Urgent advice needed is this a rip off!

[artsapart]

Depends what the keywords were - might have been the bargain of the year :redface:. OK probably not.

Not sure why people get narky about AdWords though - consider what it's like when looking for a local business, a plumber or cake decorator or whatever. The majority of top organic links in this field are dominated by listings like Accessplace, TouchLocal, CityVisitor, Yell, Thomson, UpMyStreet, UFindus and God-knows-what-else, and so Fred's Plumbers can find it impossible to break into this list despite being (I would suggest) a more relevant link; after all people searching for a local plumber generally want information on one or two decent plumbers, not 10 different listings of the phone numbers of every plumber within 50 miles.

So Fred resorts to AdWords to get seen - thank goodness for that I say. He'll get my business (as long as he's got references as well of course). I don't think he's some kind of scammer because he's using AdWords.

I recognize that addwords have there place and do wonders for some people but I cant get my head around paying for someone to just look at my site, after all, are we not all offering a service in the first place by being there to be looked at? If it wasn't for all of us wanting to have our sites looked at the internet, magazines and newspapers etc would be a very dull place indeed. I would much rather prefer to pay when a sale has been made and at a higher rate than maybe a penny or a £, but I want that sale first before I part with my money ideally!

 

[termsandconditions]

...The video showed that I would appear within the first bands of adds that show on the page but I am now wondering if most people just ignore those in that position much the same as I do when i am searching on line. Now you mention it I think it is very rare that i ever look at the sponsored slots...

I keep on hearing that about a third of all web searchers will click on a Google Ad but that most prefer organic search results. The SEO guys will soon set me straight if I'm wrong.

Some refer to this statistic say that 'it's only a third' whereas others say that up to a third of all search traffic for your keyword/s will help drive quite a few visitors to your landing page. It's one of thos jug half full or half empty scenarios.

Just a gentle note of caution re the initial sale. These guys have no hesitation in sending in debt collectors to recover money from a frustrated sale so it MAY not be the last time you hear from them.

Best Regards

 

[artsapart]

Ha! I've never understood the attration of pammy, prefer my women without artificial additives...



Some links may have been deleted/disabled or simply not been indexed. The web crawlers are not perfect

As for your website I agree with others - you are in a niche and with some tweeks you could be no 1 in organic search. If you don't want to spend much money, spend it on a book or two and make a tweak a day to your site... You're already no 6 for 'Metal Wall Art' in the uk search - no idea if that's a 'money' term though .

Don't know if it's just me, but your site seems slow to load - you might want to invest a little more in hosting. Ecommerce sites need to be snappy or people tend to leave...

well you see thats where I obviously have the advantage to Pammy as mine are real lol! and I have to agree with you on that, they always look so odd, it makes me wonder why they ever bother in the first place!

with ref to my site, you wouldnt be the first person to mention its a little slow, but unfortunately again I am way out of my depth there with putting that right.......The last time some very nice people (from this forum) tried to help with that I got lost and confused with all the jargon again and decided I was going to start the whole thing from scratch and build it again using an ecommerce shop instead as my online outlet, but that then had a whole new set of problems all of its own that I had to then get my head around, so opted in the end, for my slow running but part functioning site instead, as I was still making sales from it........one day I will get there, I know, I am just praying that the boat will still be there when I do!! Thanks for advice and the observation on the site its much appreciated.

 

[artsapart]

Artsapart, what is your main key phrase AT THE MINUTE (PM me if you like)?

Also, as a subnote, I see Joomla and VM. They are running very slow and your CHARSET is not rendering the £.

As for PPC agencies...95% crooks, 5% excellent. As you have found out, go with personal recs rather than website spiel.

regards
Daren

Now here is where my ignorance really starts to show :redface:......I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly what my main key word phrase is as I am not entirely sure where it is on my site. Off the top of my head I seem to remember that I have two areas in the backend of my site where keywords can be entered but not sure which ones are the main ones...... at a guess I would of said that its Metal Wall Art as that is the most descriptive of what we do, but I will go and have a look and report back to you.

