Hi there, I have a website showcasing the products which we sell.... The site is doing well.. and I have done quite a bit of SEO work... (which I have learned here at DP) From the past 2 months I am constantly checking my Google Webmasters account and in the search query tab i see that my site shows up on the keywords i have been working upon. And the average impressions that my site shows up in the search result is around 1000 but the clicks are below 10 per day... I checked this is because my positions are low... ranging from 60 to 150 .. which means not even close to 2nd or 3rd page... What would you suggest to increase my positions for the keywords i am working on.. should i get more links.. or should I add more quality contents.. ??
This is probably a result of the keywords that you are going for. Popular keywords are really hard to rank for even for the best of us. You need to pick a more targeted keyword with less searches so you don't have as much competition. If your site is like an eCommerce store selling items your main avenue of SEO is backlinks. There are many tricks you can use to rank higher and aquire more backlinks but that should be your main goal. Also these backlinks must be relevant.
Give it to an SEO guy, he will do it all because you dont know SEO. Otherwise read a book of SEO & start promoting your website.
You have to work hard for improving your ranking. Quality link building help you to improve your website ranking. more suggestion you have to approach.
Well I guess every reply sums upto... Adding Quality Content and Geting Quality Backlinks.. well now the question is... Quality Content: By this I am guessing the articles should be original, relevant to my sites content, must contain the keywords I am targeting ( if now full of keywords ) Quality Backlink: Do I get links from sites within my niche with my keywords.. or just concentrate on quantity from any site with my keywords as anchor text.. ? And I agree SEO is an ongoing process.. one learns new things everyday and applies which he finds relevant!!
As usual advices.... Update your content in a regular interval and make quality backlinks for your site.
Why don't you go with the following:- 1. Quality content 2. Back links from same niche 3. Article Submission 4. Classified post 5. Forum Postings 6. Blog commenting 7. Social Bookmarking 8. Directory Submission (Though not that imp now still useful) Hope it will be useful for you.
Forget the link building and focus on original content that actually has value for your visitors. Google is unleashing one of the biggest changes they have ever made and content will be more important than almost anything else. Make sure you have enough written copy and that it's actually yours. Then move on to building links to other high quality sites with original content too.