Site Building software and SEO

[mhdoc]

I have been using Weebly to build sites because I can spend a much larger percentage of my time writing content and leave the technology to them. Lately I have noticed some of them no longer get traffic from Google.

I understand G has changed their algo in regards to thin sites and keyword domains. I am beginning to think my problem is in addition to that.

When I view the source code I see a LOT of code before there is any content. If I am using an extensive navigation structure I see a lot of links before I come to any content.

I am beginning to wonder if the sites look like a link farm to the spiders.

PineNeedleBaskets.com is a simple Weebly site. CanyonImages.com is a simple site using our custom DreamWeaver template. The difference is obvious.

Anyone with thoughts/insights?

 

[enlytend]

You don't have excessive external links on the page and the code before the content is no longer the issue it was years ago (modern search engines can parse a page into headers, footers, sidebars, navigation, main content and treat everything accordingly) so I'd rule those out as the cause.

Possibly a problem having everything on Weebly though - could fall under "cookie cutter sites" or there may be some questionable hosting "neighbors." Free tends to attract trash, and it's not unheard of for them to penalize an entire platform if 90% of it is trash. How are Weebly sites belonging to other people faring?

When did the traffic drop and was it for specific pages/keywords or across the board? Did it coincide with Panda? (3rd week in Feb for the USA, internationally around 4/17)

If it was only that site I'd be looking at the content. For example, to me, the use of the phrase "pine needle baskets" on the home page is a little awkward / excessive.

Because of the editor kit javascript, the only content search engines will see on the "identification and values" page is that short, not very helpful (sorry - no offense, but I call it like I see it) paragraph at the top. If you were knocked down by Panda, Panda applies sitewide penalties even if the issue is with a single page. You might want to consider noindex/follow on pages like that.

Also, you could make better use of your alt attributes on your images - most if not all of them seem to be marked "Picture", which at best is a missed opportunity and at worst could make Google think you're keyword stuffing for that word. Use it to briefly describe the picture.

Totally unrelated suggestion: Want to fix that quirky eBay editor kit display? Use a transitional doctype on the page. Editor kit does bad things when the page has a strict doctype.

Just a few things to look at!

 

[B2Bexpert]

It is not the problem of weebly. I'm also using weebly for my one website and my website is going up in search engine. But still i have a problem, weebly shows home page title in all of my pages whether it is services or a blog post.

 

[elina]

Even i dont think that it is the weebly problem. Because one of my weebly account is still going fine. Check if you have other issues.