New website required diy style

« **on:** February 10, 2009, 08:13:22 pm »

Can anyone suggest any sites were i can build a simple website myself and be able to change it as and when required, cheers

« **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:20:02 pm »

search google,
type in "build your own website" and theres 1000's of them.

derek

« **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:03:15 pm »

Quote from: Brendan B on February 10, 2009, 08:13:22 pm

Can anyone suggest any sites were i can build a simple website myself and be able to change it as and when required, cheers

1and1.co.uk is what I use

« **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2009, 10:59:28 pm »

Neil why have you got tiny text at the bottom of your page it looks silly and if Google catch on!

Cheers Goron

« **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2009, 11:14:37 pm »

I buy my domains from 1&1 but bear in mind they are NOT UK based and are registered with Schlund Germany and will detrimentally affect your rankings against a UK registered domain.

However when you start up you can produce a reasonable website with their tools with little effort.

You can host them elsewhere once you know what you are doing as their hosting is poor in my opinion.

« **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:41:34 am »

Maybe with the self build you might have something a little dif

« **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:52:10 am »

Hi Guys

I use Heart Internet, who seem pretty good.

Template based sites are fairly easy to use .

Part of my CCDO effort will be on simple things with site design which make a big ranking difference.

Cheers

Doug

« **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:59:05 am »

Morn doug

Do you think just a web site high on the rankings is better than an all singing and dancing one

Just seen some really nice ones but expensive

« **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2009, 08:14:59 am »

I'm using BT for a fiver a month 'til I can afford the dogs...... You can update the site whenever you like!

Cheers, Col...

« **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2009, 08:15:11 am »

Clinton

My analogy is you can write the greatest novel even, bind it in gold leaf and put it on the shelf.

No one comes near, no one reads it, OR you can write an average book, have it promoted by Smiths and loads of people read it.

Forte famously said when asked what were the 3 most important things in running a hotel, and replied Location, Location and Location.

I am saying Ranking, Ranking and Ranking.

Cheers

Doug

« **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2009, 10:28:38 am »

I use 123reg.co.uk for my domain name and webspace when i build a site works out to be Total £16 per year.

I recommend - get the pages designed in a decent html editor ie Dreamweaver - rather than use a template system! - looks so much more professional!

Why make pages from scratch when there are 1000's of sites that you can 'emulate'(use their layout etc).

Once you have produced a website you will see that it is not that difficult!

http://www.abbeymeadcarpetcleaning.co.uk/

« **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2009, 11:33:09 am »

Lets see it then.
Rab

« **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2009, 02:01:52 pm »

Does not look a bad site like the video

Where are you in the rankings

« **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2009, 02:42:34 pm »

NIce site. Is that your video as it looks and sounds like there's a TM at the other end of the wand.

You could clean up Gloucester and cheltenham as the competition is very week. It will also make the adwords you are doing cheaper.

Love the pimped van.

« **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2009, 02:50:40 pm »

Mike

Pimp my ride

Was just going to say hes got a good site and like the video,as i was thinking most of the web sites are the same so for my new one going to have something dif.

Out of twenty people i have asked non of them understood psi and how big the hp of the power :

Might go down the quality route and not the how fast i can clean

« **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:00:15 pm »

features to BENEFITS

« **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:00:30 pm »

mike o
nice website
took me ages to find it

derek

« **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:07:19 pm »

Mike

It does have the benefits and thats what the potential clients want it sells the sizzle

All that for 16a year

Like what he said its not a template so its diff.

Thats what i would like something like that.

Remember when i first got my dry fusion/texatherm

Had my add in y pages in dry in 30 min headline and had lots of calls and bookings its all down to marketing.

« **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:20:27 pm »

That's worrying Derek, you should find them easy ie at the top.

« **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:49:16 pm »

there wasn't much to go on mike, your a very private man.
derek

« **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:02:06 pm »

Sherlock

You could have just typed CC and location in google?

