Did I Over-Optimize ?

drumsoloartist · 05-26-2007, 04:46 PM

Hi, I did some work on the site in the last month and currently I see that Google has only 50 or so images indexed from the site, (used to be over 3000), same with links (gone way down) and with "Contain the Term" - has around 900 + pages which used to be around 12000 ):

I am wondering if anyone thinks that I over optimized the site cause all of the changes that were made are in the meta tags...

Thanks a lot in advance.
Here is the link to the site: Drum Solo Artist

Bagi Zoltán · 05-26-2007, 05:01 PM

For first sight I don't think that you would over optimized the site, but as i see all you display at the main page are links. Maybe your site would be more relevant for the desired keyphrases adding some real content.

Please tell us some more details what you have done in the last month concernig the meta tags.

drumsoloartist · 05-26-2007, 05:20 PM

Thanks for your reply, - I used this tool:
http://www.submitexpress.com/analyzer/
to tweak the meta tags to be more relevant ... Before the tool showed 60% or less for relevancy, I just improved the existing description, and keywords tags to be more relevant thats it. - nothing else was touched.

drumsoloartist · 05-29-2007, 06:53 PM

Well it looks like things are getting back to normal now... So my best guess is that some kind of update from Google was going on at the time, and thats why I saw the partial results.

Thanks

midlandi · 05-29-2007, 09:01 PM

I dont beleive you can "over optimize" a site.

OldWelshGuy · 05-29-2007, 09:09 PM

Technically you can overoptimise, it is called spamming or keyword stuffing. It is late at night now, but I will go into this in more detail tomorrow.

drumsoloartist · 05-29-2007, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midlandi

I dont beleive you can "over optimize" a site.

Hmmm I thought different... well thanks for sharing.

OldWelshGuy · 05-30-2007, 10:48 AM

Midlandi, would you like to say first why you think you can not overoptimise a site? I don't want to take time writing a long post if we already agree on something but call it something different

coolguy27 · 05-30-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drumsoloartist

Hi, I did some work on the site in the last month and currently I see that Google has only 50 or so images indexed from the site, (used to be over 3000), same with links (gone way down) and with "Contain the Term" - has around 900 + pages which used to be around 12000 ):

I am wondering if anyone thinks that I over optimized the site cause all of the changes that were made are in the meta tags...

Thanks a lot in advance.
Here is the link to the site: Drum Solo Artist

You have a nice site there buddy..

Try to change the font color making it user friendly...

some fonts are unreadable...

airwolf · 05-30-2007, 12:15 PM

Nice roll over too!

eprosumer · 05-30-2007, 12:19 PM

Over optimizing = Spamming.

drumsoloartist · 05-30-2007, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coolguy27

You have a nice site there buddy..

Try to change the font color making it user friendly...

some fonts are unreadable...

Thanks, - which fonts are you talking about?

Thanks in advance.

darzuaga · 05-30-2007, 02:34 PM

mate what i suggest is that you go to WEB CEO website and download the free software that will help you out a lot.

drumsoloartist · 05-30-2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darzuaga

mate what i suggest is that you go to WEB CEO website and download the free software that will help you out a lot.

ok, I will try it, thanks...

princess23 · 05-31-2007, 07:09 AM

IMO, there's no such thing as over optimized site

05-26-2007, 04:46 PM	#1
drumsoloartist Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Did I Over-Optimize ? Hi, I did some work on the site in the last month and currently I see that Google has only 50 or so images indexed from the site, (used to be over 3000), same with links (gone way down) and with "Contain the Term" - has around 900 + pages which used to be around 12000 ): I am wondering if anyone thinks that I over optimized the site cause all of the changes that were made are in the meta tags... Thanks a lot in advance. Here is the link to the site: Drum Solo Artist __________________ drum store drum live drum forum

05-26-2007, 05:01 PM	#2
Bagi Zoltán iWEBTOOL Moderator Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,855	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? For first sight I don't think that you would over optimized the site, but as i see all you display at the main page are links. Maybe your site would be more relevant for the desired keyphrases adding some real content. Please tell us some more details what you have done in the last month concernig the meta tags. __________________ █ Time may come when you will need an excellent eCommerce shopping cart software █ free seo related web directory mérlegek Free shopping cart

05-26-2007, 05:20 PM	#3
drumsoloartist Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? Thanks for your reply, - I used this tool: http://www.submitexpress.com/analyzer/ to tweak the meta tags to be more relevant ... Before the tool showed 60% or less for relevancy, I just improved the existing description, and keywords tags to be more relevant thats it. - nothing else was touched. __________________ drum store drum live drum forum

05-29-2007, 06:53 PM	#4
drumsoloartist Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 93	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? Well it looks like things are getting back to normal now... So my best guess is that some kind of update from Google was going on at the time, and thats why I saw the partial results. Thanks __________________ drum store drum live drum forum

05-29-2007, 09:01 PM	#5
midlandi iWEBTOOL Moderator Contributor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,172	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? I dont beleive you can "over optimize" a site. __________________ Webmaster Resources & Forums SubmitterBot - Semi-automatic directory submission tool

05-29-2007, 09:09 PM	#6
OldWelshGuy iWEBTOOL SEO Advisor Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 675	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? Technically you can overoptimise, it is called spamming or keyword stuffing. It is late at night now, but I will go into this in more detail tomorrow. __________________ Umbrella Consultancy Internet Marketing Company - Rugby Forum - Google Expert Blog

05-30-2007, 10:48 AM	#8
OldWelshGuy iWEBTOOL SEO Advisor Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 675	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? Midlandi, would you like to say first why you think you can not overoptimise a site? I don't want to take time writing a long post if we already agree on something but call it something different __________________ Umbrella Consultancy Internet Marketing Company - Rugby Forum - Google Expert Blog

05-30-2007, 12:15 PM	#10
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05-30-2007, 12:19 PM	#11
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05-30-2007, 02:34 PM	#13
darzuaga Newcomer Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 27	Re: Did I Over-Optimize ? mate what i suggest is that you go to WEB CEO website and download the free software that will help you out a lot.

05-31-2007, 07:09 AM	#15
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