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Hi Rob,

If you can edit your template, you could add the piece of javascript below to the head of each page on your site.

As long as the visitor has javascript turned on in their browser, this will detect that the page is rendered on the wrong URL and send it back to the correct page, outside the Iframe.

You can find more about this on this page (thanks to Ryan for catching the broken link)

There is a nice bonus in that you will then see traffic from referring sites in your server logs. You can very easily follow up with webmasters who have been duped into providing the links - show them how the other site has fraudulently acquired a link from them and suggest that they correct the link to point to your site.

I love it when I find a way to eliminate those guys with the other hats AND get the benefit of all their hard work!

Have a great day,

Sha

Hi Rob,

First of all ...this is not a domain redirect.

What they are actually doing is pulling the content of your site into their own using an iframe.

They are not able to do anything through your site by doing this as the content is rendered by the browser and not their server.  So, the question is why they would do it.

Best guess: This could be someone who is planning to set up some kind of low quality site (possibly full of ads), but wants to build up backlinks for the domain. They can go to blogs, forums etc and leave comments & posts with their URL. The webmaster checks the URL and sees your site, so approves the comment or post...after a few months of doing this, BAM! they remove the iframe and let loose their real content.

hmmm...

Sha

Hi There,

I decided a long time ago that the best way to handle the issue of the client deciding they want things changed is to allow them to decide for themselves that it may not be such a good idea. I have found a very effective way of achieving this.

As soon as we receive a request or instruction from the client that we believe to be detrimental to the SEO for the site, we immediately forward to them a Disclaimer and Acknowledgement Form. The form is accompanied by a request for them to sign and return it so that the requested changes can be completed. Similar to Ninjamarketer's disclaimer, the most important part is that the form carries the words "hereby acknowledge and accept" and requires a signature.

We make no attempt to dissuade the client - just forward the form and require it to be executed and returned before the work can proceed.

It generally takes 5- 10 minutes for the client to call me once the form has been sent and in every case to date, they have decided before I answered the call, that they may not want to make the changes after all It is at this point that I am able to talk it through with them and do a little gentle SEO "Training" which they are very receptive to. It works for me

As to partial SEO - we offer on-page services on a per-page basis (minimum 3 pages), but for any project of more than 5 pages, our quotation includes site wide audit, structural review and recommendations for further work. We also provide on-page work via direct access OR as a detailed report which can be handed to the existing developer for action. For clients with limited budgets, this can be helpful as they can attack the work in manageable chunks. We conduct the site assessment and advise them which pages are highest priority for action.

It is nice when you have a client coming back to you for more work because they have seen marked improvement from the original project and want some more of that action

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi there,

Are you saying that you have two active Google Webmaster Tools accounts for the same site and no 301 Redirect in place?

Sha

Hi Will,

The time required for installation and testing could vary according to whether there are compatibility issues to resolve on the server.

As an example - if we were to install an updated version of Wordpress for a client, that could be a 5 minute job, but the new version requires an updated version of PHP on the server and the age and configuration of the server may require patching (or even moving to a newer server) in order to install the correct version of PHP.

Then, with all of the software updated and the new version of WP installed, we would need to check and test the installation to ensure that the template is still good and nothing has broken.

So, a 5 minute job could easily turn into a 1 or 2 hour job and the need for the additional work will only become known when the installation is attempted (sucks to be us sometimes!)

For this reason, most web development companies will probably quote you a minimum of an hour to do the work. Having said that, the hourly rate you have quoted would be considered extremely high by our company.

I hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Anand,

I guess you could look at it as a waste of resources, but on a couple of occasions I have actually discovered that I had naturally produced an "A" or "B" Grade optimization for a keyword I had not targeted for that page.

In these cases it has enabled me to make decisions as to whether I change keywords or text, switch that keyword target to the home page etc. Since it has to default to something, I suppose the home page seemed the logical choice.

I hope it is working for you now. I see that Manischa has provided some help on the other points, so hope that all of your questions are taken care of.

Sha

Hi Amanda,

I don't think the problem is with the tool. The tool is simply reporting what the crawler sees.

Since you have said "an actual blog page, which I am attempting to analyze as a dedicated campaign for my blog" I am thinking that you have set up a separate campaign for what you think of as the "actual blog" and designated the campaign as a subdomain?

If this is the case, then presumably, you also have a campaign set up for what you think of as the main site. So, as Ryan and Brian mentioned, you have two copies of all content in your blog, but it exists in two different locations on your server, so is being seen by two different campaigns with different URL's.

The 100 links per page is a recommended rule of thumb to protect usability and avoid degrading the value of individual links on the page. So, as both Ryan and Brian advised, it is much more important right now to deal with the duplication issues on your site.

