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What am I doing wrong?

by omarlodhi
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Hi

I made a website around a particular hobby and then selected 4 items from amazon. I made 4 individual pages of review for each of the item.

Keyword 1 (Item 1)
global monthly searches is 1600
result in quotes is 276,000
result in intitle is 7,650
google pagerank is 1 (the main page on website is ranked 2)
google index is 31

The other pages related to other keywords have similar results.

I have written articles (few), did directory submissions, pinged the pages, submitted to social sites, did press releases so far.

I am getting around 2-3 visits per day with bounce rate 89%.
0 sales so far. it has been 3 months so far.

What am I doing wrong?
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  • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
    I forgot to add that I am using wordpress for my website and have enabled comments for the articles. I get hundreds of comments daily from people promoting their own web pages (SPAM). I am thinking of diasbling the comments option now.
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  • Profile picture of the author bmw040
    What is your website URL?

    Maybe a look can provide a better answer for you.

    To Your Success,

    Brian
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    • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
      hi Brian

      just send you the link in pm.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

    What am I doing wrong?
    Everything.
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    • Profile picture of the author dalegolden
      My Suggestion-
      Go for some social bookmarking and build some links at web 2.0 sites.

      Originally Posted by John Romaine View Post

      Everything.
      Hopefully, you will suggest something better.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

    Hi

    I made a website around a particular hobby and then selected 4 items from amazon. I made 4 individual pages of review for each of the item.
    You are dealing with a lot of competition out there.

    This is not working too well for you.

    I personally don't recommend you continue to do this. There are many great free and paid ways to market your website to potential buyers and people who are interested in your offer.

    I used to write reviews for products through my website. In fact I have now close to 1000 reviews and barely get 1-2 sales per month. That did not work too well for me so I discontinued to do that.
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    • Profile picture of the author World Marketing
      Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

      You are dealing with a lot of competition out there.

      This is not working too well for you.

      I personally don't recommend you continue to do this. There are many great free and paid ways to market your website to potential buyers and people who are interested in your offer.

      I used to write reviews for products through my website. In fact I have now close to 1000 reviews and barely get 1-2 sales per month. That did not work too well for me so I discontinued to do that.
      Yea we all go through phases where it is probably best to change things up...As hard as it is to give something up sometimes it is the best option...And I don't mean give up on this project all together but you need to try something else
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  • Profile picture of the author James.N
    Without seeing the site it's tough to give exact problems. Generally picking a few keywords and throwing up a few pages does not work anymore these days. You need lots of great content that visitors will sincerely want to read and share. This will get people to like to your content and help you promote it without having to do it all yourself.

    I'd also recommend doing some basic SEO stuff like adding your site to Google Webmaster Tools so you can make sure there are no technical problems with your site that might be preventing spiders from crawling it.
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    • Profile picture of the author sowens
      Originally Posted by quadxnet View Post

      I'd also recommend doing some basic SEO stuff like adding your site to Google Webmaster Tools so you can make sure there are no technical problems with your site that might be preventing spiders from crawling it.
      I agree - Submit your content to Google using the Webmaster Tools page. Google will fetch your site and add it to their index (unless they feel it is too much of an affiliate site.) They will also give you a number of SEO tips to get better rank.

      You are using the term Macro Photography as if everyone knows what that is. Define the term. Use titles such as What is Marco photography? How do I take photographs of very small things? How to photograph flowers? How to do close-up photography? And other search terms the new camera buff might likely use to search. Maybe have a title-content are such as "what equipment do I need to make my macro photos even better?" and then use affiliate photos.

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      • Profile picture of the author cebrg1
        As an amateur photographer, if this were my site, I would create blog posts on how to do macro photography. Then have other pages on the site deal with specific aspects of it from concept to execution. For example, how to setup your camera to do marco photography. Focus on the beginners first and have a photo in each blog post that shows what you are trying to teach.

        Photography community, including forums, reviews, and galleries from Photo.net has a lot of great information on marco photography. Also, check out any photography magazine.

        Think of your site as a hub for information related to marco photography. The photos on your site could stand out more as is. I'm not drawn to them. Part of that is the first image I see is of a person from about 6 ft. away and it's not in bright vivid color.

