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Title: websites who all has one?
Post by: JSMC on July 03, 2014, 10:39:14 pm
how do you find them for your business?  lad on here does them but cannot remember his name.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 03, 2014, 10:45:03 pm
Nat.
He is awesome.
I've got one of his.
It's got me too much work tbh.
I'm in the process of a massive cull.
Can't recommend him highly enough.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on July 03, 2014, 11:33:05 pm
how do you find them for your business?  lad on here does them but cannot remember his name.
our site has been down for over a year and our business is still increasing thanks to word of mouth, but in fairness i would say its makes more sense to have a web site.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 03, 2014, 11:40:46 pm
how do you find them for your business?  lad on here does them but cannot remember his name.
our site has been down for over a year and our business is still increasing thanks to word of mouth, but in fairness i would say its makes more sense to have a web site.

That's not 'down' Tadgh.
That's 'out'

Not big in the grand scheme of things but I'd've bought some bits from you if your site was up.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 03, 2014, 11:45:41 pm
Literally got mine back from my webdesign guy 45mins ago. Still needs a lot of work but here's mine....be gentle  ;D

www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk (http://www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk)

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: supernova77 on July 03, 2014, 11:51:24 pm
Ours works well... (although I need to add some more pictures)

www.iconicwindowcleaning.co.uk
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 03, 2014, 11:53:48 pm
Literally got mine back from my webdesign guy 45mins ago. Still needs a lot of work but here's mine....be gentle  ;D

www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk (http://www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk)

Danny

Are your blogs in English?
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Window Lickers on July 03, 2014, 11:56:21 pm
http://www.oakleywindowcleaning.uk/
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on July 04, 2014, 12:05:48 am
how do you find them for your business?  lad on here does them but cannot remember his name.
our site has been down for over a year and our business is still increasing thanks to word of mouth, but in fairness i would say its makes more sense to have a web site.

That's not 'down' Tadgh.
That's 'out'

Not big in the grand scheme of things but I'd've bought some bits from you if your site was up.
  Hi Darren, Yes i will agree with you on that one, look forward to doing some business with you when its back up, talk soon,   regards Tadgh
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 04, 2014, 12:07:30 am
Literally got mine back from my webdesign guy 45mins ago. Still needs a lot of work but here's mine....be gentle  ;D

www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk (http://www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk)

Danny

Are your blogs in English?

I decided to write them in latin....... ;D
No, that text you seen was from the web design guy. Im not sure why they fill it with latin but they do.

What do you think then mate, any good? It still needs a lot of work on the text and pictures adding but ill get their soon

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 04, 2014, 12:13:21 am
how do you find them for your business?  lad on here does them but cannot remember his name.
our site has been down for over a year and our business is still increasing thanks to word of mouth, but in fairness i would say its makes more sense to have a web site.

That's not 'down' Tadgh.
That's 'out'

Not big in the grand scheme of things but I'd've bought some bits from you if your site was up.
  Hi Darren, Yes i will agree with you on that one, look forward to doing some business with you when its back up, talk soon,   regards Tadgh
Until then sir.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 04, 2014, 12:14:44 am
Literally got mine back from my webdesign guy 45mins ago. Still needs a lot of work but here's mine....be gentle  ;D

www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk (http://www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk)

Danny

Are your blogs in English?

I decided to write them in latin....... ;D
No, that text you seen was from the web design guy. Im not sure why they fill it with latin but they do.

What do you think then mate, any good? It still needs a lot of work on the text and pictures adding but ill get their soon

Danny

Not really fair to evaluate a work in progress bud.
Get it finished then repost it,
That'll be a much more realistic review of the site.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 04, 2014, 12:17:31 am
Literally got mine back from my webdesign guy 45mins ago. Still needs a lot of work but here's mine....be gentle  ;D

www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk (http://www.kleenawaycleaning.co.uk)

Danny

Are your blogs in English?

I decided to write them in latin....... ;D
No, that text you seen was from the web design guy. Im not sure why they fill it with latin but they do.

What do you think then mate, any good? It still needs a lot of work on the text and pictures adding but ill get their soon

Danny

Not really fair to evaluate a work in progress bud.
Get it finished then repost it,
That'll be a much more realistic review of the site.

