Review the SEO of this gaming site and forum

Discussion in 'SEO' started by ~kev~, Mar 18, 2009.

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    This is my sons computer gaming forum.

    The domain name is 8 months old and the site was opened in July of 2008.

    At first the site was built with mambo, but a few weeks later changed to mkportal. I did not like that either so I changed the home page to wordpress. The home page has been running wordpress since October 2008.

    The forum has been running SMF since July, 2008.

    In January 2009 I moved the forum over to VBulletin - all of the post and threads were retained.

    Both wordpress and VBulletin submit a sitemap every day to google.

    The site has around 2,400 backlinks shown in google webmaster tools. And around 9,000 - 10,000 backlinks in yahoo site explorer. The backlinks use targeted keywords for all different types of games. The backlinks point mostly towards the forum, but a few hundred point towards the home page.

    So why can't I get this site to rank well?
     
    ~kev~, Mar 18, 2009 IP
  2. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    I suggest strong forum descriptions for starters :)
     
    Brandon Sheley, Mar 18, 2009 IP
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  3. Spider Man

    Spider Man Guest

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    ru using something for modwriting ?
    fortresstraining.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28
    This is how I find ur links to be !!
     
    Spider Man, Mar 19, 2009 IP
  4. ~kev~

    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    No, I am not using anything for url rewriting. That is standard VBulletin format.
     
    ~kev~, Mar 23, 2009 IP
  5. jason12390

    jason12390 Peon

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    The title tag for the forums seems off:
    Forums on Console and Computer Games - First Person Shooter Zone

    That first part doesn't make sense.

    Also Computer Games and Console Games are going to be tough keywords to get ranked for. I would try and narrow down your keywords a bit more to help yourself get ranked.
     
    jason12390, Mar 23, 2009 IP