Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Rogue Trader on March 30, 2010, 04:58:46 pm
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Have any of you used a SEO company successfully??
I need my windowcleaning site tweeked in a few areas plus i need someone to optimize my girlfriends and mothers site.
I have been talking to loads of companies good and bad , very very expensive ones and ones really cheap but i dont have the confidence to go with any of them without a decent reccomendation , anyone got any recco's??
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Buy the book by the Seo Expert, David Viney, How to get to the top of Google.
Its fantastic and under £15
idealrob
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Have any of you used a SEO company successfully??
I need my windowcleaning site tweeked in a few areas plus i need someone to optimize my girlfriends and mothers site.
I have been talking to loads of companies good and bad , very very expensive ones and ones really cheap but i dont have the confidence to go with any of them without a decent reccomendation , anyone got any recco's??
try window washers hes sound n cheap enuf
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i got seo for dummies but i must be a real dummie cos it is a real challenging read!!
I have already googled it and spoken to quite a few companies but i am looking for reccommendations for a good cheap SEO company....... :)
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told u try window washers just google that
then ring him , he sometimes on ere
v/sound guy
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Matt I was contacted today by vertigo site solutions. they told me they could guarantee my website to be on page one on google, msn, aol and lycos.
£299 plus vat is what they are asking for.
I am opening an eshop within the next few days and it might be a good idea to use one to get the shop website up on page one nationally, they told me that would cost approximately £1200 plus VAT for 12 months.
Matt
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I think nearly all who promise first page on google are con firms, have you googled the firm that quoted you the fee ans see wether it comes up with many moning customers.
They ring us all the time and we are first page on google for most and even number 1 in world on certain phrases.
I usally find they get you number one on a stuped phrase.
idealrob
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As i said con artists, a stones throw away from my business premises, most of there site is in flash, which google does not like and here are the following quotes from dissatisfied cutomers. Years ago we got con artists for business have just taken a call from VERTIGO SITE SOLUTIONS !!!
TOTAL SEO SCAMMERS!
the number that called me was 01642 913558 - Lindsey -
not in the habbit of posting about people but she has completely wound me up !
called through claiming my details had been sent to her to list in google? alarm bells straightaway ! why ? to get my site on the search engines? me- what are you to do with google? we local online search engine consultants and run various different directories such as businessretriver ??? never heard of you or your company - phone goes down !
so im curious now - I take a look at their site - what a bloody joke ! we have been in business since 2004 ! hmmmmmm!! check the whois register and you will see that the domain was only registered in the name of David Ryder on the 28/08/2008 ! not quite 2004 is it now ! and look at their attempts of so called - SEO ! What an absolute joke ! their own site is fully written in flash with the domain not changing when each page is accessed , their site takes an age to load ! they mention nothing about how they achieve the rankings desired that get you on the search engines !!!
I am sick to death of taking sales calls from un-educated sales people trying to waffle and baffel us law abiding business owners into parting with our hard earned cash. Vertigo site solutions is just another example of how this market is and has headed - its the new time share quick buck - take your hard earned cash and do a very poor job. I have been stung by a firm back in 2003 called bo-mac if anyone recalls them??? again like vertigo site solutions seem to do - promised me all the world for 400 and delievered absolutely nothing other than total black hat SEO - I have now taken it upon myself to attend chichester Uni to do a course in design and creation a few years back ! this has made clear the understanding of how sites get into search engines and what keeps them up their- I suggest vertigo site solutions get themselves on this course ! this way they could hopefully salvage their name and reputation before it gets too late!
plus your directory review about vertigo site solutions is your own ! clearly ! as vertigo group are vertigo site solutions who own that domain and the new directory. reduction, then diary for police, fire brigade schools etc, now its SEO
Yes also just received a call from this lot. Explained that we were call preference but got some very vague explanation about how we requested that they call them! Total rubbish. Usual nonsense over how they could optimise us on to Google first page
have just again been on the receiving end of this lot! Back last year I was swindled into trying them out for a year ! I got zero response from this and zero results ! They got my info from ufindus / customer street I already had this service with them - albeit more expensive than what vertigo site solutions charged me - but did me ok with what I had, I was lurved into them by these fantastic results promised all for £150 per year! money down the drain, my positions (since they butchered my site my husband is shouting) were a lot worse and I lost my slot on ufindus because I cancelled ! complete waste of time, full of false promises and lies. Again just received a call from their cold calling people to tell me they can get me first on google - Im already with you I replied ! a very un-feasable excuse was made accomponied by a swift exit. How can they try and sell me something I already have ?? Dont waste your money or time steer clear
I have had many dealings with this outfit "vertigo Site (or should i say sh*te) solutions" after they cold called me claiming my details were passed over to them, foolishly i let the salesman (alex or alec) talk me into parting with £200 to get higher prominance on google and other results, as yet almost 7 months down the line i am still not found on the major search engines ! what does amuse me though is when you call up and you speak with one of their helpline staff the person that sold you the account is always on the phone or in a meeting, it sounds like its a circus driven business who have absolute no regard for their customers (and probably the poor sods they employ selling the service). Then around november an "ex employee " he claimed to be also did a cold call stint on me saying that the service that i have with them was a rip off and i could of actually installed the keytags (some jargon used) my self for free (should i have known how to do this) and he would correct their in-adequate work for £100 - well - he was told where to shove his £100 and I hurried him off the telephone. Why do I always fall victim to this kind of rogue selling. If its not business directories calling claiming to renew my subscription to a directory I didnt know i was involved with it people like vertigo site solutions selling me something that 1 - has not worked and 2 - i could of done my self for free aledgedly.!
http://phoneowner.info/Number.aspx/01642913558
idealrob
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Thanks Rob, I have been giving it some thought as well and I am going with Ian (Window Washers).
