The demand of classified sites in today's' marketplace is high but, the competition is also too high. So, you need to promote your classified site in every proper ways to maintain the traffic flow. Because, some classified giants are already over there with tons of visitor to kick your site downwards.
Now, the fact is- the majority of classified traffic are coming from search engines (as classified sites are content rich and products oriented) like Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. So, you definitely need to work on SEO to maintain a healthy traffic data for your new classified site.
SEO solution for classified sites;
1#. Use keywords in meta tags: Use your classified topic related keywords in meta descriptions and meta keywords. Here is an example-
You can use meta tags in this format below the ''<head>'' tag-
<meta name="keywords" content="your keywords separated by 'coma' ">
<meta name="description" content="your site description">
Replace colored words with your own.
Note: Try to keep your description under 150 characters. Because, Google display around 150 characters as a description in search results.
2#. Use Keywords in title tag: Try to Put your main keyword in title tag. Example-
<title>Title+Keyword</title>
3#. Use keywords in Categories: Search engines also targeting your site categories to find keywords. So, it is also better to put your targeted keywords in categories. Example-
See the picture-
So, use your targeted keywords in every section to attract more visitors from search engines.
4#. Write Unique Article For Your Site: Modern search engines are like to index and display user friendly contents in search results. So, you may right useful articles about your business and it's related topic within your classified site to attract organic traffic. I recommend creating a useful ''About Us'' page using your business keywords.
This technique is not so popular in online classified industry but, there are many business website which attracting organic visitors using this way.
4#. Write Unique Article For Your Site: Modern search engines are like to index and display user friendly contents in search results. So, you may right useful articles about your business and it's related topic within your classified site to attract organic traffic. I recommend creating a useful ''About Us'' page using your business keywords.
This technique is not so popular in online classified industry but, there are many business website which attracting organic visitors using this way.
Updated- 21/12/2016
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Its is very important to do seo for classifieds sites as it helps in listing the classifieds at high position in Google results that makes it easily visible and helps in gaining high traffic.
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ReplyDeleteI think use keyword only maintain Google SEO guidelines. Do not stuff keywords in title or any other places in website.
ReplyDeleteWhat you want to say? If you're not using keyword in any place in website then why you need to maintain the Google SEO guideline? I'm not agree with you and I believe that all the webmaster who have a little bit of knowledge about website, will not agree with you.
DeleteAnyway, thanks for the comment!
i been running a classified website almost 3 months, but I really didn't have a high knowledge in promoting website. I always thinking to hire a seo expert but i have to hold it because not enough fund thanks for this tips hope it will work in 2015
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