        You'll get there, just keep at it.
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        • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
          Originally Posted by cebrg1 View Post

          As an amateur photographer, if this were my site, I would create blog posts on how to do macro photography. Then have other pages on the site deal with specific aspects of it from concept to execution. For example, how to setup your camera to do marco photography. Focus on the beginners first and have a photo in each blog post that shows what you are trying to teach.

          Photography community, including forums, reviews, and galleries from Photo.net has a lot of great information on marco photography. Also, check out any photography magazine.

          Think of your site as a hub for information related to marco photography. The photos on your site could stand out more as is. I'm not drawn to them. Part of that is the first image I see is of a person from about 6 ft. away and it's not in bright vivid color.

          You'll get there, just keep at it.
          The first image is actually closeup of a bank note. If this images does not convey what it is I need to replace it.
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  • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
    This is the website:

    Macro Photography
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    • Profile picture of the author Joan Altz
      Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

      This is the website:

      Macro Photography
      The design of the site is boring and you need to change that. Since it's about macro photography, get a theme or design that showcases some really cool macro photos that grab attention in a nifty, dynamic slider.

      Change your font. Get creative with your articles. Use a semi sales page approach with formatting - larger headers and subheads, etc...not big red letters or anything, just make certain points stand out more.

      Put your author bio up so people can see this is something you really DO...it's your hobby, so you know what the hell you are talking about and they should listen to you. Build your authority.

      Then join some FB groups related to this or create your own group and invite people to join.

      Since this is your thing, you need to expand your reach and use more creative ways to captivate and promote.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoeMack
    Hi...

    When you looked up search demand for your keyword phrases, did you make sure that the settings were adjusted to "exact" match? Many of the keyword research tools default to the broad match option, which would severely inflate what your true search demand is.

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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

    Hi

    I made a website around a particular hobby and then selected 4 items from amazon. I made 4 individual pages of review for each of the item.

    Keyword 1 (Item 1)
    global monthly searches is 1600
    result in quotes is 276,000
    result in intitle is 7,650
    google pagerank is 1 (the main page on website is ranked 2)
    google index is 31

    The other pages related to other keywords have similar results.

    I have written articles (few), did directory submissions, pinged the pages, submitted to social sites, did press releases so far.

    I am getting around 2-3 visits per day with bounce rate 89%.
    0 sales so far. it has been 3 months so far.

    What am I doing wrong?

    Not building a list.
    Not doing anything to get (targeted) traffic.

    The things you've done so far won't really bring you much traffic. Keyword volumes mean nothing unless you are ranking high in Google. Are you?

    Writing reviews and posting on your site doesn't generate traffic neither does pinging the pages, adding to directories or social bookmarking sites.

    Press releases can bring traffic but in your case didn't.

    You need to be capturing the visitors to your sites email address to keep in contact and market to them.

    You also need to be finding out where your target audience is, i.e. forums, blogs, social media sites, video sites, Q&A, magazines, newsletters and wherever else and get your content / advertisements in front of them in the form of guest posts, blog comments, videos, article syndication, forum sigs, banner ads and whatever else you can think of.

    The high bounce rate shows that people landing on your site don't see what they expect or want to see. The ugly design isn't helping either.
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  • Profile picture of the author dndoseller
    Did the pages show up in the 1st page of results for the keywords you chose?

    If not then that is your problem. You either picked keywords with too much competition, or did not drive enough backlinks. Also, you may not have waited long enough for Google to give those pages any page rank.
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    • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
      Originally Posted by JoeMack View Post

      Hi...

      When you looked up search demand for your keyword phrases, did you make sure that the settings were adjusted to "exact" match? Many of the keyword research tools default to the broad match option, which would severely inflate what your true search demand is.

      JoeMack
      The search is for exact match.

      Originally Posted by dndoseller View Post

      Did the pages show up in the 1st page of results for the keywords you chose?

      If not then that is your problem. You either picked keywords with too much competition, or did not drive enough backlinks. Also, you may not have waited long enough for Google to give those pages any page rank.
      No the pages do not currently show on the 1st pages of the results. I also feel that the competition pages are quite old and strong websites.
      My page rank in google is 1 at the moment.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill Hugall
    Stop building websites : ) That has proven to be the least stable business model unless you have some very good outsourcers, or know what you are doing. There is an easier softer way, and you don't have to build sites and fill them with fluff content.
    Set-up a solid foundation based on quality products and market to a list of buyers.
    Way easier = ) From what I saw on your site. I would not stay either. There is no depth to the site. It just kinda seems to be one of those sites. You are trying to appeal to people who dig pictures and you have what? One pic of a fly.

