Free SEO Makeovers by TheHoff

Hoff
this is my fledgling site
www.paulnicholasphotog​raphy.co.nz

keywords wedding photographer whangarei

cheers in advance

Wow, this is cool! My website: www.natashajapp.com

keywords: denver dog photographer, denver dog photography, pet photography denver, dog photography, pet photography, dog photographer denver, denver dog photo

Hoff, if you haven't been inundated already, my url is www.brooksimages.com

photography services
photographer atlanta
stock photography
fine art photography

too much?

planning on a revamp over next few weeks

thanks

db

TheHoff wrote in post #9220717
You're missing some easy mods that would make a big difference. Change your page titles! Your home page should say

NWT Photographer: Karl Johnston -- Aurora Borealis Art & Portraits

and a sample inner page, like your /aurora/ you're missing a title there (that reflects it is about the Aurora!) and some more text on that page describing your art and how you make it. You have a good chance here to really kill for these type of rankings (since you rightfully deserve to be there).

Cheers Alex, I'll fix that right now

Hey Hoff...here are y keywords...

MIDDLE TENNESSEE BABY PHOTOGRAPHER,MIDDLE TENNESSE CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER,MIDDLE TENNESSE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, MIDDLE TENNESSEE SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

and here is my site... www.jenduffyphotos.com

I'll get back to you guys/gals soon, thanks.

I have a question for you Hoff. How do you know if you are being penalized?.. i have more text and keyword on my site than any bludomain users, yet we are still beyond page 15 for our keywords. It really drives us up a wall to think we are taking a back seat to people with crappy bludomain sites and crappy index pages with just one set of keywords...

How is this possible? We are convinced we are being penalized somehow.

Any advice would be appreciated. Oh and btw, not sure if it matters but we have a Google PR3, higher than many outranking us on keywords.

TheHoff wrote in post #9232735
I'll get back to you guys/gals soon, thanks.

I ditched the credit card logos and put testimonials there (I'm spamming my clients for more hah). Happy now?

got rid of the collages, tightened up the copy on page 1
did some work with page titles

next step?

mumbles wrote in post #9236380
I have a question for you Hoff. How do you know if you are being penalized?.. i have more text and keyword on my site than any bludomain users, yet we are still beyond page 15 for our keywords. It really drives us up a wall to think we are taking a back seat to people with crappy bludomain sites and crappy index pages with just one set of keywords...

How is this possible? We are convinced we are being penalized somehow.

Any advice would be appreciated. Oh and btw, not sure if it matters but we have a Google PR3, higher than many outranking us on keywords.

I doubt Google is penalizing you. I assume you've already signed up for all of the local directories, like this: http://www.mybostonwed​ding.com/? And having a Local Business Center listing?

You can try and add a <h1> tag on your site? Like this:
<h1>Boston Wedding Photographers</h1>
<p>...with a passion, a penchant, a proclivity, a propensity and a outright preoccupation for people and photography keeps us sensitive to the details in life. We are Boston Wedding and Portrait Photography storytellers that strive to tell your visual tale in a unique, creative, honest, elegant, stylish and authentic voice.</p>

Nice site BTW!

flashmedic wrote in post #9236569
got rid of the collages, tightened up the copy on page 1
did some work with page titles

next step?

You might want to fix your signature. Your first two links doesn't work....

Hofffffff....

H1 tags

I've noticed on each page my logo in the top left corner is assigned the H1 tag 'Brighton photographic' - Would it be wrong to change it to text relevant to each page, like 'Brighton Wedding photographer' for the weddings page?

Gel wrote in post #9236878
Hofffffff....

H1 tags

I've noticed on each page my logo in the top left corner is assigned the H1 tag 'Brighton photographic' - Would it be wrong to change it to text relevant to each page, like 'Brighton Wedding photographer' for the weddings page?

Well, I'm not 'Hoff', but I would change that to <h2> and use the <h1> like you said, "text relevant to each page...".

Grrr - stupid easy stuff. Fixed now

Hikin Mike wrote in post #9236583
I doubt Google is penalizing you. I assume you've already signed up for all of the local directories, like this: http://www.mybostonwed​ding.com/? And having a Local Business Center listing?

You can try and add a <h1> tag on your site? Like this:
<h1>Boston Wedding Photographers</h1>
<p>...with a passion, a penchant, a proclivity, a propensity and a outright preoccupation for people and photography keeps us sensitive to the details in life. We are Boston Wedding and Portrait Photography storytellers that strive to tell your visual tale in a unique, creative, honest, elegant, stylish and authentic voice.</p>

Nice site BTW!

Thanks, we don't want to pigeonhole ourselves into only weddings. But we need to rank for it as well. I guess we can put one up temporarily... and take it down in 6 months. When summer comes back.