Can I just Put this Blog out of it's Misery?

[redstanford]

So my review blog has not been ranked in google for about a month now.

Best Bread Maker Reviews - Consumer Complaints and Feedback

i'm about to give up on this site, because I have 3 newer sites doing very well (2 of which i believe have already passed through the google dance) but this one seems like a complete dud. is there anything i can do to get google to send some pitty points it's way?

all it is doing for me now is taking up space on my hosting server.

EDIT: This site has been active since Jan. 3rd. It hasn't been ranked by google since mid-march

[Toby Couchman]

How much traffic are you seeing and where is it ranking for the targeted keywords?

[bfas]

That has to be one of the funniest posts I've read recently - thanks!

As for the site, it looks like 15 pages are indexed; the content appears to be original. One month may seem like a long time, but in terms of ranking, it isn't. I don't know what you're doing in terms of keyword targeting and rank-building, but I see close to 100 backlinks.

If you're considering abandoning it solely because it hasn't achieved good rankings after just one month, I'd re-consider.

Michael

[redstanford]

well yesterday it recieved 2 unique visitors and it is ranked "N/A" for all of my keywords I am targeting.

when it did rank, about a month ago, it was page 1 for 6 of my keywords. it actually made me some money for the 4 days it was up.

again, i am about to give up on this site. it is basically useless to me at this point.

[redstanford]

no no. i have been operating this monster since January. it has been a month since it was last ranked by google. i know way better than to expect rankings after a month. i just find it odd that this site has be unranked now for a month. after peaking at #4 for a few keywords a month ago.

[aceSEOcontent]

Would you be willing to sell the site? I would be interested in buying if the price is right.

[redstanford]

Originally Posted by aceSEOcontent

Would you be willing to sell the site? I would be interested in buying if the price is right.

yea potentially. i have never sold a domain before. i just want this site to be ranked by google again and i know it should be. there is more original content on this site than most i have seen in this niche.

[sonic74]

hhhmmm.... I think there is a lot of keyword stuffing on meta tags !

The competition of the main keyword is about 300.000 pages....

so a lot of backlinks needed !

You have a lot of content but the site needs a lot of more "care" to rank well

[redstanford]

Originally Posted by sonic74

hhhmmm.... I think there is a lot of keyword stuffing on meta tags !

The competition of the main keyword is about 300.000 pages....

so a lot of backlinks needed !

You have a lot of content but the site needs a lot of more "care" to rank well

so you think just keep piling on backlinks should do the trick?

what about the metatags? should i change something?

[Diane S]

Google has 16 pages indexed. That's great that it is still indexed.

Originally Posted by sonic74

The competition of the main keyword is about 300.000 pages.... so a lot of backlinks needed !

Here we go again with this myth. Number of competing pages has nothing to do with how many backlinks a site needs to rank. If you beat number 1, you beat them all, no matter how many results there are. Reverse engineer the site that has the top position now. Look at the links and just do better. It is not the only factor, but it does help to have a concrete goal of how many and what kind of backlinks you need to match and surpass.

[sonic74]

Originally Posted by Diane S

Google has 16 pages indexed. That's great that it is still indexed.



Here we go again with this myth. Number of competing pages has nothing to do with how many backlinks a site needs to rank. If you beat number 1, you beat them all, no matter how many results there are. Reverse engineer the site that has the top position now. Look at the links and just do better. It is not the only factor, but it does help to have a concrete goal of how many and what kind of backlinks you need to match and surpass.

that's true....you need just to outrank your competitors

About the keywords on meta tags....you are repeating the same keywords.

I think only best bread makers reviews....is enough !

Does your current keyword "bread machine" occur in the content ?

[redstanford]

Originally Posted by sonic74

that's true....you need just to outrank your competitors

About the keywords on meta tags....you are repeating the same keywords.

I think only best bread makers reviews....is enough !

Does your current keyword "bread machine" occur in the content ?

ok here's the deal with meta tags. i dont really know anything about meta tags. i am not sure how to edit them or whatever. i run all-in-one seo plugin in which i put the keywords for each post in. so yes i do use the bread maker, bread makers, bread maker review, best bread maker keywords for basically for every post.

if this strategy is incorrect, it would be an eye opener and i will make whatever changes are recommended.

i try to stay away from the HTML aspect of the site because i dont know enough about it and you can really screw up some stuff by doing the wrong thing to it

[groceryalerts]

How many backlinks for that site?

[JMichaelZ]

There are a couple of things that stand out to me when I am looking at your site. You might be following the guidelines of a particular program which is telling you to them this way, I don't know but these things stand out to me.

Your home page is a list of bread machines which appears to be orgainzed in a way that I do not understand. It seems like all I can really do is click the rotator and watch bread machines go by or scan the page to see if the one I want is there.

I am thinking that for particular product models and numbers that if someone searches for those in Google, the clicks would go to the individual post, not your front page. Perhaps your front page could an overview of bread machines with the links in your sidebar.

Or with links to individual posts in context on your front page.

