SEO EXPERTS! PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT!
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O.k. I am going to make this thread as easy to understand as I can so please be patient with me.
To make a long story short, i sold a micro niche website that I had been working on for about 2 months. I got the domain to rank for its keyword. Then on month 2 i started adding more pages to it. For a total of home page plus 10 inner pages. Not including the contact, privacy, and about page. So a total of 11 pages i guess.
The 10 inner pages are very low competition keywords, i did the intitle and inanchor to analyze this. Some of them have between 200 to 500 exact searches per month.
Here is my backlinking method for the website.
1. Each page has an Ezine article backlink pointing to it and to the homepage with the keyword in the anchor text.
2. Each page has a youtube and metacafe video linking back to it.
3. I have the 'Related Post Plugin' so i don't know if those links on the bottom of the page count.
4. Each page links to itself with the same keyword in the anchor as that page.
5. Each page links to the home page with the keyword in the anchor text.
6. I then link to another related website with the keyword of that page in the anchor text.
7. Each page also has a related youtube video(not my own videos).
O.k. so I think I about covered every backlink and SEO technique. I make sure to optimize the pages for the keyword. Also, i would like to add that on the youtube videos I make and the ezine articles I write, I also use the keyword in the title as the page that I'm linking to.
Here is what I need help in understanding.
After I sold off the website, I realized that 8 of the 10 keywords that I optimzed for are ranking on either page 1 or page 2 of GOOGLE. But get this, the page that is ranking for those keywords is the home page not the actual page optimized for the keyword.
I first though that it was probably my browser but then I started to use an anonymous proxy and then tried another computer. I get the same results.
So for example, if my website bluewidgetsonsale.com is optimized for "blue widgets on sale" then my website ranks for the keyword "blue widgets on sale", however, this is expected.
Now lets say that one of my inner pages is optimized for the keyword "widgets for stay at home moms". When i type in 'widgets for stay at home moms' in Google, my homepage comes up in either page 1 or 2.
This happens with 8 of the keywords I chose, plus it helped push the domain to the number one spot on page one for its keyword.
I realize this is a good thing, but I would also like to understand the theory behind it. Obviously, I like that the home page is ranking for different keywords but why aren't the pages optimized being ranked?
If you can help me understand this I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
To make a long story short, i sold a micro niche website that I had been working on for about 2 months. I got the domain to rank for its keyword. Then on month 2 i started adding more pages to it. For a total of home page plus 10 inner pages. Not including the contact, privacy, and about page. So a total of 11 pages i guess.
The 10 inner pages are very low competition keywords, i did the intitle and inanchor to analyze this. Some of them have between 200 to 500 exact searches per month.
Here is my backlinking method for the website.
1. Each page has an Ezine article backlink pointing to it and to the homepage with the keyword in the anchor text.
2. Each page has a youtube and metacafe video linking back to it.
3. I have the 'Related Post Plugin' so i don't know if those links on the bottom of the page count.
4. Each page links to itself with the same keyword in the anchor as that page.
5. Each page links to the home page with the keyword in the anchor text.
6. I then link to another related website with the keyword of that page in the anchor text.
7. Each page also has a related youtube video(not my own videos).
O.k. so I think I about covered every backlink and SEO technique. I make sure to optimize the pages for the keyword. Also, i would like to add that on the youtube videos I make and the ezine articles I write, I also use the keyword in the title as the page that I'm linking to.
Here is what I need help in understanding.
After I sold off the website, I realized that 8 of the 10 keywords that I optimzed for are ranking on either page 1 or page 2 of GOOGLE. But get this, the page that is ranking for those keywords is the home page not the actual page optimized for the keyword.
I first though that it was probably my browser but then I started to use an anonymous proxy and then tried another computer. I get the same results.
So for example, if my website bluewidgetsonsale.com is optimized for "blue widgets on sale" then my website ranks for the keyword "blue widgets on sale", however, this is expected.
Now lets say that one of my inner pages is optimized for the keyword "widgets for stay at home moms". When i type in 'widgets for stay at home moms' in Google, my homepage comes up in either page 1 or 2.
This happens with 8 of the keywords I chose, plus it helped push the domain to the number one spot on page one for its keyword.
I realize this is a good thing, but I would also like to understand the theory behind it. Obviously, I like that the home page is ranking for different keywords but why aren't the pages optimized being ranked?
If you can help me understand this I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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