BoutiqueKarma
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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2010, 02:31:49 pm » |
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I still haven't peeled myself off the floor from my findings with this assignment. I am getting little or no hits using keywords. I think I'm being buried.
I've been trying to do product branding using the same item names 'Mug Huggers' 'Coffee Cuff' 'Eye Pillow' and using the fabric names as the descriptive element separating this items. TOTALLY WRONG! Lol
Obviously different titles/names will bring more observers, shoppers, etc to my shop and they will see all my items at this point. I've got to revamp.
I hate going into a shop and seeing their item title to have 15 different words, does this work? Is it recommended? I think its tacky and annoying- but am I just saying this because I'm a seller who finds this spammy?
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wabibrookstudio
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« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2010, 04:53:18 pm » |
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My gosh, I find this so overwhelming, but I think it is slowly starting to sink into my SEO challenged brain!
If I am understanding this correctly, we should be looking for keywords that score lower for ad competition, and monthly search volume? Sort of trying to be a big fish in a smaller sea?
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Northern Girl Jewelry
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« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2010, 08:00:47 pm » |
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My results... I can find keywords that describe my jewelry that have low numbers, but if I google those, I don't come anywhere close to the beginning in the results. I can search for my products using very specific words and show up in the first couple of results pages on google, but those keywords give result of Not Enough Data for global market place... So, this means I'm using crappy keywords if I hope to be found and I need to really think about this a lot and come up with a strategy. Thanks Christine for doing this and explaning it so well. Anytime I've tried to read about SEO in the past, my eyes have glazed over, and the info has gone right over my head. This is the best explanation I've seen. Great job!  Julie |
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wabibrookstudio
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2010, 09:01:15 pm » |
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Julie, I'm finding out the same thing. Very specific keywords will put me on the first page, but they don't even show up in the keyword tool. Using suggested keywords with low search volumes, I don't appear after 5 pages. So now what?
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Zeba
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« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2010, 10:50:11 am » |
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I did two expermiments and now I am confused as to what to do. The first experiment, I picked a product with a lot of competion.
My Title is "Contemporary Natural Pearls in Copper and Brown Earrings" -
1) did a keyword search on the full title. I guess no one searches on this long title
2) Alternative keywords:
a) natural pearls - medium competition, global search 12,100
b) brown pearl earrings, less competiotion, global search 2,900
c) Pearl deop earrings, high competition, global search 49,500
Should I change my title to say "Natural Brown Pearl Drop Earrings " and add the words, contemporary and copper in my my definition?
Second experiment - my title is "Wire Crochet Colorful Howlite Beaded Bracelet" - nobody does a search on the full title
2) Alternative keywords:
a) wire crochet bracelet - little competition, global search 720
b) crocheted wire jewelry, medium competiotion, global search 1900
c) crochet beaded bracelet, medium competition, global search 390
One observation - colorful does not add value to the search, no one uses it.
If I do a search on "wire crochet bracelet" , this listing is on page 2 "Beaded Crochet Copper Wire Bracelet by spinnerin on Etsy" my listing shows up on page 8.
If I do a search on "crocheted wire jewelry" my lilsting does not show up (didn't go past page 13)
If I do a search on "crochet beaded bracelet" my listing does not show up.
Does this mean that my only choice in keyworkds is wire crochet howlite bracelet? Also, I noticed the top finds were instructions, how tos, tutorials, patterns and jewelry magazines. Does this mean that probably a lot of people are making their own and may be this is not a good product to pursue?
Using these two examples, I have to say I don't think I know any more about keywords, than when I started. Or perhaps, I misunderstood the whole assignment, which is quite possible. HELP!!!!
