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They are also on all the service pages at the top.

You're right. I have never clicked on a footer sitemap link either. I have a popular pages section right about the footer. Maybe that be fine work.

I do have XML sitemaps setup correctly. I decided to just add it on the homepage for human visitors and on the 404 pages. The noindex idea was so Google didn't index the sitemap but that's when I had it on every page. I guess it doesn't matter if it's just on the homepage.

I do have XML sitemaps setup correctly. I decided to just add it on the homepage for human visitors and on the 404 pages. The noindex idea was so Google didn't index the sitemap but that's when I had it on every page. I guess it doesn't matter if it's just on the homepage.

After searching this morning and finding unclear answers I decided to ask my SEOmoz friends a few questions.

Should you have an HTML sitemap?

If so, where should you link to the HTML sitemap from?

Should you use a noindex, follow tag?

Thank you

Just wondering is it better to use a rewrite instead of a redirect in the .htaccess file?

i.e.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index.(html?|php)\ HTTP/

RewriteRule (([^/]+/)*)index.(html?|php)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Yes I know that web design companies and SEO's aren't part of Google Local Search but if you do a search for Denver web design you will see companies optimized for this term. I guess that blogging and link building is the way to go.

Yes I know that web design companies and SEO's aren't part of Google Local Search but if you do a search for Denver web design you will see companies optimized for this term. I guess that blogging and link building is the way to go.

I do have a physical business location and it is in the metro are of the term I am trying to rank for. I am 20 minutes at most from the cities center point. I was just looking for a good way to rank without localizing my whole website. I do graphic design and web design but I have clients all over and I don't want to limit myself to just the city where my office is located.

I also have a places page and my business in Dexknows, Yelp, and other directories

I really don't want to add a new location if I don't have one there and I have a Google Place page for my real address now. My address belongs to a metro area of a bigger city and I would like to rank for terms in the bigger city.

What if I already have a Google Places page but with a different city. Will they be linked together because I am using the same company name?

The city that my business is located in is Greenwood Village, CO but I would like to rank in Denver, CO. So I should just add another location to my google places listing?

I have a website that targets national keywords. I would like to be able to rank locally for these keywords as well without having the city in the title. What is the best strategy for this?

The last one would be better with the keyword being in the beginning but either on should be fine if you follow up with a title format capitalizing on the brandname i.e.  BRAND NAME |  OTHER TARGETED KEYWORDS

Here is information from Wordpress http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/. I hope this helps.

I think the less agressive option would be the way to go. Pull some good comments and use those.