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Just looking at these pages, you might be over optimizing them for your targeted keywords. I can see that the targeted keywords that have been used extensively all over the pages.
Clean the pages up with new title tags, header tags, image tags and internal links. Also check your backlink profile for the site and use the disavow tool to highlight any bad links.
to be on the safe side, find a hosting provider in Africa. If you type in "franchise" in the google.co.za search engine, the majority of the first page listings are the .co.za extension, so even if the local hosting makes a small difference might as well take advantage of that.
My recommendations below:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/creative-link-building-for-ecommerce-sites
http://www.slideshare.net/richardbaxterseo/linkbuilding-for-ecommerce-sites-smx-munich-2012 ( excellent presentation )
http://searchengineland.com/make-yourself-findable-in-the-global-graph-of-commerce-135082
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2207735/How-to-Make-Your-Ecommerce-Site-Link-Worthy
I would also base it on the site content. Does the site content (product listing) warrant an extra sub directory to be created. For example if you are selling cars, then you can have a directory for Honda and then another subdirectory for the specific make with the keyword Honda in it.
In your case since the site only has 6 pages, it would not make sense to create the subdirectories.
yep try crowdbooster , they give you a summary of your own activity in terms of busiest days of the week as well as that of the followers and the ones that you are following.
Bryan, you might have created an infinite loop that might be causing the issue you are describing. More on the issue HERE
A lot of material could have copyright issues looking at your site. You are using images of popular films, screenshots of popular channels , all of these could be causing the copyright issue. You should contact adsense support with the proper authentication for all this material that you are displaying on your site.
Pick the one that has more inbound links associated with it and already has high pages in the index. Make sure you set the preferences in WMT to either the www. or the non www version.
Seen a little spike in traffic since the first week of Nov however that can also be attributed to seasonality. We deal with a lot of online stores and charity/ donation portals and this is one busiest times of the year for them. The rankings don't seem to have been impacted that much.
Simon,
Stick with relevancy. If it reads well on a page then you're ok however if you are using the keyword 30-40 times chances are that it does appear to be spammy for those keywords. I'd recommend rewriting the content so the main key phrase is used 2-3 times depending of course on the length of the content. Be careful with the on site optimization as well as alt tags and internal links . Dont over use them.
Changing the domain name to a keyword rich domain has a lot of pros and cons associated with it. I've listed some below:
Pros
Downside
As you can see , there are more disadvantages on changing up the domain . I would not change it up for a keyword rich domain. As opposed to that, try and get the generic domain ranked for that keyword by following all the best practices for SEO ( strong on site, off site, PR )
Google pulls sitelinks in an automated manner based on what they feel is important for your site and would help the user access your site better. According to Google:
"There are best practices you can follow, however, to improve the quality of your sitelinks. For example, for your site's internal links, make sure you use anchor text and alt text that's informative, compact, and avoids repetition."
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47334
Another good post below:
I dont think Google will have any issues crawling the links as long as they are logical and meant for a better visitor experience. I looked at the site and it does seem that they are appropriate for the page so i dont forsee any challenges with that.
Here is another post referencing the same issue:
http://www.seomoz.org/q/opinions-please-on-duplicate-page-titles-too-many-on-page-links-warnings
Chitra, it might have been a combination of the over optimization penalty as well as questionable link building practices. I would suggest refreshing the on site SEO and reducing the keyword density of the main key phrase on the targeted pages. Review the links that have been built for the site and use the disavow tool to report any bad links. Check WMT for any messages from Google.
You can try some of the social media analytics tools below that will give you an insight on the brands you are following:
followerwonk
crowdbooster
sproutsocial
as long as they are not targeting one particular keyword, you should be ok
Dino,
a good post in this link describing a checklist to follow. Please read the comments on this post as well , helpful info.
http://www.authorsure.com/514/how-long-will-it-take-for-my-facelogo-to-show-up-in-the-search-results
In one of our our client scenarios, it took 2 months before Google started showing the image.
Not necessarily, if the internal links are correctly in place to guide visitors in the right direction , then you're ok having them on the internal pages. You mentioned only 1 internal link for the inner pages , which should be ok. The issue would be if you overdid it and had lots of keyword rich internal links created to link to other pages.
You might also want to review this post below from SEOMOZ
i would also recommend business.com, kanoodle , Marchex and Miva to the list.