Hi Philip,
Nice domain name
looks like you have quite a few...
I actually get you at #97 for [letting agents cardiff] so the page does rank, the question is why doesn't it rank better.
Quite simply it is down to links. I had a quick scan of your backlinks and it would appear that apart from Wikipedia (nofollow) and your own network of geo domains (which are all on the same IP and seem to all suffer from the same complete lack of links) you have barely 10 or 15 domains linking to you, none of which are particularly high quality.
The lack of content on the page won't be helping either as it doesn't exactly 'add value' but that's by the by, until you have some real links you won't see any traction at all. Its also worth thinking about Google Places and how their major moves into local search would affect your site as for now that page just looks like the yellow pages and is easy to duplicate just about anywhere. Guides on letting in Cardiff, expert advice and the like are far more likely to bring lasting benefit.
You should focus on one of your many city domains first, and spend about £500 on submitting to some of the better directories like Yahoo, Business.com, Joeant, Botw and some others to get some easy trrust, then start generating some genuinely useful info, news and comment on the town or city you choose and networking with other local and national sites to earn links from them, plus perhaps sponsoring local events. Best to start with a town you know really well so you can publish a really excellent site from which you can learn what works and what doesn't to apply to the other domains.
It will take some time and you should probably start with just one or two to prevent yourself from spreading too thinly, but while the domain names are great they will go nowhere without some time and love invested in them - to not really focus on making them shine is a bit of a waste of some great names!
The community angle is not a bad idea mind, but you will probably need to 'seed' it off the start to really get it going - nobody likes signing up and participating when it looks like they're going to be all alone..
Cheers,
Jonny
Nice domain name
looks like you have quite a few...I actually get you at #97 for [letting agents cardiff] so the page does rank, the question is why doesn't it rank better.
Quite simply it is down to links. I had a quick scan of your backlinks and it would appear that apart from Wikipedia (nofollow) and your own network of geo domains (which are all on the same IP and seem to all suffer from the same complete lack of links) you have barely 10 or 15 domains linking to you, none of which are particularly high quality.
The lack of content on the page won't be helping either as it doesn't exactly 'add value' but that's by the by, until you have some real links you won't see any traction at all. Its also worth thinking about Google Places and how their major moves into local search would affect your site as for now that page just looks like the yellow pages and is easy to duplicate just about anywhere. Guides on letting in Cardiff, expert advice and the like are far more likely to bring lasting benefit.
You should focus on one of your many city domains first, and spend about £500 on submitting to some of the better directories like Yahoo, Business.com, Joeant, Botw and some others to get some easy trrust, then start generating some genuinely useful info, news and comment on the town or city you choose and networking with other local and national sites to earn links from them, plus perhaps sponsoring local events. Best to start with a town you know really well so you can publish a really excellent site from which you can learn what works and what doesn't to apply to the other domains.
It will take some time and you should probably start with just one or two to prevent yourself from spreading too thinly, but while the domain names are great they will go nowhere without some time and love invested in them - to not really focus on making them shine is a bit of a waste of some great names!
The community angle is not a bad idea mind, but you will probably need to 'seed' it off the start to really get it going - nobody likes signing up and participating when it looks like they're going to be all alone..
Cheers,
Jonny