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On August 8th we started to see our Image Impressions in Google Webmaster Tools start to plummet. Has anyone else run into this issue? I have not been able to find any news on Google Algos which my have caused this. Any other ideas what could have caused this? jxPmLwO

I am pretty confused about how the difference between Google Local, Places and Business Pages.  I created a Google+ Page and have about 800 followers. https://plus.google.com/100975632641377061238 To control our listing on Google Maps and what shows up on the right side of a Google Search, which includes a map and business hours I had to create a Google Local page.  Now this page only shows we have 4 followers. https://plus.google.com/110649807298590030594 Is there any way to combine the two?

We are an eCommerce site for autoparts.  It is basically impossible to avoid duplicate content, and I think we are getting penalized by Google for it. Here is why it is impossible.  Let's say I sell a steering rack for a 2000 Honda Accord.  I need an SEO rich page for 2000 Honda Accord Steering Rack.  I sell steering racks for more than 25 years of Honda Accords.  I can try and make the copy different but there is no way to spin the copy that many times and make it seem like it is not duplicate copy.  This even gets more complicated because I sell hundreds of parts for each year of a Honda Accord, plus a lot of times you even have to go down to the engine size of the car for the right part. I can't use a redirect, ie 301 redirect because they are not the same pages. One is for a 2000 Honda Accord and the other a 2001 Honda Accord, and so on.  Is their a redirect out there that I do not know about that would help me out in this case? Also, if their is no way around this and I am getting penalized would it be better to eliminate all these pages, possibly losing my ability to rank high on searches such as "2000 Honda Accord Steering Rack," and just replace with a page that has a Year Make Model, and Part dropdown which just takes the customer a checkout page?

I believe our site has been penalizes by Penguin 2.0. Our impressions in Google Webmaster are down and our traffic in Google Analytics also took a hit. Both of these occurences took place right when Penguin 2.0 was unleashed. What are the steps I need to take to regain my ranking? Is disallowing all the links I think maybe spammy the first thing to do?

We just started an "In the News" section on our webpage.  We are not sure what would be the best for SEO purposes.  Should we link to the news websites that have the stories about our company, even if they have no link bank?  Or should we just take screenshots of the news article and only link to articles that link back to us (this is what we a currently doing)? Here is our news page, http://www.buyautoparts.com/News/

We have the social icons (facebook, twitter, youtube etc) in the footer of our homepage linked to inner pages instead of our actual social accounts.  So, if you click on the facebook icon you go to one of our inner pages talking about our facebook profile and why to like us on facebook. Then on this inner page you can get to our facebook profile. We do this so we can pass on PR juice from our homepage to our inner page, and not lose it right off our front page.  Is this a good idea?  Or does it just confuse users?  Most people think when they click on a facebook icon they will go to an actual facebook profile. Here is my homepage, http://www.buyautoparts.com/  click on the icons on the footer and let me know your thoughts.

This includes onpage, blogging, social media, link building, content creation, reporting, etc Etc ETC!!! The company I work for has about 100 employess and we are an eCommerce company.  I have recently taken over all the SEO duties, as the person before me left. In the past we relied heavily on link building but that seems to be losing steam with Panda and Penguin.  Is it even possible in this day in age for one person to keep a company afloat in the competitve SEO world?  If so, what should I devote most my time to?