Slow growth in organic traffic
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Hi,
Recently our website after 5 months of launch started seeing more organic traffic, thanks to the seo effort being put. However, off late the growth is quite slow and we don't see much increase in organic traffic any more. Any idea on what could have happened to cause this or is it normal.
Here is the link to the website to check and if you can recommend anything - https://www.keyhub.com
Thanks,
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Of course, I meant in addition to the Keyword some variable which helps it differentiate and unique.
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Far better to write a proper title & description. The title is vital in telling Google what the page is all about. Simply adding a number will separate them but they will still struggle to rank. You need to tell Google what is on the page:
Primary Keyword | Secondary Keyword | Company Name
Regards
Nigel
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Ok, I get it. These are category pages and as there are multiple pages for categories too they have duplicate titles. We will try to add some varialble like page number or something in the title to make sure there are no duplicates.
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Yes I think you are right. There are over 700 pages with duplicate titles though. This from my scan:
These are just an example: All share the same title.
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/simulation/?currency_code=CHF
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/?currency_code=NOK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/?currency_code=ISK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/season-pass/?currency_code=SEK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/season-pass/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/role-playing-game-rpg/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/action/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/battle-royal/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/casual/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/simulation/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/fps/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/adventure/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/role-playing-game-rpg/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/season-pass/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/gift-points-card/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/fps/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ps4/action/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/role-playing-game-rpg/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/racing/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/role-playing-game-rpg/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/casual/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/action/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/battle-royal/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/fps/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/fps/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/action/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/gift-points-card/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/casual/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/sport/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ps4/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ps4/fps/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/season-pass/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/strategy/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/pc/massively-multiplayer-mmo/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/strategy/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/sport/
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/battle-royal/?currency_code=NOK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/casual/?currency_code=HUF
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/fps/?currency_code=SEK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ps4/action/?currency_code=DKK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/fps/?currency_code=USD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/season-pass/?currency_code=BRL
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/role-playing-game-rpg/?currency_code=AUD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/?currency_code=AUD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/role-playing-game-rpg/?currency_code=AUD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/strategy/?currency_code=RUB
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/simulation/?currency_code=SEK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/casual/?currency_code=EUR
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/role-playing-game-rpg/?currency_code=RUB
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/casual/?currency_code=DKK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/adventure/?currency_code=USD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/?currency_code=RUB
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/role-playing-game-rpg/?currency_code=CZK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/fps/?currency_code=SEK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/?currency_code=NOK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-wii-u/strategy/?currency_code=AUD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-switch/fps/?currency_code=DKK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/role-playing-game-rpg/?currency_code=RON
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-one/fps/?currency_code=AUD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/nintendo-3ds/casual/?currency_code=THB
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ps4/strategy/?currency_code=HRK
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/?currency_code=CAD
https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/xbox-360/gift-points-card/Regards
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For each of the products like - https://www.keyhub.com/en/buy-fortnite-deluxe-founders-pack-xbox-one-compare-cd-keys-prices/ it is already customized according to the game name.
It is only for the catalog page - https://www.keyhub.com/en/cd-keys-prices-compare/ that it is not customized.
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You could try and automate and have a meta title & description inserted from the name of the game. I have seen that done quite successfully.
Title Format: " <game name="">Compare Prices <review, code&="" cheats="">| Keyhub.com"
Description Format: "Compare prices on <game name="">and read all about the game at Keyhub including walkthroughs, hints, codes & cheats"
Something like that.
Ask a developer - I'm sure it wouldn't cost much.
Cheers
Nigel</game></review,></game>
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Hi Nigel,
Thanks a lot for your comprehensive response and the time you took out. To give you a bit of background, we are a price comparison platform. With 100s of new games added everyday. This makes it a bit more difficult for us to have unique titles or descriptions for each page.
So the point 2, 4 & 5 you mentioned our unfortunately the number of pages which host all those games. As there are more than 900 games and they all span over around 100 pages so they have the same page title.
Rest we will work on it to the best of our capacity to fix it
Thanks again
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Yes - it's only a small piece of the jigsaw as I'm sure you know but it's a great kickstart for them!
Cheers Nigel
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Wow! Nigel... This is quite an informative and helpful post. Looks like they need guidance but much of the work can be done in-house, but only if they know how to do it.
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Hi kh
I think I can help
1. our blog is in a blog directory so automatically your posts are in e directory within a directory. This goes back to teh way your site was set up with an extra lower directory housing the blog posts!
2. 100s of posts share the same page title: They all need to be unique
Compare prices of games None | Keyhub
Compare prices of games None | Keyhub
Compare prices of games None | Keyhub
Compare prices of games None | Keyhub3. Temporary redirect 301 from https://www.keyhub.com/ to https://www.keyhub.com/en should be a 301
4. 100s of duplicate descriptions
Keyhub compare for you prices of 32 top online sellers. Search, Compare, Buy.
Keyhub compare for you prices of 32 top online sellers. Search, Compare, Buy.
Keyhub compare for you prices of 32 top online sellers. Search, Compare, Buy.
Keyhub compare for you prices of 32 top online sellers. Search, Compare, Buy.5. 100s of duplicate H1s
Compare Prices
Compare Prices
Compare Prices
Compare Prices6. Hreflang tags only contain a language and not a country. The .com is therefore competing with the .com/en which is why you have so few keywords ranked.
https://moz.com/learn/seo/hreflang-tag
7. The site is slow:
These are just a few observations. The site is a bit of a mess I'm sorry to say and you need a very good SEO to produce a Site Audit to help you fix eveything. It's not just the odd thing - a bit of sticking plaster/bandaid won't do.
Kind Regards Nigel
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