Question about keyword distribution on a single page, maybe related to how the bot crawls the page

Tim Capper: when you say a side bar - what is the side bar associated with - tags, categories ? Could these be associated as spammy ? If they play a distinct purpose - you click on one and it takes you to a specific page. Then this should be OK. However if this is the case i would probably try and incorporate them into your main header menu. As long as Google can see the relevance they play in the sites navigation - then all should be ok. On the other hand - would google look at these as intentional manipulation, then i would remove i never saw the url Chris, sorry Just had a look - your site is fine, there are no massive keywords in the side bar. However - the parent site locksmith-pa might not be so lucky with all those area pages. Matt cutts specificall calls them out in the new manual actions - thin duplicated content

Jim Munro: Chris' site is ;www.locksmithconshohocken com

Tim Capper: when you say a side bar - what is the side bar associated with - tags, categories ?

Could these be associated as spammy ?

If they play a distinct purpose - you click on one and it takes you to a specific page. Then this should be OK.

However if this is the case i would probably try and incorporate them into your main header menu.

As long as Google can see the relevance they play in the sites navigation - then all should be ok.

On the other hand - would google look at these as intentional manipulation, then i would remove

Michael Chapman: I had a quick look and I'm not massively sure what you mean, the content in your sidebar seems fine to me, nothing that raises any red-flags anyway.

Google will read your sidebar and treat it as content too, so there's no need to move it to the main content.

Tim Capper: Hi

i never saw the url Chris, sorry

Just had a look - your site is fine, there are no massive keywords in the side bar.

However - the parent site locksmith-pa  ;might not be so lucky with all those area pages.

Matt cutts specificall calls them out in the new manual actions - thin duplicated content

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604719?hl=en

chris burgos: is my home page getting credit for the content thats in the sidebar area?

Michael Chapman: +chris burgos ; pretty much yes.

Tim Capper: +chris burgos ;the side bar has a G+ link, email address, FB and coupon.

Are we looking at the correct site ? - no keywords in there ? No large amount of keywords you described above :)

chris burgos: thank you michael.....

chris burgos: tim what if all the service areas has unique content would that be still be considered spammy ?

and how is locksmith-pa a parent site to locksmithconshohocken there 2 different domains

Michael Chapman: +chris burgos If it has unique content the the pages would really help you with local results, especially if you set up Google Places.

chris burgos: im setting up google plus and facebook pages ; for every town..

Michael Chapman: +chris burgos I just had a discussion about Google Places listings over in another group. But basically Google wants them all under one account as opposed to one for each town (unless it's actually a different brand/business) to prevent multiple results in the SERPs.

Facebook is fine though, and yes you can create the multiple Google+ pages too but from a branding/social/expansion point of view I'd argue it would be better to just have the one account.

chris burgos: thanks for your feedback Tim, Michael

Tim Capper: Hi chris

When i said parent site, it was the site i found before i saw jim's post with this url.

If the services pages where totally unique, you will be fine.

chris burgos: ok thank you tim...