    Try looking at your site this way. What would your market actually want to see? Not what is the least amount of work I could do to make money,
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  • Profile picture of the author Bluestarace
    Along with doing reviews, why don't you include tips and tricks kind of articles too? It would help build credibility, and your visitors will start to trust your expertise which would then (hopefully) lead them to buy from your recommendation.
    Another tip: YouTube videos....if you are not shy showing your face, do tutorials for people interested in photography. Great way to direct traffic to your website, build a loyal fan base, and you can even earn by becoming a YouTube partner.

    Also, as mentioned above put an opt in form and start building a list.
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  • Profile picture of the author rickwill71
    have you tried any other types of free advertising to promote your site? just to get it in front of people! good luck
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  • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
    Focus on providing content people will find helpful in making a choice, give them information, don't sell let the product do that.

    Leave the comments enabled, use Akismet, Bad Behavior and Spam Free WordPress

    to screen out spam. Approve a link or two if they don't have spammy links in them just to keep activity on your site.
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    Page rank doesn't matter, the matter is acquiring the first page of SERP.
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  • Profile picture of the author jakejoh10
    There doesn't seem to be much "useful" content on your site.

    If I was a visitor who was interested in photography, I certainly wouldn't buy from your site as you've given no reason to trust you.

    Just reviewing products doesn't cut it.

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    • Profile picture of the author DerekGann
      Originally Posted by jakejoh10 View Post

      There doesn't seem to be much "useful" content on your site.

      If I was a visitor who was interested in photography, I certainly wouldn't buy from your site as you've given no reason to trust you.

      Just reviewing products doesn't cut it.

      Jake
      I am 100% agree with you.
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  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

    Hi

    I made a website around a particular hobby and then selected 4 items from amazon. I made 4 individual pages of review for each of the item.

    Keyword 1 (Item 1)
    global monthly searches is 1600
    result in quotes is 276,000
    result in intitle is 7,650
    google pagerank is 1 (the main page on website is ranked 2)
    google index is 31

    The other pages related to other keywords have similar results.

    I have written articles (few), did directory submissions, pinged the pages, submitted to social sites, did press releases so far.

    I am getting around 2-3 visits per day with bounce rate 89%.
    0 sales so far. it has been 3 months so far.

    What am I doing wrong?
    This has nothing to do with how your site looks or reviews etc. I think this is your problem:

    One thing you might want to check on your Wordpress site it that it is enabled to be indexed by the search engines. That little of traffic tells me you may have that particular feature turned off.

    If you go to your Wordpress back office and go to settings->Reading there is a box that can be checked or unchecked that says "Search Engine Visibility." Then you have the choice to check the box that says "discourage search engines from indexing this site." If that box is checked, then that's one reason you have such low traffic. That box needs to be unchecked.

    Hopefully that helps. Even if you are in a real competitive market, you shouldn't just have 2-3 visits per day, especially with a Wordpress platform.

    The other thing you can do is download the "All in One SEO" plugin. (It's free) and set up your SEO. Hopefully this helps! Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author TravisO
    I can feel that you were doing this by yourself right?

    Try to find the exact match for keywords.

    Do not do it by your self only. Hire someone who can perform SEO , provide backlinks, etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
    I checked the exact search for my keyword in google and my website is around 110th position.

    There were 179,808 spam comments on the website. I have now deleted all of them.
    At the moment i am doing all things by myself.

    Most of the comments are about the appearance and content. I will work on that in the coming days.

    These are the first few results
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/len...cro.htm‎
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_100mm_lens
    http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/...usm_c16‎

    What are the chances of my site competing with these?
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    • Profile picture of the author salmanijaz
      Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

      I checked the exact search for my keyword in google and my website is around 110th position.

      There were 179,808 spam comments on the website. I have now deleted all of them.
      At the moment i am doing all things by myself.

      Most of the comments are about the appearance and content. I will work on that in the coming days.

