SEO Advice - Radical Notion
Last week I offered free SEO advice for Dorm Room Biz. I’m going to continue my SEO Advice series today by helping out another YoungEntrepreneur.com blog reader, Jonathan from Radical Notion.
Radical Notion - http://www.radicalnotion.net
Hey Evan.
I love Young Entrepreneur.com! I have literally grown up reading it and I apply it’s advice everyday.
Here is the website for the company. My business partner and myself are 25 and 26…
Jonathan
My Recommendations
1) Build better title tags.
Your title tags (the area in blue above the URL) all have Radical Notion in them and don’t have many descriptive keywords. Chances are you’re going to rank for the keywords Radical Notion anyway, so take it out of your title tags or, at the very least, move it over to the right side of the title tags. Also, put in descriptive keywords instead of using Artists, About, and FAQ’s. You’re never going to rank for any of those keywords so replace them with 100 characters of targeted keywords you can drive traffic for.
2) Have 300+ words of content.
Google likes content. If you have it, they’ll love your site and rank you well. If you don’t have it, they won’t. You want to make sure that each of your main pages have at least 300 words of targeted content. Right now the only page with any substantial content is your FAQ page. It means more work and requires layout changes on occasion but having at least 300 words of text will greatly improve your chances of ranking in Google.
3) Get some links!
Your website has a Page Rank of 0. This either means that Google doesn’t know you exist or you have been penalized / banned. My guess in this case is the former. You should tell Google about your website as your first step. Just use Google’ free Add your URL to Google tool to submit your site. Next you want to build up your back links. The more links you have to your site the more Google will respect you. Try to focus on quality links as supposed to just quantity and get your Page Rank built up.
4) Non SEO-Advice - SEO vs. Design
SEO strategies are typically at odds with design because to rank in Google you need lots of text and website owners typically want a clean design that is picture heavy and is low on text. You need to strike a balance between the two. If you don’t like the idea of adding more text to your homepage, focus on the inside pages. Write articles that highlight what you do and will drive targeted traffic to your site.
Good luck Jonathan!
Readers, what do you think about Radical Notion?
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Evan CarmichaelYoungEntrepreneur.com Blog Manager
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How long does it take for your page ranking to get numbers? When my blog was first launched in February it was N/A, now it’s 0/10. Any comments about time estimation to get at least to 1/10?
Cheers!
Hi Tia - you’re in the sandbox. The time you spend there will depend on how many good links you get to your site. I got my wife’s site out of the sandbox in a month because of good inbound links. I’ve seen others stuck for 6 or 8 months because they aren’t getting good links.
Hey Evan! I am Jonathan’s business partner over at Radical Notion; the guy who built the site. I want to thank you for taking the time to review our site, and give us those four solid points of advice. I’m totally an amateur when it comes to building a website, but as two young entrepreneurs building a startup we are wearing a lot of hats out of necessity. I’m sure everyone who reads this blog knows how that goes.
I am going to put your advice to use at the first opportunity I get for a “tune up.” Just a few short months ago I was not even aware of the concept of SEO. My web technology education is growing rapidly thanks to your blog among a few others.
thanks again…
–stinson
One thing i noticed about radicalnotion.net is that they do not come out and say what product/service they offer. The homepage simply states that they are a “media company”.
The most important part of seo is content. Not just a lot of content, but good, well organized content that clearly states the theme/purpose of the website. This step sets the foundation for the seo campaign, and must be completed before launching into an extensive link building campaign.
Hmm OK. Well, I guess I’ll work on inbound links, then! Time for some article submission…
You’re great. Thanks!
Cheers!
Ronnie, thanks for that advice. We have gotten feedback from several sources expressing similar critiques. Sharpening our our image/message is one of the first things we are going to do when we get a chance to “look under the hood” of our website.