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I purchased some links once and feel that at this point, I would not likely do it again.  I was assured the links would be related to the topic and of quality.  Not the case.  However, I have learnt through visiting this forum, that content is VERY important.  And also things can take a lot of time and work before real results begin to show.  Hope that helps.  By the way ........ follow the link John Barth provided to EGOLS answer....... great one!

First let me qualify my response........ I am no expert, but have done some of this stuff.  It has been my experience that it takes a while for things to get "traction".  It seems like some sights get "ranked" more quickly and some do not.... kinda random.  I usually dont get very excited about seeing good placements for a little while.   Hope that helps a little.   Dave

Your memory is like a steel trap!  That was one of my prior questions.

I have been working pretty hard at putting together some better content for the site.  Its pretty slow going, but going well.  I hope within the next month I will have the content hashed out a bit more then add a few more pages, dress things up a bit more and add the rest of the content.

Thanks for the advice.  I have noticed  some of my works out and about on other sites recently.   Funny, now it seems as if it may be being used against me...It is flattering though when someone feels your content of quality.

Thanks again for your advice and time. When I finally get the content together I will let you know.  Dave

Links seem to be very important to the success of websites today.  That said, they are real tough to come by in my specific industry.  Plus the president of the company does not want any links  on the site, so,................... thats where I am.

I paid for links in the past and that was a big mistake!!

I am still looking to gain a few links for the website (www.allianceconcretepumps.com) is ezinearticles.com a good location to post aricles in hopes to get links?  If it is a good location, do you know of any other ones which would be beneficial?

I know I could use some more and better sight content......... I have quite a lot of fresh stuff in the works not just up yet.  Hopefully in the next few weeks.........?

Any other words from the wise are very much welcome.  Thank You

Dave

I have a website (www.allianceconcretepumps.com) and am stuggling a bit to get rankings for particular key words.  I have lots of great content I could post, in hopes to recieve some links.

Can anyone recomend a good location for me to post articles about:

Concrete Pump Trucks, Sales, Maintenance, Parts, Safety etc.

Thanks for any advice!   Dave

Ooppps,

Looks like I closed this question a little early. So, I will give it another run.

I paid to have some link work done...... (now I know better) Anyway, now there are several links and quite alot of traffic going to the site....... Unfortunately now my bounce is going up..... because online games really has nothing to do with Concrete Pumps and Pump Parts.... go figure.

What is a logical next step to correct the problem.

Thank You!

You bet,  thank you!

Thank you so much for your thoughts and direction.  I feel fairly on track as I have already began compiling some info and content you spoke of and am geared to go in that direction.  Thank you for verifying my thoughts.

I appreciate what you all do here and value the information gleaned from all the tools here as well as the Q&A Forums.

Thanks for all you do!

We are very protective of our customers, thats why we are not really looking to identify them with  links.  That gives our competition insight on who we service and who they can go solicite

We have finally ranked on first pages for concrete pump parts and the like. I am going to push ranking for more specific part items such as pipe and hose etc.

I would like to get in atleast the top  couple pages for concrete pumps.  Trouble is, there are some website sites out there with good  ages and high numbers of links.

Is it possible to be competetive in the concrete pumps arena?

Looking to make gains in page rankings with out persuit of links and social networking ................Any thoughts or suggestions are appretiated.  At this point I will be working on fresh content and generating more pages.  The site address is below.

allianceconcretepumps.com

People do tend to become attached to things and resistant to change, that said, I would opt for pulling it.  They are unsightly and take up space..........

Wordpress does have a number of ecommerce avenues to take.  If you are not selling products, but wish to style your site to look like an online store, you may wish to consider using  Wordpress  "Builder".  It offers a lot of functionality and customization options.........

I would tend to use a keyword tool which identifies traffic.  Determine which will yield the most fruit and go that direction.  I would alos suggest using website pages and content to support........ so, have individual pages for each apple type, then you could use the apple types for your page titles.  Just my thoughts.........

I feel that your graphs look OK.  The trend is nice, there is traffic and its coming from a variety of sources.  I would gleen a bit more from the stats if I knew a bit more about your business and a relative timeline for which the data has been compiled.  I would not worry..........

I am very much a novice and have had some success with cms systems.  I have found they offer a variety of options and are very intuitive.  Some even talk about trade offs regarding different styles and formatting issues.  There are a lot of great cms platforms out there for you to use, I am sure you will find one which will work great for you.   Dave

I will  be quick and to the point.  I am clearly a novice. I received a notice on my seomoz  account that I had 12 pages with a Rel Canonical issue.  It seems serious.  Can this be a quick fix?  Any thoughts?  Below is the site address.

petbarnpdx.com

Thanks in advance for any input on this!      Dave

Not long ago I was standing in your shoes.  I did spend some time doing research in hopes of finding someone reliable.  I asked the right questions, and recieved the answers I was looking for. Unfortunately,  I went forward with the process, turned out poorly for me.  The quality was very bad and I feel it definitely did not add value to my website.  Would I do it again?  Nope........   Thatsj ust my two cents.

Thanks for taking the time to check this out.  I willl spend some time going through the SEO guide.  Hope I am not to pre mature in communications here, I was just looking for some traction in order to get moving forward.  Thanks again for your time and comments.   Dave

Thank you for checking this out.  I will make a list and work at  knocking these off one by one.  Thanks again, if anything else comes to mind feel free to let me know, I will not be offended!  Dave

Thank you for checking this out!  I have read about the  canonicalization tags, I will look into it further and figure out where to put it.  I will look at the other items as well.  I do appreciate your findings.  Thanks again for your time!