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PillowThrowDecor
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« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2010, 01:10:50 pm » |
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Hey Paul... have a look at this... black bead bracelet 9900 black bead bracelets 590 * black beaded bracelet 3600 black beaded bracelets 880 * orange beaded bracelet - not enough info orange bead bracelet - 720 male bracelet 12,100 male bracelets 5,400 stretchy bracelets 3600 stretchy bracelet 6600 stretch bracelets 27100 stretch bracelet 90500 |
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PillowThrowDecor
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« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2010, 03:18:10 pm » |
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Very pretty earrings!!! And I like your write-up too  #page has been deleted# copper pearls 880 copper pearl earrings 260 If I saw a lady in an elevator wearing these I would go home and search the net for copper pearl earrings... period!!! So your title here might be "Copper pearl earrings for a Modern chic look! Don't try and stuff too many different keywords in your titles because it dilutes the power of your main keywords which in this case is "copper pearl earrings" and by the way they are gorgeous! never knew clams made pearls in copper Look at your product like a buyer would. If you aren't able to do that easily ask a friend or a past client and offer them a small gifty for helping you out. Our customers are our best source of "consumer research"!!! I did two expermiments and now I am confused as to what to do. The first experiment, I picked a product with a lot of competion.
My Title is "Contemporary Natural Pearls in Copper and Brown Earrings" -
1) did a keyword search on the full title. I guess no one searches on this long title
2) Alternative keywords:
a) natural pearls - medium competition, global search 12,100
b) brown pearl earrings, less competiotion, global search 2,900
c) Pearl deop earrings, high competition, global search 49,500
Should I change my title to say "Natural Brown Pearl Drop Earrings " and add the words, contemporary and copper in my my definition?
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PillowThrowDecor
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« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2010, 04:32:59 pm » |
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I looked at your site and actually your keywords are quite giood.
here's some more good suggestions...
hot cup sleeve 720
coffe ecup sleeve 73
paper cup sleeve 590
Mug Hugger 110
Coffee Cuff 590
Coffee cuffs
coffee collars 140
tea sleeve 5400
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caralyn forstar
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« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2010, 08:15:33 pm » |
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Cry Wolf My daughter has been selling on eBay and amazon for years she just told me that every time you use the word cute you should include cutie and consider Lolita Cry Wolf if you do a search on Lolita ( blocking porn) there is a growing group of women who wear little girl(another she said works with things like your Rain t shirt)they wear little girl style to show the world you can be young at heart, and wear what you want no matter how old you are, many of your shirts fit this, also unique, and different may help. Will do 2 others later. Smiles, Caralyn
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PillowThrowDecor
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« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2010, 09:23:29 pm » |
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Make your changes to the better keywords now... it will take several days or even weeks before the change will show up in google searches. the good news is that the enhance keywords will help you show up internally on icraft and also likely in other search engines. Don't expect to see immediate promotion to google's front page... it doesn't quite work that fast Julie, I'm finding out the same thing. Very specific keywords will put me on the first page, but they don't even show up in the keyword tool. Using suggested keywords with low search volumes, I don't appear after 5 pages. So now what?
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Beajoux
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« Reply #26 on: April 09, 2010, 11:47:38 pm » |
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Ok, so I'm a little behind on the assignments, but doing my best to catch up.  I find that that I'm learning not only from the assignment itself, but also from the comments of others. Jewellery is tough; there are millions of listings out there and it appears I've been using way too many general terms. Things I've noticed is that it might help to add the colour to the title. For example, I have a ring called "Sunburst Crystal Wirewrapped Ring"; I guess no one is going to search that way, I'm probably better off using "orange". It also appears I need to change "wirewrapped" to two words instead of one. I think the key here is to list the same way you, as a consumer, would search. Seems like common sense...so I wonder why I never thought of it! |
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Brilliant Beads
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« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2010, 08:57:59 am » |
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OK, slowly putting all this information together...
I made a list of keywords for both my lampwork beads (as jewellery supplies) and my finished jewellery
Beads:
boro lampwork beads 0.53 1000 590
lampworking beads 0.53 390 880
glass beads for jewelry 0.66 1000 1000
glass beads supplies 0.66 1000 1900
hand made glass beads 0.66 480 720 (I've been spelling it as one word)
I'm still working on the jewellery one...so many keywords and phrases get WAY too many hits...gotta narrow it down
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PillowThrowDecor
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« Reply #28 on: April 12, 2010, 01:20:51 am » |
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Try adding colour. I know a lot of people search my pillows by colours! Or how about shape eg. round, cube...
Cheers
Christine
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Brilliant Beads
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« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2010, 03:54:15 am » |
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Good idea, I'll do that.
Thanks Christine!
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