Hi there, I own a Free Classified Ad website. which is running on Wordpress with a first class Classified Theme. I have customized it at my level. The issue is in India there are lots of classified website (Small and Big Giants). All other websites are getting lots of pageviews per day (without any ad campaign). Even they dont have any SEO for their websites, their sites has no ranking, but still they are getting Approx. 10,000 pageviews. I'm using All in One SEO, XML sitemap Plugin. and I also have good ranking to some keyword and phrases. then What's the matter with me?
Hi, Are your meta tags filled in correctly...are you networking??? start there...its good that you came here too. Do you own other websites....link them up..where are you getting your keywords from? Where are you hosting your website...where are the servers located...could you please provide the url for your classified ad website...and leave me personal message in my inbox when you do....Bye for now!
Its possible the other sites been around for a while and have lots of connections through friends, co-workers etc. As time goes on they get huge traffic. SEO to get top rank on certain keywords take a long time and does not guarantee you success . There are other quicker ways you can try to generate traffic. For instance, link/traffic exchange with other sites. Get all your friends to go on it, post stuffs to make it look active. Facebook did not start with SEO to gain traffic, but now is one of the top site world-wide. Be patient, continue with your work and you can be successful one day
Exactly, first you should identify the USP of your website and then plan your activities accordingly. As there are so many other established classified websites, it would be quite hard for you to make your stand without a proper marketing plan as per your USP.