Weekly SEO Clinic: 10 Ways to improve your site

by Patrick Altoft on / 69 responses

We’ve not done website reviews on Blogstorm for a while so I thought it would be a good idea to offer a weekly SEO clinic.

If you want your site reviewing with a 10 point checklist for improvements & suggestions for promotional strategies then please leave a comment below and we will take a look.

Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Branded3, a Leeds SEO & Digital Agency specialising in SEO, Web Design, Development & Social Media.

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January 26, 2009 at 5:21pm

Excellent idea – please feel free to review our site: http://www.myneighbourhoods.co.uk/

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January 26, 2009 at 5:25pm

I’d love a review of my site, http://www.mmmeeja.com. The SEO is a looooong way from perfect and the budget £0 but I’m fairly pleased with how far I’ve come in the past year.

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January 26, 2009 at 5:28pm

Sounds like a great idea, I could definitely use some tips :)

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January 26, 2009 at 5:39pm

Hi Patrick

I’d love a review of my site http://www.expertbingo.co.uk.I will be greatful for the review

Cheers
Sandeep

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January 26, 2009 at 5:54pm

My site would make an easy project, never focused on SEO.

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January 26, 2009 at 5:59pm

Hello Patrick,

I too would love a review of my site shdweb if you have a chance, thanks!

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January 26, 2009 at 6:00pm

Yes pleasseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I have been desperately trying to think of some extra ways to better SEO that I have not already implemented!

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January 26, 2009 at 6:05pm

Hi Patrick

I’d be interested to hear your ideas on http://www.beautyhive.com …aiming for UK audience though site is a .com hosted on servers in America. Yeah, I know the /site-map is blank!

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January 26, 2009 at 6:08pm

I’d like a review of Sketchplanet (www.sketchplanet.com). It should be quite high on Google since it uses headings, has it’s own RSS feeds for users as well as a general sitemap..and gets updated content. But doesn’t rank much for any keywords ;(

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January 26, 2009 at 6:10pm

We’d like to have some suggestions. We’ve barely scratched the surface with our SEO efforts, so I’m sure we’d be able to implement a great deal of the suggestions.

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January 26, 2009 at 6:18pm

I’m always up for free advice :-)

And if you can tell me why the thing keeps throwing 500 Errors at random I’ll buy you a pint!

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January 26, 2009 at 6:39pm

Although some of the content is quite old, I’ve only just started blogging in earnest…
I’d be interested to hear your feedback on a new site.

TTFN

BFG

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January 26, 2009 at 7:07pm

Sounds a really interesting idea, and I would be glad to be the lucky winner of this “prize”.

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January 26, 2009 at 7:50pm

I’ve been working hard to improve the SEO for my relatively new website, Lewisville Photos. Getting a first-hand review for improvements and suggestions for promotional strategies would be wonderful!

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Claudius
January 26, 2009 at 8:05pm

Hey there!

It would be super if you could review my site and point me in the right direction. I’m aiming to get the Lewis Hamilton fan blog ranking better, especially for the ‘lewis hamilton’ keyphrase.

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January 26, 2009 at 8:27pm

It is only a hobby site but with 450 pages and growing. Hits have stagnated so any clues would be useful even if I get them from your reviews of other sites

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January 26, 2009 at 8:54pm

I’d love to be considered for the review. I feel like I’ve got a decent ground work already laid out, but I’m sure there are things I should be doing better / differently. Thanks!

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January 27, 2009 at 2:40am

I need major help. Please consider my site for improvements. And I need major help like I said.

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January 27, 2009 at 4:17am

I too would very much appreciate a review of my site, DoctorWhoCollectables.com. I’m struggling to get it to the audience I firmly believe it deserves, so your input would be gratefully received :-)

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Weight Loss blog
January 27, 2009 at 6:29am

I’d like you to have a look at http://www.reduceweight.org and please send some suggestions on getting more traffic and rankings.

