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Thumbed up Matt and Moosa - I think I'd make sure first that the PA/DA is telling the whole story. PA, for example, doesn't take into account possible Google devaluations or penalties (which we can't really measure). That PA of 80 may be over-estimated for a lot of reasons. It may be that you have a solid link profile, but your on-page targeting is lacking. There are a lot of ways to target without switching to a partial-match domain. Now, would a partial-match domain help a bit? Probably, for now, but Google seems to be dialing that down slowly (exact-match domains really are too powerful, and are still being abused like crazy). Keep in mind, though, that the 301-redirect does carry risk, and may not transfer all of the link-juice. Also, if you 301-redirect just this one powerful page, it could impact your main site's Domain Authority and potentially harm your other rankings on that site (if that page has a huge concentration of the site's links).

If your homepage isn't attempting to rank for "in Chicago", "in New York" etc. then I don't see an issue with cannibalization as such. That said, I'd be wary of the tactic in general, unless you have offices in those areas. My experience has been that you'll be underwhelmed with the results if "Service in New York" etc. is triggering local search results when you don't actually have an address to go on those pages. If you do have multiple locations, then creating a page for each address is definitely the way to go.

Without more details it's impossible to give you specific reasons. Your ranking is not just about the number of links to the page but also about the relevancy of that page to the search term. By trying to target multiple keywords on a single (home)page, you're making your page less and less specific to any one of these terms. By diluting your page in this way you are in danger of making the page weaker and weaker. For example, have you got all of these keywords in your home page title? What is the page about? If you have, how compelling is that going to make the SERPs snippet to searchers? If these keywords are important to you, then my recommendation would be to go back to the landing pages, and optimise each page for the specific keyword. You need to think about what they keywords really mean to your business/site and what the landing pages need to do. Think about what people searching for that keyword are after (look at the other ranking pages) and try to provide the best possible content. What is their intent / their goals? You can then positition your offering/solution and through some compelling calls to action, try and get these visitors to engage with the business. Your homepage doesn't need to be the only front door. Once people are introduced to your site, via decent landing pages then maybe the next time they'll search for your brand name (for which your homepage should be ranking!) Visitors with different levels of awareness of their problem/your offering etc will need different content to move them towards your site's goals. Also note that a 301 redirect isn't going to pass on the full value of those inbound links.

Also we use SEOQuake toolbar all the time which as far I know check Google PR + results count for a particular URL/domain. Is it a potential issue too?

Do the pages have things like credit card or social security numbers where you need them out of the SERPs right away, or is it just stuff you want gone for some other reason? There is a URL removal tool you can use, but Google does prefer it to be used for things that have to be gone immediately, and to do what you're doing now for the rest of the items. My personal experience (from a while back) is that when a robots.txt changed and unblocked items from being crawled, they were back in the SERPs right away. Google seems to still know about all of these URLs (and doesn't just wipe them from memory entirely) even if they don't show them in the search results. I don't have any resources to point you to on that right now though.

Some of your traffic is converting though. Be a shame to lose that. I'm thinking content along the lines of "making smart buying choices today, can save you $$$ in the future" or "Understanding the hidden costs of..." Any buying guides you can offer that they can take-away (with your branding/link on?) It's easy to overlook the long game. Good luck!

I realise this is an old thread but can I ask : can you list to your website from yiur ebay listings?  It was my understanding EBAY disapproved of outbound links.  Is there a way to go about it thats in line with policies.  ?My own store is wordpress/woocommerce. Thanks Steve

Our landing page www.domain.com/abc/ got about 90% of links containing 2 main keywords "abc" and "def"we target on that page. That is a concern. It is highly unnatural. It sends a strong indicator that you are in control of those links which may lead Google to discount their value.

i know not everyone will agree with this, but we really don't monitor how many links are follow/nofollow. The key is to get links pointed to your site that are topical. Just by that tactic alone, you will get a typical blend of both kinds of links.

I say No. 301's leak link juice and it is not clear if relevance passes though a 301, relevance is a big part of linkng, Why not just build the link to your own site? if you are talking about organic links, well you may be waiting a long time.

Bottom line, you cannot make data available online without offering a means for a user to grab that data. You said you "don't wish to make it easy" so I will share some ideas: EGOL's suggestion is good and not that hard to implement. I am not sure if your site requires registration but you can set it up so guests can view a maximum of ?20 member pages or whatever amount you deem to be a reasonable number. There are more complicated methods by which you can establish a script that will block any IP or user who pulls too many pages too quickly. The real challenge is your sitemap. If all that is required is the company's name, your sitemap is all someone needs. In this case there is simply nothing I can think of you can do. If the sitemap isn't a challenge, another idea is to present the data in a method that is not easy to read. You can leave the description information in HTML but present the company name in Flash, for example. Bottom line, if you want to rank well, the site has to be easy to crawl. If the crawl data offers enough information for others to steal, there is simply no reasonable method that can be used to prevent automated tools from grabbing it.