Overoptimized, underoptimized, or just plain crap

jcaleonlinetax · 10-26-2007, 08:25 AM

We are currently working on several aspects of our site, on page optimization, backlinks, new areas of our tax help section, creating a forum, while also trying to test our software. We were just wondering if our page is over-optimized, under-optimized, or we have just gone way out into left field with this. I don't know if I can post my url in here so don't banish me. onlinetax.net

**Rankenstein** · 10-26-2007, 08:47 AM

I'd say you're over-optimised. Did you just change your homepage title bar while I was looking at it?

jcaleonlinetax · 10-26-2007, 08:49 AM

Yea I am trying to work on it

redeemer_spawn · 10-26-2007, 08:51 AM

Is it bad for too much optimized site.,?

**Rankenstein** · 10-26-2007, 09:00 AM

OK, well it was a good change.

Internal pages don't look too bad, the homepage is definitely too stuffed. Try this tip: don't use the word tax more than once in any twenty word segment, that should get you looking at a more realistic level. That's quite basic, I know, but 5% keyword density for the word tax is what it achieves, and that's about right if not slightly high. (A site I optimised some years back is still top ten on Google UK for: tax advice - so it's good stuff to follow

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**Rankenstein** · 10-26-2007, 09:00 AM

Redeemer, yes it is bad.

jcaleonlinetax · 10-26-2007, 09:03 AM

We will look into changing that text, thanks for the reply

potchie · 10-26-2007, 10:26 AM

Try to catch with ethical SEO..

mcaronan · 10-26-2007, 10:36 AM

Over-optimized! From the looks of it, too spammy.

jcaleonlinetax · 10-26-2007, 10:41 AM

what does try to catch with ethical SEO mean exactly?

mcaronan · 10-26-2007, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcaleonlinetax

what does try to catch with ethical SEO mean exactly?

I didn't get it??

roger_d · 11-01-2007, 09:24 PM

Always write for the visitor. Traffic does not good if you can't convert them into a sale.

Using adwords tool for related terms (and others) can help you write for the visitor and still get some onpage attention. Most SEO weight is off page anyway.

zeruel · 11-01-2007, 11:44 PM

so how can you say if your site is over-optimized?