I have to admit I don't get the choices in buttons. I understand read review, but visit website? I am already on a website, why do I need to visit another one. One of the ideas I have heard about the internet is that the more specific a search query, teh closer the searcher is to making a purchase. Perhaps a buy now button would help.

I am also guessing that you have not much in the way of internal linking between posts. It is kind of hard to do the way you have the site set up because there is no information that I can see about anything other than bread machine reviews.

Perhaps if you could write some posts related to bread machines, or maybe some about bread machine recipes or your experiences with using bread machines and in those posts link to the posts about bread machine reviews.

That kind of internal linking is becoming more important. And would also help you get your link count up to the individual post pages.

You can probably also get some traffic by using feedburner and using a feedburner rdirect plugin.

It might also help to have a contact page and an affiliate income page.

With my own experience, I generally give myself a year to give a site some authority.

I hope this can help you out a bit. I always hate saying goodbye to a site.

[redstanford]

Originally Posted by JMichaelZ

There are a couple of things that stand out to me when I am looking at your site. You might be following the guidelines of a particular program which is telling you to them this way, I don't know but these things stand out to me.

Your home page is a list of bread machines which appears to be orgainzed in a way that I do not understand. It seems like all I can really do is click the rotator and watch bread machines go by or scan the page to see if the one I want is there.

I am thinking that for particular product models and numbers that if someone searches for those in Google, the clicks would go to the individual post, not your front page. Perhaps your front page could an overview of bread machines with the links in your sidebar.

Or with links to individual posts in context on your front page.

I have to admit I don't get the choices in buttons. I understand read review, but visit website? I am already on a website, why do I need to visit another one. One of the ideas I have heard about the internet is that the more specific a search query, teh closer the searcher is to making a purchase. Perhaps a buy now button would help.

I am also guessing that you have not much in the way of internal linking between posts. It is kind of hard to do the way you have the site set up because there is no information that I can see about anything other than bread machine reviews.

Perhaps if you could write some posts related to bread machines, or maybe some about bread machine recipes or your experiences with using bread machines and in those posts link to the posts about bread machine reviews.

That kind of internal linking is becoming more important. And would also help you get your link count up to the individual post pages.

You can probably also get some traffic by using feedburner and using a feedburner rdirect plugin.

It might also help to have a contact page and an affiliate income page.

With my own experience, I generally give myself a year to give a site some authority.

I hope this can help you out a bit. I always hate saying goodbye to a site.

as far as the slide tab that you are in question about, it is supposed to be a "Featured Content Gallery" for the best products on the site. this site i kind of gave up on a few times already so i didnt deck it out like another site of mine. Best Backpacking Tents - Consumer Complaints and Feedback

here you'll see what the featured content gallery is supposed to look like. i just havn't gotten around to updating the bread machine site: well because i havn't had to. i dont get any visitors so i dont feel the need to until i can start moving a bit in the SERPS

[JMichaelZ]

Originally Posted by redstanford

as far as the slide tab that you are in question about, it is supposed to be a "Featured Content Gallery" for the best products on the site. this site i kind of gave up on a few times already so i didnt deck it out like another site of mine. Best Backpacking Tents - Consumer Complaints and Feedback

here you'll see what the featured content gallery is supposed to look like. i just havn't gotten around to updating the bread machine site: well because i havn't had to. i dont get any visitors so i dont feel the need to until i can start moving a bit in the SERPS

I don't know what the price points are, but it could be that you will get more commission with the tent site. That looks pretty nice.

[redstanford]

Originally Posted by JMichaelZ

I don't know what the price points are, but it could be that you will get more commission with the tent site. That looks pretty nice.

price points?

[misterkailo]

If you made the site just because you wanted to make money, then you won't be motivated to work on it. I'm pretty sure you have no interest in best bread maker.

[jhonsean]

Money is just only part of SEO, I would suggest to love your work and have some more interest on the field.

[yukon]

It's not even a myth, it's simply that people don't understand how backlinks work.

Originally Posted by Diane S

Google has 16 pages indexed. That's great that it is still indexed.

Here we go again with this myth. Number of competing pages has nothing to do with how many backlinks a site needs to rank. If you beat number 1, you beat them all, no matter how many results there are. Reverse engineer the site that has the top position now. Look at the links and just do better. It is not the only factor, but it does help to have a concrete goal of how many and what kind of backlinks you need to match and surpass.

BTW,

Look at the size of the footprint on that site, lol.

"Powered By Wordpress Review Theme"

[scott g]

Originally Posted by yukon

It's not even a myth, it's simply that people don't understand how backlinks work.

BTW,

Look at the size of the footprint on that site, lol.

"Powered By Wordpress Review Theme"

That is simply sickening... And kind of sad... LOL!

[ajrwestrop]

Have you done a thorough analysis of backlinks of yours and your top competitors in Google, that is where you should concentrate really

[prismkuet]

Misery can be removed by putting a lot of quality Backlibks for this website.
Thats why you have to work on SEO to build Backlinks.