Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Doug Holloway on October 24, 2004, 11:06:57 am
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Hi Guys,
I've just renewed my website for the next 2 years.
It seems longer than a year since I set it up!
In that year I've got about £2,000 of business for a cost of less than £100.( I've not included Yell in this as I consider that a seperate issue)
I've also managed to get to the top of all the major search engines.
I can only see the internet growing and it is often good quality and well priced work.
cheers,
Doug
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How do you get to the top and what info do you provide?
Scott
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I would like to know how to get website on the top of a search engine i am pay per click and in 6 months i have had not one click i only advertise within 25 miles of St Ives, but i believe i miust have done something wrong with keywords but what i dont no Google informs me everything is fine. I am on a few local internet directories which send a few peolpre to my site but i have had no work from it at all. The uk average pc ownerships is 1 in 10 homes in cornwall its 1 in 100 (why?).
What a meta tags and do i have to use them all help would be very much appreciated. Paul
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Hi,
http://www.marketposition.com
cheers,
Doug
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thanks doug look like a quiet afternoon in front of the pc paul
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Paul,
Internet access for households was about 10% in 1998, but now it's 52%. The biggest expansion seems to have been in middle aged types, which tend to be our customers.
Try putting your web site address on your leaflets, you're bound to get a few hits at least.
Ta,
Peter
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Peter done that
Doug i must be thick been sat here for 2 hours now i'm more confused than when i started . Ive added keywords to my page properties hope that will help. ;D ;D ;D
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Paul,
What is your website address?
Cheers,
Doug
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Going to have no hair left by the end of the day Paul
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Paul,
I've found you.
I like your site , where did you get it done , BUT ;
Your heading is the most valuable part of your site and you have put 'Good afternoon from your local carpet cleaner'
The first four words are extremely common and completely irrelevant to your business. :'(
Try' Carpet Cleaning in West Cornwall'
The search engines will rate your heading words very highly so d'ont waste them ;)
Then if someone searches carpet cleaning cornwall you will come up.
They are not likely to search 'good carpet cleaner from local afternoon'
Hope this makes sense,
Cheers,
Doug
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Brilliant thanks Doug i appeciate the Help I did the Web Site my self with Cutesite builder took a while to learn but its so easy . Paul
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Just Changed it doug Paul
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Hi Paul,
Where did you get the picture of the restaurant carpet - That's not your wand ;D
Can I suggest that you check the text - little things like " i'll " instead of " I'll " or better still " I will " does spoil the overall effect.
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Thanks john everything is stolen from somewhere Paul
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Cant see where you mean John i'll I'll I will Paul
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Paul/Scott,
The most important directory to be in is Google Open Directory
Cheers,
Doug
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I'm on google pay per click is that the same.
And a big thanks though i cant seems to find my own web site in a search i've had a lot of hits this afternoon since i implemented your suggestions
I normall get about 3 hits a day i've had 30 in an hour Paul
ps no calls though Thanks again Paul
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Paul,
No its not the same as pay per click.
Your changes will not have been crawled yet , you have to be patient for that.
The reason you've had so many hits is people on this site.
cheers,
Doug
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Still Happy about it and ive found the google open directory and done that too . Off to the pub now i need it Cheers . Paul
ps I owe a beer. Paul
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Paul,
There are a lot of grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes throughout your text which rather lets it down.
You say that it's all taken from elsewhere. I recognise a little bit!
BFN
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Doug
Were did you get your website done
paul
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Paul,
I did it myself from websitenow at Register.com
Cheers,
doug
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Doug cant find the web site
paul
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Paul,
http://www.register.com
Cheers,
Doug
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Hi,
I'm now on my second edition of my wesite, i wouldnt mind some feeback!!
From what i can gather, it's not only the key words that you use, it's the amount of links that you list on your site, as it's the links that make the difference.
My web address is www.sevenstarscleaning.co.uk
Cheers
Ian.
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I'm impressed with your web site. I was inform recently that the first few words on your home page are very important as that what the search engine looks at. Scroll back and read dougs post . It makes at lot of sense. Paul
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I have just looked up what keywords people are using to get to my site.
yesterday Promite, mattress,protector
the day before extraction, mattress , fabric
dont understand wht the word mattress sent someone to my site as i dont use that word. and i've just searched mattress and couldnt find my site well on the first 50 pages gave up after that. Paul
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You'll find a really good article on search engine optimisation for your site here, hope it helps.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/web-accessibility-seo.shtml
Col F
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Paul,
Re Google
You're up to no. 15 carpet cleaning st .ives ,west cornwall and no.40 carpet cleaning west cornwall,
Cheers,
Doug
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Thanks doug i see i am getting more hits. but no work for it
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just looked at your site and it does look good doug.
Personally i am not so sure of the business obtained from web sites. speaking of me only though.
my site ranks well under google searches etc. carpet cleaners wrexham.
but i dont get much trade from it.
could be that its becuase i have not been in business as long as some of you guys?.
regards.brian