So your saying it looks s h i t then!! haha will do mate ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: CleanClear on July 04, 2014, 12:58:28 am
I reckon i've got the worst website of anyone on here and mine generates me work. It baffles me how they ever email me or ring me, i guess they must think this fella looks clueless and cheap, we'll give him a whirl, after all how hard can cleaning windows be ?  ;D
  I'm revamping it soon , making it just one page with all the info on it. Thats all you need i think.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Ian101 on July 04, 2014, 08:29:35 am
March 2013 for me was whiteout for nearly 2 weeks ... didn't turn a wheel or that's how I remember it so decided to put myself a website together .... www.h2oproclean.co.uk ... tweaked it most months since then so now prob as far as I can take it with oneandone internet.

Does it get me much work ??  ... well now booking from August for any add ons conny roofs upvs gutters etc so very happy with it ... conny page needs a little more work but works for me.

Will be getting Nat to do my next one though as need to look a little more upmarket for my plans in 2015.

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1404459086_IMG-20130326-00238.jpg)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 04, 2014, 09:56:00 am
  I'm revamping it soon , making it just one page with all the info on it. Thats all you need i think.

Its VERY hard to get a one page website ranking well in Google - I'd recommend 5 or 6 pages minimum.  ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: gary999 on July 04, 2014, 10:33:50 am
Ive got a homemade website i  created seven years ago using
free templates etc,havent touched it since,just checked still near the
top for my local area :)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: JSMC on July 04, 2014, 04:56:36 pm
  I'm revamping it soon , making it just one page with all the info on it. Thats all you need i think.

Its VERY hard to get a one page website ranking well in Google - I'd recommend 5 or 6 pages minimum.  ;)

been told you are the go to guy for all of this. hopefully in next few months i be using your services.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 04, 2014, 08:56:41 pm
  I'm revamping it soon , making it just one page with all the info on it. Thats all you need i think.

Its VERY hard to get a one page website ranking well in Google - I'd recommend 5 or 6 pages minimum.  ;)

been told you are the go to guy for all of this. hopefully in next few months i be using your services.

Drop me an e-mail & I'll let you know what you need to be planning now - info@avondhu-internet.com :)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Rob_Mac on July 04, 2014, 09:05:23 pm
Danny

I'm going to send you a file of photos for that gallery

Rob ;D
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: telfordwindowclnr on July 04, 2014, 09:21:19 pm
Mine are all below.

Without them, I'd be sat at home eating chocolate hobnobs and twiddling my thumbs...
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: ben M on July 04, 2014, 09:28:57 pm
Mine are all below.

Without them, I'd be sat at home eating chocolate hobnobs and twiddling my thumbs...
Are you busy with your second website?  ;D
http://www.allaroundcleaningltd.co.uk/
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 04, 2014, 10:31:49 pm
Danny

I'm going to send you a file of photos for that gallery

Rob ;D

Cheers mate, iv got some but im not sure on how to upload them as the web guy aint showed me yet.......ill see if i can find any of my mrs and return the favor   ;) ;D

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Rob_Mac on July 04, 2014, 11:41:32 pm
Oh Danny

I've got this vision in my head. I'll get them over as soon as. Don't want you in any though!!

Rob ;D
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: deeege on July 04, 2014, 11:50:05 pm
Mine are all below.

Without them, I'd be sat at home eating chocolate hobnobs and twiddling my thumbs...
Are you busy with your second website?  ;D
http://www.allaroundcleaningltd.co.uk/

What's that about?
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Spruce on July 05, 2014, 06:56:40 am
March 2013 for me was whiteout for nearly 2 weeks ... didn't turn a wheel or that's how I remember it so decided to put myself a website together .... www.h2oproclean.co.uk ... tweaked it most months since then so now prob as far as I can take it with oneandone internet.

Does it get me much work ??  ... well now booking from August for any add ons conny roofs upvs gutters etc so very happy with it ... conny page needs a little more work but works for me.

Will be getting Nat to do my next one though as need to look a little more upmarket for my plans in 2015.

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1404459086_IMG-20130326-00238.jpg)

Hi Ian

I like your website. Thanks for sharing.

So you are a sole trader?  ;D

On the commercial page: is it 5 storys or 5 stories or a 5 story building? It just stuck me as wrong but I'm confused with how to count the number of stories on a building anyway. 
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Ian101 on July 05, 2014, 07:50:31 am
March 2013 for me was whiteout for nearly 2 weeks ... didn't turn a wheel or that's how I remember it so decided to put myself a website together .... www.h2oproclean.co.uk ... tweaked it most months since then so now prob as far as I can take it with oneandone internet.

Does it get me much work ??  ... well now booking from August for any add ons conny roofs upvs gutters etc so very happy with it ... conny page needs a little more work but works for me.

Will be getting Nat to do my next one though as need to look a little more upmarket for my plans in 2015.

