Hi Ben, Thanks so much for sending those reports through! You have done a SUPERB job & I thank you hugely for all your advice and input. I am constantly recommending you (although not to other photographers) :) It has been a pleasure working with you, All the best, Jo JOANNA WICKHAM photography Freemans Bay AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND e:jo@jowickham.co.nz t:09 361 5963 m:021 258 7250 www.jowickham.co.nz NZIPP Qualified - Advanced Diploma of Photography … [Read more...]
Action Rent A Car
October 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Hello Ben Thank you for your email. You beat me to it! I have been waiting to say "thank-you and yes it's working well" until I had a replacement photo for the 1300cc car....which I haven't got yet. It is a lovely site, one that I am proud to have. Thank you for the figures on the website rankings and for the improvements they show; you have really done well. Thank you for monitoring the rankings each month Just before I opened this email a customer to whom I was signing out a … [Read more...]
File Naming Conventions
September 10, 2007 By
File naming is an element of SEO that most people pay little attention to. Similarly, may don't understand the concepts behind search-engine-friendly URLs (SEF URLs). Yet, its a crucial issue for two key reasons; Search Engine Page Results When a reference to one of your pages shows up within a SERP, there are 3 important cues that can entice a visitor to click the link and visit your site. In order, they are Title, Description and URL - or page file name. Why not give yourself every possible … [Read more...]
Any Junk
September 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Hi Ben Haven't stopped raving about your business! Couple of people are looking at upgrading their sites and have passed your name on. my brother in law is interested be worth contacting him at xxx@xxxxxx they're a sub of Foundation Engineering. Fella called Frank i think rang me re car rental or something just the other day asked me about you. I told him what you have done for me was just fantastic so good luck. and yes, what remarkable stats - thank you, thank … [Read more...]
10 Search Engine Optimisation Tips For WordPress Blogs
August 20, 2007 By
Search engine optimisation for WordPress WP SEO) is essential if you are to gain maximum traction from your efforts. However, what many people fail to understand is that the default installation of WordPress simply does not include even the most basic SEO functionality. The default WordPress installation generates unintelligible URLs, generic Page Titles and neither Description nor Keyword meta-tags. Many corporate or business blogs are started with the intention of using them … [Read more...]
Outward Links – Can They Hurt Rankings>
August 18, 2007 By
Link building strategies have, for most people for a long time, revolved around reciprocal link exchanges. Whilst most people understand that links are important, they generally don't understand why this is so. In a nutshell, a link to your site has traditionally been accepted by Search Engines as a vote for your site. A link from a topic or theme-related site to yours is better than a link from a site having a completely different topic. An important site's link to yours carries more weight - … [Read more...]
Google Supplemental Index
August 18, 2007 By
Google Supplemental Results Index is NOT a place you want to be! The way you end up in there is if your pages are so badly described or categorised, Google could scarcely decide if there was a difference between them. Bottom line is, if you don't take the time and effort to make your pages unique, with page URLs, Titles and Descriptions that accurately describe the contents of the page, why on earth should Google even bother indexing them at all? That they do so is a credit to them, even though … [Read more...]
Jo Wickham Photography
July 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Hi Ben You are brilliant! I just did a google and my website is up within the first 2-3 for the majoritry of them! Thanks so much! Cheers, Joanna JOANNA WICKHAM PHOTOGRAPHY Freemans Bay, Auckland … [Read more...]
Website Business Risk Management
June 19, 2007 By
Business risk management assessments must extend to the website/s that are operated as part of the business. Is placing all the eggs in one basket, in the form of 1-stop shop website design, maintenance & hosting the best option? In my opinion, it most definitely is not! Keeping all website elements separate is sound business risk management practice! When you are setting out to establish a new venture on the web, its a daunting task. The terminology is complex and confusing. There are … [Read more...]
Web Wide Hosting
May 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Mate, if I wasn't a believer in your abilities before (which I am), I sure as hell would be by now! :-) :-) You should use this guy (www.motorhomes-buy-sell-rent.com) as a reference site :-) Anyway, regarding the upgrade, do you want to broach it with him, or are you happy to leave it to me? Let me know soonest... Cheers, Jon Walker www.Web-Wide-Hosting.co.nz … [Read more...]
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