Dare I ask about what you mean when you have mentioned about chartset....i have no idea what chartset is and again could you explain what you mean when you say its not rendering the £......I know I should know what all this means but its just double dutch to me so please be gentle with me:redface:

The salesman was hot on the phone to me again this morning still trying to wangle the money out of me......I am so glad that the bank refused the payment, they obviously smelt the rat!........if he carry's on phoning I think I will contact Companies House about the whole thing .......he obviously dosen't want to loose his commission on the deal.

 

[los_design]

Now here is where my ignorance really starts to show :redface:......I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly what my main key word phrase is as I am not entirely sure where it is on my site. Off the top of my head I seem to remember that I have two areas in the backend of my site where keywords can be entered but not sure which ones are the main ones...... at a guess I would of said that its Metal Wall Art as that is the most descriptive of what we do, but I will go and have a look and report back to you.

Dare I ask about what you mean when you have mentioned about chartset....i have no idea what chartset is and again could you explain what you mean when you say its not rendering the £......I know I should know what all this means but its just double dutch to me so please be gentle with me:redface:

The salesman was hot on the phone to me again this morning still trying to wangle the money out of me......I am so glad that the bank refused the payment, they obviously smelt the rat!........if he carry's on phoning I think I will contact Companies House about the whole thing .......he obviously dosen't want to loose his commission on the deal.

1 The keywords can be found in your admin screen > global config > site > last box

2 Charset = character set. How your characters are rendered by the browser and is usually set at the top of your HTML. However, in Joomla/VM if you take your text out of standard and place it in bold or H1 etc the £ becomes J and requires a bit of a hack to correct OR just take it out of special.

3 If he rings again, ask him to send you written details as you only correspond in matters like this IN WRITING.

HTH

Regards
Daren

 

[FLAUK]

She doesnt need adwords or any pay as you go rubbish.

be honest I for one NEVER click a sponsored link i know full well its some crap site thats gonna cost me ..
And i know a load of others who say the same its all a money making google scam !!

She has enough of a niche market ,a good decent bit of work on the site would get her top of natural listings..

And i always select 2 and 3 of google first page everytime So it will be even better !!!

So fear not young lady DO NOT spend a penny or sign a single thing i will look and report back to you in PM

Of course it's best to have top spot in organic results, but that's not a reason to discount adwords all together and they can be useful while seo work is undertaken.

Just because you don't click on them doesn't mean nobody else does. Even for terms where I have the top spot in the serps I will still often do ppc for the same terms if my competitors are bidding on them.

 

[Annoying Donkey]

I would change your webhosting.... 1800 sites hosted and take a look at your neighbours www christie sexykat co uk

 

[Annoying Donkey]

Of course it's best to have top spot in organic results, but that's not a reason to discount adwords all together and they can be useful while seo work is undertaken.

Just because you don't click on them doesn't mean nobody else does. Even for terms where I have the top spot in the serps I will still often do ppc for the same terms if my competitors are bidding on them.

Unfocussed PPC campaigns are rarely profitable.

 

[Big Pete]

Lol Big Pete, I love your likening of my site to a squid!!!! Yes Sadly you are right.....however I am quite impressed though that you think some fancy web designer has built the thing as I did a lot of the work on there myself (although I did have some assistance from a fellow artist too) so I can get some bits right, but I do appreciate what your saying about it being pages back in the listings .....that is worth diddley squat for sure.

I have to say I feel quite excited about learning some stuff from you and the prospect of finally getting somewhere with the areas of my site that are severely lacking........but I really don't expect you to do it free of charge so we will have to sort something out there! I have fired an email off to you this morning and I look forward to hearing from you.

No probs , sorry about the squid bit ..
You can buy me a drink one day i will sort it FREE for you ..no worrys i see it as challenge ..
we will sort it i am confident i will get you in the top pages FREE

 

[artsapart]

Just a gentle note of caution re the initial sale. These guys have no hesitation in sending in debt collectors to recover money from a frustrated sale so it MAY not be the last time you hear from them.