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Mike,

Paul Rogers mentioned that he has built a tool that will query the SEOmoz API using Google Docs in a recent post on the SEOmoz Blog - How to Reach Bloggers, Ninja Style.

It might be worth following up with Paul to see if he can help you out.

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Tracy,

You can use the On-page tool to optimize for any keyword term as long as it is loaded into the keyword list in your campaign.

By default the On-page tool offers a report card for every keyword already loaded that it finds relevant to your home page. You can create Report cards for individual pages and keywords by digging a little deeper into the tool.

There is an explanation of how to use the tool for specific pages in this recent thread about SEOmoz On-page Tool issues.

If you have not specifically selected the URL of that page (as described in the other thread), then the B Report Card you are seeing would be the Grade for that keyword on the Home Page of the site, not for the specific page you have optimized.

If this is not the problem and the tool appears to be malfunctioning, then the best thing would be to contact the Help Team using help [at] seomoz.org.Let them know the details of the specific campaign and the issue so they can take a look for you.

Hope that helps,

Sha

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Tweet from a few minutes ago:

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Sha

For updates on this issue, please follow @SEOmoz on Twitter.

Tweeted in the past few minutes:

Good morning everyone. We've seen the tweets and Q&A about OSE and will update here with information soon.

I am not disputing that SEOmoz need be alerted to an issue.

My point was that an email to the Help Team when this thread was originated 8 hours ago would have alerted SEOmoz that there was an issue much more quickly.

Sha

Hi Michael,

If you have concerns about changes in data with the latest update, the quickest and most effective way of getting answers is to email the Help Team direct using help [at] seomoz.org.

Moz Staff do not routinely read the Q&A,so are unlikely to be aware of issues unless they are specifically alerted to an thread by an Associate who happens to see it.

Sha

If you have concerns about changes in data with the latest update, the quickest and most effective way of getting answers is to email the Help Team direct using help [at] seomoz.org.

Moz Staff do not routinely read the Q&A,so are unlikely to be aware of issues unless they are specifically alerted to an thread by an Associate who happens to see it.

Hi Tim,

My point really was that with the right expertise you should be able to improve both usability and seo usefulness of the pages you have without needing to create alternative pages. Even unfriendly URL's can be dealt with by using URL rewrites.

If you have strong page authority for your product pages now, a change of structure would generally be a last consideration for me.

The MozBar is really useful for this kind of page-level analysis. If you work through the page attributes and elements it is easy to identify both tech and optimization issues that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Sha

Hi Anand,

To answer the first part of your question, you can do what you are wanting with the On-page feature in the SEOmoz Pro App. You can see the explanation of how to find it on this thread.

Unfortunately, I am about to leave for an appointment, so cannot expand on the remainder of your question right now, but I am sure others will be able to provide some help. I will check back on the post in a few hours to make sure that you have the rest of the answers.

Hope that helps in the meantime,

Sha

Hi,

Yes, there is a known issue at the moment. The Moz Team are aware of the problem and working to resolve it. Updates will be provided via Twitter, so if you follow @SEOmoz you will know when it has been resolved.

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Olivier,

Moz staff do not generally read the Q&A unless they are alerted to a particular issue by an Associate who happens to have seen a post.

The quickest way to get an answer to your query on the changes you are seeing in the OSE/Linkscape data is to email direct to the Help Team using  help [at] seomoz.org.

To speed up the process, try to provide them with as much information as possible on the domain(s) involved and the specific changes you are seeing in the data.

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Mike,

@SEOmoz tweeted a few hours ago that the team had completed the latest Linkscape Update a week ahead of schedule.

Since there is generally a wait time before you can download your Advanced Report from the Keyword Difficulty Tool, it is quite possible that the numbers you obtained from there were Pre-Update, so may have changed in OSE.

There is currently an issue with the Keyword Difficulty Tool producing an error result, but the Help Team are aware of it and working to resolve the issue. If you want to keep up with progress on that you can follow @SEOmoz on Twitter and they will advise when it is resolved. Then you will be able to run your Advanced Report again.

You can run a 5 site comparison in Open Site Explorer using the Advanced Reports to get you through with most of the information if you need to.

If for some reason you don't believe the Update timing was a factor, then the best solution would be to email the Help Team  help[at]seomoz.org.

Hope that helps,

Sha

Hi Wardy,

Check your Private Messages please.

Also, a couple of questions.

1. Is the file called .htaccess?
2. I the page magazine-freebies a static URL or a Wordpress Blog Category Page?

Please make your .htaccess file look like this

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule  ^/magazines.htm$ /magazine-freebies

Just these two lines, and test to see if it works.

Sha