Hi All<br /><br />I want to optimize my site for keywords 'web design weston super mare'.<br /><br />I dont at this moment have any h1 tags as my main text><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->contact Dan at WebsiteExcel - I think his member name is exceldan style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->- Purchasing "web-design-weston-super-mare.co.uk" or similar, if available<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I would advise against any such move. The domain name sounds somewhat spammy and something which has been created to cater to><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would advise against any such move. The domain name sounds somewhat spammy and something which has been created to cater to><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Or contact Expat629. I hear her SEO is fab and her content writing can't be beat! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />sorry - didn't mean to step><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->sorry - didn't mean to step style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Just out of interest, how much would be the going rate to optimaze my site?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />It varies wildly, just like the "going rate" for websites varies depending style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> For someone to pick through your site and do a><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->SEO at the company I work for is charged at 700 quid a day, most clients have 1 day a month with us for maintenance<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/shok.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shok:" border="0" alt="shok.gif" /> Not SMEs, I'm guessing?<!--content-->
as in subject matter experts? I dunno, google corkscrew or wine glasses and theres your result, wineware. hehe<!--content-->
Sorry, meaning "small-medium enterprises"... who, at least in my experience, balk at anything over a pound. <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /><!--content-->
certainly not no, haha!<!--content-->
Bennyboy - if you are still taking pointers to optimise your site for some search engine loving, I think there are three significant things that you should address that I believe are within your capabilities, well before you head off for some more expert SEO fine-tuning (which has its merits).<ol type='1'><li><b>Get all or most of your Javascript (page behaviour) and CSS (presentation style) off the pages as far as is possible</b> - the search engines I believe may have trouble accessing and knowing what your Content (substance) is even if our human eyes see it. . Try setting up a javascript file elsewhere, and certainly do that with your CSS declarations. Equally style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--content-->
Agreed, good post Paul, thanks for that. <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
No worries, there's nothing more satisfying - virtually speaking - than watching a web project get back target="_blank">this statement by Google style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /></li></ul>If it works you will <i>probably</i> impress your clients with how effective your services are (see my example at the end) and you may even be better looking - geographically speaking, of course.<br /><i><b>As far as reading</b></i>:<br />Research Geotagging and Geographic coordinates in the big Wiki. Interestingly, the ICBM address or missile address is aged hacker slang for target="_blank">here to get your code. The great thing is that you can just type in the town so you don't have to specify the broom-cupboard base that you may be building up your 'local' empire from. <br />Then use: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.geo-tag.de/validator/en.php">http://www.geo-tag.de/validator/en.php</a><!-- m --> to test out if you are getting it right. <br /><i><b>As far as an example</b></i>:<br />You might want to check out a site I just went through the geo-optimisation of for, for a valid result. Try looking at cakes2catering. Although I had to adjust stuff to be 'valid' according to the above, the work I have done with the localisation and the word Hertfordshire (in the metas from the start) around prior geo-localisation brings style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />), and generally be more relaxed - try and reduce them down to half the amount that you currently have. Perhaps also take out the '•' because despite its aesthetics it uses up the character count (if it is in the logarithms). Consider also taking out the 'graphic' and 'multimedia' out of your signature if you really want to zone in style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />One suggestion would be to dump the js files into the footer (before body ends), and to remove the 2nd body start tag!<!--content-->
I think you have to be careful of focusing target="_blank">https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal<br />http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1<br />http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/<br /> - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/plugin/freekeywords.xml">http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/plu ... ywords.xml</a><!-- m --><br /> - This will add WT to your search bar in Firefox (where your Google search box is)<br /><br />I guess the main advice is to find out what your market is actually searching for, then carefully and naturally include these in places like the h1 tags, title tags, hyperlink anchor text etc. <br /><br />Google adwords is a great way to learn about the terms that people are searching for, it style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />) are examples of realistic marketing tactics.<!--content-->
" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--content--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->- Purchasing "web-design-weston-super-mare.co.uk" or similar, if available<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I would advise against any such move. The domain name sounds somewhat spammy and something which has been created to cater to><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would advise against any such move. The domain name sounds somewhat spammy and something which has been created to cater to><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Or contact Expat629. I hear her SEO is fab and her content writing can't be beat! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />sorry - didn't mean to step><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->sorry - didn't mean to step style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Just out of interest, how much would be the going rate to optimaze my site?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />It varies wildly, just like the "going rate" for websites varies depending style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> For someone to pick through your site and do a><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->SEO at the company I work for is charged at 700 quid a day, most clients have 1 day a month with us for maintenance<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/shok.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shok:" border="0" alt="shok.gif" /> Not SMEs, I'm guessing?<!--content-->as in subject matter experts? I dunno, google corkscrew or wine glasses and theres your result, wineware. hehe<!--content-->
Sorry, meaning "small-medium enterprises"... who, at least in my experience, balk at anything over a pound. <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /><!--content-->certainly not no, haha!<!--content-->
Bennyboy - if you are still taking pointers to optimise your site for some search engine loving, I think there are three significant things that you should address that I believe are within your capabilities, well before you head off for some more expert SEO fine-tuning (which has its merits).<ol type='1'><li><b>Get all or most of your Javascript (page behaviour) and CSS (presentation style) off the pages as far as is possible</b> - the search engines I believe may have trouble accessing and knowing what your Content (substance) is even if our human eyes see it. . Try setting up a javascript file elsewhere, and certainly do that with your CSS declarations. Equally style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><!--content-->Agreed, good post Paul, thanks for that. <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->No worries, there's nothing more satisfying - virtually speaking - than watching a web project get back target="_blank">this statement by Google style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /></li></ul>If it works you will <i>probably</i> impress your clients with how effective your services are (see my example at the end) and you may even be better looking - geographically speaking, of course.<br /><i><b>As far as reading</b></i>:<br />Research Geotagging and Geographic coordinates in the big Wiki. Interestingly, the ICBM address or missile address is aged hacker slang for target="_blank">here to get your code. The great thing is that you can just type in the town so you don't have to specify the broom-cupboard base that you may be building up your 'local' empire from. <br />Then use: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.geo-tag.de/validator/en.php">http://www.geo-tag.de/validator/en.php</a><!-- m --> to test out if you are getting it right. <br /><i><b>As far as an example</b></i>:<br />You might want to check out a site I just went through the geo-optimisation of for, for a valid result. Try looking at cakes2catering. Although I had to adjust stuff to be 'valid' according to the above, the work I have done with the localisation and the word Hertfordshire (in the metas from the start) around prior geo-localisation brings style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />), and generally be more relaxed - try and reduce them down to half the amount that you currently have. Perhaps also take out the '•' because despite its aesthetics it uses up the character count (if it is in the logarithms). Consider also taking out the 'graphic' and 'multimedia' out of your signature if you really want to zone in style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />One suggestion would be to dump the js files into the footer (before body ends), and to remove the 2nd body start tag!<!--content-->I think you have to be careful of focusing target="_blank">https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal<br />http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1<br />http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/<br /> - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/plugin/freekeywords.xml">http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/plu ... ywords.xml</a><!-- m --><br /> - This will add WT to your search bar in Firefox (where your Google search box is)<br /><br />I guess the main advice is to find out what your market is actually searching for, then carefully and naturally include these in places like the h1 tags, title tags, hyperlink anchor text etc. <br /><br />Google adwords is a great way to learn about the terms that people are searching for, it style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />) are examples of realistic marketing tactics.<!--content-->