Thanks

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January 27, 2009 at 9:07am

Please Review my site http://www.mag-corp.com

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January 27, 2009 at 10:33am

We have just launched our new site last week – so this is very timely and we would really appreciate some pointers!

Great idea, many thanks!

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January 27, 2009 at 11:09am

Hi Patrick,

I would love you to take a look at our online takeaway website http://www.e-resistible.co.uk/ particularly as you have written blog entries about our competition.

Like others on here we know there is a huge amount to do but a 10 point plan sounds like a great way to prioritise.

Thanks in advance!

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January 27, 2009 at 11:23am

Feel free to review my site : http://www.hostingtickets.com.
I’d like to hear your suggestions. Thanks.

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January 27, 2009 at 11:39am

I’d love a free review, click my name for URL.

Regards,
Bill

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January 27, 2009 at 11:41am

Could you review my website please Patrick

http://www.mypettrade.co.uk

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January 27, 2009 at 11:43am

Could you review my website please.
Thanks

http://www.mypettrade.co.uk

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January 27, 2009 at 12:25pm

Would love some ideas for eyeflare.com. Could always use more SE traffic :-)

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January 27, 2009 at 12:26pm

Gr8 dude…Pls review my blog http://www.Inspyreit.com

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January 27, 2009 at 12:36pm

Thanks – very interested to see what you think. Revenue focus = e-books.

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January 27, 2009 at 3:06pm

I commented under my own name but now have a Gravatar and a cybername – that’s one idea of 10 – thanks.
Brian

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January 27, 2009 at 3:08pm

I’m a self employed therapist, and amateur SEO. I’ve only ever tried optimizing my own site, and while I’ve done a lot of work on it my competitors still outrank me. And they haven’t updated their sites in years!

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January 27, 2009 at 4:11pm

It would be great if you could take a look at my site.
Thanks :)

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January 27, 2009 at 6:56pm

Hey Patrick, how about analyzing makeuseof.com. I believe you know our website for some time now and saw how it evolved from a small blog to 3 million views a month. I think it’ll make a good post and give us some valuable tips.

Aibek

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January 27, 2009 at 9:06pm

Hi

I have been i have been in a struggle for quite a while now with my blog muiomuio.net. The blog is almost 3 years old, it has an average of 800 visitors p/day for almost a year now.

I want to target specific “markets” like Brazil and Portugal (blog language is portuguese). For this i’ve used google webmaster tools to define a geotarget but it reached a point about 4 months ago and it’s stuck there.

I want to spread the blog as much as I can to all portuguese language bloggers but can’t spend money as I am unemployed right now.

Any tips on how to make a 2 year, 8 month old blog better?

I can give you a full story of the blog if you are interested. Especially my goals for 2008 and 2009 with this blog.

Mário

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January 27, 2009 at 9:45pm

Would love the help. We’re kind of in the dark ages here :)

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Lee
January 27, 2009 at 10:39pm

I think if you’re getting 3m pageviews per month you can afford to pay for seo and let someone with a new or struggling site get the free advice!

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January 28, 2009 at 12:30am

Just did a big re-arrange of my site. Meta, keywords are ok but I still need to do quite a bit on the interlinking pages

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January 28, 2009 at 5:01am

Lee, you missed the point. We already have someone working for us, so analyzing our template might potentially reveal lots of great tips.

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Remiz
January 28, 2009 at 6:12am

Could you have a look on my Indian seo blog

Thanks
Remiz

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January 28, 2009 at 6:21am

Hi Buddy

Please have a look at my blog. This is basically to share latest web technologies and trends. My blog is just one month old and I have only a few posts. Still there is a room for checking.

Please visit Saifudeen Blog – Whocares Web

Thanks
Saif

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January 28, 2009 at 6:31am

Gr8 dude…Nice idea…. Pls review my blog http://www.Inspyreit.com

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January 28, 2009 at 12:18pm

Heya, we’re an adventure tour company that’s young and our site was built middle of last year.

