I wouldn't worry about the Mozscape index not showing your changes.  I put up a client site on the 8th and, despite thousands of visitors and some very strong backlinks, there is no data for it on the OSE.  Like I said, try Majestic, their tool does show this recent client site and the link data is accurate, so it may display more accurate citation and trust flow (Majestic authority metrics) for your site after the redirect than OSE.

Question 1:  If Google has correctly updated the index, I would imagine that it has redirected the link profile as well.

Question 2:

"Just-Discovered Links index updated continuously. Last Mozscape index update: October 18, 2013. Next Mozscape index update: November 15, 2013"  From OSE.

If you're looking for results on a more recent site, try Majestic's Site Explorer.  It is in my experience more accurate with newer sites and fresh redirects.

Hope this helps.

Chris

The links from YouTube are all nofollowed, make sure you are including nofollow links when examining your backlink profile.

Hope this helps,

Chris Wilson

No problem, feel free to reach out if you have any other RegEx related questions.

Regards,

Chris

If you copy and paste my RegEx, it will filter out the rackspace bots.  If you want to learn more about Regular Expressions, here is a site that explains them very well, though it may not be quite kindergarten speak.

Not unless there's a . after the word servers in the name.  The . is escaping the . at the end of stumbleupon inc.

Ok, try this:

^(microsoft corp|inktomi corporation|yahoo! inc.|google inc.|stumbleupon inc.|rackspace cloud servers)$|gomez

Just added rackspace as another match, it should work if the name is exactly right.

Hope this helps,

Chris

How is it titled in the ISP report exactly?

Time on page can be a tricky one because sometimes actual visits can record 00:00:00 due to the way it is measured.  I'd recommend using other factors like the ones I mentioned above.

Ok, can you provide some information on the bots that are getting through this that you want to sort out? If they are able to be filtered through the ISP organization as the ones in your current RegEx, you can simply add them to the list: (microsoft corp| ...       ... |stumbleupon inc.|ispnamefromyourbots|ispname2|etc.)$|gomez

Otherwise, you might need to get creative and find another way to isolate them (a combination of operating system, location, and some other factors can do the trick).  When adding to the list, make sure to escape special characters like . or / by using a \ before them, or else your RegEx will fail.

Hi Danny,

Depending on the budget for branded campaigns, we utilize a mix of broad modifier (ex. +example +brand) and phrase match (ex. "example brand").  Generic broad match can cause you to pay for queries that may not be as well targeted as you expect.  For example, a former client had a broad match for Delaware Secretary of State and ended up paying to appear for the query Delaware State Fair, which wasn't ideal in the financial services business.

I would recommend looking at your specific terms that you're paying a lot for keeping in mind your organic results.  If you are trying to cut costs without seriously hindering your exposure, I would recommend determining which search queries you are paying for AND organically showing up above the fold and possible cutting spending on those specific keywords.

This will allow you to cut down on the number of branded keywords that you need to pay for, and you will still have a result in view for those queries.

Hope that helps!

Chris Wilson

If you give me an idea of how you are isolating the bots I might be able to help come up with a RegEx for you.  What is the RegEx you have in place to sort out the other bots?

Regards,

Chris

Ok, can you provide some information on the bots that are getting through this that you want to sort out? If they are able to be filtered through the ISP organization as the ones in your current RegEx, you can simply add them to the list: (microsoft corp| ...       ... |stumbleupon inc.|ispnamefromyourbots|ispname2|etc.)$|gomez

Otherwise, you might need to get creative and find another way to isolate them (a combination of operating system, location, and some other factors can do the trick).  When adding to the list, make sure to escape special characters like . or / by using a \ before them, or else your RegEx will fail.

Hi Roberts,

It is my understanding that Google will not "ban" a site for having duplicate alt text, but the purpose of the alt text is to describe each image.  Alt text is used for accessibility as well as SEO, so those with visual impairments or those browsing without images enabled will be given the alt text instead of the image.  It would not be a very good user experience to have an image label of "red bricks" appear 20 times on the same page, just as you wouldn't use the same image 20 times.

From a keyword perspective, by using accurate alt text to describe each image, you can actually open yourself up to some additional keywords whereas you would be restricted if they were all "red bricks" on a given page.  If you are extremely limited on time, I would recommend going in to the top 10 or so product pages and coming up with high quality alt tags, then automating the rest some how.

Hope this helps!

Chris Wilson

Ok, try this:

^(microsoft corp|inktomi corporation|yahoo! inc.|google inc.|stumbleupon inc.|rackspace cloud servers)$|gomez

Just added rackspace as another match, it should work if the name is exactly right.

Hope this helps,

Chris

Not unless there's a . after the word servers in the name.  The . is escaping the . at the end of stumbleupon inc.

If you copy and paste my RegEx, it will filter out the rackspace bots.  If you want to learn more about Regular Expressions, here is a site that explains them very well, though it may not be quite kindergarten speak.

No problem, feel free to reach out if you have any other RegEx related questions.

Regards,

Chris