For my main keyword 'patchwork quilts', I finally hit the first page of Google, and am in the top three/four for my second keyword phrase 'patchwork quilts for sale'. How can I improve my position on the first keyword, which is used 5 times more than the second? my site: http://www.carolina-quilts.com This site is my competition: http://quiltkrazy.com I have no idea why this site is above me: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/patchwork_quilts.htm
an essential part is your meta tag <title> "Patchwork Quilts for Sale - The perfect bedding solution for everyone! Select from over 200 quilt designs - Free shipping too!" is much too long !!! reduce your title tag to Patchwork Quilts for Sale leave ALL the rest and wait up to several weeks at least until Google has fully INDEXED AND updated serps for your start page. this one change will most likely bring you close to the top ten. then after at leasst a months or more waiting time to have finalized G result after changes see if there are minor text changes to be improved. in mean time make sure you have some directory entries in HIGH PR directories - incl ODP/DMOZ. then make your OWN blog on YOUR site incl RSS feed submit your RSS to all RSS / blog directories - this may give you another 50 or more high quality free BLs. do all fast after SEO change of title - for a short period your page may entirely DROP out of serps - that happens often if you make major changes to titles of a page!!! just relax and be quiet until weeks later you reappear again far above your current SERPS. God bless