Always provide good Page Content

Yesterday I posted to the 'what's new blog' a few new pages that are still waiting for a page rank. Well I'm looking at the stats today for the web site. Many of those new pages are getting zero visits, or a very low number of hits. Several pages only have 8 to 12 page hits, which I assume is mostly from me checking the new up-loads.

So what's the deal then, does page rank really determine how well a page does. I'm reviewing the stats for one of the new pages dealing with microSD connectors. Just since mid Jan. that page has already received 110 page views, in just three weeks. That's 10 times the number of visits received by most other new pages and in a quarter of the time.

Hmm, looking at the Navigation Summary I see that 46% of the page hits are direct [via a search Engine] and 31% of the page hits are coming in from the microSD pin out page. Checking Google for the search term "MicroSD connector manufacturers" I find that page is listed first out of 24,000 other pages. Not bad for a page that is only 3 weeks old. The attached graphic gives the search history for the term 'microSD', there was no history for the other words.

So the other new pages do not provide the required content to place high in the search results. They have internal links that also don't receive a lot of traffic. The new pages are more than several pages off the index page [hidden deep within the site]. The topics the pages cover must have a low yield, low search terms.