can I be #1?

[Alexander]

Hi!
I still work my "regular" job while getting into IM. So the question is how to be #1 when you search for tiling and tile work in santa barbara.
There is no much competition online. It's like a training for me in SEO )
Our web site http://sbtileguys.com
Can you give me any suggestions?
Thanks!!!!!

[Lynn Terry]

Great question!

I would start by researching keywords associated with tile & tiling, and then simply add your location info to that - including city, state, zip, county and any community/region labels if applicable.

Here are some general results from for the word 'tile':

104668 tile
60922 ceramic tile
38126 floor tile
27996 bathroom tile
25483 flooring tile
21184 carpet tile
19215 ceiling tile
18841 glass tile
13837 mosaic tile
13013 kitchen backsplash tile
12848 kitchen tile
12231 tile saw
11630 dal tile
11005 marble tile
10791 granite tile
10609 ceramic floor tile
9636 garage floor tile
7927 porcelain tile
7653 backsplash tile
7471 acoustic ceiling tile install
7119 slate tile
7028 roof tile

General results for tiling:

30534 tiling and flooring
3117 tiling
2753 tiling chicago
2024 tiling los angeles
1855 tiling washington dc
1829 tiling philadelphia
1812 tiling a shower
1497 atlanta tiling
1442 tiling houston
1437 tiling detroit
1397 tiling nassau
1396 tiling dallas
1206 tiling pittsburgh
1183 tiling st louis
1182 tiling seattle
1172 bathroom tiling
1117 tiling minneapolis
1116 tiling oakland
1074 tiling riverside
1021 tiling orange county
1005 tiling boston
972 tiling new york


When I include Santa Barbara:

105 tiling santa barbara
59 santa barbara tile
0 tile work santa barbara



What you want to do is optimize each page of your site for the phrase that matches it best (such as: kitchen, bathroom, fireplace, etc) - and then be sure to include the address and the local area that you service, perhaps in the content area or the sidebar or the footer.

I noticed that many of your internal pages have pictures only. You will want to add some content to these pages to help them rank individually. For example, you could describe the work done in those photos and include a call to action for anyone that wants to hire you for that type of job - or contact you for a quote.

Once you get each page of your site 'optimized' to rank well in the major search engines for specific terms (which we'll walk through with you, step by step - within TIID) ... then we can look at some additional options for exposure online to your local area.

Nice tiling, by the way - beautiful work!

[Sharon & Roy]

[clawspawsjaws]

Sharon & Roy,

I took a look at your link bait page - but I'm not too sure what these are or how they are used? Can you explain?

Thanks
Danielle

[Sharon & Roy]