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Originally Posted by seo4china
Maybe you have overused "website" in the backlinks anchor text and this has raised red flags with Google.
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I was beginning to think the same but I have used a fair spread 'web design' 'website designer' 'web designer' - as well of course as 'website design'. And I've only really been making a concerted effort over the last 3/4 months, so there would have been quite a noticeable spike in IBLs.
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Originally Posted by ami_iss
For Keyword [website design perth] Google adwords set for Australian English (if it makes a difference) says there were 720 searches per month on average.
For Keyword [web design perth] there were 2,900 searches.
Not only that, but Google retrieves 787,000 pages for [Website design perth] (many pages, few searches) versus 540,000 for [Web design perth].
Read about Keyword Niche here: Niche
Obviously, more searches and less pages is better.
Catch - what I am getting for [Web design Perth] from Google is a list of local businesses at the top of the page - 10 links with a map of Perth. That comes above all the other listings. You get yourself listed in that for free here:
http://www.google.com/local/add/busi...gl=AU&hl=en-GB
It is probable that that local listing is getting most of the traffic. Advice - Optimize for Web Design Perth. Create a file name called Web_design_perth.htm and appropriate text and then link to it from a lot of pages with keywords or titles "Web Design Perth." It should have about 60-100K of text - the more the better, and get yourself listed in the local business center.
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Useful tips, many thanks. I do have a business listing and it generally appears in the ten, for variations of 'web design'.
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Originally Posted by dburdon
WDG,
I don't believe Google is ignoring "website". Rather, that "website" is word so frequently used elsewhere on the web, that you have try harder. I'd also agree with Webnauts remarks regarding web versus website.
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Frequency was my thinking, but based on comments so far I will consider a slow and considered move to 'web.'
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Originally Posted by Terry Van Horne
Look up what stop words are in a SE algo? Website was considered a stop word way back when I started now I'm not so sure but wouldn't be surprised to hear they still are. There is also the age old is it website or web site. Also I'd research the activity for web design over website design. Web is also a stop word if memory serves correct. In that case use all liberally with the thought that design is the primary term and web and web site are modifiers.
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As it happens, I rank high on P1 for 'design perth' and 'designer perth' which is what got me thinking that perhaps 'website' is being ignored (despite liberal use of it on my homepage, doc names, titles, headlines etc).
Thanks all so far. Any more golden nuggets of advice are really appreciated.