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  • SimpleSearch


    Hi folks! Is it still necessary to add utms to GMB profiles to get clicks from GMB-informed results to register as organic in Google Analytics? I thought so, but I did a test recently and it looks like this isn't necessary anymore (adding utms)

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | SimpleSearch
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  • solidlocal


    Hey Guys, Curious how people use the onpage grader for optimizing pages for local businesses specifically, I'm interested if people use keywords with or without a geo modifier since adding a geo modifier will prevent more natural writing to increase the score. If you don't use a geo modifier do you have some general rules of the city that needs to be in the H1 and first paragraph etc. Any tips for using the page grader for local businesses would be great Thanks!

    Local Website Optimization | | solidlocal
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  • anupjain


    Open Site Explorer is reporting "0" value under "Total Internal Links" as well as "Internal Links" metrics for my website. I have a good interlinking of pages throughout the site.
    Is there an issue with OSE (Open Site Explorer) crawler ? OR There are some crawling problems with our Website's structure ?
    Can anybody please give an idea or recommendations on this ?
    Domain: https://www.traveltoindia.org/

    Link Explorer | | anupjain
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  • ghesta


    We speak Persian and all people search in Persian on Google. But I read in some sources that the url should be in English. Please tell me which language to use for url writing?
    For example, I brought down two models: 1fb0e134-10dc-4737-904f-bfdf07143a98-image.png https://ghesta.ir/blog/how-to-become-rich/
    2)https://ghesta.ir/blog/چگونه-پولدار-شویم/

    Technical SEO | | ghesta
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  • dsfvy565


    thanks to all case are solved now very glad to see the quick response from moz community

    Link Building | | dsfvy565
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  • tailor109


    I sea tons of website build redirects backlink from google to them , and the have get a high ranking in moz , why moz don't pervent this methods?

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | tailor109
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  • TimDickey


    Not a techie here...maybe this is to be expected, but ever since one of my client sites has switched to TLS 1.3, I've had a couple of crawl issues and other hiccups. First, I noticed that I can't use HTTPSTATUS.io any more...it renders an error message for URLs on the site in question. I wrote to their support desk and they said they haven't updated to 1.3 yet. Bummer, because I loved httpstatus.io's functionality, esp. getting bulk reports. Also, my Moz campaign crawls were failing. We are setting up a robots.txt directive to allow rogerbot (and the other bot), and will see if that works. These fails are consistent with the date we switched to 1.3, and some testing confirmed it. Anyone else seeing these types of issues, and can suggest any workarounds, solves, hacks to make my life easier? (including an alternative to httpstatus.io...I have and use screaming frog...not as slick, I'm afraid!) Do you think there was a configuration error with the client's TLS 1.3 upgrade, or maybe they're using a problematic/older version of 1.3?? Thanks -

    Technical SEO | | TimDickey
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  • JoelssonMedia


    Hi, I recently encountered a very strange problem.
    One of the pages I published in my website ranked very well for a couple of days on top 5, then after a couple of days, the page completely vanished, no matter how direct I search for it, does not appear on the results, I check GSC, everything seems to be normal, but when checking Google analytics, I find it strange that there is no data on the page since it disappeared and it also does not show up on the 'active pages' section no matter how many different computers i keep it open. I have checked to page 9, and used a couple of keyword tools and it appears nowhere! It didn't have any back links, but it was unique and high quality. I have checked on the page does still exist and it is still readable. Has this ´happened to anyone before? Any thoughts would be gratefully received.

    Technical SEO | | JoelssonMedia
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  • JoelssonMedia


    Recently there have been a a couple of pages form my website that ranked well, in top 5 for a couple of days then they disappear suddenly, they are not at all seen in google search results no matter how narrow I search for them. I checked my search console, there seems to be no issues with the page, but when I check google analytics, I do not get any data from that page since the day it disappeared, and it does not even show up on the 'active pages' section no matter I keep the url open in multiple computers.
    Has anyone else faced this issue? is there a solution to it?

    Technical SEO | | JoelssonMedia
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  • Vuly


    I've added some AggregateOffer schema for some products with properties such as lowPrice
    highPrice
    pricevaliduntil
    availability
    itemCondition
    priceValidUntil we change our sale price quite often and I am relying on the priceValidUntil to stop showing the prices once a date has lapsed. However, I am still seeing the prices on SERPPs once the date has passed. Is there anyway to get around this? note: I have tried updating the schema 2 days before the sale ends just to make sure Google has crawled the page in time. However Google is still a bit slow in crawling the pages even after requesting index. Any suggestion is welcome.

