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The growth of All about Houseboats, SBI Review and Media Success of
www.all-about-houseboats.com

by Ian
(www.all-about-houseboats.com)

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The Power and Review of SBI - Site Build It (SiteSell)

Here is a SBI review, and a quick glance at the growth and media success of www.all-about-houseboats.com since its start in the competitive online world.

If you're interested in a SBI review, or better yet a review of Site Build It potential, let's take a moment and look at www.all-about-houseboats.com achievements with focused content, attracting visitors, traffic growth, and media attention.


The elements in building a successful website.

The chances of building a successful site amongst the 275 million websites already on the web are slim, unless you are a seasoned webmaster, with many skills and talents in SEO or in keyword traffic building.

You likely have many passions, hobbies, and interests, and would like to build a successful online business, yet you aren't into html coding, web design, or a technical SEO guru?

That's where I made my best business decision, and chose Site Sell, and their Site Build It package to start my online website story.

I was hesitant because of the price, but quickly realized that it included all the tools, hosting, and a wealth of information. The Action Guide, BrainStorm it, and the Master Keyword List are all invaluable tools in creating and building the Site BluePrint that is needed to build a successful website.

Needless to say, I'm now very happy that I chose SBI (Site Build It) to guide me online. The following information below shows some of the successes that www.all-about-houseboats.com has achieved.

Thank you SBI, and all my precious readers and visitors for all your support, I couldn't and wouldn't be here without YOU!

Ian from www.all-about-houseboats.com



Below are some of the achievements and proud moments.


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Reached over TWO million visitor page views per year
by: IAN from all-about-houseboats.com

It feels like just last year that the site served over 1,000,000 (a million) page views/per year to our visitors.

Well, milestones are made to be beaten, and beat it we did ...!!

We have now reached over TWO million page-views (per year) for our visitors & readers. The site now accommodates @ 2,000 people a day, making it one of the leading "houseboat websites" on the internet... :)

We THANK YOU and all our readers for allowing us to continue to break milestones and help readers around the world.

2 million page views for All About Houseboats



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The ultimate HOW to BUY a HOUSEBOAT ebook arrives
by: IAN from all-about-houseboats.com

After two years work the ultimate "Houseboat Buying Guide" was born. The How to Buy a Houseboat ebook is now available for all our 2,000 daily website visitors.

The ebook was a lifetime project that assembles a lifetime of boat-buying experience into a simple to read guide for houseboat buyers.

The response from the ebook buyers has been fantastic as the testimonials show that everyone wants to learn how to "not get taken" and "how to save money" while purchasing that dream-boat. The ebook covers all the who, what, where, when, and how to do it all.

Here's a 20 Chapter summary of the ultimate Houseboat Buying guide.

How to Buy a Houseboat



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The website is now MOBILE-FRIENDLY
by: IAN from all-about-houseboats.com

Another milestone happened in 2015 when we converted to a newer, more modern "responsive" website template that made us completely "mobile-friendly".

This mobile friendly template allows the website to be properly displayed for our tablet & especially smartphone visitors. As the mobile traffic is now representing @ 30% of the site's traffic (and only growing year per year) this is a major advancement to meet our visitor's needs.

All About Houseboats is now Mobile Friendly



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New Modern Header/Logo & Background Image
by: IAN from all-about-houseboats.com

Another stepping stone happened in 2015 when we did a major website upgrade by changing the look & feel of the site. We modernized the header/logo with a fresh newer feel.

new All About Houseboats header


On desktop mode, we added a wide water/ocean background image to complement the new look & feel upgrade. The background image creates a more relaxing and visually pleasing appearance.






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Houseboats For Sale - Free Houseboat Classifieds
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

A major module to add was the Houseboat For Sale section which offers free Houseboat Classified Ads to private sellers, and low cost ads to houseboat related businesses.

Free Houseboat Classifieds Ads for House Boats



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Google Ranking for www.all-about-houseboats.com
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

Another great moment was when one of the major search engines Google had indexed over 500 of our keyword focused content pages, and consistently listed us on the first SERP (search engine results page).

