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    • seoanalytics
      seoanalytics last edited by

      I have a webpage about bike tours in France with a list of bike tours in France. I imagaine people don't want a big paragraph about what a bike tour in France is because this is a transactional query and not an informational query.

      How do I go about ranking this page ?

      Would a good title tag and good description  be enough to rank that page ?

      Thank you,

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      • Nozzle
        Nozzle last edited by

        You need to do a few things.

        1. Write a great title tag but test variations over time to see which one gives you the best rankings and CTR.
        2. Add great content to this page. Something that will keep visitors on this page when they get there.
        3. Create other blog posts on your site that will attract links and then internally link over to your "bike tours in France" page.
        4. Build a handful of good inbound links to this landing page.
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        • seoanalytics
          seoanalytics last edited by

          Is  a great title tag the same as a great value proposition ? I have a hard time figuring out what a good one would be because in my industry everyone is terrible ... Either they have synonyms : Bike tours in France  / Cycling vacations in France or they use words like Best Bike tours in France but honestly this doesn't want to make me click at all  (but they still rank).  Is it because they have a value proposition which isn't in their title tag but somewhere else on the page ?

          If I come up with a good title that make people want to click, is google going to boost me even though this isn't something that people have in their head when the do a search for "bike tours France " ?

          Concerning the content, all of us doing bike tours in France have the same thing, a list of different tours by destination. It is very hard to differentiate myself on this. Is I had something that nobody has on their page can it help me ? or to help me does it need to be something people have in their head or are looking for ?

          Thank you,

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          • effectdigital
            effectdigital @seoanalytics last edited by

            A value proposition isn't a tag or a technical thing, it's part of the idea of the website. Miley outlines it pretty well in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AmRg3p79pM - though you only need to watch up to the point where she fully covers "Issue #1"

            Your value proposition is for your business and should be reflected on your website. It can take the form of a website that is better and easier to use than all the competitors sites due to unique feature/UX integration (e.g: a calculator that assesses the breakdown of terrain on a tour, 10% mountainous 50% urban 40% forest - or something like that, and then maybe does something cool like recommends an actual bike, or supplies for the run, or both)

            A value proposition can also take the form of simple USPs (e.g: better service than the competitors, better reviews from Trust Pilot, faster delivery, the lowest prices, covering a wider area, better staff expertise and local knowledge). If you go with USP-based value propositions, qualify them (saying "I'm the best!" isn't usually enough)

            If the query space sucks, think what you can do to leave everyone else in the dirt and make it better. Think of some 10x content pieces

            Remember: "good unique content" is rarely ever good enough to rank competitively. You have to go next level

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            • seoanalytics
              seoanalytics last edited by

              Thank you for the detailed reply.  I will start working on my value proposition and move on from there.

              By the way what is the difference between a value proposition a topic sentence with a supporting sentence ?

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              • effectdigital
                effectdigital @seoanalytics last edited by

                Well a topic sentence with a supporting sentence is a format. You might be able to demonstrate some value proposition through that format. In a way what you're asking is similar to "what is the difference between winning a race, and a high performance rally car?"

                A high performance rally car could be a vehicle (format / medium) through which you deliver race results. But if you used the rally car in an F1 race, it probably wouldn't win (horses for courses)

                A value proposition is something about your business which you get clearly across in a cited, qualified manner. Could you do that through a topic sentence with a supporting sentence? Maybe - it depends upon the USP which you are promoting. For example if you are trying to get across your great reviews, then obviously sentences are a bad vehicle whereas TrustPilot embedded reviews (unbiased, from a 3rd party which you cannot manipulate) would be a much better vehicle

                One is a format for delivering information, the other is the type of qualified, un-biased and 'proven' information which you are supplying

                If your site's value-proposition was a uniquely designed and developed calculator to deliver information to users (which your competitors couldn't deliver) then again sentences of text would be a bad vehicle. A custom designed and developed calculator would be a good vehicle

                Look at how sites like Money Supermarket, Confused and Compare the Market got ahead. Their unique aggregation systems ARE their value propositions. Could they have been created using just sentences of text? No

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                • alihassanblogger
                  alihassanblogger last edited by

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