99% of my traffic is from within Etsy

[Former_Member]

So obviously I'm doing something very wrong! I know it must get tiring people joining this team and immediately hollering 'help' but I'd really appreciate a few pointers.

Cheers!

[GabriellasTreasures]

Mine too, a few google, thefind, etc; curious to see what others say here!

[Former_Member]

So are mine. I don't really know why. I think it might be because I don't have many items listed yet so I'm just going to keep building building building!!

[Former_Member]

I love your shop Chas,

I looked through and found a few things that I would change if I were you. First, you need to put some of our key words in your shop title. You don't have anything in there currently. Its under the "info & appearance." For me I use words like fountain pen, handcrafted pens, things like. You want to use your top key words so that you can get found on Google easier.

Second, In your descriptions you don't have very much content. You also want to use key words in the first 50 words or so of your description because Google will use those key words to find you as well. Your Tags seem to be fine. Your pictures and product are great as well.

I am no pro at SEO but I have learned a few things. I hope this helps!

[Former_Member]

Most of my views are from within Etsy as well. I checked the above information, but I appear to have all that in my shop...can you take a peak at my shop and let me know what you think?? thanks! L

[Former_Member]

That's a big help Cory, really wasn't sure what the 'Shop Title' was for. I'll fix that straight away. I'm relieved about your comment on tags, that's something I can leave and monitor.
I'll set myself the task of working through the descriptions.
Thanks for your kind words about the prints!

[Former_Member]

Chas, (and everyone else) If you want people to find you from Google, you need to be 'google friendly'.

This means having a shop title that contains words that people will search for along with a good shop announcement.

How often have you gone to google and searched for a 'welcome to my shop'?

The shop title and announcement are powerful tools that is grossly underutilized in many shops.


When it comes to your listings, what are you selling?

What exactly is a ""'Literal Goldie - Three colour hand pulled screenprint in Black, Gold and Cream on White""

If I'm looking for a guitar print I'll never find it. How many people are searching for 'literal goldie"? You can see that in your stats.

And if I google search "literal goldie" the ONLY things that come up are items in your shop
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=literal+goldie&oq=literal+goldie&gs_l=hp...

So its probably not something that is searched very much.

But if I search 'screen print of a guitar' there are hundreds of selections.

[Former_Member]

Gosh, that seems obvious now you've put it like that. I'm going to put some coffee on and edit all my titles, thanks!

[Former_Member]

Make a few changes at a time and monitor the results.

If you do everything at once you won't know what worked and what didn't!

[GabriellasTreasures]

All I have to say is:

When crochetgal speaks, I LISTEN!

[UniqueSewingBoutique]

I listen too when crochetgal speaks, always good advise for all of us

[Former_Member]

lol Patricia and Elly!

[Former_Member]

What are some good keywords for a ladies vintage shop to use?

[linenworkshop]

Count me as another crochetgal fan. Keep working on your seo and you shall see results.