What's the best way to integrate off site inventory?
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I can't seem to make any progress with my car dealership client in rankings or traffic. I feel like I've narrowed out most of the common problems, the only other thing I can see is that all their inventory is on a subdomain using a dedicated auto dealership software. Any suggestion of a better way to handle this situation? Am I missing something obvious? The url is rcautomotive.com
Thanks for your help!
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All the images on the page are not on a subdomain of rcautomotive.com but a completely different domain " images.dealerfire.com ". Even the image that is used to populate social media thumbnails is from dealerfire.com. I would start with looking at moving those over to rcautomotive.com if possible
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Hi Todd! Are you able to let Andy know your search terms? Did you get this worked out?
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Hi Todd,
Just to check, is the site setup in terms of Google listing / local? Have you used any Structured Data on the site? Are you pulling in reviews from the likes of Yelp?
I doubt that something running on a subdomain is going to be the cause of your issues, but without delving into it, I can't be sure.
What sort of search terms are you trying to improve the rankings for?
-Andy
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