Looking for info to set up organized 50 state directory page & question.....

[webmaster]

Oh btw Terry are you coming for sure this year? SEO Aaron and I will be staying at http://www.hoteldeanza.com a couple of blocks from the conference (Marriot was sold out)

[Homesurfer]

I'll be staying at the Fairmont, arriving on the 6th and leaving on the 11th. I still have to register for the actual event, but I'll probably do that tomorrow. My phone numbers will be forwarded to my cell phone for the duration of the trip.

[Joe Butler]

For the love of God. I have been so busy at work I payed no attention to the wonderful things that have been happening. I am lost, confused, and my eyes are killing me from reading all these posts. From what I have gathered half of you feel that eliminating my states pages is a good idea, while the other is opposed. I have a ton of s@#t links and I know it.....but I seem to be advancing on Google every month. Now 6th for the most used keywords. At least I think is this tool accurate?

http://inventory.overture.com/d/sear...ry/suggestion/

And still number one on MSN. I have been getting good leads just met a
5 million dollar buyer!!!!! They found me on Goog Soon to be working on a contract.

So if it's not broke don't fix it right?

But...I really am a "forward looker" I like to be over prepared. Wife hates it whatever. I don't want to wake up one day and be dead to google. I stayed up way to many nights this winter "fixing" my site to be prepared for tourist season. In short what the Fudge should I do.

Be the ball Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Beginners should let the truth reveal itself at all costs. Before the truth reveals itself, you should not engage in unreasonable practices or excessive zazen. If you try to force your vital energy to reveal itself and you become involved in austere practices, your resolve will break down and your vital energy will diminish. It will be useless, and that will be the end of it. All of you should keep this in mind. When you are feeling bad, your resolution will be weaker than normal.

- Shosan


I am a beginner

[sdhomes]

Joe, two things are in play here:

1. Yahoo handjob (penalty) on many AA sites
Solution: Be moved to a penalty-free IP that AA will submit to Yahoo in hopes of removal of penalty that requires you to either a) delete the pages with the links to AA sites that Yahoo doesnt like or b) delete the links to AA sites.

2. Concern about impact on Google and other webmasters if you delete links or state pages
Observation: those pages are no longer indexed by Google so there is no benefit to those pages anyway.

Options:
1. remove the AA links and satisfy Yahoo (while hoping the non-AA link partners dont notice that your state pages and links to them are basically worthless and you benefit from their one way links).

2. Delete the pages. Start over (while hoping the non-AA link partners dont notice that your state pages and links to them are gone and you benefit short term from their one way links while you fix the problem).

3. Do nothing.

Results with #1 or #2:

a) Yahoo reinclusion
b) Potential loss/deterioration of Google rankings achieved primarily from an SEO strategy of highly visible reciprocal linking.

note: result b is inevitable over time as long as your status quo stays the same.

Results with #3:
a) Yahoo penalty remains
b) Potential loss/deterioration of Google rankings achieved primarily from an SEO strategy of highly visible reciprocal linking.
c) Eventual loss/deterioration of Google rankings as links to you are deleted over time as webmasters discover your links to them are worthless

What I would do:

Remove the AA links to get back in Y!'s good graces and enjoy the one way links for the time being while you redo whatever you need to do to get new state pages indexed in Google. Sending out emails telling everyone to remove their links is just downright stupid if your intention is to fix the problem ASAP.

Be advised that there are no guarantees with search engines, especially Yahoo, and any time frame for reinclusion is solely up to them.

The issue of Google not indexing many of your interior pages is a function of Big Daddy's "crawling priorities", which is an entirely different issue, but still related to a primarily reciprocal linking SEO strategy.

[Memphis]

Option 4:

IMHO, Keep your current site and tweak it to the best advise you can find. Then take some of that wonderful money you are getting from your leads and million dollar sale to come and get you a nice quality site from REW. The more tools and weapons you have in your arsenal, the better off any of us are. You could then link from your home page on your current site to the new site to quicken the inclusion process.

Just option/opinion.

[Joe Butler]

Thanks for the in site. I can not devote any time to my site right now because of the summer chaos. I will with out a doubt be getting a REW site. They are without question the best cleanest sites around. I just need to get the money!! If leads are generated at that magnitude it will pay for it self over and over and over......