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Yahoo Local Business Listings Hijacked
Hi SSDigital, Ooof...listing hijacking is truly awful. I'm so sorry for the trouble you're experiencing, and even sorrier to have to mention that it's not uncommon. Here's a phone number for Yext: 888-444-2988. Hope it helps!
Local Listings | | MiriamEllis1 -
Forwarded vanity domains, suddenly resolving to 404 with appended URL's ending in random 5 characters
Yes, we have contacted GoDaddy several times. GoDaddy has insisted it is not their problem and they do not have any advice to resolve this issue. GoDaddy support said there can be strange behavior when forward and masking. We tested removing the masking, but it did not make a difference. Nor does 301 vs. 302 redirecting. I understand the latter should not be used as a workaround as these responses have different meanings, but we did test (which also made no difference). Check this link for more details: https://www.godaddy.com/community/Managing-Domains/My-domain-name-not-resolving-correctly-6-random-characters-are/m-p/64440#M16148 Others are experiencing the same issue and somewhere in the thread it was stated that GoDaddy recently rolled out a new system which likely created this issue. We can trace the issue beginning in late August 2017 via Google Analytics, Search Console 404s and testing via Chrome Dev Tools (Network pane with Preserve log checked). We would also like to understand why in order to address the root cause, instead of using a workaround. This is significant issue. Unfortunately, GoDaddy is not handling the issue professionally and will impact our future business decisions involving GoDaddy.
Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | SS.Digital0 -
Google Indexed a version of my site w/ MX record subdomain
You appear to have the MX sub-domain also set up as an A record. If you have a mac / linux you can run the command: host aspmx3.googlemail.com.sullivansolarpower.com You get the result aspmx3.googlemail.com.sullivansolarpower.com has address 72.10.48.198 Where you should get the result "not found". I think you want to delete the A record (though check the documentation of your email provider first). You should only need them set up as MX records and shouldn't need the A record. You've done the right thing by setting up the redirect - which should mean that the pages drop out of the index and those links disappear. (Note that there is also an https error on the aspmx3 sub-domain - but given that you don't actually want it, I don't suppose that matters that much). Hope that helps.
Technical SEO Issues | | willcritchlow0