Questions
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Is it outside of Google's search quality guidelines to use rel=author on the homepage?
I agree with Shane 100% but I would just like to point out something. I have read a few articles about applying the rel=author tag to websites / service / product pages (instead of just articles). From what I gathered it seems most people actually found drops in visits to their website after the Google plus picture started showing up with their SERP snippet. It seemed users may have been skipping them because it looked like an article or blog because of the portrait image. You may want to do some more reading on this subject or if you go this route, track your visits closely.
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | KyleChamp0 -
Logos and H1 Tags
Thanks for the answer Ben. We went ahead and tested it both ways and found that the text did better than the logo.
Technical SEO Issues | | smilingbunny0 -
How should I go about cleaning up link spam from an acquired domain?
Hi Rob Do you mind me asking where you got the link profile breakdown from? I've been using link detective and it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as concise or informative as your list. thanks Justin
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | JustinTaylor880 -
Would nofollowing the footer throw an unnatural blance between followed and nofollowed links?
I think John is spot on, but just wanted to add a couple of things: (1) The 100-link "rule" is really just a guideline. Adding nofollow wouldn't impact how we count or, likely, how Google counts. Nofollows still dilute link-juice. (2) If the footer links duplicate main-navigation links, then they may not be counted at all. Google discounts any additional links to Page B from Page A, and will more or less ignore them.
Technical SEO Issues | | Dr-Pete0