Google rankings and a little further respect earned.....

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  • #1
    I haven't really paid much attention to the rankings for my main site lately, but have been prompted to by the number of enquiries we are getting online from 'local' clients.

    How's this for a small, newish (18 months old) company:

    Computer Repairs NI #5
    Computer Repairs Northern Ireland #4

    Computer Services NI #6
    Computer Services Northern Ireland #10

    Computer Auditing Northern Ireland #1
    Computer auditing NI #1

    PC Repairs NI #7

    Computer Services Larne (my town) #2 (behind a directory search site)
    Computer Repairs Larne #4 (first actual company, and my freeindex listing is #1)

    Computer Repairs County Antrim #1
    Computer Services County Antrim #3 (behind hotfrog listings)

    etc, etc.....

    Loads of other things we looked at, and we are well listed for all of our main services, page one for almost every search we performed.

    We have done little for this other than ask Gary at Creospace to design us a quality site. Gotta take my hat off for the service I received, and I still love the design 18 months on :)

    Obviously a little networking, and submission to directories/google maps, adding a blog (which is only updated infrequently when we get the time) etc, but really the site has constantly moved up the rankings off its own bat.
     
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    Enquiries are way up at the moment Stefan, with Xmas, increased local exposure, competitors shifting, etc.... but I am noticing a marked increase in repairs coming from people googling us. Picking up a few new customers a week, which is always nice.

    We had a 3 year plan, so next year is a crucial one for us, and we are getting a chance to grow with all the additional client list. Picked up some nice new B2B customers which are more prestigous than usual... all from google too.

    It does always pay to ask them how they found us ;)
     
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    To be honest, the site was something I thought very early on would be crucial, and I took some serious time on picking a designer for it.

    I chose well mefinks :)

    I now offer Joomla/VM sites myself, but have absolutely no thoughts about ever changing this one over.
     
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    JustOneUK

  • #8
    Comspec said:
    To be honest, the site was something I thought very early on would be crucial, and I took some serious time on picking a designer for it.

    I chose well mefinks :)

    I now offer Joomla/VM sites myself, but have absolutely no thoughts about ever changing this one over.
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    I'd consider SEO'ing the site if I were you.
    No point being ranked 4th, 5th, 6th etc when you can go for the no1 spot.

    Just my 2 cents.

    James.
     
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    roythehandyman

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    Comspec said:
    I haven't really paid much attention to the rankings for my main site lately, but have been prompted to by the number of enquiries we are getting online from 'local' clients.

    How's this for a small, newish (18 months old) company:

    Computer Repairs NI #5
    Computer Repairs Northern Ireland #4

    Computer Services NI #6
    Computer Services Northern Ireland #10

    Computer Auditing Northern Ireland #1
    Computer auditing NI #1

    PC Repairs NI #7

    Computer Services Larne (my town) #2 (behind a directory search site)
    Computer Repairs Larne #4 (first actual company, and my freeindex listing is #1)

    Computer Repairs County Antrim #1
    Computer Services County Antrim #3 (behind hotfrog listings)

    etc, etc.....

    Loads of other things we looked at, and we are well listed for all of our main services, page one for almost every search we performed.

    We have done little for this other than ask Gary at Creospace to design us a quality site. Gotta take my hat off for the service I received, and I still love the design 18 months on :)

    Obviously a little networking, and submission to directories/google maps, adding a blog (which is only updated infrequently when we get the time) etc, but really the site has constantly moved up the rankings off its own bat.
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    I am not so sure that giving out your search terms is a good idea. A competitor could use that knowlege to trump your site. To be honest I kicked one of my competitors of the number one spot by placing three of his search terms in my tags and content, I did that in just two days! "Knowlege is power" But that said, Well done and long may you reign.
     
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    sirearl said:
    Interesting Gillie ,so why exactly don't you use them.?:|

    No yer buts accepted.:p

    Earl
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    But I do!

    After all on yahoo, I am no 1 for commercial finance in Lancs! Ok so I don't figure that highly on google, but the nature of me and my business is that I work from referrals etc ... I know I need to spend some time doing some stuff etc, its just finding time, perhaps I had better turn away business then I can! :eek:
     
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    Gillie said:
    But I do!

    After all on yahoo, I am no 1 for commercial finance in Lancs! Ok so I don't figure that highly on google, but the nature of me and my business is that I work from referrals etc ... I know I need to spend some time doing some stuff etc, its just finding time, perhaps I had better turn away business then I can! :eek:
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    well you know what a very very rich psychotic man once said.

    Money ain't everything.:|:D

    Earl
     
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  • #15
    JustOneUK said:
    I'd consider SEO'ing the site if I were you.
    No point being ranked 4th, 5th, 6th etc when you can go for the no1 spot.

    Just my 2 cents.

    James.
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    Oh I understand that a little more work from me would probably step me up to no. 1 spot for a load of my search terms, but tbh I have more than enough coming in at present as it is. This year coming in will see some further work on topping the rankings.

    My point I guess in my original post was to highlight the effect that a well designed and coded site made off its own bat, and a kind of 'tip my hat' to Creospace for their sterling work.
     
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    JustOneUK said:
    I'm not knocking the site, it's nice and it's great when it just ranks all by itself outta the box, but just a few tweaks here and there could serve you well... not talking about overhaulin' the whole site :)

    regards
    James.
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    I understood that totally James, and it is on my 'to do list', but just not a priority at present.

    I know that very little effort will be needed to sneak to the top of the rankings, and to be honest I am top for some of my search terms anyway (I only listed some in the OP). I will definitely get around to it this year sometime, when I change some services, etc too.
     
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    creospace

  • #18
    I'd missed this thread somehow. Thanks for the post and nice comments Mark. Glad to hear the site is still working for you but then without blowing our own trumpet I had full confidence it would :)

    A great example of not buying cheap and so not having to pay twice because of it.
     
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    domokun

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    Comspec said:
    My point I guess in my original post was to highlight the effect that a well designed and coded site made off its own bat
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    Absolutely. A well coded and structured site can pay dividends.

    But it's not just that, you're doing your fair share too, submitting to directories, networking, blogging and posting on forums.

    If all business owners did that the SEO space would be a lot different.
     
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