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Hi moms! I've had my website up and running for 3 months. I'm watching it slowly climb up in the search ranks, but wondered if any of you have advice on how to help get my site up to the first pages of a search? My site is www.pickyourpages.com - have a look and let me know what you think! Any advice would be great.
Thanks!
Scrappin'MomFlag as inappropriate Posted by Scrappin'mom on 21st May 2008 -
Hi there --
I am not an SEO expert, but I've learned a lot just from running Work It, Mom!. A few suggestions:
-The first 4-5 words in your title tag matter the most -- right now yours is : PickYourPages - Premade and Custom Scrapbooks -- I would switch those around (start with Premade and custom)
-Every page on your site should have a different title tag -- right now they are all the same -- this is essentially confusing the search engine
-What are the terms for which you want to appear on top in search? Pick 1-3 and then make sure that they appear in your title tag, high up on your actual page, and then 1 or 2x somewhere else on the page.
Here is a great easy resource:
http://www.websitegrader.com/Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 21st May 2008 -
Hi Nataly,
Wow, thank you!! Your advice is great, and I checked out the website you attached and got a WHOLE lot of info too! Now I have some work to do on my site!
By the way, I just love this WIM website - I only found it a few days ago and have already met some wonderful women and learned a great deal. This is such a perfect resource!
Thanks so much!Flag as inappropriate Posted by Scrappin'mom on 21st May 2008 -
Glad I could help -- and thanks for the kind words about WIM -- makes my day
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 21st May 2008 -
Hi there,
As with any field, interactive/web has its own little secrets, and as things advance, the "secrets" change.
Anyway, when you want to optimize your organic search, you need to start with a thorough analysis of your website.
One key thing I noticed by glancing at your coding, is that your website has a ton of tables (not a good sign!). These tables do not help, for you don't have titles in your coding which matter a lot in the organic search. Then, you need to think KEY WORDS when you compose the text for your website.
Your meta tags are important as well, like Nataly said, but overall the entire structure of the website has to be optimized.
Also, the inbound links to your website (do you have any?) will help you rank better as well, but more importantly: will help you get traffic to your website which then, if your website if optimized for purchases (from a user experience / navigation perspective), will translate into more converted clicks (business/sales).
You might want to check out https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExter nal to understand how different keywords are being used by your competitors and which ones you have the best shot at putting them to work for you.
If you need professional help with this, drop me a line.
All the best and good luck with everything!
Lorena.Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lorena on 22nd June 2008