Wanted: Domain Appraisal Mini Site: Homemade Bread

[pbryd]

I just thought I'd show off my most recent mini site about home made bread

homemadebread/co/uk

I'll add a few more recipes until I get fed up of baking. Not expecting a big revenue stream from it but it would be good to sell the odd breadmaker every now and then to cover the cost over the domain and hosting.

Phil

 

[rob]

Looks a tidy site - and the pictures show you have gone to some effort

I think doing stuff like that will be the next natural progression rather than 250 words of content + adsense .

cheers,
rob.

 

[retired_member16]

Really well designed site. How mini sites should be done.

 

[retired_member32]

that is a cracking site,i have even bookmarked it ,are those your pics of you working away in your kitchen ?

mark

 

[dw1973]

Great site. Had a look at a couple of others and they all look professional and tidy

 

[pbryd]

wow thanks guys for all your comments.

Yeah the pics are mine, I quite like doing a bit of cooking at the weekend and it doesn't take long to update the site by adding an extra table onto the bottom and inserting an anchor point.

Just a hobby that generates a bit of spending money over time.

Phil

 

[Admin]

Well done!

SEO Question: Would Google like it more if the different sections were on sub-pages rather than sections of a single homepage?

 

[spondishy]

SEO Question: Would Google like it more if the different sections were on sub-pages rather than sections of a single homepage?

It would certainly be easier to target keywords...

It's difficult to target say "french bread" if its a section on the main bread page, but if you did a seperate page specifically with instructions making french bread and "french bread" in the title I'm sure you'd pick up natural links that'd help it rank.

As an aside I can hit your homepage with www and non-www. I'd sort that out if you can (pick one or the other).

Cheers.

 

[joned]

Nice site, well done!

I'd second the view that having individual pages for different recipes would help SEO - and make it easier for visitors to find things. Perhaps a section of reviews of related-equipment (bread makers, etc) would be useful for readers and give you more opportunities to plug your Amazon links?

Cheers, Jon

 

[pbryd]

Recipe sites don't really generate a lot of revenue so I didn't want to spend too long on the site and go to the trouble of setting up multiple pages and a navigation bar.

If it looks like it might start generating more income then perhaps I'll split the main page into separate pages and take it from there.

Phil

 

[pbryd]

As an aside I can hit your homepage with www and non-www. I'd sort that out if you can (pick one or the other).
Cheers.

Can you elaborate on this please?

Phil

 

[spondishy]

Yeh sure...

I can hit your site as both:

http://homemadebread/co/uk
http://www.homemadebread/co/uk

Google will see these as different sites so you could potentially have dupe content issues as well as people linking to both www and non-www versions of the site.

If the site is on Linux, create a .htaccess in the root and add the following to it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yoursite.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

So this is saying yoursite . co . uk has permanently moved to www . yoursite . co . uk

Full article here.

How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs :: SEO FAQ - StepForth Placement Inc.

 

[pbryd]

Thanks for the info, I'll have a look into it when I've got my technical head on. First step is to find out what type of severs are being run with my hosting company.

Phil

 

[monaghan]

Apache/2 Server at Homemade Bread FREE Recipes, Beginners Guide to Baking hand made Bread at Home Port 80

The .htaccess route will work fine.

I'd also suggest splitting the page into sub pages as navigation for the visitor will be easier.

 

[pbryd]

I've created the .htaccess file and uploaded it.

homemadebread.co.uk
redirects to
www.homemadebread.co.uk
is this correct?

 

[spondishy]

Looks good to me.

 

[pbryd]

Many thanks, no I just have to repeat it for the rest of my domains.

 

[TallBloke]

that's a nice looking niche site well done! Photos really add to the content.

Did you consider using wordpress at all and then update with blog posts as you make the next loaf ?

 

[pbryd]

I had originally planned to use wordpress and did install it but couldn't (didn't have the patience) to learn how to use the backend interface to design the layout.

If I wanted a site with dozens of recipes then perhaps I'd take the time to learn wordpress but small number I'm planning I'll just stick to what I have for now.

Phil