What is going on! Midweek blues

thinking of jacking all this SEO stuff in!

[Dino_M]

I've been trying to optimise my homepage for google on the Keyword "books" (not widgets for a change)

I have a PR 7, good keyword density, keywords in alt text etc etc etc...

So why is Amazon at the top who have stuffed metatags one mention of the word books and a lowely PR3.

They seem to have made no effort and are cruising at number 1 on a very very popular keyword, something is mighty fishy!?

a miserable and moaning

Dino

[lazerzubb]

Don't focus to much on the Green PageRank, Amazon does NOT have a pagerank of 3 (i think they have 9). (they redirect you from amazon.com that's why you get 3 on the toolbar)

Amazon, has 50,500 inbound links if you check with the Link: commando on Google.

Google ranks there results very much based on Link Text, and i am sure quite many of those inbound links have "Books" in the text, and therefore you get a better ranking for books.

Google have always trusted Link Popularity, and Link text more that Keyword Density.

[Macguru]

Hi miserable and moaning Dino,

1 - Amazon redirects. Note the url when you arrive there. Do you think people will put this whole bible in links to them?

2 - Text content on external links to them. Do you have as many with "books" in it?

Good luck at beating amazon for books. Please tell us when it's done. ;)

<added>lazerzubb beat me. What a slow typer I am...</added>

[edited by: Macguru at 3:09 pm (utc) on Sep. 4, 2002]

[Dino_M]

9 well that makes a bit more sense, think my google bar is a bit weird def says they have a 3

50 500 in bound links!

think I will have to work a lot harder on my link campaign :-)

Macguru I will beat them If it takes every hour for the next ten years! they will be beat!

O well at least it's not a con job, back to work

Cheers lazerzub

[WebRookie]

Dino, I used to work for a technical book publisher. I would suggest focusing on what "type" of books you have to offer then finding your keyword phrase there. Compare your competition and the major book companies keywords. Check out the categories Amazon has for your book areas and get some ideas for keyword phrases.

[Dino_M]

Instead of just optimising my home page to compete for books and best sellers, should I be optimising every page i.e for each book should I go for the title and author. For author pages go for their name for sub catogories like sci fi, horror, fantasy attack them as well?

I'm pretty sure what the answer is but the site has well over 5 000 pages and is only one of about 20 sites I'm working on and SEO is only a part of my job Arrghhh not enough hrs in the day

[WebRookie]

Dino, check your stickymail.

:)