Dumb SEO Questions

William Rock

True Geek in every way possible, I enjoy technology and feel it is my destiny to keep companies not only SAFE ONLINE but to help them GROW their Internet Traffic into qualified leads.


1. Increase my traffic

Intro to Webmaster Academy - Search Console Help - Google Help
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6001102?hl=en

another Great read is Google Algorithm Change History - Moz @ https://moz.com/google-algorithm-change

here is another great help article How Google Search Works @ https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/70897?hl=e

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2. Category pages are not indexed

The tool I was using to find the traffic drop possible Google Algorithm Update here is a link to an achieve of many of the dates
https://moz.com/google-algorithm-change

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3. Massive Flux Going on Today

Just one extra thing to add is Joy Hawkins wrote a great article on what was found on the Local side of things http://searchengineland.com/google-filtering-business-local-search-results-258044

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4. Negative reviews on Yelp

Here is

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5. LinkedIn Business Page

I just added a link to the question, since I have never created a business post in Linkedin but hope it helps

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6. SSL Redirection in WMT

I wanted to make sure you have the www. and non www correct .. when I read the question it shows this

Now i purchase SSL and redirected www.xyz.com to https://xyz.com

and noticed that https version does not have www .. as you will want to keep it consistent you will also want to build a 301 Redirect from the non http to the https in your .htaccess file ..

I hope that helps

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7. Removing my WP website from Google

Masatake added this information in our Private Discussion in the HOA //// To prevent only Google web crawlers from indexing a page:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93710?hl=en but if there`s a link to the
but if there`s a link to the page, then Micah`s point stand.

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8. Negative SEO did not work in the past

In my link ...I shared a possible NSEO Attack that would have worked does not work now and proof with the thousands of Junk Link in a SQL Injection Hack with links back to those backlinks ...I thought I would get nailed especially when the client site only had maybe 100 links vs. now thousands still there. I have not used a disavow file .. the attack was back in October 2015 /// fingers crossed NSEO did not hurt this site .. Everything in my link above goes through step by step of my progress .. Keep in mind I have not touched this article much recently but will be soo

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