Poor website ranking or almost no rank at all.
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Poor website ranking or almost no rank at all.
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The reason why everyone has different views on SEO is because there is an exception to every rule, and for the most part every website is different. You will have to find what works in your niche market. So take it slow. My suggestion is to watch 1 White Friday every couple of days - go back 6 months and start from there. No better education to be had on SEO. So that is the best place to start and then try and work out from the WBF's what is relevant to your website and what are the priorities.
I write a list down for each site... You simply can't do everything that needs to be done. You need to prioritize.
One more thing. Firstly google are emphatic that Adwords has no relevance to organic search. I see things a little differently. But you might want to run a small adwords campaign, create a relevant and quality landing page - even a small budget of $10 a day for a few weeks for your targeted keywords. Then watch how the customers respond to your page, review the User experience - review your message. It might hasten up your understanding of some issues...
Good luck
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I have made a lot of changes per the information you provided.
The information was very useful. It seems like I overlooked the simplest things.if there is anything else you think I may benefit from that you can inform me of I would greatly appreciate any input.
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I had a quick look at the source code on your main page. In fairness to google you have not told them exactly what you site is about. It is important to structure your site so google can easily identify what "query" your website answers.
Your title is presently "Tuning Solutions" - which could be interpreted as music by google. hamotorsports is using "engine tuning solutions". I think you should start with the basics title tag, h1's etc and then move on from there. Schema, breadcrumbs there is a few things I would do...
https://moz.com/learn/seo/title-tag
http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/how-to/2154469/write-title-tags-search-engine-optimization
Also I suggest you watch this video for a more macro approach how to draw focus to the keywords you are chasing.
https://moz.com/blog/panda-optimization-whiteboard-friday
Hopefully that is s start, let me know if any more queries.
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