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    • EGOL
      EGOL last edited by

      What am I doing wrong?

      I would say that it is more about what you have not done.

      Your product pages are duplicate content in my opinion.  Your product descriptions are puny and almost copied word-by-word between several similar products.  Start writing unique content.  Lots of it.  If you are the  puzzle guys you should be able to sing long and loud about these products.   Google does not respect cookie cutter sites without content.

      Why should anyone want to buy puzzles from you?  You have no content on the site to show them that you are the puzzle experts.  If it is in your blog it is behind a dead link.

      "Jigsaw Puzzles" is a difficult keyword.  You have not earned it yet.  You have only earned followed  links from 16 different root domains.

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        • EGOL
          EGOL @hehhreh last edited by

          Our biggest problem with content is that puzzles are very graphic oriented. A picture of a cat looking cute, is exactly that... a cat in a picture looking cute. There's not much more to say about.

          I strongly disagree.

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            • RyanKent
              RyanKent last edited by

              http://www.seomoz.org/q/why-is-this-site-ranking-so-good

              http://www.seomoz.org/q/so-what-on-my-site-is-breaking-the-google-guidelines

              http://www.seomoz.org/q/do-you-think-this-is-hurting-me-seo-efforts

              There is a bit of history with your site that you might wish to mention. I believe there are even more Q&As as I recall looking at your site more then once. Have you acted upon all the advice previously offered?

              You currently rank #4 in Google.co.uk for Jigsaw Puzzles. What exactly is wrong?

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                • EGOL
                  EGOL @RyanKent last edited by

                  Great advice in those threads by Ryan, Alan Bleiweiss, Geoff  Jackson, and BradKRussell.  I would listen to them.

                  The best advice is usually difficult to carry out.  If easy work was all that is needed then everyone would rank #1.

                  Let us know when you have done some of the suggested work.

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                  • RyanKent
                    RyanKent @hehhreh last edited by

                    According to your post the URL to your site is http://www.yourjigsawpuzzles.co.uk/. Is that correct?

                    If so, then for starters I perform a search for your site where I see you ranking as #1 (which can happen even with a penalized site): http://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=www.yourjigsawpuzzles.co.uk&pws=0

                    Next, I search for "Jigsaw Puzzles" where I see you in position #4. http://www.google.co.uk/search?&q=jigsaw%20puzzles&pws=0

                    For penalized sites, Google may bounce your rankings around so sometimes you appear normally while other times you are not in the top 50.

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                      • EGOL
                        EGOL @hehhreh last edited by

                        IMO, this site has a rankings reduction from not enough unique content,  cookie cutter pages, and category dupes.

                        Sample SERPs

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                          • EGOL
                            EGOL @hehhreh last edited by

                            I think that this site has a lot of problems and until you put some work into it and give that work time to stabilize in the SERPs it is not a good use of anyone's time to review it.

                            You have gotten a lot of great advice, most of which can be accomplished by writing and editing.  For the technical issues, if you can't handle them yourself I recommend hiring a pro to fix them.

                            Good luck.

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                            • JaredMumford
                              JaredMumford @hehhreh last edited by

                              Perhaps you should look at adding canonical tags to your pages - then you wouldn't need to worry about any dynamic URLs causing duplication issues.

                              As for unique descriptions for puzzles - sure its tough - but I recommend sitting down and getting it done, or hiring a professional to do it. I see lots of good advice here. But sometimes it can be overwhelming and just too time consuming to do yourself.

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                              • RyanKent
                                RyanKent @hehhreh last edited by

                                Rhys, here is a screenshot of what I am seeing: http://imgur.com/pwZjP

                                One possible reason you may see different results is Google may be bouncing your results around intentionally due to a penalty.

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                                  • RyanKent
                                    RyanKent @hehhreh last edited by

                                    I'm sorry for the error Rhys. It's 2am here and apparently I need some sleep.

                                    EGOL's advise seems quite sound. Your site's quality is very low. I know that is hard to hear as you likely put time and effort into it. You may also examine some competitor sites and feel yours is better in some areas. If that is the case, I would encourage you to focus on your site.

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                                    • GeorgeAndrews
                                      GeorgeAndrews @EGOL last edited by

                                      I agree with EGOL and Ryan, it looks like you have a lot to go on already. Good luck to you!

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