Since initiating The Carpet Buyers Handbook Site Partner Program in July 2004, every Site Partner has upgraded to our premium package and no partner has withdrawn from the program, since its inception.  The benefits of Carpet Buyers Handbook Site Partner status has far exceeded the cost for these flooring wholesalers.  Our Partners have received daily consumer price quotes (a solution to pay for the service), increased web site traffic to their own web sites as a result of click-throughs, and improved search result rankings for their targeted keywords.

As an added bonus, The Carpet Buyers Handbook offers site optimization suggestions to our partners to assist them with their own site design. Together, as a group, we have achieved what could not have been achieved individually.  Individual corporate pages (replicas of the partners own web site home page) displayed on the Carpet Buyers Handbook, each receives an average of150-250 Unique Page visitors each day.  Any click, on any link, found on these corporate pages redirects the page visitor to the appropriate page on the Partners Web Site.  There are numerous other advantages to Carpet Buyers Handbook Site Partner Status that our Partners are always willing to share.

After our Site Partnership member list was closed, we began receiving numerous requests from flooring wholesalers from throughout the US enquiring about reopening our membership application process.  In choosing not to expand our list of full-fledged site partners, these wholesalers began to request to be placed on a waiting list.

In creating this waiting list, we wanted to offer a benefit to these potential partners by assisting them with their own sites and expanding our own consumers (site visitors) experience in visiting The Carpet Buyers Handbook.

The Carpet Buyers Handbook Flooring Wholesaler waiting list should accomplish both of these objectives.

The first objective of the Site Partner waiting list is to assist the prospective Partner with their own site traffic.  One of our most popular pages, in terms of Flooring Buyer Consumer Traffic is our Dalton, Georgia Carpet Wholesaler Directory listing.  This resource page has become a primary stop for carpet buying consumers, nationally, who are seeking a single source location for access to carpet Wholesalers.  This was a logical place to locate this waiting list.

This page utilizes links to the wholesalers web site and descriptions tailored by each flooring wholesaler. By locating these links on this directory page, consumers will be able to access the wholesalers web site and wholesalers will begin to see their traffic counts climb.  More importantly, placement of links on this page will assist with submission of sites to the various search engines.

Most search engines use links to locate and index web sites in their effort to map the web.  This listing also has become a primary "meeting place" for search engines searching for relevant, flooring related web sites.  Typically a search engine spider will index this directory page and when the spider arrives at a link, the spider will leave the Carpet Buyers Handbook index the site to which the link points, and return to the CBH to complete its weekly index of our site; the more often a site is indexed, the higher its ranking in search results.

From a site visitor standpoint, the average link (web site) in this listing receives 20-30 click-throughs per day or 20-30 site visitors each day from flooring buying consumers who have visited this page.

While increased ranking in keyword results, indexing and addition to all major search engines, increased traffic from flooring buyers, and increased indexing of your site by the search engines are all significant benefits afforded by this directory listing, the most significant benefit comes from monthly optimization analysis suggestions for your own site by our optimization specialists. (skip to wait list details)

Each month, we will provide an analysis of your search ranking results for keywords identified in your meta tags.  Each report (after the first analysis) will compare current results with prior month results and allows you to evaluate trends in your optimization efforts.  This report will evaluate all English-speaking search engines for each keyword in your meta tags.  You will be provided with the current location (rank) in search results, prior month ranking, and position change (+/-).

• The report will provide you with a listing of all your key words (some people forget the objectives they have established for their site.

• A listing of all search engines evaluated

• A check of the first 20 pages (results) of each search engine and where (if at all) your site turned up.

• Current page number of your results, position number of results,, last months position number, and change in position (number)

This monthly report (emailed to you) will examine the top 10 sites (in keyword results ranking) for three search engines, evaluate your site for these words, examine differences between your optimization and theirs and offer suggestions as to what the differences might be with regard to a top 10 result and where your results fall.  This Top 10 Optimization report also evaluates:

• Page titles - Page titles affect your search results.  The number of times you (and your competitors)  use your key word in your title is important.  Used too often can be penalized.  The position of the key word in the title is important.  Key word density in the title, Word count (add or delete words in your title), character count will be evaluated.

