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Big Al

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websites
« on: October 20, 2010, 06:02:12 pm »
Hi all

I know a great chap who does brill websites at a brill price, you can spread the cost as well, email me and i will send you his email address, alex.wickham@puritycleaning.co.uk, or simply wait until you see my new site :)

janet russell

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Re: websites
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2010, 08:32:40 pm »
hi am new here so hello everyone i think this forum is really helpful i wondered if anyone would look at my site and tell me what they think i have done it myself and any advise would be most welcome
thanks
janet
kleen4u.com

Pristine Clean

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Re: websites
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2010, 08:35:19 am »
hi am new here so hello everyone i think this forum is really helpful i wondered if anyone would look at my site and tell me what they think i have done it myself and any advise would be most welcome
thanks
janet
kleen4u.com

You only have one key word "cleaners"

that wont rank at all if any.

Look at SEO or Search Engine Optimisation on Key words and that will help rank you.

if you are unsure let me know and I will try and advise.

regards


Dave
"You have to except that some days you are the statue and other days you are a pigeon"

Blast Off Stoke

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Re: websites
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2010, 08:56:52 am »
Dave
how do you check for keywords ?
Im still backwards at coming forwards when it involves the technical stuff.

Pristine Clean

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Re: websites
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2010, 02:19:57 pm »
Neil,

Ive sent you a text, send my your email and I will advise.

I have had a look at your site and you drastically need to change the key words and once done, you should rank better on Google after about 6 weeks or so.

Dave
"You have to except that some days you are the statue and other days you are a pigeon"

Pristine Clean

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Re: websites
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2010, 03:56:46 pm »
Neil,

Email sent


Dave
"You have to except that some days you are the statue and other days you are a pigeon"

janet russell

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Re: websites
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2010, 05:22:42 pm »
thanks for looking dave what other key words should i be putting in i`m not very good at this is there a website i can go on that shows you and is idiot proof ::)
thanks janet

Pristine Clean

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Re: websites
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2010, 05:38:10 pm »
Janet,

Can you access your site to change it?

If so, log in and look for the coding of keywords and change them to a search term that is relevant to your industry

if you need help there send me an email to dave@kentcleaning.com

and I will reply to it tomorrow after I get back from Clay Shooting


Dave
"You have to except that some days you are the statue and other days you are a pigeon"

Adam P

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Re: websites
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2010, 11:39:15 am »
guys keywords aren't a hidden thing. keywords are simply the words on your sites, which we class as keywords as they are what customers will be searching for. the words on your site will help google realise this is what your site is about, e.g.

you're a window cleaner so you have a website seling your services. how does google know you're a window cleaner? on your site you'll say "my name is john newland and i'm a window cleaner". so now google sees you've said the keywords "name", "john newland", "window cleaner" so if someone types in any of those words into google search you'll get found for them. now if someone types in window cleaning you may not get found as good think you're only window cleaner. so next sentence may say something like "i've been cleaning windows for over 30 years now. window cleaning is something i'm experienced with so i can provide a professional service.

now you've also got the keywords "window cleaning", "cleaning windows", "professional", "experienced", so if someone types in professional window cleaning into google you'll get found.

another important keyword is your location. if i type window cleaning london into google, so far from the keywords i've listed google wouldn't know i'm in london so i wouldn't appear.

you don't want to over do it with keywords, stuffing them into every sentence as google will penilise you for this. just put them in places where it makes sense. e.g.

on kleen4u website the first line reads

"Prides itself  on the high standards and personal  service that our team provide."

but instead it should read something like

"Prides itself on the high standards and personal domestic cleaning service that our team provide to properties in London."

the simplest way to figure out what keywords to use is think about what services you offer, e.g. window cleaning, carpet cleaning, office cleaning, domestic cleaning, then where you offer them, e.g. london, surrey, kent etc, then finally any extra words someone may put, e.g. experienced carpet cleaner, external window cleaner.

then go through your own site and see how many times you say any of these. then edit the sentences to have them in. remember that the sentence still needs to make sense, don't say something like "professional window cleaning in london cleans windows in london area. we clean most windows, from ground floor windows in london to top floor windows in london professionally, all in the london area."

this may get some keywords for your site but then when you do get found the customer wont like it and leave so nothing gained

garry22

Re: websites
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2010, 05:54:47 pm »
Hi Janet,

Welcome to the wonderful world of web marketing  ;)

In a nut shell, say someone searches on e.g., Google for  "House Cleaning Blackpool", it rapidly searches it's index of PAGES (not sites) to find the most RELEVANT one for that search.

No-one knows EXACTLY how they rank these pages but it comes down to two things (very simplified). On-site and Off-site factors

1/ On-site. The stuff on the page. This means, domain name (url), titles, descriptions, internal links, headings (h1, H2 etc, just like a Microsoft word document),tags etc.

In the code of most sites are things called tags.

The important ones are the Title tag and the description tag because they tell people what the page is about. There is another called "keywords" but this is no longer used for ranking purposes.

These things are what Dave meant when he asked if you could access the code (so you could do titles, description etc ) so that the search engines know what your page is about.

2/ Off-site factors. by far the most important. These are what other sites say about your site (in computer speak).

Known as back links, these are when another site "links" to yours. The little blue writing is called "anchor text". If you have got a load of links pointing to your site with different versions of "Blackpool" and "cleaning" in them, the search engines will realise your page is all about those topics. There's a lot more to it but I'll leave it there for now.

So... Your Site.

Your site has what are known as dynamic pages. It means they don't really exist as they are made up as and when the searcher clicks on your site. It's like a shop window that displays different things. The only constant is the window and shop front itself. To compound it, YOLA uses things called frames, which are an old fashioned way of doing this.

This means that your "on-site" stuff is not going to be easy to do at all. You can do the titles and description but the rest will be difficult.

Off site, anyone can build links back to their site (regardless of how it is built or coded) and in reality, this is by far the most important aspect..

Here's something you can do right now to help (only slightly but as they say at Tesco, every little helps).

Go to the top of the page and click "profile". On the next page look for "Modify Profile" and click on "Forum Profile Information".
Scroll down to "Signature".

Paste this code into the signature box...

house cleaning blackpool[/url  (then put another square closing bracket ( ]  )after the "url".

I had to do it like this so you can get the right code. If not it will just show the finished link

 If you want something other than house cleaning Blackpool, you can replace it with something else. Press "change profile". Bingo, you have got your first targeted incoming link. It will help the search engines find your pages naturally. Again, this is a huge topic and I'll leave it for now.

Do what Dave and Adam suggest about the text and the tags and you will be on the first rung.

Hope that helps for starters.

Garry

cleaner-exteriors

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Re: websites
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2010, 12:20:27 am »
Janet the above posts about onpage seo are correct, also if your a local business using local keywords its very easy to rank in the serps, backlinking is the key BUT remember quality not quantity!! Find high pr sites, blogs and forums relevant to your sector... And due to Googles changes to local searches a properley optimised Google maps placing is now essential (98% of gmaps are not fully optimised) if optimised correctly you will be fine.

Matt

janet russell

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Re: websites
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2010, 09:00:43 pm »
thank you all for your replies will do what you all suggested,  well i will if i can work it all out ??? will keep you all posted
janet

David Taylor

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Re: websites
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 07:35:14 pm »
Where is your site I can't see it??

thank you all for your replies will do what you all suggested,  well i will if i can work it all out ??? will keep you all posted
janet

Gutter Cleaning

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Re: websites
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2010, 10:06:51 pm »
Thanks