Welcome to the Small Business Ideas Forum! We are a community of over 37,000 small business folks with over 87,000 posts for you to browse. We pride ourselves on being the friendliest forum you will find and we'd love to have you as a member of our community. Please take a moment and register for a free account. If you need any help, please contact Chris Logan.

Small Business Ideas Forum

Small Business Ideas Forum

A friendly place to share small business ideas and knowledge, ask questions, find help and encourage others that are involved in the small business industry. Topics include small business marketing, generating revenue and small business computing.

Go Back   Small Business Ideas Forum > Small Business Marketing - Online > Search Engine Optimization
Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 26th February 2009, 04:12 AM   #1
alex01
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2
Default How To Do SEO For Home Improvement Website?

Hi Guys,

I'm Alex and newbie in the world of Search Engine Optimization.

Recently, I'm trying to improve ranking of my uPVC Doors website.

It's a home improvement website. Has anyone ever worked on any such kind of home improvement website? How is this niche to get good ranking for a particular website?

Hope, I will get some good suggestions over here?

Thanks...

alex01 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th February 2009, 07:46 AM   #2
Jack16
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 101
Default

Select the right keywords suits for business and optimize your site with those keywords.

Follow the on page SEO tips for better optimization and then promote your site with social networking sites, directories, ads, Press and get good links for your website in your niche website....

__________________
Jack16
My Virtual PBX Provider For Small Business - www.800pbx.com
Jack16 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th February 2009, 11:28 AM   #3
torka
Moderator
 
torka's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Triangle area, NC, USA, North America, Earth (usually)
Posts: 1,583

Search Engine Guide Blogger

Default

You don't need any special optimization strategies for a home improvement website than what you'd use for any other site on any other subject.

BTW, "home improvement" is way too broad a category to be considered a "niche." If you're trying to get high rankings for general/generic terms like "home improvement," be prepared to spend a LOT of time and even more money in the attempt.

Your first step needs to be keyword research. Find phrases being used by your target audience when they're searching specifically for what you have to offer. Start with less-competitive phrases (certainly less competitive than "home improvement") and build up from there.

My

--Torka

__________________
Diane Aull - NineYards.com: Helping Businesses Do Business Online
Whether you think you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
torka is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26th February 2009, 12:18 PM   #4
thomas09
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 34
Default

Hi Alex,

I have checked your website and it's title. And, I think you are on the right track. Conservatories, uPVC doors, etc... are good keywords for your website instead of "Home Improvement".

__________________
Thomas
Seo services
thomas09 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27th February 2009, 02:17 AM   #5
alex01
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2
Default

Hi,

Thanks for your comments.

alex01 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 27th February 2009, 10:39 AM   #6
Japald
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 6

Talking You need to do more work on your external links

I reviewed your website, form a competitive perspective (opportunity to rank well) and from an on page and off page SEO perspective.

First, your niche is an excellent niche to compete in. There is a significant amount of daily search traffic, and a fairly low volume of competitors.

Your on page SEO is excellent, so I wouldn't do much more on that front. I looked at your backlinks (external links), and there is a lot more that you could be doing here.

The links you currently have are coming from about 4 different websites. You will need to get many more backlink sources.

Your current backlinks do not seem to have any keyword anchor text (other than on this post), so basically they are simply pointing at your home page. For any further linking make sure that you are using your most important keywords as anchor text. I guess the only other suggestion is to make sure that you are not always using the same anchor text. Mix up your keywords. Google likes this better.

Wishing you Success!!!

__________________
The Pet Gate Guy
Baby and Pet Gates
Japald is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28th February 2009, 09:00 AM   #7
oregonlinda
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3
Default

since you're the owner, I suggest focusing on its content first. As we all say that "content is king" - I believe in that. Its like the personally of your website.
I you're personality is real good then knowing other people/website will not be a problem to you.

oregonlinda is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10th March 2009, 07:36 AM   #8
flimsy
Member
 

Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 33
Default

Hi,

I have checked title and content of your website. I think you are on the right track. Keywords like conservatories, Double Glazing are better than home improvement keywords.

__________________
Flimsy
Flash Website Design Company
flimsy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10th March 2009, 02:31 PM   #9
rickymat
Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5
Lightbulb

Hi Alex,

I have studied your website and found few positives and negatives as well.

Positives: You have very good selection of keywords.It has Google PR 2 which is great.

Negatives: Page Title is too long,Meta Description is too long,too many images,
inbound links are not there.

If you remove the negatives your ranking will improve.

Hope this will help you.

Best wishes.

rickymat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12th March 2009, 01:29 PM   #10
customtollfree
Member
 
customtollfree's Avatar
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Mill Creek, WA
Posts: 28

Default

Hi There Alex, I would also recommend creating a blog (wordpress, blogger, etc) and host it on your site. Then fire away bookmarking your posts.

__________________
The right toll free number is your key to sucess
customtollfree is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
SEO Scams: Submit Your Website To Thousands Of Search Engines! David Jackson Search Engine Optimization 22 16th December 2009 07:54 AM
SEO Your Website First, Design Later thejenn Search Engine Optimization 2 23rd March 2006 11:20 AM
New Article - If Your Website Were A Rock Band, Your SEO Plays Bass thejenn General Search Engine Marketing Information 0 9th November 2005 03:47 PM
New Article - Seo FrightSites: Top Thirteen Worst Website / Search Issues seen in 2K5 thejenn General Search Engine Marketing Information 0 1st November 2005 09:59 AM



Thread Tools

Get Updates
RSS Feeds:
RSS Feed for Search Engine Optimization RSS for this Category Only: Search Engine Optimization

RSS Feed for Small Business Ideas Forum RSS for Entire Forum

Get Our Newsletter:
Receive our weekly digest of the best small business articles & discussions.

Forum Rules
Sponsor



Sponsor


More Info
Small Business News
Small Business Articles
Small Business Resources
Small Business Software
Small Business Opportunities
Small Business Loans
Glossary
Link To Us
Advertise
Newsletters
Small Business Brief Newsletter
Search Engine Marketing Newsletter
Ebooks
3 Little Things (and 1 Big Thing) to Create Winning Web Copy
Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist, Period!
Zero Dollars, a Little Talent and Thirty Days
Six Figure Blogging
Keyword Research Guide
The Step-By-Step Copywriting Course
Link Building Secrets
Drop Ship Wholesalers Directory
Destination Search Engine Marketing
E-Marketing Performance
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


Our volunteer moderators and their sites:
David Wallace
SearchRank - Organic Search Engine Optimization
Old Welsh Guy
Internet Marketing from Wales in the UK
thejenn
Search Engine Guide - The Small Business Guide to Search Engine Marketing
StupidScript
FraternityMed.com - Health, Illness and Wellness information for young people.
copywriter
Karon Thackston The Step-by-Step Copywriting Course & Learn Copywriting Directory
St0n3y
Search Marketing Results - Pole Position Marketing!
Search Marketing Info - (EMP) E-Marketing Performance
torka
NineYards.com: Helping Businesses Do Business Online
Karri
snap! virtual associates inc. - Internet marketing services for the progressive entrepreneur.
Matt McGee
Small Business SEM - Web marketing discussion for small businesses.
ChristineG
Free Online Marketing and Social Media Tips: Social Media Simplified for Small Business Owners
Logan
At Your Business - Forms & Online Help
Free Links - Free Advertising
Debra Mastaler
Alliance-Link
The Link Spiel Blog
Crimson Fox
Graphic Design and Brand Promotion and the Brand Design Blog

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:27 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright 2004 - 2010 K. Clough, Inc.