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1404459086_IMG-20130326-00238.jpg)

Hi Ian

I like your website. Thanks for sharing.

So you are a sole trader?  ;D

On the commercial page: is it 5 storys or 5 stories or a 5 story building? It just stuck me as wrong but I'm confused with how to count the number of stories on a building anyway.  

thanks Spruce  :) .................. now clean up to 6 floors
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: G.W.C on July 05, 2014, 09:04:28 am
Nat.
He is awesome.
I've got one of his.
It's got me too much work tbh.
I'm in the process of a massive cull.
Can't recommend him highly enough.
How long has your site been live mate?
Mines been live 2-3 months, gained a couple of jobs from it and a few more enquiries
Just trying to work out if its still early days or i am missing something
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 05, 2014, 10:09:18 am

How long has your site been live mate?
Mines been live 2-3 months, gained a couple of jobs from it and a few more enquiries
Just trying to work out if its still early days or i am missing something

A new website can take a little while to gain momentum, but usually by 3 months you should have reached peak ranking for your setup.

Drop me an e-mail with a link to your site - I might be able to give you a few easy tips to improve things. ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 05, 2014, 10:17:25 am

How long has your site been live mate?
Mines been live 2-3 months, gained a couple of jobs from it and a few more enquiries
Just trying to work out if its still early days or i am missing something

A new website can take a little while to gain momentum, but usually by 3 months you should have reached peak ranking for your setup.

Drop me an e-mail with a link to your site - I might be able to give you a few easy tips to improve things. ;)

Why does it take that long nat? Iv heard you can manually submit your pages to google, would that quicken it up?

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Window Lickers on July 05, 2014, 10:18:38 am
You can. That gets you about 5% down the line. If it was that easy ....


https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?hl=en_uk&pli=1
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 05, 2014, 10:33:41 am
You can. That gets you about 5% down the line. If it was that easy ....


https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?hl=en_uk&pli=1

Thats it mate  ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 05, 2014, 10:39:07 am
Why does it take that long nat? Iv heard you can manually submit your pages to google, would that quicken it up?
Danny

There's loads of ways to speed it up - but even if Google includes you in its index immediately you can track your rankings (Use a tool like this one: http://moonsy.com/google-keyword-rank-checker/ ) and you'll see over the first couple of months your rankings will steadily improve even if you're not making changes to the site.

Google is suspicious of newly registered domains - especially if you only register for one year - registering the domain for 2 or more years (Most registrars allow you to go up to 10 years) will instantly help rankings. Older websites often get preference too,.. it takes a while before you can overtake even some mediocre websites if they're well established.

Google also takes time to find any backlinks you have and to figure out your social status from your Facebook/twitter/Google+ pages you have. Using social media to promote a new website (Without spamming too many links!) can get your rankings up where they should be much quicker too.

Registering for a Google Places listing, and including your website link on that listing can give a big boost to local search rankings too.

Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 05, 2014, 10:54:01 am
Why does it take that long nat? Iv heard you can manually submit your pages to google, would that quicken it up?
Danny

There's loads of ways to speed it up - but even if Google includes you in its index immediately you can track your rankings (Use a tool like this one: http://moonsy.com/google-keyword-rank-checker/ ) and you'll see over the first couple of months your rankings will steadily improve even if you're not making changes to the site.

Google is suspicious of newly registered domains - especially if you only register for one year - registering the domain for 2 or more years (Most registrars allow you to go up to 10 years) will instantly help rankings. Older websites often get preference too,.. it takes a while before you can overtake even some mediocre websites if they're well established.

Google also takes time to find any backlinks you have and to figure out your social status from your Facebook/twitter/Google+ pages you have. Using social media to promote a new website (Without spamming too many links!) can get your rankings up where they should be much quicker too.

Registering for a Google Places listing, and including your website link on that listing can give a big boost to local search rankings too.



Cheers mate, thats a big help. My website is probably a couple years old but just had it redone. Their is a lot of stuff on it that needs changing, pictures, social media, proof reading and i would like to try and figure oiut the short code stuff as iv been told you can do a lot of nice stuff with that.

The thing im struggling with is getting a link on pages like yoast is telling me to.
At the bottom of every page put some text about "contacting us", would it be good if link that text to the "contact" page?
Anything else that you see that could improve?
Iv ran it through yoast and its pretty good

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 05, 2014, 11:13:07 am
Yoast gives good guidelines - but don't take it as law. its impossible to get 300 words, a link, a picture etc etc etc on EVERY page,.. contact pages especially are mostly widgets & Yoast can't see the pics/words/links in the widgets!

