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18 Replies Last post: Dec 13, 2007 2:20 PM by NatOnline

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Dec 11, 2007 4:39 PM

Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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Hello,

I would like to know what SEO experts think about my own SEO results for my site www.natural-elements-online.com

Thanks for your feedbacks
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Click to view CorpCons08's profile Mogul CorpCons08 1,128 posts since
Nov 14, 2007
1. Re: SEO Experts Dec 11, 2007 7:40 PM

Nat,

Might I recommend david28078. He is a SEO Expert from what I have heard.


Best wishes,

CorpCons08

Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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2. Re: SEO Experts Dec 11, 2007 10:03 PM
in response to: CorpCons08
Yes I know David, we "talked" a few times in this forum.

Thanks
Click to view CorpCons08's profile Mogul CorpCons08 1,128 posts since
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3. Re: SEO Experts Dec 11, 2007 10:05 PM
in response to: NatOnline
Oh...I didn't know if you knew of him or not.
If I knew more I would definitely help. :)
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4. Re: SEO Experts Dec 12, 2007 11:44 AM
Natonline. Need more input. What are you asking??
LUCKIEST
Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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5. Re: SEO Experts Dec 12, 2007 12:32 PM
in response to: LUCKIEST
I am just asking if my SEO results are right, or if I did some mistakes and could correct them.

Only SEO experts can see that with their softwares to check Search Engine Result Page (SERPs)
Click to view CorpCons08's profile Mogul CorpCons08 1,128 posts since
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6. Re: SEO Experts Dec 12, 2007 12:48 PM
in response to: NatOnline
Nat,

I don't claim to know anything about SEO optimization and review.
I did a google search however and found this company that says they offer free SEO reviews.
I thought you might find it helpful.

http://www.beanstalk-inc.com/bsi/review.htm

CorpCons08
Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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7. Re: SEO Experts Dec 12, 2007 11:14 PM
in response to: CorpCons08

Thanks Corp,


I found this on their site

"We apologize for any inconvenience the temporary removal of our free review may cause however our clients always have to come first."

Click to view nathan@ds's profile Professional nathan@ds 10 posts since
Dec 12, 2007
8. Re: SEO Experts Dec 12, 2007 11:53 PM
Nat,

From my initial review of your site, you are ranking well for the terms you are targeting. All of the pages I checked in your left navigation rank in the top ten on Google for the phrase they are targeting. A quick recomendation would be to update the title on your homepage to "Hawaiian Bath & Body Products - Natural Elements". Basically you want to have the main keyword phrase you are targeting at the begining of your title. Since most people will not initially be searching for you company name, I would put it at the end of your title. The rest of you product pages are already doing this and it is one reason they rank well.

I would also recommend setting up Google Analytics - www.google.com/analytics
on your site and set the site up in Google's Webmaster Tools - www.google.com/webmasters/start.

How is your traffic and conversion rates?
Click to view Biz Online's profile Mogul Biz Online 71 posts since
Oct 10, 2007
9. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 10:36 AM
Hi NatOnline, Cliff here.
1. I would recommend H2, H3, H4 headings within your text in addition to your H1, just change the order of the words, if possible. I typically skip H2 headings and use H3. Back in the Black Hat SEO days, many hackers used H2 tags to stuff keywords, so I still avoid them, or I'm just paranoid.

2. Your image alt tags should use your targeted keywords that are included in your Title tag, meta description tag, and H1 tag.

3. Your internal page linkage could use some updating as well. Use keywords in anchor text to point to other pages when possible.

4. Near or in the footer of each page, you could add your targeted keywords as well, just don't be too spammy with it. Make it look natural.

5. Each Title tag should include your targeted keywords near the beginning, as mentioned in another post. Also, Google will typically display the first 66 characters, so use all the characters you can within this limit, focused on your keywords.