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Vuly
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  • UniversalBlog


    Please I have a domain name miaroseworld.com I redirected (301 redirect) it to one of my domain names and I am having issues with the website so I decided to redirect to to my new site but moz is still showing redirecty to the previous websites
    Even when I change the redirect on search console it still showing redirecting to the previous site.

    Technical SEO | | UniversalBlog
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  • MultiTimeMachine


    In our Moz Pro account we have one campaign set up to track our main domain. This week Moz threw up around 400 new crawl errors, 99% of which were meta noindex issues. What happened was that somehow Moz found the development/staging site and decided to crawl that. I have no idea how it was able to do this - the robots.txt is set to disallow all and there is password protection on the site. It looks like Moz ignored the robots.txt, but I still don't have any idea how it was able to do a crawl - it should have received a 401 Forbidden and not gone any further. How do I a) clean this up without going through and manually ignoring each issue, and b) stop this from happening again? Thanks!

    Moz Pro | | MultiTimeMachine
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  • aamirmurtaza67


    I have a question as competitor made backlinks on longtail keywords and just for one specific post, If I wanna rank in Google SERP, then should I have to do the same strategy as my competitor did. or can I use just my own keywords to get rank?

    Link Building | | aamirmurtaza67
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  • TimDickey


    This one is stumping me - a site I'm working on has decided to nofollow all of their outbound links to LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. I can't find a reason for doing that...I think it's from the old and mistaken suspicion that this would deliver link equity away from the site. Everything I've read says that there's no downside to dofollow outbound links as long as they are to legit sites and on the up-and-up (e.g., not overly link-trading with another site, for instance). Thoughts?

    Link Building | | TimDickey
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  • bakergraphix_yahoo.com


    I have run lighthouse reports multiple times today, and they have bounced up and down 20 points within hours of each other. A coworker ran hist test that returned a 90 while I scored a 68, my next test was an 88? Is this a common issue. I can understand a few points, but this is insanity!

    On-Page Optimization | | bakergraphix_yahoo.com
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  • bakergraphix_yahoo.com


    I have run lighthouse reports multiple times today, and they have bounced up and down 20 points within hours of each other. A coworker ran hist test that returned a 90 while I scored a 68, my next test was an 88? Is this a common issue. I can understand a few points, but this is insanity!

    On-Page Optimization | | bakergraphix_yahoo.com
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  • joemeza23


    I have several multilingual websites all with English asset names for images, do i need a set of images per language or use JASON to change the language image name for me? I know I need to provide alt tags / captions in all languages.

    International SEO | | joemeza23
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  • Wenalyn

    Solved

    bill charged moz pro

    Hi Moz Please cancel my account. I was charged for $149. It was charged automatically. I am please respond to my email and take an action towards this.

    Product Support | | Wenalyn
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  • DigiAsylum

    This question is deleted!

    Link Building | | DigiAsylum
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  • CatBoxer


    I have a ton of old backlinks for products that I no longer carry but I have redirected them to other pages within the site. I was told by an SEO expert that these links are hurting me rather than helping because people click on the links and then leave. These backlinks are from reputable blogs, news sources etc and my spam score is only 1%. Are these links really hurting me?

    Link Building | | CatBoxer
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  • PostAlmostAnything


    google penalty sentiment analysis google search console

    I have two sites that were mentioned in a negative article in The New York Times a couple weeks ago. They saw a good increase in traffic, but on the sixth both of them saw sudden unexplained Google drops. Both seemed on the average position from search console doubling overnight. I run similar websites that have seen no such drops. The only thing these two have in common are being mentioned in the same negative article. Normally I would expect the mention from a major news outlet to make the sites more authoritative in Google's eyes. Is this a coincidence or a possible manual penalty? They still rank number one for their respected brand names, but everything else has suffered. Did Google make any recent algorithm changes or do you think someone at Google may have read the article and decided the sites needed to be demoted?

    Algorithm Updates | | PostAlmostAnything
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  • dsfvy565

    This question is deleted!

    Affiliate Marketing | | dsfvy565
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  • netcomsia


    Hi friends. I noticed that moz.com does not see some important incoming links. I added them to link tracking list but no result? for example from domain delfi.lv we receive two types of links One no follow and moz seas it. and other do follow and moz does not counts it and do not see it. https://www.delfi.lv/bizness/komerczinas/kravu-parvadajumi-ar-temperaturas-rezimu-lielakie-izaicinajumi.d?id=52924741 and there is few more like this but important and strong. kravu pārvadājumi Could you explain why is this happening. This link comes from bigest newsportal in my country, And it is indexed by google and serchable.

