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(Entry was posted by Jeffrey Rudisill on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 10/03/2013).

What do you think of Weebly sites?

I have been building sites on weebly for quite some time, I am fairly new to SEO. While I have been using weebly. Here is what I do, and I hope I have not been wasting my time.

I pick a general template, then edit the site with custom backgrounds and container images if needed.
 I then incorporate tags on each page and add the formatting to the css.  I then make sure each picture has relevant alt text.
Anchor text all makes sense

After the page is complete,  I run it thru bing webmaster tools to confirm no errors on the page, and then I use a few seocentre tools to confirm the keywords are on the money. I even make sure meta keywords are above 90% relevant (i know i know)....

So my question is this, for a small local business, does this seem like a viable option? DO you think in a smaller market, this strategy could obtain good search results?

 I would post the URL to the current site I am working on but I don`t think its necessary at this time.
Any advice is appreciated, I just want to make sure that I am covering the basics, and where I should go from here.
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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

  • William Gomes: Hi Jeffrey, you can send me a private message with more information and with a link to the site. And I can tell you if its a viable option :-)
  • Jeffrey Rudisill: Not excatly sure how to post PM on google+... so the URL is www.stcharleshardwoodflooring.com  ; Please view the site in chrome, I am having css issues in firefox and IE. ;
  • William Gomes: Technically speaking the site isn't perfect but it will do.

    These are areas for improvement after a quick scan:

    1. Your Title Tags - You put ;Homestead Hardwood Flooring on the end of every page I personally wouldn't. Just have this on your homepage or contact us.

    2. Again on title tags for the home page more power is given to the earlier the keywords appear in title tags so on your homepage for example:" Homestead Hardwood Flooring - St.Charles  ;Wood Floor Installation and Repair" is what it is now optimally it might be: "St.Charles  ;Wood Floor Installation and Repair - ;Homestead Hardwood Flooring"

    3. Mentioning other areas - Now I am in the UK so I really have no idea on your area however you mention in the areas served St Louis so I would mention this in the title tags where appropriate  ;I don't mean all the areas listed at the bottom of that page. But whatever the biggest area might be.

    Anyway if you want some more help you can check my site www.seoclass.co.uk and send me a email and we can chat on skype or something for free :)
  • S?awomir Zdunek: You can go to the home page with index.html and without. I would fix that. I think it's better to have only one option. ;
  • William Gomes: Yes that's what I mean't but I dont believe a Weebly site will allow you to fix that?
  • Jeffrey Rudisill: I can look into  ;index.html, I will also look into the the title text as well. I really appreciate the help and information. ;
  • S?awomir Zdunek: I guess not. I've forgotten that it's on weebly. Personally I am not a big fan of this sort of solutions. I'm not completely sure if such websites stand a big chance to rank high unless you manage to build valuable decent backlinks.
  • Jeffrey Rudisill: I started using weebly awhile back, before I understood the importance of things like SEO and online marketing. While I still don't know how to execute these things, I am appreciating the importance of them. Weebly's hosting is insanely cheap, 60 a year for 10 different domains, unlimited data. So I would really like to make weebly work for my needs. ;
  • William Gomes: I think Weebly is good enough the technical issues you can't fix on a site of this size are minor. As I said if we could speak on Skype or something we could see what we can get sorted Jeffrey. :)
  • Luke Ciciliano: Thanks for sharing +Jeffrey Rudisill. The first step is to focus on producing quality content in addition to the technical issues you mentioned. Are you making it a point to discuss what makes your business different from others in your area? ;
  • Jeffrey Rudisill: William sorry I couldn't skype tonight I had a family issue come up. And Luke the quality content is a work in progress, I need to add alot of quality content on some of the pages. I dont really know how to talk about how our business is better, however we are the only local company that has a square footage calculator and live chat services on the page..... if google values these im not sure :( 
  • Jeffrey Rudisill: Well obviously we are better, but talking about it is kinda hard. I caj interview the owner and get some great content from that discussion. 
  • S?awomir Zdunek: And haven't you though of launching some small PPC campaign for the beginning. I think that could be helpful and you could get some leads. It isn't so expensive and could be profitable if the competition isn't very active.

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