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I agree with Jesse. Pull quotes isn't the problem. Copy article and add nothing extra of value is the duplicate content problem.

I'd certainly look at cleaning up the duplicate titles and content. Add cononicals if you have multiple URLs referencing the same material.

What does your link portfolio look like? Anchor text distribution?

If you don't see any huge red flags then take a breathe while google puts you under water. There is constant flux in the serps. Sometimes drops in rank are simply google testing. I've had sites drop out for a week or two at a time then rebound to where they were previously.

I've noticed several discrepancies in google's cache system. It seems many of their documents lag and are not updated immediately. It could just be errors in cross data population. If you really want to know the last time the Google bot visited your website then you will want to visit your server logs.

If your server logs don't show a visit from google on the 25th then we really do have to wonder. My guess is that the webmaster tools is reflective of the correct date. Either way, I'd check for the error they are reporting.

I got a SEO certificate a couple of years ago.. Very official looking paper and all!.. and then my kids got to it and colored on it. Looks much better!

You aren't going to get much support for an automated link building system around here. You may want to check into some black hat forums for that kind of feedback.

In the end, if it's a tool or system that everyone can use than you are going to find that Google is already of aware of it, and that it will give you no competitive advantage because anyone can do it.

Having said that, many SEOs get a short boost from spamming tools, but at the cost of loosing all rankings in the future. If you want to play a game of constant building and burning then you are free to live the treadmill life of nonstop running.

Fair enough. If you believe there is a benefit to your users then proceed. Sounds like they are seasonal navigational links and that they could be good for users. But because this tactic could be used to manipulate search, it might still raise flags.

If you are automating these links and they all appear on the same day at the same time with the "Exact same fantastically keyword stuffed anchor text" then it will look suspicious. If these are links pointing to a uniquely titled event, "November SEO Evangelist Raleigh" and the news is published casually in content over a few days after the original announcement then it will look less suspicious. Especially if the each publication adds in some additional commentary about the event that makes it useful for each site's distinctive audience.

As with everything SEO, test it out. You should know fairly quickly if you get an algo penalty. You should also know fairly quickly if users are finding the links useful. I would certainly "NoFollow" the links.

I am sure the general SEO statement of "It depends" applies here as well. I picked on PRweb.com specifically because they are not a "Free-For-All" PR site.

My suspicion is that many of the sites that call themselves PR sites are of very poor quality.

The error that is most problematic is when you have 404 pages that you are linking to internally and/or are found in your site map. Google reporting that an external site is linking to a 404 page isn't as damaging. If it truly is an error then a 404 is okay to have, but not preferable. If the page linking to you made an error, it would be preferable to seek out the owner of that page and ask them to fix it. However, if you can't reach the owner and if the referring website is a valuable traffic source and/or that link juice is important then, yes, add a 301 redirect.

Build your community.

If you have maxed out your keyword traffic and are no longer seeing an increase, then focus on keeping the visitors that you are capturing. Keep them engaged and coming back for more. Reach out to them. Get them to sign up for emails and newsletters. Work on repeat visits. Fine tune your content so that time on page grows. Make your content shareable so that visitors will attract more visitors.

There are clearly benefits to both.

Brand -

1. Trust.
2. No confusion as to who owns the page.
3. Further Brand recognition

Keyword -

1. Could be easier to remember
2. Could help your rankings.
3. Could get direct traffic all by itself.
4. Could generate brand awareness

If I were Nike, then I'd go with my brand name over 'shoes'. But as an unknown pest control guy, I'd take 'pestcontrol'

I like these. Visibility is a great addition to the simple traffic and ranking.