    Link Building | | netcomsia
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  • studio45ca


    Hello I want to know and Little help to deduce ss of my one of the website Can anyone give help to deduce Spam Score of my Website?

    On-Page Optimization | | studio45ca
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  • RodrigoR777


    So we are planning redirect all these https://blue-company.com.au/
    https://www.blue-company.com.au/
    http://blue-company.com.au/ to this https://www.bluecompany.com.au/ If we do this, will it have an negative impact on our SEO, is there any downside to this? or get penalised from Google etc?

    Technical SEO | | RodrigoR777
    0
  • lorosing


    spam

    I start blogging a few months ago and start SEO by watching some tutorials and start making backlinks now I realize that I made backlinks on some spammy site which increase my spam score from 1 to 7 now I remove my links from that spammy site but my spam score is still 7.
    can someone assist me to decrease my spam score site URL
    https://lbctracking.net

    White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | lorosing
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  • arainbadami


    A keyword Olehana private label cosmetic company that also my competitor have 4k ref domain for this keyword. So Do I need more than 4k ref domain with anchortext "olehana" Please help me. Thanks.

    Link Building | | arainbadami
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  • daimon67


    Hi guys, what is the best practice to find the long tail keywords, like Google Instant Suggestion, people also search, or moz keyword explorer I have experienced a lot in MOZ pro Keyword Planner, but now I want to know easiest way to find long tail keywords for my website olehana Makeup, still I'm using just 3 keyword that I already ranked in Google SERP top 3 positions now I also want that some long tail keywords also gets ranked.

    Keyword Research | | daimon67
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  • RankvizTeam


    Hi,
    I started a website related to E-Scotties. I want to ask that how can I increase the PA of my webpage Aaron lal? What technique I should use for this purpose?

    Moz Pro | | RankvizTeam
    0
  • Alopii


    content

    Hi friends, I have a question. I want to know how Google detects the author of a content.

    Content Development | | Alopii
    0
  • akhter8761


    what is the best approach to beat my competitor in ranking, suppose my competitor got a backlink from a website like OEM Skin Care that has low DA but related to the same niche, but If i will get a backlink from a site that has 90+ DA like CNN, then which backlink has great impact on SERP Ranking, A- Backlink with LOW DA but same Niche,
    B- Backlink with 90+ DA but different Niche, I need your suggestion before buying a guest post..
    Thanks in advance.

    Moz Pro | | akhter8761
    1
  • 4240930012532370


    moz stopped indexing the links due to some updates? can some one confirm me thanks

    Moz Pro | | 4240930012532370
    0
  • 250mils


    We have a primary domain www.postermywall.com. We have used subdomains for offering the same site in different languages, like es.postermywall.com, fr.postermywall.com etc. There are certain language subdomains that have low traffic and are expensive to get translated. We have decided to sunset 3 subdomains that match that criteria. What is the best way of going about removing those subdomains? Should we just redirect from those subdomains to www.postermywall.com? Would that have any negative impact on our primary domain in Google's eye etc.? Anything other than a redirect that we should be considering?

    Technical SEO | | 250mils
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  • marketingextra


    I understand a lot of people in the SEO world think that everything should be under one site, but if a European school wants to expand its presence in the USA, the current domain authority is 30/100 for the European website. The school is thinking of opening another school in the USA, should they just create a subdomain on the same European site or have a new site for the USA because it's better for the branding?
    Any SEO experts can chime in here?

    On-Page Optimization | | marketingextra
    1
  • frankgazzolo 0


    MOZ Local Q&A Forum shows incorrect info for my company

    Moz Local | | frankgazzolo 0
    0
  • AndyKubrin


    Hello, Mozzers!
    I noticed something peculiar in the robots.txt used by one of my clients: Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php What would be the purpose of allowing a search engine to crawl this file?
    Is it OK? Should I do something about it?
    Everything else on /wp-admin/ is disallowed.
    Thanks in advance for your help.
    -AK:

    Technical SEO | | AndyKubrin
    2
  • cesaromar1973


    Re: Are long URLs bad for SEO? Does a long domain name included on the count of characters bad for SEO as well?Here is an example : "https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/kessler-team-tests-regenerative-approach-preventing-osteoarthritis-after-knee-injury". This over 35 characters, however, does it begin after or before the domain name?

    Technical SEO | | cesaromar1973
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  • ionatr


    Hey everyone,
    I have started a new blog and I am not finding the ways to find the best and rankable keywords for it.
    Can anybody tell me how to find it?

    Keyword Research | | ionatr
    0
  • BBQVILLA

    Solved

    how to find own topic related keywords like my topic is bbq related stuff... so how i find low difficult keywords.?

