Could I optimize my homepage anymore ?

[BenDuncombe]

Hi everyone,

My website is http://brownquarterhorse.com I was wondering if it would be possible to optimize my homepage anymore. I just feel like it's lacking SEO. The page grader has rated it an 'A', but im not sure if the page grader is a good reflection ?

[Ria_]

I would suggest performing a full audit report of your homepage to find all the little bits you may have missed, if you're really unsure. What have you done so far to optimise the homepage?

[BenDuncombe]

Hi Ria,

Thanks for responding,I have made sure that my titles are all relevant, made sure no links are broken, made sure there is no keyword stuffing happening.

I also have set all my alt- text for images and made sure there is no duplicated content. Apart from that I'm really not sure what else i could do to make it more optimized. I just feel like it is lacking SEO

[TheZenAgency]

Hi Benjamin

Try to think of it more from a user perspective, having just visited your page my main concern would be I have no idea what the website is about. It should be immediately clear to the user within a few seconds what your website is about and what you would like them to do. Might be worth revisiting this

Regards

[ClaytonJ]

Hi

There are  three key parts to it generally.  This is very general so ask for detail on any part.  The first is technical seo, making sure your site can be found by search engines like google. Ria has mentioned that.  To that end the below technical site audit guide from moz is a gem. Lets you tick off where you are at.  A website checklist!  Two items I would immediately look at are "mobile optimization" & "home page loading speed".

https://moz.com/blog/technical-site-audit-for-2015

The second and third parts flow together in some ways - backlinks and content creation.  There is a lot of information out there about content so you will find plenty of info. On backlinks - another great link. https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links

If you feel comfortable with your site after reading both links, you have all covered - you are well on your way to optimizing your ranking.

Hope that assists.  Ask away for any clarification.

[DmitriiK]

Hi there.

Also look at optimizing loading times. It tells me about 4 seconds with no throttling to onload event and more than 14 seconds(!) till full page load. I assume that on mobile devices that time will be at least double. No bueno for users.

[EricaMcGillivray]

Tons of great answers in here! I also recommend checking out Rand's latest blog post, which addresses this questions of "so my site's optimized, what do I do now?"