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So just to clarify - the linking websites are legitimate however these 'legitimate' sites have questionable link profiles?

If this is the case i would keep these links, why disavow a legitimate link from a legitimate website?

i would also argue that Domain authority and page authority are only indicators, if the link is relevant then these metrics shouldn't really matter

Just my opinion

I agree with EGOL, why wait to be penalised? Just disavow them and move on. Any drop in rankings should be able to be recovered by securing a few solid authoritative links

If the links are low quality disavow them, better to be proactive rather than wait for a penalty then having to go through the process anyway.

Yeah Panguin is definitely the way to go with this one although you do need to access to the sites analytics. Also check out Moz's own list of updates which details the change and the date. Can be found here

Sounds really spammy, in my opinion a single link on the prestigious national organisation may serve them better

I wouldn't be too concerned Google themselves recently said in their webmaster guidelines

"Limit the number of links on a page to a reasonable number (a few thousand at most)."

Think of it more from a UX perspective, if its good for the user keep it!

Have you looked at the competitors websites who are ranking above you for the term "oak beams"?

This often a great starting point to see what you need to improve within your own website. I agree with Logan that more unique content focused around Oak beams wouldnt hurt.

You have mentioned you want more links but you have not told us why you think you need more links to your website? What is the problem that you are having with your website?

This doesn't sound like buying links to me but rather giving a donation and receiving a link as a by product as a charitable deed. Would be surprised if this didn't do you more good than harm as stated above.

If you have access to the analytics i would recommend the panguin tool

Very useful for comparing traffic against Google algo changes

Yeah i agree with Peter, nothing wrong with  being proactive in disavowing. Just be careful to make sure you not disavowing links which are helping you rank

Hi

Rand posted a detailed explanation of this previously. It can be found here 

Hope it helps

One of the hardest things about SEO is having the patience to wait for results! Keep building your high quality links and you should see some results soon.

You may want to revise your page title tag as well, you mention candles in it 3 times, i would mention candles twice max although im sure some would argue with me, it just looks a little spammy.

As another suggestion you could also have some introductory text on the page describing the candles, what makes them unique? why should people buy your candles and not other candles? This may help with ranking but will also add value for users.

In regards to the content i would try to worry more about writing naturally and for the user rather than "keyword density" generally most people stopped measuring this years ago.

Hi Benjamin

Try to think of it more from a user perspective, having just visited your page my main concern would be I have no idea what the website is about. It should be immediately clear to the user within a few seconds what your website is about and what you would like them to do. Might be worth revisiting this

Regards

That is the knowledge panel, I would recommend reading Miriam's link and also my previous response

Hope this helps

Content should be as long or short as it needs to be. Don't limit yourself by trying to hit a specific number of words.

Are you referring to the knowledge panel? If so there is nothing you can do that will guarantee that you will get this to appear for brand name searches. No one knows exactly what triggers it but generally building up the online authority of your business will help. Focus on things like reviews, social media(google+), local links etc.

These should help but as i said no guarantee it will appear.

As these only appear for brand name searches you probably wont be losing out too much by not getting it.

Yeah these tactics might have worked in the past but you are essentially asking Google for a penalty by doing them now. Remember links should always be natural which is the exact opposite of what you have talked about.