[richyp]

anyone know of a good company that does web optimisation cos am slipping down rankings and any idea of costs.. cheers?

[Dave Garrett]

Have you tried Google Ad Words Excellent Can get you top of page ( first ) easily depends on your budget ...Just searched you see you are 4th for south shields ....need google adds can set you daily budget

[richyp]

what kind of money r we talking and south shields is a tiny town and i cover a hundred miles and all directions

[Dave Garrett]

i have set a daily budget £5 and bidd for top spot accordingly have been going 2 weeks first page each search got a few jobs £60 + and returns 4 weekly just thought i would try for a month total google bill at mo = £19

[richyp]

did u search window cleaning?

[Dave Garrett]

yes window cleaning south shields ....Google Adds will get you in pink box top of page

[Nathanael Jones]

A lot of SEO companies do dodgy work that gives short term advantage but in the long run can damage your ranking.

My dad was paying £100 a month for SEO - for the first 3 months he got loads of calls, and then it started to go quiet again. After 18 months he finally cancelled the service, and hey presto, his phone started ringing again within a few weeks!

Don't believe the tips & tricks - just give Google what it wants - good, unique, regularly updated content. Try a facebook widget, twitter integration, a regularly updated gallery, a page with special offers that changes monthly. Video's can also give a great boost to google ranking & can be a fantastic sales tool if done right. Add a privacy policy page (google likes these), add statcounter code so you can track the viewing behaviour of the visitors your site gets....



You could also take steps to make your website more friendly to mobile/tablet devices (currently about 10% of all internet browsing is done on these - and that figure is rapidly growing) like this one I'm working on at the moment: http://windowcleaningscotland.co.uk/index.html

[Dave Garrett]

Vistaprint currently doing web page & hosting for £20 per month includes all Tablets Mobile Phones ETC first month free trial

[richyp]

not much of that made sense to me nathan lol, widgets etc. you r talking way over my head but ad like to learn

[richyp]

dave, it was upvc cleaning i am interested in mostly, i was in first 2 for over 3 years but now ave been over taking by quite a few companies.

[Nathanael Jones]

not much of that made sense to me nathan lol, widgets etc. you r talking way over my head but ad like to learn

Its dead easy to do if you have access to the webspace to make changes - info here:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/

[Dave Garrett]

yeah see you are 4th in that cat for south shields just outbid them for top of page

[richyp]

its the likes of newcastle, northumberland, hebburn, jarrow sunderland, tyneside, wearside etc i am losing on, and all of the mentioned places i used to be top 2

[richyp]

how does that facebook widget work nathan, i am a member of facebook but never use it. does your business only depend on the friends you have?

[Dave Garrett]

rp do you have a google account ?

[richyp]

ave got google mail account m8

[Dave Garrett]

will walk you thru it if you want firstly you need to know your daily / monthly budget and indeed set up a account will take some time but will help if you want

[richyp]

yeah mate write it down and al follow it cheers

[Dave Garrett]

best done over phone whens best for you

[Nathanael Jones]

how does that facebook widget work nathan, i am a member of facebook but never use it. does your business only depend on the friends you have?

I have it on a couple of sites, it looks like this:
http://height-wise.com/

You can change the size of the box - make it bigger and you can use the "news feed" option, so that everything you post on your facebook page will also show up in the box on your website, perfect for special offers etc.