Monday, June 24, 2013

Run Your Home Improvement Blog Efficiently To Maximize Its Overall Potential

By Aaron Small


It is time consuming and difficult to have a successful home improvement products review website but you should not stop putting effort into it. You will gain dividends from search engine optimization and online marketing if you have a well-designed website. They will grain you traffic which will increase both the business and site revenue.

A somewhat unconventional way to promote your site is to make your site the homepage of any computer you use. Before you leave a library, leave your site up for the next user to see before they get down to their own business. If permissible, you could also use this tactic at schools or work where your content might be relevant to the population of that given location.

Your home improvement products review website should be a fully functional one with all the features, widgets and links in perfect working condition. Broken links and non-submitting web forms will drive away visitors quickly. Ensure that all your website features load fast and the visitors do not have to wait for more than a few seconds after clicking on that feature button.

Regularly visit webmaster forums and discussion groups to stay on top of the latest trends and software. This approach will also help you connect to others with similar targets to you and possibly develop working relationships with them.

In the midst of your web content, make use of descriptive link texts to create convenient, accessible points of navigation throughout your site. Links that are clearly defined to show precisely where they will take the user are also desirable for higher search engine rankings. Don't forget to include numerous back links in your pages, so your users won't have to guess at where to go next.

Automatically loaded music is annoying to visitors. Turn it off and allow them to start the music if they so choose. Put a brief text description under the music player describing what it is and they will listen if interested.

It is true that internet speeds have increased dramatically but it important to make sure that your home improvement products review website doesn't take too long to load and is light. If a site loads too slowly, it doesn't matter how attractive it is, customers will go to another site. Your web pages should not take more than 5 seconds on average to load. If they do you take the risk of losing customers.

Forums can be a great way to generate traffic to your home improvement products review website. Start a forum on your site. Generally once you get a form going it pretty much takes care of itself. Get the forum started and once it's up and running let it run itself. This will keep old members coming back and new content in the forum is great for search engines.




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