Welcome to the Q&A Forum

John, that was great, thank you so much1

Hi folks, I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

So, I work with a company who is based in Canada.  I work in the US branch.  There is little or no trouble for the website ranking well in Canada due to the lack of competition.  That said, it is a bit more challenging here in the US due to extreme competition.

My Question:

Does having the site hosted in Canada make it any more difficult for the site to rank well in the US?

As always, thanks so much. I love this place!!!

No, I have not seen this happen to any pages as of yet.  I will however keep an eye out.  Congratulations on your semi recovery,  I am sure there are many out there who would like to be in your shoes right now!!

Cheers

Both of these comments are on target, that said, I would remove any links you can.... within reason.  And, I am generally a big fan of updating content.  Regardless of the successes of the page.  I think fresh is good, it keeps people coming back......... cheers!

I agree, I have found the BBB to be a nice one to be tied to, a wonderful resource.  I had no idea pricing was so high these days!

Hey thanks Ben,

Thats pretty much how I look at it too.  Its nice to have affirmation from time to time from the pro's out there!

Cheers!

Thank you anyway.  My question has been answered

Boomajoom,   I like that idea.  Space is a little bit of an issue right now, but I will keep that thought around for a while.  Thank you!

I am wondering about the possibility of duplicate content as well.  In terms of key word research.  They are all pretty strong.  Hmmm, I am going to be giving it more thought for now.  Thanks again.

Hi Mark, thanks for the reply.  I was thinking the same thing; although I was also worried a bit about duplicate content issues as Margarita S has mentioned.  Titles and Headings could be fairly similar excluding the aircraft type.  Could this be a duplicate content issue?

Hey everyone!

I am looking for some opinions on organizing website content. Here are two thoughts.  I am open to alternative suggestions as well.  Thanks for any consideration in this matter!

**Aviation Supply Store   Thought A  **

**Helicopters                                          Airplanes                                 Rockets   **

Helicopter engines                     Airplane engines                              Rocket engines

Helicopter Fuels                          Airplane Fuels                                  Rocket fuels

Helicopter Accessories               Airplane Accessories                  Rocket Accessories

Aviation Supply Store  Thought B

Engines                               Fuels                                  Accessories

Helicopter Engines            Helicopter Fuels           Helicopter Accessories

Airplane Engines                Airplane Fuels               Airplane Accessories

Rocket Engines                    Rocket Fuels                 Rocket Accessories

I simply chose aviation as an example.  I'm just having difficulty deciding on how best to catagorize.

Thank You!

I would most definitely use it!  Dare to dream, dare to dream.................

Hi,  Limens

Having someone put together back links for you can be a risky move.  As you have found quality control can be an issue.  Value is in the eye of the beholder.  Links are good to have.  And good could come from anywhere.

I would focus on fostering links on your own in the future.  Take a look at where your competition is getting em..... and maybe where they are not.  With that information there may be a number of directions you may go.

Open Site Explorer and Competitive Link finder can be of great help.  Good Luck!

I work with/for a small business as well and have found a similar struggle.  I have found a life time of great information within the the content of this website.  Have you looked here yet?

http://www.seomoz.org/pages/search_results?q=link+building

I find this a great resource.  Hope this helps!

Hi Carlos,

I tend to pay close attention to where my money goes.  When I first began visiting and using this resource I came to ask myself this same question.  I thought to myself, as you do, I can get this stuff from other places.  I did spend a little time in this deliberation and found that it can be done, but I did not find it to be easy and most importantly nearly as good a quality.   I like getting this type and volume of content in one place.  Its easy to use and there seems to be new tools and information constantly coming available.   Honestly, the cost of this service never crosses my mind.

Hi,

This is a great question and many people find themselves right where you are.  Both Ryan and Egol have provided you some great responses and I agree with them both.  There is a lot that goes into whether and when your site will move up or down.  Personally, I feel the closer you get to page 1 the more fine tuning and possibly effort it will take to make the leap to the top of page one.

Sounds like you are doing pretty well for a very young site.  Good job and good luck!

Your site has a great look and provides lots of scooter options for customers.  However, I generally feel a page should have some supporting content for each page.

To me it seems you may benefit from generating some page content.

Also, I noticed one of your pages has no content..... "Take it From Us"  you may wish to check it out.

Just my two cents!

Hi Keith,

Thanks for your comment.  I will take a look at what Google has to offer here.

Do you think there are any negatives to using this on a website?