Matt
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hi Matt, great news, at least you can trust Ian. its a shame today what goes on, we got conned but only £50 as managed to stop other payments. Lesson learnt
idealrob
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im not sure how it all works really but if i put window cleaner plus my area im on the first page of google about 7 out of the top 10! ;D
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im not sure how it all works really but if i put window cleaner plus my area im on the first page of google about 7 out of the top 10! ;D
sometimes the cookies on your computer make it look like that, where are you based & what are you called
Might be correct, but allways try on different computer
idealrob
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yes ive checked and i am!
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really and ive been under the impression i am ranking well on google
can somebody google window cleaner falkirk or window cleaning falkirk
and let me know if mci services is there thanks
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yes it there m8 a couple of times but is 2nd behind touchlocal
really and ive been under the impression i am ranking well on google
can somebody google window cleaner falkirk or window cleaning falkirk
and let me know if mci services is there thanks
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ok can someone check mine please
cleethorpes window cleaner
cleaner brighter window cleaners should have ebay adds aswell as a few sites aswell as mine
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yes it there m8 a couple of times but is 2nd behind touchlocal
really and ive been under the impression i am ranking well on google
can somebody google window cleaner falkirk or window cleaning falkirk
and let me know if mci services is there thanks
thanks mate thats good enough for me
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cool c and b the other firm is my brothers ;D
yes clee your 1st on google maps and about halfway down the page for your site listing
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thanks m8! ;D
cool c and b the other firm is my brothers ;D
yes clee your 1st on google maps and about halfway down the page for your site listing
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I got same problem... all those companys charge a lot of money... Can some1 recomend good and not expensive?
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stu mac do you have a website as i can only see you in first place on maps. Google maps is always changing you dont always stay at the top google maps gives others a chance too .
clee second from the bottom on the first page and first on google maps.
Jay
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ok guys how did U get that 1st page position?
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yes jay i should be first or second depending on the search. i know google maps rotate the listings
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lol just seen matts search ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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ok guys how did U get that 1st page position?
no idea mate sorry, i just built the site and registered with google
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get on every site you can for nothing.
register with google
yell touchlocal and anything you see other window cleaners in.
bt tradespace aswell
ebay.
it takes time but not hard and doesnt cost a penny ;D ;D
ok guys how did U get that 1st page position?
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stu mac second on in my seach. nice site :o
jay
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MB Window Cleaning check your email address
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get on every site you can for nothing.
register with google
yell touchlocal and anything you see other window cleaners in.
bt tradespace aswell
ebay.
it takes time but not hard and doesnt cost a penny ;D ;D
ok guys how did U get that 1st page position?
Go here. http://www.google.com/local/add Click through and register.
Two weeks later, you're there very near the top. And Clee's right. Doesn't cost a penny.
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MB Window Cleaning check your email address again
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Directories are never quite that simple.
They mainly depend on how many editors they have working before a site registers on the directory.
They can take up to 6 months and if you tire of waiting and re-submit they may view you as spamming and not list you at all.
Assuming you're going to be listed in two weeks, well, it just isnt going to happen.
If you google window cleaner yourtown you will find, right at the top and very prominent, a list of window cleaners who have registered with google local business.
If you type in window cleaner pershore, you will find that I come first. Clicking on my name takes you directly to my web site.
And it didn't cost me a penny.
People who don't register don't get a listing. It's a small enough investment of 20 minutes work.
So what if it takes six months? (Although it doesn't. It takes about two weeks.) Whist you're wondering who to give your £299 to for no guaranteed results, Google will do it for free and it's pretty much guaranteed.
It's there for the taking ... or leaving.
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I once got a personal web page to the top of some search engines. This was before Google was around. I think they were something like Yahoo, Altavista, Excite and others.
All I did was have some weird word like "fgytrpo" in the text and searched on that ;D .
I just did it for the crack to see if it would work - and it did.
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oohhhhh you bitch c and b ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
thanks m8! ;D
cool c and b the other firm is my brothers ;D
yes clee your 1st on google maps and about halfway down the page for your site listing
;D ;D ;D ;D
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how do you remove listings from google as i have 2 old phone numbers still come up with google i want to remove
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how do you remove listings from google as i have 2 old phone numbers still come up with google i want to remove
Just log in to your business centre page and you'll get to a page where you can edit, add or delete information.
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thanks but tryed that it only lets me edit my new info i must of used old email and paswords for older info and googles the only site where they have no contact number to talk to them
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Have any of you used a SEO company successfully??
I need my windowcleaning site tweeked in a few areas plus i need someone to optimize my girlfriends and mothers site.
I have been talking to loads of companies good and bad , very very expensive ones and ones really cheap but i dont have the confidence to go with any of them without a decent reccomendation , anyone got any recco's??
You have a few mistakes in your code.
There are end tags /> in your meta tags (title, description, keyword) before the end of the line, so they will not not be read beyond that tag.
find another website go to 'view' then 'source' or 'page source'. this will bring up the sites code so you can see what the tags should look like.
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i'm no.1 on google, it's all about parting with some cash. No-one puts a billboard up on the main street for free do they? But your local rag will gladly take your hard earned cash for next to no return. Spend your money wisely, 'SEO for dummies' is like me learning nuclear physics in my bedroom....it won't go well. Leave it to the experts, we clean windows better than them and they do web building better than us.
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your webpage doesnt work ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
i'm no.1 on google, it's all about parting with some cash. No-one puts a billboard up on the main street for free do they? But your local rag will gladly take your hard earned cash for next to no return. Spend your money wisely, 'SEO for dummies' is like me learning nuclear physics in my bedroom....it won't go well. Leave it to the experts, we clean windows better than them and they do web building better than us.
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