• Key words - Your counts, key words, position of key words, and a comparison of your competitors or top ten sites

• Meta Description - Your site description in your meta tags is important!! We will provide you with your meta tag description and the description of your competitors/top 10.  We will provide suggestions regarding key word quantities in the description, positioning of key words (position is important), keyword density, and other suggestions to improve you search ranking results.

• Body Text - A comparison of what the search engine spiders see when they rank your site.  This examines all of the text on your page and provides counts for keywords, keyword density, keyword position, character counts and compares this data with your competitors/top 10.

• First sentence of body - The first sentence of your body is important.  Most search engines place a greater relevance of the first sentence than any other information. Your search ranking can depend on this first sentence.  Some engines even use this sentence as the description of your site. We will provide description, key word count, key word position, key word density for your site and your competitors and offer suggestions for improving your rank.

• Link Popularity - You will receive a monthly report on the number of incoming links to your site and your competitors.  We also will provide a listing of outbound links and on-site links for your home page.

• IMG Alternative text - Do your images have ALT text and why not? 

• General Suggestions in improving your traffic ranking.

In addition, The Carpet Buyers Handbook will manually submit your site, bi-monthly, to the following search engines and more than 600 directories (many directories are essentially a directory listing of links)  Each directory listing adds to your G00gle Page Rank by adding links to your link count and generating more traffic to you site. (note: many directories may take 4-12 weeks to list your site)  A site submission report will be mailed to you bi-monthly, which lists the search engines and directories to which your site has been submitted.

If you are not using a submission service, you should be. Not all search engines use links as a way of adding sites to their index.  Many submission services charge as much as $1 per submission.  The most inexpensive method of growing your web presence is through links like the Carpet Buyers Handbook site partner program, but routine site submission should be a part of your web site promotion plan.

Included in the Web Site Promotion Package is a monthly meta tag analysis of your site (and your competitors).  This analysis will compare your site with the meta tag variables of your competitors and/or the top 10 sites for five (5) keywords results.  This monthly analysis will include analysis of your page and your competitors and offer suggestions regarding:

      Page titles - Page titles affect your search results.  The number of times you (and your competitors)  use your key word in your title is important.  Used too often can be penalized.  The position of the key word in the title is important.  Key word density in the title, Word count (add or delete words in your title), character count will be evaluated.

      Key words - Your counts, key words, position of key words, and a comparison of your competitors or top ten sites

      Meta Description - Your site description in your meta tags is important!! We will provide you with your meta tag description and the description of your competitors/top 10.  We will provide suggestions regarding key word quantities in the description, positioning of key words (position is important), keyword density, and other suggestions to improve you search ranking results.

      Body Text - A comparison of what the search engine spiders see when they rank your site.  This examines all of the text on your page and provides counts for keywords, keyword density, keyword position, character counts and compares this data with your competitors/top 10.

      First sentence of body - The first sentence of your body is important.  Most search engines place a greater relevance of the first sentence than any other information. Your search ranking can depend on this first sentence.  Some engines even use this sentence as the description of your site. We will provide description, key word count, key word position, key word density for your site and your competitors and offer suggestions for improving your rank.

      Link Popularity - You will receive a monthly report on the number of incoming links to your site and your competitors.  We also will provide a listing of outbound links and on-site links for your home page.

      IMG Alternative text - Do your images have ALT text and why not? 

      General Suggestions in improving your traffic ranking.

Search Engine Submissions 150 +/-

These search engines may change depending on search engine submission requirements.

Wait List Details

Wait List Cost -  $75/month

Includes listing of your site name and description at the bottom of each CBH page.  Each link adds to your keyword ranking results, Google Page rank, and visibility. Keyword links raise page rank (For your site) for keywords in hyperlinks. More than 400 links

Includes inclusion in our Dalton Carpet Outlets Page

Includes listing on our Dalton Carpet Wholesaler Directory

Inclusion of images and live links (to your site) on our Area Rug Gallery page

Inclusion in our Hardwood Flooring wholesaler directory (under construction)

Includes all components of Web Master Plus Site Partner Plan except for top page links, Daily consumer leads, and replica pages of your home page.

Replica Pages (2) on the CBH available at additional cost

Replica Home pages are exact copies of your home page placed on our site with all links functioning as they would from your own home page.