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Fixing a high traffic site built without proper keywords

by Jnassise
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I run a group blog called Storytellersunplugged written by thirty published novelists and we're getting about 5K visitors a month. We just kind of fell into doing it and never tried to rank for any specific keywords so our organic traffic is all over the map.

Now that I'm thinking about trying to monetize the site, I'm wondering if there is any way of mass correcting the lack of specific keywords on the site's 1200+ pages so they target a handful of specific ones.


Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Joe
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  • Profile picture of the author tommygadget
    That question is so generic, I don't think anybody can help you without the url. Having said that, decide what keywords you want to target and start writing content on those keywords.

    TomG.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jnassise
      Thanks TomG - didn't mean to be unclear or generic.

      The site involves fiction writing - and I'm too new to post the URL, but it can be found at storytellersunplugged dot com. I know what keywords I want to rank it for, but I don't know if that means rewriting the thousands of essays on the blog already for specific keywords or if I can target specific pages with some kind of plugin that will help solve that without a massive rewrite.

      -Joe
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      • Profile picture of the author Jnassise
        Thanks for the suggestion, Ross!

        -Joe
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  • Profile picture of the author JayXtreme
    Originally Posted by Jnassise View Post

    I run a group blog called Storytellersunplugged written by thirty published novelists and we're getting about 5K visitors a month. We just kind of fell into doing it and never tried to rank for any specific keywords so our organic traffic is all over the map.

    Now that I'm thinking about trying to monetize the site, I'm wondering if there is any way of mass correcting the lack of specific keywords on the site's 1200+ pages so they target a handful of specific ones.


    Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Joe

    Hi Joe...

    Does your site use a template?...

    For example...

    Each time a new article is created.. it automatically is published onto a template..

    Like a blog would be, or an article directory?....

    Peace

    Jay
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    Bare Murkage.........

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  • Profile picture of the author Jnassise
    Hi Jay

    Yes, since it is a Wordpress blog, all of the pages are built around the same page template that is part of my Wordpress theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author archer29
    Yesterday I posted a link for a great (and free) wordpress theme that might work for your purpose that has built in SEO.

    Hybrid Theme

    If you have wordpress set up locally (like on Xampp) you can test drive it before uploading to your hosting service. This is a real time saver for testing themes without having to view them live or worry about breaking your blog.

    In this theme, you would just open the post for editing like normal but under the post is a separate form for the hybrid settings. Here you can insert a new title, description, KEYWORDS, and a thumbnail image (if desired) that overrides your original post title, keywords, etc. for optimum SEO. You'd have to add the keywords to all the posts but you wouldn't have to re-write any of the content and that should be a real time saver.

    I'm not affiliated with the developer in any way. I just like this theme and it's FREE!
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