Hi guys,
Long time no speak...if i'm honest i've been giving the forum a wide birth of late.
Thanks for all the replies in this thread, both negative and positive!
The NWC website was severely effected by Googles latest algorithm update on 26/04/12, just Google "Penguin Update" for more info.
Approx. 75% of our mini-sites were either dropped from the search results altogether, some now outside page 10, or dropped by a couple of pages. Some mini-site home pages have actually been de-indexed by Google.
Basically the firm who were supplying us with the SEO for the website used some pretty spammy links, which provided us with immediate Page 1 results for almost all the mini-sites in the short term, but after the Google algorithm change have possibly killed the site in the long term. Saying, that I have made ammendments to a few of the mini-sites as a trial and some of them are now back on page 1. We will carry on working on the existing site in the hope of regaining all our page 1 positions.
With busy work schedules for both Chalie and I getting round to fixing this has had to take a back seat. We hope to have a new website up and running, which will be a bit different from the last in a few months hopefully. We would at this time welcome anyones thoughts on what you would like to see in a window cleaning directory or network website?
In regards to people losing money by advertising with NWC, nobody has been invoiced for months but all the mini-sites are still up and running. People are still getting enquiries as I've just taken a look at the admin panel this morning.
I've attached a screenshot of some of the rankings in google as of this morning....which shows the mini-sites are all still up and running.
Any questions welcomed and apologies for not getting back to you guys sooner.
Cheers,
Huw