Google Ranking Index for www.all-about-houseboats.com


Our site is now found at the major Search Engines like MSN, Yahoo, Ask, Google for over 17,000 keywords, and from over 1,800 referrers.

Image searches now represent a large portion of our visual traffic. The snowball of growth just keeps getting bigger and bigger...

If you're interested in advertising on our site, and want to increase your sales and profit, you should have a look at our Houseboat Advertising page.


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SBI Review - Site Build It (SiteSell) Media Success
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

One of our proudest moments was when we were highlighted on the SBI Media success page. The page lists many of the SBI sites that have had major media success amongst popular Radio, TV, Internet, Magazines, or Newspapers.

SBI Review - Site Build It SiteSell media success

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Houseboat Transport article on Discover Boating
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

We are extremely proud to have our Houseboat Transport article published on one the biggest, most popular boating sites on the web, DiscoverBoating.com

Discover Boating - Houseboat Transport Movers




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Listed in the Top 1% of sites on the Internet
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

With over 156,000,000 (156 million) websites on the internet, we're elated that our site has reached another milestone. Our Alexa traffic ranking puts us in the Top 1% of the website on the Internet.

With an excellent Alexa traffic ranking, it's exactly what SBI - Site Build It says can happen when you follow the Action Guide.



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The IHF International Houseboat Fest show
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

We were the host of the Houseboat Seminars at the first International Houseboat Fest boat show in Louisville, Kentucky.

The seminars were spread over the three day event, and were a great hit amongst the visitors, exhibitors, and the NMMA.

IHF International Houseboat Fest boat show


We are already planning the material for next years show.

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Houseboat Seminars for the NMMA
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

We were contacted by the NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association) to host their Houseboat Seminars at their premier houseboat show.

The NMMA was looking to provide a Houseboat Seminar schedule to their visitors at the International Houseboat Fest in Louisville, Kentucky.

NMMA National Marine Manufacturers Association


On a side note, we were extremely well treated by the NMMA at the Houseboat Show. We're already planning the content for next year.

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Waterfront Houseboat article on MSN.com
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

Because of the Bankrate.com article, MSN put the article on their front homepage for a day. The traffic generated from the frontpage exposure alone was @ 225,000 page hits, and resulted in @ 42,000 unique visitors in one day :)

This kind of traffic didn't even crash the SBI servers, just proof at the quality of the Site Build It package.

MSN.com-on-the-waterfront-your-own-houseboat


This article is still listed in the MSN.com Real Estate section.

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Houseboat Housing article on Bankrate.com
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

A journalist from a major financial site Bankrate.com, submitted our website for an article on "Houseboats as a cheap housing alternatives".

Houseboats as a Cheap Housing Alternative


The article was then syndicated to MSN and Yahoo.

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A milestone of 1,000,000 page views per year
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

We broke our first major milestone by reaching 1 million page views (1,000,000 pages served) per year, and over 1/4 million unique visitors to the site. The traffic growth is constantly climbing.

We appreciate and would like to thank all of our readers and visitors for their continued support.


A Million Hits - 1,000,000 houseboat pages served!



Maybe our next milestone will be 1,000,000 per month :)

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Listed on Wikipedia for Houseboats
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

We were very pleased and proud to have been listed on Wikipedia, the largest Internet encyclopedia of its kind.

Houseboats on Wikipedia

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A video recommendation from Boaters TV show.
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

Another one of our successes was when we received a recommendation from Boaters TV during their weekly TV show.

The host Julie did a segment called "Julie's got a Crush on Houseboats" and our site was on the list to go to for more information.



It's a very well done short video segment showing houseboats in general.

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Created the free INSIDER Houseboat Magazine
by: IAN from www.all-about-houseboats.com

One of the first successes had to be the creation of the free INSIDER Houseboat Magazine. It's your free monthly online newsletter to keep our visitors and readers up-to-date with the latest tips and articles.

free Insider Houseboat Magazine


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