      These are the first few results
      http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/len...cro.htm‎
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_100mm_lens
      http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/...usm_c16‎

      What are the chances of my site competing with these?
      You are not competing with wikepedia as no buyer can go to wikipedia ... so its position does not count here ....

      Also try to do the KW research through Market samurai ... you can find a fiverr gig for that ....

      For me google search was very different and when i searched with market samurai i found that the commercial value of my KW was much less and i was ranking for the wrong KWs
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
    Most of the comments are about the appearance and content. I will work on that in the coming days.
    That's just a small part of your problem. Changing the appearance and adding new content still isn't going to bring you traffic or sales.

    See my post above on what you need to be doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author omarlodhi
    I have now revamped the entire site. I am still making content for the website. Is there any improvement now?
    www.clickmacrophoto.com

    Secondly my site is already in google. Do I still need to do indexing?
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    Hi

    I made a website around a particular hobby and then selected 4 items from amazon. I made 4 individual pages of review for each of the item.

    Keyword 1 (Item 1)
    global monthly searches is 1600
    result in quotes is 276,000
    result in intitle is 7,650
    google pagerank is 1 (the main page on website is ranked 2)
    google index is 31

    The other pages related to other keywords have similar results.

    I have written articles (few), did directory submissions, pinged the pages, submitted to social sites, did press releases so far.

    I am getting around 2-3 visits per day with bounce rate 89%.
    0 sales so far. it has been 3 months so far.

    What am I doing wrong?


    If it was so simple to make money online, everyone would be rich.

    You have to improve your content and use a bigger font because it’s hard to read what you wrote, and your English is poor.

    You should also do around one thousand things to drive traffic to your blog and to convert your visitors into buyers.






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  • Profile picture of the author bymarcot
    Change the dark background color to lighter one. What`s your purpose with this website? As i see some pictures on right side with text "click on images to buy" - it`s useless (nobody will click on these). The website is useless if you want to earn money with it. The theme isn`t user friendly - visitors are coming to site and the first thing they see is the big image, they even don`t want to scroll down for more info plus it`s hard to navigate with this theme. You should also have custom logo. There are so many mistakes so it`s even hard to explain all the things which are missing or done wrong.

    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    you choose to small of a niche, the answer really is as simple as that.

    I personally won't even enter a niche unless there are millions of searches and hundreds of thousands of competitors..

    People will argue saturation, or to much competition, but when you know the proper ways to market then this actually works to your advantage.

    That's the main reason my business does up to 35k a month. Because I know how to market in large competitive niches, and that what I look for before I enter it.

    You couldn't possibly expect to make decent money with only 1600 people searching a month. My main niche gets over 3 million searches per month, now there is something worth going into

    The best part is I generate this income without having a single page ranking in the search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    What's the niche and site? It's hard to determine what the problem is without the link. Are you doing any advertising? I think your free marketing strategy is quite short, light, and easy. If you want to have to success with free marketing in any niche, you will have to scale things up big time. But what niche are you in and whats the site?
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    Honestly, you are doing everything in the wrong way.

    Your landing page might not be converting.

    Your product review sucks.

    Your traffic isn't unique, targeted or getting any real traffic at all.

    You just have to do more and showcase yourself as a professional
    not just in your words but in everything you do..
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    Thank you for your questions, and most of all thank you for warriors responses. You can't imagine what I'm learning reading answers from forum members.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stuart Walker
      Originally Posted by omarlodhi View Post

      I have now revamped the entire site. I am still making content for the website. Is there any improvement now?
      Macro Photography

      Secondly my site is already in google. Do I still need to do indexing?
      The design and content aspect of your website is still terrible.

      What is going on at the top of your page? That HUGE link bar that takes up half the page is horrible.

      Still no prominent opt in.

      Still very average content.

      Horrible colours and looks basic and cheap.

      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      What's the niche and site? It's hard to determine what the problem is without the link. Are you doing any advertising? I think your free marketing strategy is quite short, light, and easy. If you want to have to success with free marketing in any niche, you will have to scale things up big time. But what niche are you in and whats the site?
      He's linked to the site and the niche has been mentioned in the thread.

      Originally Posted by Magicpollux View Post

      Thank you for your questions, and most of all thank you for warriors responses. You can't imagine what I'm learning reading answers from forum members.
      Are you the OP using a different account? :confused:
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