Showing posts with label Auto Parts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auto Parts. Show all posts

Monday, April 30, 2012

Google Penguin Update: 8 Quality Guidelines to Follow

What is Google Penguin Update? What does Google do with the Penguin? You might like to ask if you are new to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or Search Engine Marketing (SEM).

Google Penguin is the official name for Google's new launch of search engine algorithm change, which targets at web spam to ensure the quality of the websites in providing products or services when people google search for.

Dad, what is Google gonna do with our penguins?
Google lists eight quality guidelines for a quality website NOT to do:

1. Avoid hidden text or hidden links.
2. Don’t use cloaking or sneaky redirects.
3. Don’t send automated queries to Google.
4. Don’t load pages with irrelevant keywords.
5. Don’t create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.
6. Don’t create pages with malicious behavior, such as phishing or installing viruses, trojans, or other badware.
7. Avoid “doorway” pages created just for search engines, or other “cookie cutter” approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content.
8. If your site participates in an affiliate program, make sure that your site adds value. Provide unique and relevant content that gives users a reason to visit your site first.

KingSource Auto Parts online store is an online source offering custom projector head lights and LED tail lights in the automotive after market. We follow strictly Google's basic principles in building quality Kingsource.com website and providing quality aftermarket lighting products for Audi, BMW, Honda,Chevy, GMC, Ford, Dodge, and more.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Local Internet Marketing and Local Listings for Small Business

There are many entrepreneurs whose spirit impressed me the most, and their concern of not being found online keeps me thinking of what I can be of any help. Our auto parts business kingsource.com has been online for quite a few years, and we have been successful in getting customers from all over the United States. However, not until recently have I started thinking of reaching to our local customers. I have been working on getting our Aftermarket auto parts store listed online for FREE, and here is what I would like to share with you who are interested.

The Big three search engines Google, Yahoo, and Bing can list your local store free. They all need to verify your entry, so it takes about a month to get your store listed on the Big Three. We already have our store listed on Yahoo, still waiting for the post cards to verify with Google and Bing.

The next source for local listings is Yext PowerListings.  You may type in your business name and address and see how your business appears across the internet. Most likely, your shop is not found in any of those local listings. You may choose to pay for the powerlistings so they fix it all for you or go through those listing sites and do it yourself like I have been doing now. Most of those listings are free for the basic features. What you need to do is to sign up an account and provide your business information. Since there are so many local listings out there (+30), I would like to get some idea by trying those free listing first, and then decide which local listing would work best to our store and move on to premium local internet marketing.

Here are some examples of KingSource Auto Parts Store's local listings.

1. Yahoo: Alexa#4. Listed as Auto King Source.

2. Yelp: Alexa#195. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

3. FourSquare.com: Alexa#834. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts online store.

4. EZLocal.com: Alexa#55,974. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Top Ten Free WebSite Builders

Alexa Top 10 Free Website Builders
  1. Weebly.com #361 for KingSource Auto Parts
  2. Webs.com #407
  3. Wix.com #580 for KingSource Online Shop
  4. Jimdo.com #594 for Dot Auto Parts
  5. Ucoz.com #869
  6. VistaPrint.com #1068
  7. NetworkSolutions.com #1102
  8. 000webhost.com #1315
  9. WebNode.com #2649
  10. WebStarts.com #7574

#1 Google Search Results Page on Free Website Builder
  1. Doodlekit Free Website Builder - Creator - Maker
    DOODLEKIT™ Free Website Builder is perfect for startups & small business
    websites. Built-in Google, Yahoo, and Bing website SEO ranking tools. No coding.
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://doodlekit.com/: 24,958http://doodlekit.com/ Alexa#24,958
  2. Free Website Builder - Moonfruit - Total website design control
    Moonfruit offers a free website and online shop builder that allows you to 'publish once, be everywhere' and have total design control of your pages, blog posts ...
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.moonfruit.com/: 7,807http://www.moonfruit.com/ Alexa#7,807
  3. Make A Free Website | Free Website Builder | Website Builder
    4 days ago ... Make a free website with the #1 free website builder and get ranked on Google, Yahoo, Bing and MSN. When you create a free website, ...
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.webstarts.com/: 7,574http://www.webstarts.com/ Alexa#7,574
  4. Webs - Make a free website, get free hosting
    Make your own free website with photos, videos and ecommerce. Free web
    hosting. Website builder for personal, groups and small business.
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.webs.com/: 407http://www.webs.com/ Alexa#407
  5. Website Builder | Create a Free Website with Wix.com
    Create a free website. Customize with drag drop - No coding skills needed.
    Publish in 1-click and put a professional website online today.
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.wix.com/: 580http://www.wix.com/ Alexa#580
  6. Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog
    Create a free class website and let your students build sites too. English ... Our website builder is the easiest you've ever experienced. Seriously. Absolutely no ...
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.weebly.com/: 361http://www.weebly.com/ Alexa#361
  7. Make A Free Website | Free Website Builder | DevHub
    Simple and free small business websites. With DevHub, building your business website is easy, fun, and rewarding.
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.devhub.com/: 16,032http://www.devhub.com/ Alexa#16,032
  8. Free Website Builder | Make Your Own Website with Free Templates ...
    Create your own website and get free unlimited space hosting with a website
    maker of uCoz. Free web builder for blogs, forums, photo albums and guestbooks.
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.ucoz.com/: 869http://www.ucoz.com/ Alexa#869
  9. Website Builder | Build a free website with ezweb123.com
    ezweb123.com is an award winning website builder and website building
    community, established in 2008. Setting up a website is quick, easy and free to get ...
    Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.ezweb123.com/: 146,794http://www.ezweb123.com/ Alexa#146,794
  10. Yola - Make a free website with our free website builder
    Create a free website with Yola. Make a free website in minutes with no technical
    skills.Alexa Traffic Rank for http://www.yola.com/: 3,645http://www.yola.com/ Alexa#3,645

    Tuesday, January 3, 2012

    Useful Search Engine Keywords for Link Popularity

    The following are some useful keywords in search engines for finding reliable web sites in the automotive industry to submit a link and build inbound links.

    auto parts add url: Bing search results

    auto parts add url: Google search results

    link:www.kingsource.com: No results found for Auto KingSource?! Gotta work harder!

