience. If the information can be provided to the client in 250 words then that's what the length of the page should be.

Here's a link to a good post discussing this topic.

My suggestion based on a $300 budget would be to run a promo/contest where the client gives away something valued at $300 to the respondents. This has a better chance of going viral , generating buzz and quality backlinks as opposed to the directory route.

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