    Keyword Research | | BBQVILLA
    0
  • VAPartners


    Hi. Moz is alerting me that my blog has no alt image. I actually don't have an image inside the blog but it's in the header, as part of my wordpress theme. Now when I check this image in the header, the alt image keyword is there. I'm not sure how to fix it. Please help.

    Content Development | | VAPartners
    0
  • username67

    This question is deleted!

    Getting Started | | username67
    0
  • MarySmith12

    This question is deleted!

    Link Explorer | | MarySmith12
    0
  • ChiarynMiranda


    Hi there, You’re probably aware of Google’s upcoming algorithm update, which includes Core Web Vitals as a ranking factor and will now be released throughout summer 2021. With this announcement, it’s important that modern SEOs prioritize steps to ensure their site’s are user-(and search engine-)friendly. To help you get ahead of this, I’m super excited to announce our Performance Metrics beta – available for Pro customers on all plans, up to 6,000 pages per Campaign per month.
 You can check it out here. In the beta, you can streamline your technical audit workflows and analyze thousands of URLs of your choosing for Core Web Vitals and other performance metrics. You can also: Analyze performance on an ad-hoc basis, separate from full site audits Report on performance across mobile and desktop, at scale Understand performance in the context of other search data, like Page Authority, other crawl issues, and top pages from traffic See a breakdown of how many pages require fixes, need some improvement, or look good Filter and manipulate your performance data with CSV exports Analyze individual page reports for Core Web Vitals and additional performance metrics. Deep-dive into the opportunities on how to fix issues Receive powerful prioritization recommendations We have a list of features and functionality on our roadmap, but we'd love to hear your thoughts! Go check it out, analyze your important pages for performance, and comment below! Got questions? I’m also here to help. Also make sure to check out other helpful resources, like our Help Hub documentation, Learn Center content, announcement blog post, or our webinar “Make Core Web Vitals Your Competitive Advantage” with Moz’s Senior Search Scientist Tom Capper (recorded live on April 27.).

    Moz News | | ChiarynMiranda
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  • ayofztk


    Hey everyone,
    I have started a new blog and I am not finding the ways to find the best and rankable keywords for it.
    Can anybody tell me how to find it?

    Keyword Research | | ayofztk
    0
  • undaranfahujakia


    We have a news aggregator site that has 2 types of pages: First Type:
    Category pages like economic, sports or political news and we intend to do SEO on these category pages to get organic traffic. These pages have pagination and show the latest and most viewed news on the corresponding category. Second Type:
    News headlines from other sites are displayed on the category pages. The user will be directed to that news page on the main site by clicking on a link. These links are outgoing links and we redirect them by JavaScript (not 301).
    In fact these are our websites articles that just have titles (linked to destination) and meta descriptions (reads from news RSS). Question:
    Should we have to nofollow/noindex the second type of links? In fact, since the crawl budget of websites is limited, isn't it better to spend this budget on the pages we have invested in (first type)?

    Technical SEO | | undaranfahujakia
    0
  • undaranfahujakia


    We have a news aggregator site that has 2 types of pages: First Type:
    Category pages like economic, sports or political news and we intend to do SEO on these category pages to get organic traffic. These pages have pagination and show the latest and most viewed news on the corresponding category. Second Type:
    News headlines from other sites are displayed on the category pages. The user will be directed to that news page on the main site by clicking on a link. These links are outgoing links and we redirect them by JavaScript (not 301).
    In fact these are our websites articles that just have titles (linked to destination) and meta descriptions (reads from news RSS). Question:
    Should we have to nofollow/noindex the second type of links? In fact, since the crawl budget of websites is limited, isn't it better to spend this budget on the pages we have invested in (first type)?

    Technical SEO | | undaranfahujakia
    0
  • Jiouereniou


    moz authority

    HI Moz Community, I have a little issue about my site DA. My site has more than 100 strong backlinks but still my Domain authority is less than 20 But on the other hand Ahrefs show my site Domain rating is 30+. So i have a question is how can I increase my site Domain authority?

    Link Building | | Jiouereniou
    0
  • seotools104


    Hi, My site Technology Trends have 20 spam score. When I check in Moz pro, all the links are either removed or Dead. I also submitted a Disavowed List to Google Search Console. But Why Moz still showing Spam score 20? How and when the Moz will update its database?

    Link Building | | seotools104
    0
  • roman404

    This question is deleted!

    Moz Pro | | roman404
    0
  • younus_5111


    Hi support team, Whenever I want to use Keyword explorer but when I put a keyword in input box, then it shows me Getting Keyword List failed..... what is the issue behind this?

    Keyword Explorer | | younus_5111
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