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Maybe increased competition is taking traffic away.

We are debating on whether to use primary keywords in the URL for every page for a new client for the sake of SEO.  What is the feeling in the Community on which version is smarter?

Version 1:  www.abccompany.com/miami-moving-company/about-us

www.abccompany.com/miami-moving-company/contact-us

etc. etc.

Version 2:  www.abccompany.com/about-us

Thank you for your thoughts!

Tim,

We always index ALL pages...the help tip on Google XML also suggests including all pages of your site in the XML sitemap.

For proper SEO, which version would you prefer?

A.  www.abccompany.com

B.  www.abccompany.com/index.html

Is there any value or difference with either home page URL??

I have used, and still use, MC for a part of our Internet marketing plan for each of our clients. The MC listing does aide in boosting page 2 and page 3 rankings. I too have noticed a drastic decline in MC total aide in page 1 rankings...especially since they were sold! I think MC still helps for service-based listings when used as a City+ name application.

Michael. We only have the 1 location but our current location is the one that is located in the non-desirable business zip code. My thought was to establish a mailbox location in the new zip code we are moving to next year and use that new address now to replace our current zip code location for Google Places. Jay

Hey Dan.

Thanks for your input on both questions...really good advice.  I agree with you on the Places response...I would be worried about appearing deceiving and I do not want to appear such.

We use Wordpress for our agency Blogs.  The URL's are very long and the Moz does not like the long URL's.

Should we use the stubby, short Wordpress URL's for each blog post?  Is there a "Best Practice" for how one should use the Wordpress URL string?

Hi.

Our agency office is located in a "bad" zip code relevant to active businesses who would need our agency services.  In a nutshell, we get really bad inquiries who can never afford our services...and it's coming directly from the Google geolocation function.

We plan to relocate our offices within 1 year.  Would it help us in Google Places if we created a "new" physical office location to cover up the "bad" one we are currently in?  We could use a paid location like a UPS Mail Center physical address that is located within a more desiring zip code.

Thanks for any input.

Jay

Thank you all very much for your help and answers.  It is very much appreciated!!

Good stuff, thank you for taking the time to help!

Hi.

We are launching a new website and our .html page extensions will be replaced with a .php page extension.

Example:   www.theideapeople.com/web_design.html  (current url)

www.theideapeople.com/web_design.php  (new url)

Will this require any special treatment to maintain the page SEO ranking?  Does it make a difference if you use a .html or .php?  Thank you for your help and insight!

Jay

Hi Donnie. Thank you for the links! Lots of reading to do.

Very nice, thank you for the links!

Awesome, Marcus. Thank you!

Are there any links to previous discussions or tips, techniques for how creative design has any impact on seo??