Hey Mike,

Yep, looking to enable folks to read content in a variety of languages.

Also, wondering if there is any negatives related to adding language translation to a website?

Thank You!

Hi All,

I know its not an SEO question, but.......................

Can anyone suggest a few good website translation "widgets"

I  would like to give those who are not fluent in English and option to choose another language in which to view the page text.

Thank You!!!

Depending the scope and type of business the website is promoting adding the city name to your page content can be great.  I have done it with two websites and it worked quite well.

For those sites,  I placed contact info  toward the top section of the pages.

That said, some people do not like to set page content up that way..... it worked for me though.

Give it a try, it may work for you, if not, the beauty is, changes can easily be made.

Thats just my two cents... good luck! and happy holidays

Personally, I would try and focus on page titles, descriptions and user friendly content.  I have found search engines these days seem to frown upon "keyword stuffing".  Just my thoughts........ keep it simple, clear and clean, focus based for the viewer.  Just my thoughts, hope it helps.

Good times are on the way!!!!!    Thx

Mostly my goal is to increase the number of links, as well as to increase the websites overall online presence.

I agree its much better to get quality over quantity.  With the niche I am working in, there are huge limits in terms of where to go for links.  So, looking at some business listings and directories for ancillary link sources.  Thanks for your help here!

Great response and funny too!

Thanks for your insight.

Seems to me like I may be in a situation where I may be driving through Bugtussle on my way to a wrestling match.  Thanks!

So,

There are no stupid questions right?

I am thinking about adding my website to a number of business directories and websites.

I have added it to several sites which do not charge a listing fee.

There are several sites out there which  charge anywhere from 10 dollars to hundreds of dollars.

My question is:

Is there a way to figure out ahead of  time the cost/benefit relationship between the price paid for several listings....... and the likely increase in page rank due to the increase of links to the website.

Or what number and quality of links I may need to aquire in order to increase my page rank?

I appreciate all the help this community has provided in the past.  While my website is not ranking the best.........  its a solid contender!

Thanks for your time and consideration in this matter.

Personally, I would be happy in your position and and not mess with much.  That's just me.  Ranking 2 or ranking 6........... both are good.   Right?

I agree, while sometimes sites do seem to whiizzz up there quickly, 2 months is hardly long enough time to become worried.

In looking briefly at the the site, on site optimization seems to be lacking for what I would guess to be major key words/phrases

Also, there does not seem to be much going on in terms of links, you may give this some attention.

I also took a look at the area in which you are competing, seems like there is a lot of competition out there.

I would be patient, work on your content and generate some quality strategic alliances in which to foster relevant links.

My websites for the most part rank higher in Yahoo and Bing than in Google.  Now, ranking within those search engines (Yahoo/Bing) are settling in to where my websites rank in Google.

Any thoughts?

Anyone else experiencing this?

Thank you for your time!

Thats funny, I needed a good laugh and am u sucker for funny dog photos!  Thanks!

While there are generally a number of different ways to do the same thing, you are definitely doing things right.  Its a lot of hard work as I am sure you know, but in the long run and over time you will see benefits from your efforts.

Regarding having links of others on your site.  You bet, there is definitely some benefit to having some  outgoing links.  Keep up the good work!

I second the comment from Ross.  I had a similar issue in the recent past.  I found it best and easiest to try and forget about the bad back links and move forward with building  quality ones....... just my two cents.

This can be a worth while venture, but only as a last resort.

In order to make a better informed response or suggestion, more information would be required of you......is the site for making $ or just for fun, how competive is the environment, would the capital time and investment work out if you sharpend a pencil to it.

I have also had some great success via the University avenue.  Not only for writters......... Great points!

Hi Bryce,

Thanks for the input.  I was thinking that direction.  It nice to have some affirmation from time to time.

Cheers!

Hi Matt thanks for the response.  The link below will help better explain my situation.  Each truck has a difference page.......  How would you look at page titles and descriptions?

http://www.allianceconcretepumps.com/Concrete-Pumps

Hi Bryce,

Here is a link..... which may help to clarify my situation.  I am just trying to deal with individual landing pages for each truck

http://www.allianceconcretepumps.com/Concrete-Pumps

A website has several wigets to show

Each wiget with its own page

The wigets mostly just vary in size

How would you suggest titles be done?

Example:

Wiget 1ft

Wiget 2ft

Wiget 3 ft

an so on........  Would this trigger a duplicate content issue given “Wiget” leads in the page title?