Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages

wood1e · 07-29-2011, 03:42 AM

Hi,

My website has some good ranking for the home page. What I am looking to find out is the effect on SEOing the sub pages on the homepage rankings.

For example I don't rank well at all for 'keyword 1' so I will SEO the website page that reflects those keywords.

As 'Keyword 1' is a sub category of my business, the page URL contains the keywords, the headline on the page reflects the keywords...etc etc etc.

But for 'Keyword 2' my homepage ranks at the bottom of page 1 on Google.

What will happen if I start SEOing the sub category page for Keyword 2? Will the homepage drop off and be replaced by the sub category page?

Will homepage disappear for ever and sub category will never replace it?

What has happened in the past is SEO work has been put through the homepage and now I want to use more relevant keywords for each of the relevant keyword pages.

I hope that is clear enough!!

David A Griffiths · 07-29-2011, 03:47 AM

You should always SEO for specific pages. In your example the home page would be demoted, but you can expect to get a better rank on Page one for the new properly optimised and back-linked page.

The rule of thumb is one page - one keyword.

wood1e · 07-29-2011, 03:56 AM

Thats what I want to achieve, one keyword one page. Luckily my business has many sub-niches so I can create pages for each keyword...well roughly speaking I can.

So will the sub category page past the homepage on the way out. I presume there is no way of knowing when the sub category page will appear and when the homepage will drop off?

John Taylor · 07-29-2011, 04:01 AM

You've been here long enough to know that SEO threads should be posted in the Adsense / PPC / SEO Discussion Forum

John

David A Griffiths · 07-29-2011, 04:01 AM

Hi Woodie,

Yes the sub page will overtake the homepage as its authority increases with your SEO efforts.

The homepage will still pick up some residual authority from the overall status of the site though.

You are definitely thinking along the right lines targeting individual pages and if they are all closely repated to the main site topic, you'll get a generally positive overall effect across the board.

wood1e · 07-29-2011, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Taylor

You've been here long enough to know that SEO threads should be posted in the Adsense / PPC / SEO Discussion Forum

John

Sorry boss!

wood1e · 07-29-2011, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David A Griffiths

Hi Woodie,

Yes the sub page will overtake the homepage as its authority increases with your SEO efforts.

The homepage will still pick up some residual authority from the overall status of the site though.

You are definitely thinking along the right lines targeting individual pages and if they are all closely repated to the main site topic, you'll get a generally positive overall effect across the board.

Many thanks for that David, good to get my thoughts confirmed..

Amenda Jessera · 07-29-2011, 04:05 AM

The solution for your issue is pretty straight forward. Yes..!!! Try to get backlinks for the web pages which you want to get more traffic, that will lead your sub-pages to be ranked on keyword search and give you massive traffic. Specially Google really loves such deep-link building too.

wood1e · 07-29-2011, 04:10 AM

Many thanks for that, well the pages will certainly be very relevant to the keywords.

07-29-2011, 03:42 AM	#1
wood1e Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages Hi, My website has some good ranking for the home page. What I am looking to find out is the effect on SEOing the sub pages on the homepage rankings. For example I don't rank well at all for 'keyword 1' so I will SEO the website page that reflects those keywords. As 'Keyword 1' is a sub category of my business, the page URL contains the keywords, the headline on the page reflects the keywords...etc etc etc. But for 'Keyword 2' my homepage ranks at the bottom of page 1 on Google. What will happen if I start SEOing the sub category page for Keyword 2? Will the homepage drop off and be replaced by the sub category page? Will homepage disappear for ever and sub category will never replace it? What has happened in the past is SEO work has been put through the homepage and now I want to use more relevant keywords for each of the relevant keyword pages. I hope that is clear enough!!

07-29-2011, 03:47 AM	#2
David A Griffiths Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Wales, Fishguard Posts: 40 Thanks: 2 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages You should always SEO for specific pages. In your example the home page would be demoted, but you can expect to get a better rank on Page one for the new properly optimised and back-linked page. The rule of thumb is one page - one keyword.

07-29-2011, 03:56 AM	#3
wood1e Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages Thats what I want to achieve, one keyword one page. Luckily my business has many sub-niches so I can create pages for each keyword...well roughly speaking I can. So will the sub category page past the homepage on the way out. I presume there is no way of knowing when the sub category page will appear and when the homepage will drop off?

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07-29-2011, 04:01 AM	#5
David A Griffiths Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Wales, Fishguard Posts: 40 Thanks: 2 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages Hi Woodie, Yes the sub page will overtake the homepage as its authority increases with your SEO efforts. The homepage will still pick up some residual authority from the overall status of the site though. You are definitely thinking along the right lines targeting individual pages and if they are all closely repated to the main site topic, you'll get a generally positive overall effect across the board.

07-29-2011, 04:05 AM	#8
Amenda Jessera Theeban-Advanced Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: at the edge of the world Posts: 525 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 57 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts Contact Info	Re: Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages The solution for your issue is pretty straight forward. Yes..!!! Try to get backlinks for the web pages which you want to get more traffic, that will lead your sub-pages to be ranked on keyword search and give you massive traffic. Specially Google really loves such deep-link building too.

07-29-2011, 04:10 AM	#9
wood1e Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Looking to find the right solution for SEO on sub pages Many thanks for that, well the pages will certainly be very relevant to the keywords.