Do what you can within the Yoast guidelines, but don't sweat the small stuff. Concentrate on quality, unique (Don't copy & paste anything) content instead & you'll get much better results.  ;) ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: PoleKing on July 05, 2014, 11:46:21 am
Nat.
He is awesome.
I've got one of his.
It's got me too much work tbh.
I'm in the process of a massive cull.
Can't recommend him highly enough.
How long has your site been live mate?
Mines been live 2-3 months, gained a couple of jobs from it and a few more enquiries
Just trying to work out if its still early days or i am missing something

Since the new year bud.
It's still a work in progress tbh.
Nat asks me to get stuff, photo's mainly, and I could be better at getting back to him.
Nearing completion.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: JSMC on July 05, 2014, 01:24:50 pm
Nat do you look after the running of site also ?
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 05, 2014, 01:38:01 pm
Nat do you look after the running of site also ?

Yup.  ;D

All my sites are built in wordpress now, so its easy for you to make changes/additions yourself if you want to,.. but if you don't feel confident enough to do it yourself I'm always happy to help.

I've got a nice UK based VPS server too, so can offer hosting if you don't already have it.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Spruce on July 05, 2014, 08:05:24 pm
March 2013 for me was whiteout for nearly 2 weeks ... didn't turn a wheel or that's how I remember it so decided to put myself a website together .... www.h2oproclean.co.uk ... tweaked it most months since then so now prob as far as I can take it with oneandone internet.

Does it get me much work ??  ... well now booking from August for any add ons conny roofs upvs gutters etc so very happy with it ... conny page needs a little more work but works for me.

Will be getting Nat to do my next one though as need to look a little more upmarket for my plans in 2015.

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1404459086_IMG-20130326-00238.jpg)

Hi Ian

I like your website. Thanks for sharing.

So you are a sole trader?  ;D

On the commercial page: is it 5 storys or 5 stories or a 5 story building? It just stuck me as wrong but I'm confused with how to count the number of stories on a building anyway.  

thanks Spruce  :) .................. now clean up to 6 floors

 ;D

Need to update the residential page as well as that still lists the maximum height of 5 floors.  :)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 06, 2014, 03:26:06 pm
Yoast gives good guidelines - but don't take it as law. its impossible to get 300 words, a link, a picture etc etc etc on EVERY page,.. contact pages especially are mostly widgets & Yoast can't see the pics/words/links in the widgets!

Do what you can within the Yoast guidelines, but don't sweat the small stuff. Concentrate on quality, unique (Don't copy & paste anything) content instead & you'll get much better results.  ;) ;)

Thanks a lot mate. TBH iv managed to get over 300 words in all pages, im not sure of the "quality" but they are definitely unique  :-\ ;D! Could you recommend a good plugin to link to my google places please? Any other tips? I dont mind paying  ;D

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Nathanael Jones on July 06, 2014, 08:44:58 pm

Thanks a lot mate. TBH iv managed to get over 300 words in all pages, im not sure of the "quality" but they are definitely unique  :-\ ;D! Could you recommend a good plugin to link to my google places please? Any other tips? I dont mind paying  ;D

Danny

No need to link from your website to your Google Places listing- its the other way round,.. make sure your places listing has a link back to your website. ;)
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Mike #1 on July 06, 2014, 10:46:17 pm
Nat do you look after the running of site also ?

Yup.  ;D

All my sites are built in wordpress now, so its easy for you to make changes/additions yourself if you want to,.. but if you don't feel confident enough to do it yourself I'm always happy to help.

I've got a nice UK based VPS server too, so can offer hosting if you don't already have it.


Got to say Nat is first class any changes I have asked him to make have been done within 2hrs and have been charged a reasonable rate so much easier to get Nat to do it , best thing I ever did was to get Nat to sort me a site out highly recommend . Mike
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: telfordwindowclnr on July 07, 2014, 12:03:54 am
Mine are all below.

Without them, I'd be sat at home eating chocolate hobnobs and twiddling my thumbs...
Are you busy with your second website?  ;D
http://www.allaroundcleaningltd.co.uk/
Yes, it's being re-written.
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: KLEENAWAY on July 08, 2014, 11:39:17 pm
Danny

I'm going to send you a file of photos for that gallery

Rob ;D

Cough cough*

Still waiting for the pictures for my gallery rob, its still quite bare  :'(  ;D

Danny
Title: Re: websites who all has one?
Post by: Rob_Mac on July 09, 2014, 06:04:46 am
Give me till the weekend.

Mega busy at the moment

Rob ;D