I have had some success in getting websites prominantly displayed in a short time by creating google map entries. At first it was very simple, especially for local searches. However it is getting harder. Some of my original successes have gone and I am now researching how to get them back. One of them is for Royal Mile Apartments in Edinburgh. I created a google map entry for the term Edinburgh Accommodation and the entry initially was the only business listed in the google map listings. Howver, by creating a google map beside this phrase, the listing has now been filled with other edinburgh based accommodations, mainly hotels. So this entry is to see if this link Edinburgh Accommodation will have an effect, we will see the results in due course.
a similar map might be for an accommodation in st ives cornwall. 8 Bellair Terrace, I have just created a google map listing, it is currently on page 5 of the google map listing for "self catering in cornwall" So hopefully this will push the listing up to the page 1 listing.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Thursday, 12 February 2009
10 days to get a new product to page 1 on Google
My previous post describes the way a link works to promote a particular web page, in this instance it was a page on motorparty's classic car hire website regarding a page devoted to an e-type jaguar. Well you can read that post to find out more, but the result was faster than expected.
10 days was all it took to make this link push this web page onto the page 1 Google search for "e type jaguar hire" the power of an effective link is dramatic and can make a real difference to the profitability of your business.
10 days was all it took to make this link push this web page onto the page 1 Google search for "e type jaguar hire" the power of an effective link is dramatic and can make a real difference to the profitability of your business.
Monday, 2 February 2009
How Imoprtant is a link ? to Motorparty
Here is a live Experiment on the importance of links.
I had a chat with Martin of Motorparty for whom I have done some SEO work in the last 2 years. Martin has a background in Mechanical Design, with major car manufactureres such as Rover, Porche and Aston Martin. He now runs a business restoring and hiring classic cars from his base in South West Scotland called Motorparty. Classic Car Hire
This experiment is related to one of his cars an E-Type Jaguar. Martin has just completed the renovation of a lovely E-Type Jaguar and now the car is ready for hire. He has created a webpage on his website for this car and the page is well optimised for the term E Type Jaguar Hire and it can be found on google if you search for "e type jaguar hire" however it is listed on page 6, and is not moving higher up the results, so I have just created a link to this page, and the test of this link is to see if it will push the page up to googles first page position for this search.
Now this blog is likely to be scanned by Google within 2 weeks, and the effect of the link will take perhaps 5 to 20 days after that. So hopefully one month should see Martins webpage on page 1 for the search E Type Jaguar Hire . So the experiment is the effect of 1 powerful link on a web page.
Why is this link powerful ? This blog has a pr of 2, the link text includes the phrase "E Type Jaguar Hire" and it is linked to the single page on Martins website which advertises an E Type Jaguar for Hire, also the text on this page around the link includes this search phrase. These things all make the link powerful. So ...... watch this space and see what happens.
I had a chat with Martin of Motorparty for whom I have done some SEO work in the last 2 years. Martin has a background in Mechanical Design, with major car manufactureres such as Rover, Porche and Aston Martin. He now runs a business restoring and hiring classic cars from his base in South West Scotland called Motorparty. Classic Car Hire
This experiment is related to one of his cars an E-Type Jaguar. Martin has just completed the renovation of a lovely E-Type Jaguar and now the car is ready for hire. He has created a webpage on his website for this car and the page is well optimised for the term E Type Jaguar Hire and it can be found on google if you search for "e type jaguar hire" however it is listed on page 6, and is not moving higher up the results, so I have just created a link to this page, and the test of this link is to see if it will push the page up to googles first page position for this search.
Now this blog is likely to be scanned by Google within 2 weeks, and the effect of the link will take perhaps 5 to 20 days after that. So hopefully one month should see Martins webpage on page 1 for the search E Type Jaguar Hire . So the experiment is the effect of 1 powerful link on a web page.
Why is this link powerful ? This blog has a pr of 2, the link text includes the phrase "E Type Jaguar Hire" and it is linked to the single page on Martins website which advertises an E Type Jaguar for Hire, also the text on this page around the link includes this search phrase. These things all make the link powerful. So ...... watch this space and see what happens.
The fastest booking in the West. (for a new self catering accommodation)
Donal Bell of Gelston Lodge Cottages asked me a question in an e-mail this morning.
Donald and Charlotte have 3 lovely self catering cottages located close to the coast between Gelston and Auchencairn in Dumfries and Galloway. I created a website for them early last year, and they have had a very successful first year. They finished their 4th cottage a few weeks ago and asked me to add this to the website. Long Barn self catering in Dumfries and Galloway
So the question ?
2 bookings within 12hrs on the site. Is that a new record for Site Web Design?
Well I put a new website online for Helensdale in Drummore - Luxury self catering Scotland - , and the owner, Elspeth told me that she had 2 bookings within a couple of days, which I thought was very fast.
I hadn't thought of a contest, but I will from now on. I believe Gelston Lodge is the record for now. But each website I create or change will be entered in this new competition.
My aim is now to get the fastest booking in the West.
Donald and Charlotte have 3 lovely self catering cottages located close to the coast between Gelston and Auchencairn in Dumfries and Galloway. I created a website for them early last year, and they have had a very successful first year. They finished their 4th cottage a few weeks ago and asked me to add this to the website. Long Barn self catering in Dumfries and Galloway
So the question ?
2 bookings within 12hrs on the site. Is that a new record for Site Web Design?
Well I put a new website online for Helensdale in Drummore - Luxury self catering Scotland - , and the owner, Elspeth told me that she had 2 bookings within a couple of days, which I thought was very fast.
I hadn't thought of a contest, but I will from now on. I believe Gelston Lodge is the record for now. But each website I create or change will be entered in this new competition.
My aim is now to get the fastest booking in the West.
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