    How about KingSource's competitiors?

    link:carid.com: 13 results in Bing search, about 155 results in Google search
    link:autoanything.com: 22 results in Bing search, about 224 results in Google search

    The Blog-Search.com is my first effort to add url for my eCommerce Journal blog. This blog is intended for personal use on my thoughts of e-Commerce solutions, however, it is present on the internet thus searchable. I will keep it ad-free for now and see how it goes.

    Blog Search: The Source for Blogs

    Monday, November 21, 2011

    Major Competitors in Aftermarket Auto Parts

    AutoPartsWarehouse.com: based in Carson, California since 2000 (1995).
    Alexa: Autopartswarehouse.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 6,970. This site's content places it in the “Trucks, Vans, and Sport Utility” category. This site has been online since 2000. About 42% of visits to Autopartswarehouse.com are bounces (one pageview only). The site is located in the US, where it is ranked #1560. Reputation has 1981 sites linking in.
    Title: Offers replacement parts and performance accessories for trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles.

    AutoAnything.com: based in San Diego, California since 2000.
    Alexa: Autoanything.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 12,036. This site belongs to the “Varied Merchandise” category. The site is based in the US, where it is ranked #2593. Compared with internet averages, Autoanything.com appeals more to Caucasians; its audience also tends to consist of men between the ages of 45 and 65 who have no postgraduate education and have incomes over $30,000. Search engines refer approximately 37% of visits to the site.Reputation has 2868 sites linking in.
    Title: Car, SUV and truck accessories and performance parts including tonneau covers, air intakes, side steps, racks and lighting.

    JCWhitney.com: based in LaSelle, Illinois since 1997 (1915). Partnered with Sears in 2008.
    Alexa: Jcwhitney.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 14,054. The site has been online since 1998. Visitors to the site spend approximately 45 seconds on each pageview and a total of four minutes on the site during each visit. Jcwhitney.com has attained a traffic rank of #2,907 among users in the US, where we estimate that 82% of its audience is located. The site can be found in the “Varied Merchandise” category of sites.Reputation has 2615 sites linking in.
    Title: Corporate headquarters for nationwide direct marketer of automotive parts and accessories. Information on career opportunities, products and services, and contacts.

    CarID.com: based in Cranbury, New Jersey since 2003.
    Alexa: CARiD.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 16,675, and the fraction of visits to the site referred by search engines is approximately 32%. The site is based in the US. While we estimate that 66% of CARiD.com's visitors are in the US, where it is ranked #4,723, it is also popular in Nicaragua, where it is ranked #635. Visitors to this site spend approximately five minutes per visit to the site and 35 seconds per pageview. Reputation has 7173 sites linking in.
    Title: Car & Truck Accessories including custom grilles, body kits, floor mats, LED lighting, as well as automotive performance parts.

    PartsTrain.com: based in Long Island City, New York since 2004.
    Alexa: Partstrain.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 36,354. About 73% of visitors to the site come from the US, where it has attained a traffic rank of 9,095. Approximately 48% of visits to the site are bounces (one pageview only). Compared with internet averages, the site appeals more to users who are not college graduates; its audience also tends to consist of men over the age of 45 who have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000 and have more children. Partstrain.com has been online for at least eight years. Reputation has 1469 sites linking in.
    Title: N/A.

    1AAuto.com: based in Pepperell, Massachusetts since 1999.
    Alexa: 1aauto.com has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 70,037. The site has a relatively good traffic rank in the cities of Hartford (#1,022), Detroit (#6,110), and Tampa (#8,123). Relative to the overall population of internet users, its users tend to have no postgraduate education, and they are disproportionately men over the age of 35 who have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000 and have more children. 1aauto.com has been online since 1999. The site is located in the US, where it is ranked #14,549. Reputation has 700 sites linking in.
    Title: Offers a range of restoration and aftermarket products.

    Tuesday, June 14, 2011

    Kingsource Online Listing

    Kingsource is not listed on the following sites?! Got to work it out.

    1. Yahoo: Alexa#4. Yahoo Online Stores are authentic merchants! Listed as Auto King Source.

    2. YellowBot: Find local businesses, rate your experiences, and share with the community.

    3. Yelp: Alexa#195. Fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

    4. WhitePages: Find People. Find Business.Reverse Phone. Reverse Address.

    5. MapQuest: Maps. Get Directions.

    6. Superpages: Alexa#2017. Find a super business near you.

    7. Citysearch: City Guide. Reviews and Recommendations.

    8. Yellowbook: Yellow Pages and Local Listings.

    9. Local.com: Alexa#2,025. Search for Local Businesses.

    10. FourSquare.com: Alexa#834. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts online store.

    11. MerchantCircle.com: Alexa#1,487. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

    12. EZLocal.com: Alexa#55,974. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.