Footer seo

[MASSEY]

http://www.electriciansbirminghamelectrical.co.uk/industrial_electrician_services.asp

does having a footer like the site above help with seo, if I cram my footer with places around Birmingham, will that optimise me better for searches for my service in Birmingham?

You get what I mean hopefully

nick

 

[nickjohnston]

The mass of place names there? Useless.

The links at the top of the footer though, using keywords, are a common technique, and could produce better search engine rankings.

Ultimately though, it does look very messy.

 

[Faevilangel]

I see a lot of websites do this but to me it looks spammy and will have little effect, the best idea is to create a page for each area e.g. webdesign-selly.html, webdesign-derby.co.uk etc, then link to them in local directories

 

[Ali-v-8]

spammy, spammmy spaaaaammmmmmmyyyy, tin spam, luncheon meat,

Sorry but there is a better way.
links at the bottom i would reconsider having all 3
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I agree that adding specific pages is the best way forward - recognise that conversion is also an issue, so spamming a post to get local traffic wont help much either.

For that reason create the "local posts" around reference sites.

Write a few paras about what you did at the site, eg "house wiring edgbaston" anything unusual , pictures if you have them, comment from the customer. Make it natural. - eg a post for a birmingham electrician that contains stuff about wiring up shower pumps or boilers, with words of advice for those considering it, willl help to get you the long tail traffic for those terms.

the posts can be linked through from the footer (or sidebar) using the right anchor text... eg "edgbaston electrician"

wordpress is a dream for a non tech business person to create such a many paged site - takes about 10 mins precisely to get running if you use the right host that has fantastico

 

[MASSEY]

So the genral view is spammy and messy got ya

 

[Ali-v-8]

I prefer the term Luncheon meat.

So the genral view is spammy and messy got ya

 

[Lmb Supplies]

definitly spammy create a page for each service and link to it from the footer

 

[FLAUK]

Ali - Would you consider the links found at the bottom of the memory card site in your signature as spammy?

I have tried something similar but didn't get very good results.

 

[G. Lasagne]

If your trying to rank for non competitive terms like sparky "local area" then your towns at the bottom and your postcodes will work wonders just make sure they are well below the text, no one is not going to call you because of it (if they see it all) and it may get you ranked, also have a look at the browse areas (drop down menu) on my homepage, thats a tip i got off a member, it conceals all the areas nicely and gets picked up by google. plumber newcastle bit of a blatant link

 

So the genral view is spammy and messy got ya

perfectly acceptable and usefull way to geo target quickly,no need for seperate pages for the smaller towns in most cases.

Earl

 

[MASSEY]

If your trying to rank for non competitive terms like sparky "local area" then your towns at the bottom and your postcodes will work wonders just make sure they are well below the text, no one is not going to call you because of it (if they see it all) and it may get you ranked, also have a look at the browse areas (drop down menu) on my homepage, thats a tip i got off a member, it conceals all the areas nicely and gets picked up by google. plumber newcastle bit of a blatant link

I see what you mean, thats a better way to do it and also add the post codes it will all hopefully help, i will definately do it that way

 

[neo09]

Links with keywords on footer is called tactical footer and helps the search engines to crawl easily.

 

[axiaer]

+ SEO perspective it is always visitor friendly. Usually the visitors look at top portion (front screen) and then scrolls down to bottom. And that is why many companies post their profile and contact information in footer.

 

I agree that adding specific pages is the best way forward - recognise that conversion is also an issue, so spamming a post to get local traffic wont help much either.

Its not spamming and dependant on the type of service or product being offered can make a huge difference to a company operating in a restricted area.

I think we need a debate to teach people the difference between spam,and a good steak so few people seem to understand the difference.

Earl

 

[Blush]

If your trying to rank for non competitive terms like sparky "local area" then your towns at the bottom and your postcodes will work wonders just make sure they are well below the text, no one is not going to call you because of it (if they see it all) and it may get you ranked, also have a look at the browse areas (drop down menu) on my homepage, thats a tip i got off a member, it conceals all the areas nicely and gets picked up by google. plumber newcastle bit of a blatant link

You could have warned us that you talk on your site! I clicked on your link and got shock of my life when it started talking to me!

 

[G. Lasagne]

You could have warned us that you talk on your site! I clicked on your link and got shock of my life when it started talking to me!

Since your on, did you like it (the voice over) or did it irritate you?

 

[Kev Jaques]

Are you testing the stop clicks on the audio compared to impressions? That will be the main indication of it working or not and bounce rate/lack of conversions.

You could always go one further and try this http://sitepal.com/

 

[nextdayprint]

I wonder whether some search engines might not construe the placement of all those areas unlinked to pages on the base of your front page as being blackhat... just thinking keyword stuffing? I'm sure theres plenty of people on here who would know better than I though and I'd be interested to hear their thoughts?

 

[nextdayprint]

Oh on the audio front, check out this guy: www.voiceoverguy.co.uk
He does loads of well known stuff but the thing I love on his site the most is the game; Audiosnap!