Google not ranking my site...

zoomer

Lets try this again I really messed the explanation below up.
When I do a search for Boise Wedding Photographer my site will not come up....that is what I meant.
Sorry for the poor description below.


(When I do a search on my business name, All Outdoor Photography) (see link below), in google it does not seem to come up in the search, I have gone through 10 pages and it just isn't there.
When I do a search for pictures from any of the venues for photos galleries I have posted my galleries pop up right on top of the searches.
Seems weird.....any thought on what I need to do to have the main site show up in searches.
I have spent several hours going through the Google info to try and figure it out....not really my deal as I am really not good with computer technology.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Erick L

I search for "All outdoor photography" and you come up first. It's a new site?

zoomer

Sorry I messed up the initial description of my issue.
When I do a search for Boise Wedding Photographer....that is when my website does not come up.
Every other photographer in Boise shows up but not me.
I get A LOT of traffic at my Smugmug site so does not seem right that my site would not be near the front.
Thanks

Erick L

I see your site at the top of the organic listing in Google.

Erick L

You need some description about being a wedding photographer in Boise. Go to your control panel > Settings and down the page see "SEO". Write something like "Wedding photographer located in Boise". Personnally, I'd write a little something on the home page too.

zoomer

Thanks Erick,
I did not know about either of those, I will make those edits and see if things improve on the search. I set up that bio years ago on my homepage and guess I forgot it was even there.
Does the google maps key help your search ranking, I could never get mine to work right.
Thanks very much for the info!
MikeR

Erick L wrote:

You need some description about being a wedding photographer in Boise. Go to your control panel > Settings and down the page see "SEO". Write something like "Wedding photographer located in Boise". Personnally, I'd write a little something on the home page too.

zoomer

OK so I made the changes and then rechecked the search, my site is nowhere to be found still.
Does it take some days for the search engine to find me now??

RogersDA

zoomer wrote:

OK so I made the changes and then rechecked the search, my site is nowhere to be found still.
Does it take some days for the search engine to find me now??

It can take a few days to a few months depending on your site content and other SEO stuff. Be patient. Google does not always operate instantly.

Andy

The site meta box on your site has bad stuff in it:

SEO > Homepage Meta Description: google-site-verification: google0e13b5639cbb53d6.html Boise Wedding Photographer. Boise based wedding photographer. Outdoor wedding photography in the Boise area is our specialty, we also do a great job with indoor weddings.

Remove this:

google-site-verification: google0e13b5639cbb53d6.html

Also: be sure and do everything on this page http://www.smugmug.com/help/search-engines

zoomer

Thanks Andy,
Made the change.
Will incorporate the info on the page you linked.