Why am i losing?
- SEO |
Ok so google loves to change the rules. Worked like crazy to get local listing for the magic 7 box. Was number 2 in the local 7 box and site was 1 or 2. Those were the good old days.
Now site is ranking #4 below the new google local 3 box (so technically ranked 7th). Cannot figure out what changed. Hey maybe we need some more unique content...lets add 6 new pages focused on specific topics. Did that, ranking great for those keywords. Only problem is 95% of traffic to my site comes from one local search keyword...the one that is not doing to hot.
I thought, that adding the additional pages would increase site authority as it is unique relevant content and for the targeted keywords on those pages, ranking #1 or #2 with no additional effort.
Ok, lets try to add some relevant links, started a new free blog at wordpress.com...did that google indexed, no change. Is google now ignoring/not placing weight on content and links from wordpress.com, weebly, blog.com, and other free resources. I barely never see site using subdomains ranking on the 1st page
Used ahrefs and ose to see if I could figure it out against competitors. Still at a loss.
Ok fine then big G, lets do some home page updates then...Added some new slids with plain text content, added some additional content with link to other pages etc. Ranking dropped two spots same day after the update and today they are back to where I was before.
site is heatherannzsalon.com and primary keyword is "hair salons fargo nd"
Now site is ranking #4 below the new google local 3 box (so technically ranked 7th). Cannot figure out what changed. Hey maybe we need some more unique content...lets add 6 new pages focused on specific topics. Did that, ranking great for those keywords. Only problem is 95% of traffic to my site comes from one local search keyword...the one that is not doing to hot.
I thought, that adding the additional pages would increase site authority as it is unique relevant content and for the targeted keywords on those pages, ranking #1 or #2 with no additional effort.
Ok, lets try to add some relevant links, started a new free blog at wordpress.com...did that google indexed, no change. Is google now ignoring/not placing weight on content and links from wordpress.com, weebly, blog.com, and other free resources. I barely never see site using subdomains ranking on the 1st page
Used ahrefs and ose to see if I could figure it out against competitors. Still at a loss.
Ok fine then big G, lets do some home page updates then...Added some new slids with plain text content, added some additional content with link to other pages etc. Ranking dropped two spots same day after the update and today they are back to where I was before.
site is heatherannzsalon.com and primary keyword is "hair salons fargo nd"
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