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Any questions regarding search engine optimization (SEO) and website marketing. I can answer specific questions regarding keyword research, link building, website development, website usability, and social media, as well as general small business questions.
I have been working in the Search Engine Optimization and Marketing industry since 1998. I run a successful website marketing company that employs an elite team of SEO/SEM professionals.
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Yes, that is *sort of* a solution, but it doesn't always work. If their site gains in popularity then even though yours is the known originator theirs can still rank higher. You can ask that they add
Hi Richard, There is some truth to this but its not all black and white. When search engines find pages with duplicate content the one that tends to rank better is either the original version, or the
Hi Joseph, the first thing you have to realize is that the search volume numbers are not perfectly accurate. Sometimes they are over-inflated, sometimes under. The only way to get genuine search numbers
Bob, it sounds like you were part of a submission service, which in this day an age are completely useless. It sounds as if the re-design of your site killed any optimization value the other site had.
I would definitely go with having only the one product instead of multiple products. This will prevent duplicate content issues. The only way I would go with multiplebproducts is if the individual options
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