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  • MichelMauquoi
    MichelMauquoi last edited by Nov 9, 2012, 11:58 PM

    Hi,

    Our Blog (http://blog.thailand-investigation.com) is ranking for some of our major keywords but not our home page (http://www.thailand-investigation.com)!?

    Our blog is WordPress and our main website is HTML.

    It seems like the search engines consider that they are 2 separate websites!? When I check the incoming links to our website, I get also the blog links!!!??? Is it normal?

    Do I have to build a relation of some kind or write some code saying that it is our Blog... I don't know!

    I'm not a SEO specialist or even a webmaster. I'm a small business owner and take care on my website. I created by myself but never learned! So, please help!

    Thanks

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    • MichelMauquoi
      MichelMauquoi last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 1:47 PM Nov 10, 2012, 1:47 PM

      Thanks for your advise! I'll have a look right now!

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 1:29 PM Nov 10, 2012, 1:29 PM

        OK... so you have a penguin problem too.

        You may need a new site on a new domain.... or perhaps this one can be salvaged.  I don't know.  You need assistance from someone who can spend the time needed to understand your penguin problem and help you with the suggestions that I made above.

        I don't think that you need an SEO who is going to put you on a program that will costs thousands of dollars per month.  You need a consultant who can make a decision about your penguin problem, get your blog set-up properly and coach you through fixing the other problems.

        If I was in your situation I would visit  http://www.mytrafficdropped.com/ and consider hiring Marie Haynes for consultations.

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        • MichelMauquoi
          MichelMauquoi @JohnPeters last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 3:36 AM Nov 10, 2012, 3:36 AM

          Thanks for your answer.

          Yes that is it!

          What should I do?

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          • JohnPeters
            JohnPeters last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 2:30 AM Nov 10, 2012, 2:30 AM

            HI Michel, as I understand things, a sub domain is classed as a separate site in Googles eyes

            I think I am correct in saying that.

            Hope you get it sorted mate

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            • EGOL
              EGOL last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 2:20 AM Nov 10, 2012, 2:16 AM

              This site has lots of problems.

              I don't know what terms you are trying to rank for... but... if this was my site I would...

              1. remove the links page from the navigation and would probably delete it from the site

              2. decide what is important and focus my homepage title tag on that (it is currently way too long, suffers from keyword stuffing, repetition, does not elicit clicks)

              3. rewrite the homepage, eliminating the bold and color text from the paragraph copy

              4. fix homepage canonical problems ("home" goes to index.htm)

              5. blog is on a subdomain but the link in main navigation goes to index.php in a folder

              6. move the blog into a folder

              7. get rid of the tags in the blog

              8. create alt attributes that support your keyword targets

              9. develop a persistent navigation that directs visitors to your essential pages and employ that navigation on the main site and the blog

              10. develop article content for each of your business services

              All of that is from a quick look, there is probably a lot more that a detailed study would find and which I am unable to offer.

              If you are getting business from this website I think that it would be worth the investment to have a professional SEO spend the time needed to learn about your business, determine the keyword targets that will attract business, help you get it optimized, and develop a content strategy.  (I am not looking for a job, I only work on my own sites.)

              The reason that I would hire someone is that it will get the job done right immediately and eliminate the loss of revenue that will occur while you are learning.  Or, you can find an SEO who is willing to consult and coach you while you do the work yourself.

              Good luck.

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              • MichelMauquoi
                MichelMauquoi last edited by Nov 10, 2012, 1:13 AM Nov 10, 2012, 1:13 AM

                I just checked our website Sitemap (www.thailand-investigation.com/sitemap.xml) and realized that our blog is not mentioned!!!???

                Should I add it?

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