« **Reply #21 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:34:18 pm »

then what sherlock, theres 100's in weston.

derek

« **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:39:38 pm »

Yep very competitive.

Don't know why, it's a dump.

« **Reply #23 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:41:44 pm »

Mike

You mean weston

« **Reply #24 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:46:48 pm »

if its a dump then it needs cleaning. you could say it needs a deeper clean than most places

derek

« **Reply #25 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:49:27 pm »

Really must go on one of those trauma cleanup courses, there's loads of work after the weekends.

« **Reply #26 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:51:32 pm »

« **Reply #27 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:35:07 pm »

Quote from: clinton neylan on February 11, 2009, 02:01:52 pm

Does not look a bad site like the video

Where are you in the rankings

Yes my rankings are good!

Just type in 'carpet cleaners gloucester' into google and you will see.

I did all the search engine optimisation myself, it took about 8 months to get it in the Top 10!

« **Reply #28 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:44:47 pm »

Chris

Your number 1 well top if not including sponsered links

Its a good position mate

« **Reply #29 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:35:26 pm »

This looks good and free
http://www.officelive.com/?cloc=en-GB

« **Reply #30 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:41:19 pm »

Nice one Mark.

« **Reply #31 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:47:06 pm »

Kev Loomes found it and recommended it over on CCDO forum a while back Mike.

« **Reply #32 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:52:42 pm »

Good ol' Kev, he is a bit of a star.

« **Reply #33 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:54:54 pm »

Vista Print do a good package.
Choice of 3 starter, standard or pro and the pro is only about £10 a month.
Very easy to use.

John

« **Reply #34 on:** February 11, 2009, 10:52:59 pm »

Quote from: CARPET KNIGHTS on February 10, 2009, 10:59:28 pm

Neil why have you got tiny text at the bottom of your page it looks silly and if Google catch on!

Well in my quest to get as high as I could via google I built and tried various things, and I knew jack quack about web sites and seo.
My first mistake was using an orange background which at the time looked quite decent with white script. What I didn't realise at that stage was that google decided white script was hidden script, hence why I wasn't getting anywhere

I then changed the script to black, problem solved other than it looked naff with black script on orange background.
I then choose a different background etc and the next problem occured when I did an SEO check to find out there wasn't enough usage of key words etc.
Now there's only so many times you can put 'carpet' 'cleaning' 'name of town' 'county' 'steam cleaning' etc without it looking daft in the script.
So yes in a way I have got around the problem for now by making up relevant sentances and putting it in small script at the bottom.
I know it doesn't look great but if I hide the script in white it will be a violation but at present I'm on page 1 of google and the hits average of 50 plus per day is serving a purpose.
In time when I have the other web sites high enough that I can tamper with the main one I tempted to just leave things as they are, at least this way I maintain control over it unlike if I pay someone else to deal with it.

« **Reply #35 on:** February 11, 2009, 11:03:52 pm »

why dont you add a big black box at the bottom and then write black text in it.
would that work?
derek

« **Reply #36 on:** February 11, 2009, 11:08:33 pm »

Quote from: Derek West on February 11, 2009, 11:03:52 pm

why dont you add a big black box at the bottom and then write black text in it.
would that work?

No, because the google machines would pick that up as 'hidden text.'
Hidden text gets you an immiediate removal from google.
BMW tried it apparently by hiding text behind pictures and they got removed

« **Reply #37 on:** February 12, 2009, 08:04:35 am »

Hi Guys

Neil is right what happens is that we adjust our websites to boost rankings and can end up with a bit of a mess.

However it is best to write proper prose than just list everything and as for the dodgy 'blackhat' schemes , avoid these.

I think it's always worth bearing in mind Google wants maximum relevancy, so if you build a relevant CC website and do the linking things , you should get good rankings.

Cheers

Doug

« **Reply #38 on:** February 12, 2009, 08:13:34 am »

Doug

I have seen the web site that i want so after i get it designed who do i give it to so it can be hosted and seo,d

thanks