6. Likewise, the meta description tag in Google is typically displaying 154 characters. Make great use of this space, using attention getting language with targeted keywords to entice readers to click on your listing.

7. Use targeted keywords throughout your text on the page with natural flowing sentences. Use keywords in italics, bold and bold italic when possible without sacrificing the readability of the page.

8. Try to have your targeted keywords in the body copy as high up on the page as possible.

9. For the future, I would suggest moving away from a tables layout and go with a pure CSS layout. This will greatly lighten the size of the page, it will load faster, and makes for great "food" for the search engine crawlers!

Hope this helps! Drop me an email to let me know how you are doing!
Cliff
Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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10. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 10:46 AM
in response to: nathan@ds
Thank you Nathan,

A very nice review.

I know the trick to put first my keywords and the name company at the end, because like you said, the other pages are like that. I think some of our customers could do a quick search on our company name, this is why the company name shows first, but I think you are right, I could have more clicks from the keyphrase, than the company name.

I will update that to see how it goes.

As far as the google Analytics, I have integrated a statistic program on my site with a code on each page, that give me live stats. I dont want to give away information to search engines, as we all know that will be analysed by them for their advertising system. I am using some unique keyphrases that bring me a decent traffic and I don't want them to use it.

Traffic is growing pretty decently, I double my traffic since October, conversions follow, and get a little better than the double.

Once again thanks a lot Nathan
Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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11. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 11:07 AM
in response to: Biz Online

Hello Cliff,

1) The problem with H tags, that I cannot put them as I wish, as you know the high value tag is H1
I stay away from black hat technics, I don't cheat search engines or else and use _*only whit
2) I can work on that

3) I use keywords with anchors wrapped in short sentances

4) I don't like this, it is spammy for me

5) I just correct that on my index, but once again I don't want to be spammy, this should be done for people not for search engines.

6) I do that.

7) I can bold and bold italic, I will think about that

8) I know that but all the copies body text are made for people not for search engines

9) It will be done in the future site one day.


Thank you Cliff, I will see what I can do and will update some of your tips :-)

Click to view Biz Online's profile Mogul Biz Online 71 posts since
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12. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 11:58 AM
in response to: NatOnline
On #1, using a H3 tag is not spammy at all. It is considered great practice IF your text paragraphs on the page need breaking up. I use these all the time, and they do help.

Good luck and talk to you soon!
Cliff
Click to view nathan@ds's profile Professional nathan@ds 10 posts since
Dec 12, 2007
13. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 12:13 PM
I agree with all of Cliff's suggestions as he covered most of the on page factors you can control. You have the correct mindset though, develop content for your users not for the search engines.

I totally understand your hesitance
to use Google Analytics, as I have some of the same concerns about Google having so much access to my data. However, if you are doing any online advertising it is a great way to track conversions and it is free. Regardless I still recommend
setting up your site in Google's Webmaster Tools as it will give you some valuable information on how Google is indexing your site and if there are any issues, and it does not require a script to be added to every page.

One other issue I notices is almost half of your site is Google's supplemental index. For more information on this and a useful tool to check how many pages are in the index go to http://www.mapelli.info/tools/supplemental-index-ratio-calculator. It also includes some info on how to get your pages out of this index. Something it does not mention that I have found helpful is try to have 3 links to every page on your site.

Also, I noticed that your copyright is outdated, I would update it to say 2006 - 2007. The best solution is to create a script that determines what the current year is and displays it after the year you started. That way you won't have to remember to update it next year.
Click to view NatOnline's profile Mogul NatOnline 670 posts since
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14. Re: SEO Experts Dec 13, 2007 12:24 PM
in response to: nathan@ds
I need to check the supplemental results, "which doesn't exist anymore" but half pages off the index seems to me excessive from Google.

It is not a big issue that Copyrights are outdated, a copyright is a copyright, by law if you own the original, you are protected, as all the script copyrighted in the code.

Thank you I will check the link you just provided.
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