Optimizing my Site

bennyboy7 · March 22nd, 2008, 04:19 AM

Hi Guys

Ive optimised my site for website design weston super mare, Im just wondering if any one can recommend any more onsite optimisation tips?

I think the next step is to register with more directorys do you guys have some favorites you use?

Thanks for you help guys.

www.ben-smith.net

Cheers Ben

pawank · March 24th, 2008, 02:11 AM

For on site optimization tips use -

Meta tag Optimization
Content Optimization
Alt Tags on images
Anchor the Text from the content with the use of targeted keyphrases.

For off site optimization -

Directory Submission
Article Submission
Ling Exchanging with the related sites
Social Bookmarking
and many more to improve your traffic on site.

spinal007 · March 27th, 2008, 06:02 AM

I wrote this a while ago, but here are some basics.

bennyboy7 · March 27th, 2008, 02:46 PM

Brill! Thats a really great (http://creativecoding.webforumz.com/...quick-list.php)

Think I will remove some of my head elements. Do you believe geo.position etc work?

Thanks Ben

spinal007 · March 27th, 2008, 03:11 PM

geo.position? nope. SEs calculate the geographical location of you website's IP address.

bennyboy7 · March 29th, 2008, 12:28 PM

Oh right thanks for letting me know - I though the geo tag would help my bring local searches to my site! - doh!

Ive rewrote some copy on my home page and I was just wondering what was a good keyword density for body text?

Jack Franklin · March 29th, 2008, 12:41 PM

Off topic, get rid of the horrible background pattern

simonb · March 29th, 2008, 04:35 PM

make the home link to / not index.html

bennyboy7 · March 29th, 2008, 04:44 PM

thanks simon, do you mean:

http://www.ben-smith.net/

? Just out of interest whats the difference then linking to index.html ?

simonb · March 29th, 2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

<a href="index.html"

Change it to

Quote:

<a href="/"

bennyboy7 · March 29th, 2008, 04:54 PM

thanks, is there any reason to change it or is it best practice?

simonb · March 30th, 2008, 05:28 AM

Because Google will think its 2 pages, and then you have duplicate content.

spinal007 · March 30th, 2008, 12:54 PM

1. The title of your homepage is too heavy. Too many phrases. Make your mind up. Pick one. Put emphasis on it. "Website Design Weston-Super-Mare" sounds good. Make separate pages to target "graphic design" and "search engine optimisation".

2. You have a bigger problem in your hands. Weston-super-mare can (and most likely will) be seen as 3 words. This automatically diminishes the emphasis on "website design" from 66% to 40%.

3. Weston-Super-Mare is quite a long word, If I lived there I'd probably just type "Avon", or the postcode (whatever it is). Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

4. http://www.ben-smith.net/somerset/about-somerset.html would be better as...
http://www.ben-smith.net/somerset/we...-somerset.html
...including information about the services you offer for Somerset, not historical blurb...

bennyboy7 · March 30th, 2008, 02:10 PM

Thanks Si, info much appreciated, just changed to "/"

Also thanks Spinal, Ive kept my keywords to a minimum on my home page, I was flapping abit!

Ive also changed Weston-Super-Mare to westonsupermare to one word to see if this helps. Also my county is Somerset but I think my competition is to strong to compete for website design somerset.

I do have separate pages for graphic design, website design, seo etc and these do get picked up in google as other pages other than my homepage.

Also Ive removed many unused metatags.

When I get some time I will make pages for all my services.

Lets see how it goes! Fingers crossed, is theyre anything else you can suggest? Many thanks for your time.

ATB B

spinal007 · March 30th, 2008, 05:44 PM

You will definitelly need directory and article submissions to compete in this field.
You're up against the best in the business...

bennyboy7 · March 31st, 2008, 02:46 AM

Your right I am, theyve probably got a big budget!

Can you recommend any directorys to submit too?

spinal007 · March 31st, 2008, 04:21 AM

As many as you can, start from the most popular and specific. ie.: Search on Google for "web design directory", work through the top 100 results and get yourself on as many of those directories as possible.

Either that or, write an interesting article and submit it to a few of the top article directories. Then you will get much more valuable links.

spinal007 · March 31st, 2008, 04:31 AM

Here is why article submission works. My article entitled "SEO and Links Explained" has a link back to my site with the phrase "SEO Expert London" in the signature. The article has been published and re-published on over 200 pages around the web. The result: #1 for seo expert london and surprisingly, a respectable #6 in somerset. LOL

bennyboy7 · April 1st, 2008, 03:17 AM

SEO expert Somerset lol nice one farmer giles me babs!

Thanks I will get registering, looking for free sites first thou!
Wow I think article writing is the way forward - youve done really well! Nice touch! Must get writing...

spinal007 · April 1st, 2008, 04:26 AM

Never pay for directory listings. I can't think of a single directory listing that is worth it. Not even Yahoo's. But then again, that's just my opinion and the subject is open to discussion...