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 More options Jun 22 2008, 6:42 pm
From: Autocrat
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:42:54 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Jun 22 2008 6:42 pm
Subject: Re: 6 months since we mostly dropped out of the search index
::: Canonical Domain issues :::
I can access your site with and without www in the URL...

http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/
http://gadgetguy.com.au/

This could be perceived as Internal Duplication.
This could also be a possible issue for Link Loss (the PR value of
inbound links is shared to different URLs rather than considated).

Employ a server based 301 redirect from the unwanted format to the
prefered format.
Select the prefered format in the GWMT.
ensure any/all links use the same format.
ensure that the search engine sitemap uses the prefered format

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::: Internal Duplication / Multiple URL issues :::
I seem to be able to reach certain content through different URLs....

http://gadgetguy.com.au/
http://gadgetguy.com.au/index.asp
http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/article.asp?m_article=3052
http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/a-guide-to-the-apple-store-sydney-iwent,-...

This could be perceived as Internal Duplication.
This could also be a possible issue for Link Loss (the PR value of
inbound links is shared to different URLs rather than considated).

Try to ensure only 1 URL is used with any/all links.
If absolutely necessary (such as after fixing this issue and to cover
older items), employ a server based 301 permenant redirect to the
prefered item URL.
Include the prefered URL in the search engine sitemap (and disclude
the unwanted one).

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::: Strange URLs :::
Some URLs contain unusual characters...

http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/a-guide-to-the-apple-store-sydney-iwent,-...

I'm seeing commas in that URL.

No idea if that could cause a problem... but I don't think it should
be happening.

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::: Long/Large URLs / Possibly 'stuffed' URLs :::
Some URLs seem excessively long...

http://gadgetguy.com.au/computing-computer-laptop-notebook-software-w...
http://gadgetguy.com.au/home-appliances-electrical-whitegoods-aircond...

These URLs also seem to have an assortment of words in them that don't
seem very 'focused'... instead they look 'stuffed' with possible
keywords/terms.

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::: Invalid Code :::
You seem to be mixing HTML and XHTML fomatting on some markup... a
prime example is in teh Head section...

<meta name="robots" content="all" />
<meta name="description" content="GadgetGuy.com.au - Reviews, news,
comparisons and buyers guides on the latest gadgets, computers, home
theatre, phones, games and cool stuff!" />

Your DocType says HTML ... so those items should not be ending with a
/>
only with a


.

::: You MAY have hidden content :::
Looking thorugh the source code, I see this...

<div id="nav0" style="display:none"></div>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("nav0").innerHTML =
document.getElementById("subnav").innerHTML;
</script>

This means that with JS Off and CSS On, there is content that is
hidden from view, and cannot be made visible.

For best practice, ALL content should be 'visible'... and made hidden
be employing JS to change the style/class.

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::: Malformed robots.txt :::
Your robots file may be acceptable to SOME bots, but possibly not all.

Allow: /

Is not 'standard' ... it may be worht looking up the robots standard.

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::: Incorrect Sitemap :::
It's possible that your SE Sitemap is incorrectly formed... as well as
possible 'incorrect' in it's information.

http://gadgetguy.com.au/sitemap.xml

1) scroll right to the bottom... and see a bunch of entries that
really don't look right

2) Please look at the URL information you are suppling...
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.50</priority>
Is that really true?

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Hope all that helps.


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