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Hi,

I have my site up and running over 6 months but growth is very slow. I have done all the SEO work that you find on the forums like social bookmarking etc but still not getting too much movement. Anyone got suggestions:

Thanks
K.

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The replies from , , , and correctly point to marketing, UX and SEO as levers, but a "rate my company" site typically needs a product-first push that those posts did not detail. Seeded, trustworthy reviews and an easy reviewer flow are the highest-leverage fixes before scaling traffic.

Start with product and trust: import or invite a verified set of initial reviews, require simple verification (email or social login), show timestamps and company responses, and add visible moderation signals to reduce fake entries. Keep any incentives compliant with disclosure rules (see ).

Technical SEO and visibility: implement visible review and AggregateRating structured data so search engines can show snippets for company pages; validate pages with the Rich Results Test and follow Google’s review-snippet rules (Review snippets, schema at schema.org/Review). Important: markup must match content users actually see.

Measure and iterate: use Search Console and analytics to find pages with impressions but low CTR, then A/B different title/meta text to lift clicks. Track funnel metrics (visitor -> review-start -> review-submit) and run small experiments on form length, CTA wording, and required fields to improve conversion.

Acquisition tactics should be niche and product-led: partner with a few industry hubs to seed widgets, encourage companies to link their profiles, and let happy reviewers easily share their reviews. If growth stays slow, focus first on improving review conversion rate and trust signals — better conversion from existing traffic will multiply the value of any future link- or traffic-building effort.

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Member Avatar for techniner

I would suggest a newsletter or free tools for your visitors.

Give them a reason to stay or come back.

Most importantly give them a reason to tell a friend about it.

Member Avatar for Member #207019

Thanks, suggestion for a tool the might be relavant for this site?

Member Avatar for techniner

I would say pay scale calculator?

What Are you worth, that type of deal.

Also I would join Career Builder affiliate program and post links there as well.

Member Avatar for RealBiz

You should try to increase your backlink count and do some marketing for your site, maybe that would help.

Or try to improve it in some way. Put yourself in a position of a visitor and try to figure out what is missing.

Member Avatar for Azher

Hi,

I have my site up and running over 6 months but growth is very slow. I have done all the SEO work that you find on the forums like social bookmarking etc but still not getting too much movement. Anyone got suggestions:

Thanks
K.

If you are talking about SERP movement then It may be possible that you have too much competitor or used low traffic keyword

Let me know on which topic you are running you site, give some detail about your site.

Member Avatar for Member #207019

The site is essentially a rate my company site.

Member Avatar for neuronimbus

Have done everything but still not ranking/ not getting traffic, reasons could be -
1) Lack of web strategy / approach
2) You are not targeting the right keywords
3) Web Design is not appealing
4) Less amount of BLs
5) Website is not search engine friendly.

Member Avatar for net4nuts

If you want to use social bookmarking effectively, you may have to submit to various social bookmarking websites together. Use tools like Bookmark Submitter to increase your efficiency on this....

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