We have dashes in traffic after social marketing, but no natural search engine traffic. Also we have a problem with conversion on the site, if you could point out where we’re going horribly wrong with that too?

Thanks! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Rowen

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January 28, 2009 at 12:33pm

Would love a review of my site http://www.aromatherapy-pharmacy.com. Its ina nche and i think so far is is a lot bettter than current established sites…the site is new

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January 28, 2009 at 12:56pm

Hey we’re communicating over email already but who could resist a free review to improve my site? :)

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January 29, 2009 at 4:25am

Please Review MY site. Thanks in advance. AWESOME Resource. Found you by StumbleUpon.

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January 29, 2009 at 12:22pm

Really nice idea.Plz review my site

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January 29, 2009 at 1:58pm

Please review my tech tips blog http://computersservicing.blogspot.com/waiting for ur top 10 list checklist of improvement and suggestion on my blog

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January 30, 2009 at 12:10am

Thank you for the offer! We’re posting a new design in March for timssoftware.com. If you get around to reviewing it, do you suppose you could drop in a lecture on how important it is to test? No one else in my office gets that.

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January 30, 2009 at 4:26pm

Please help to review my own business site: Direct 2 Supplier

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February 1, 2009 at 7:26am

I’d be interested – I run an unusual setup with two copies of WordPress and an internal aggregator across a range of niches.

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February 1, 2009 at 10:50am

Hi, i have been recieving good traffic from the search engines, but if you would add some more suggestions/ways to improve it , it would be great.
URL – http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/
Its based on wordpress with lot of scripts/plugins, i hope we dont have to disable them.

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February 1, 2009 at 3:26pm

My site was transferred to another server which resulted in a lot of broken links. I would love to get your opinion and recommendations.

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February 2, 2009 at 5:52am

I’m working on a Non-Profit’s website for the Google Grants Program. Please send me your checklist.

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sandeep
February 2, 2009 at 5:32pm

Hi Patrick

I’d love a review of my site http://www.expertbingo.co.uk will be greatful for the review

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February 2, 2009 at 6:39pm

Hi,

We’ve just launched a new site about emigrating and travelling to Australia, it’s called Embrace Australia.

We’re just starting the daunting task of marketing the site so getting any ideas on promotional strategies would be just fantastic!

Thanks, Oli

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February 6, 2009 at 6:45pm

We would love you to review our site, any suggestions gratefully received. Thank you.

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February 7, 2009 at 10:04am

Another for the list for potential revue

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February 8, 2009 at 4:18am

I would love a review of my site. I would really appreciate it.

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February 15, 2009 at 2:05am

This is a timely post. I’m really interested in finding someone to take a look from “outside” at what I can do to improve my SEO. I just moved from Blogger to WordPress and I’m finding the transition slow.

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March 1, 2009 at 3:36pm

I would love a review of my site…. http://www.energebikes.com... any type of help would be wholeheartedly appreciated.

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March 2, 2009 at 10:21am

Hi
I would like to get a review from the blogstorm on Expert Bingo

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March 29, 2009 at 1:52am

Hi
I’d like you to look at Quillcards and the blog, which is at Quillcardsblog.

Kind regards

David

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April 15, 2009 at 5:40pm

Please could you review my site, looking for constructive critism, good and bad points, any seo tips- thanks

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September 16, 2009 at 9:39am

Nice Idea, please could you review my site http://www.sachi-infotech.com

thanks sharing.

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April 7, 2011 at 3:39pm

any chance you could review my site please patrick?

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April 11, 2011 at 10:52am

Hi Vin & Patrick
I keep following you via your blogs and my gardening is going well.
Housing
is just being monetised so ideas would be welcome.

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November 2, 2011 at 12:39pm

Really perfect content and keyword proxy which matter in search engine optimization.

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December 5, 2011 at 12:01pm

I found your website is very informative and enjoyable. Keep up good work and greet to the web master.

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