Anyone Have a Saltillo Website Or Page? - DirtyGrout: Stone, Tile and Grout Cleaning Resource

getstoned · #1 02-20-2010, 01:48 AM

Looking for links to my Saltillo page. If you do Saltillo, and have a Saltillo page, let's link sites! My site has been up for years, and has incredible strength. I was number one in google for "tile cleaning Phoenix", the most searched term for tile here in the valley, for two years. I'm number two now, but getting my spot back soon. I'm on the front page of a lot of other searches, and have several number one spots. I'm talking about "natural listings", or "organic", not paid listings. I would really like to strengthen my Saltillo page. Right now I am about sixth for Saltillo in the valley (front page of google).

Please send me an email if interested, with "Saltillo link" in the header. No one from Az, please. To view links in this forum your post count must be 5 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily.

foxflooring · #2 02-20-2010, 07:49 AM

why don't you use Aldon's link, since it's very informative and it serves your purpose too?

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kcstoneguy · #3 02-22-2010, 12:50 PM

i do, and most of my pictures are of work down by Bryan Yeager who was down there in Phoenix somewhere. I do enough saltillo to be dangerous, about 4 a year at the most. It would be good to have an knowledgeable source to link to.

jhartman · #4 02-22-2010, 05:20 PM

you might try South Texas Saltillo Connection. They are a seller of saltillo tiles and also carry some sealers for saltillos. I think their webpage is saltillotile.com

kcstoneguy · #5 02-22-2010, 05:38 PM

its funny nobody installs saltillo around here. it was all put in around 30 years ago, you cant even find any to buy in town. Used to they told everyone to soak it in water for a day before they laid it, but that was when theywere settingthem in cement or deep setting them. Now everyone uses thinset and they dont soak them..

getstoned · #6 02-22-2010, 09:09 PM

KC, consider it done. Send me the hyperlink text you would like to your site. If you don't know I am very skilled at SEO and will choose for you. Brian Yager lived just a few miles from me, he was a very good friend and actually taught me Saltillo. Good guy. Went way too soon. Anyway, I will link to your site soon, please send me an email where I can send you the hyperlink text I would like you to use to link to my page.

Thank you!
Kerry

Anyone else? come one, my site is first page on google, you will see your site move up just from getting a link from mine!!

troygrout · #7 02-22-2010, 09:13 PM

What exact term do you want to be #1 for.

getstoned · #8 02-23-2010, 11:37 PM

troy, I'm trying for many terms. Would you like to trade links for tile cleaning? I'd be happy to link to your site. Let me know, looks like you have a great site with good pr.

Ken A · #9 02-25-2010, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by getstoned

KC, consider it done. Send me the hyperlink text you would like to your site. If you don't know I am very skilled at SEO and will choose for you. Brian Yager lived just a few miles from me, he was a very good friend and actually taught me Saltillo. Good guy. Went way too soon. Anyway, I will link to your site soon, please send me an email where I can send you the hyperlink text I would like you to use to link to my page.

Thank you!
Kerry

Anyone else? come one, my site is first page on google, you will see your site move up just from getting a link from mine!!

Kerry,

Just a suggestion: try implementing a Site Map on your website and this will help considerably with overall SEO.

getstoned · #10 02-25-2010, 09:35 AM

Ken, thanks for the input. I have done a sitemap in the past, there is one in the background I think (been a while since I looked at that). since my site already is indexed by all search engines (years ago) and my pages are all doing well, how does a sitemap help? The bots already crawl my pages well, I check. Is there a benefit to a sitemap if this is the case? Other than getting new pages indexed faster?

I'm on first page (and number one to three) for a lot of keywords, anyone willing to trade links for tile cleaning, carpet cleaning, stone or saltillo is welcome to hit me up.

troygrout · #11 02-25-2010, 12:29 PM

From all I have read trading links with other low pr sites is going to do no good and may actually hurt you. Why dont you write an ezine article about saltillo refinishing and get a saltillo link from that. Make a squidoo page and get a backlink. For some more work make up some hubpages.

Ken A · #12 02-25-2010, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by getstoned

Ken, thanks for the input. I have done a sitemap in the past, there is one in the background I think (been a while since I looked at that). since my site already is indexed by all search engines (years ago) and my pages are all doing well, how does a sitemap help? The bots already crawl my pages well, I check. Is there a benefit to a sitemap if this is the case? Other than getting new pages indexed faster?

I'm on first page (and number one to three) for a lot of keywords, anyone willing to trade links for tile cleaning, carpet cleaning, stone or saltillo is welcome to hit me up.

The software I use indicates you have no sitemap. Anyways, a site map is quite beneficial regardless of the age of your site. As we know the bots continue to crawl sites. A sitemap encourages them to do it even more and much simpler/quicker. New relevant content is KEY to maintain and raise your rankings. One way links are much favored versus reciprocal links. Do you have analytics on your site?

getstoned · #13 02-26-2010, 10:17 PM

Thanks for the input Ken, much appreciated. Yeah I've done several things, including analytics. Haven't done that in quite some time so it's due to be revisited. I've been on vacation (seperated from wife) for a year, let's just say my site took a back seat for a while! lol. Well now it seems my site is paying the price and loosing ground, so that is why I'm back to getting reciprocal links, and one way. I do understand a bit more than the basics of SEO, having worked my site now for several years. I know it changes constantly so here I am, getting back into it. My one way links are HUGE, just don't have very many. It's enough to get me on top for a lot of keywords, but I'm slipping. I've built two new pages to the site to help, you just can't see them yet. I'm also going to add to my old pages, and eventually rebuild my entire homepage, when I get so busy that I don't need it. It's sloppy, unorganized, but hell, it ranks very high. Last thing I need right now is to change it and lose first page. There is A LOT of work in my homepage, which I'm sure you saw some of it. A lot of tricks and behind the scenes stuff going on. But I do realize it's time to move forward.

In reference to recip links: I have found that they are really helpful from sites who also rank first page. Gives you almost as much weight as a one way link, provided they have the same keywords. As for my other pages, (not home page), I just need links to get some weight behind them. That's why I'm asking for links. Funny thing is, people are not jumping to link, which surprises me. Especially since my site ranks so high. Maybe it's because they don't know how to do it? Or they have someone else do it for them? Don't know, but I'm a hands-on guy who doesn't mind sharing what I know, and helping others succeed. As long as they're not in Arizona! Ha ha