Best Regards

Can they actually do that when I haven't even made a use of their services yet??? I Hope that is not the case. If they employ that kind of tactic they will be met with sharp shrift should they turn up here I can assure you, It was sold to me in a strange way in the first place as the guy said he was from google! so thanks for that gentle warning.

 

[Big Pete]

Can they actually do that when I haven't even made a use of their services yet??? I Hope that is not the case. If they employ that kind of tactic they will be met with sharp shrift should they turn up here I can assure you, It was sold to me in a strange way in the first place as the guy said he was from google! so thanks for that gentle warning.

No they won`t ,dont worry ..
you have cooling of period , you cooled didnt like the idea ,so dont want it , end of story

 

[artsapart]

I would change your webhosting.... 1800 sites hosted and take a look at your neighbours www christie sexykat co uk

OMG! I think I must be in the wrong business, did you check out her hourly rates lol!

I know nothing about my hosting other than that I host my site through a very helpful friend who charges nothing for the service so I have no idea who I am hosted with (how would I get to see who else is hosted with me please) where do you keep finding these littel gems of information........does the fact that this lady of the night (Mrs Sexycat) hosts on the same sight effect my sight in some way then? .....will it be looked on by google that I am a similar kind of site? As I understand it sites associated with porn and gambling sites get penalised don't they?

 

[artsapart]

No probs , sorry about the squid bit ..
You can buy me a drink one day i will sort it FREE for you ..no worrys i see it as challenge ..
we will sort it i am confident i will get you in the top pages FREE

Lol I really dont mind you insulting my site....lets face it what you had to say was entirely true so no worries!

As far as your charges are concerned well then if your sure , I will certainly buy you a drink one day for all you are doing and your one top man in my book

I really like you confident approach to this, it is instilling hope within me at last!

 

[artsapart]

No they won`t ,dont worry ..
you have cooling of period , you cooled didnt like the idea ,so dont want it , end of story

I though t as much and thanks for putting my mind at rest .......would you believe that even after telling them we were not interested the guy has been back on the phone trying to get me to commit again!!! He told me that if I agreed to go ahead with the plan then he could prove that they will do what they say they can do within 15 mins! he said as soon as I gave him the go ahead he would have my add showing on there in no time at all ....all he needed to do was have a quick talk with the techy guys! He reckons that any other way of working with my site is going to take at least three to six months before it has any effect and then he says that once we reach the top of the organics (if we do) then Google will change the code and we will be back at square one. I asked him to send through a proposal of the deal in writing so I could read all the small print and be really sure it was what we wanted (as was suggested by one of you very helpful people in here ) and I was told that there will be no paper work sent as its an online agreement only and he referred me back to the web site to check the finer details! I think I have managed to beat him off for now but i have a sneaky feeling he may well be back!

 

[Big Pete]

I though t as much and thanks for putting my mind at rest .......would you believe that even after telling them we were not interested the guy has been back on the phone trying to get me to commit again!!! He told me that if I agreed to go ahead with the plan then he could prove that they will do what they say they can do within 15 mins! he said as soon as I gave him the go ahead he would have my add showing on there in no time at all ....all he needed to do was have a quick talk with the techy guys! He reckons that any other way of working with my site is going to take at least three to six months before it has any effect and then he says that once we reach the top of the organics (if we do) then Google will change the code and we will be back at square one. I asked him to send through a proposal of the deal in writing so I could read all the small print and be really sure it was what we wanted (as was suggested by one of you very helpful people in here ) and I was told that there will be no paper work sent as its an online agreement only and he referred me back to the web site to check the finer details! I think I have managed to beat him off for now but i have a sneaky feeling he may well be back!

persistent isn`t he

changes made are noticed in weeks not months , did you know the post that was made in this thread a little while ago , is already listed in google .



here it is PAGE 5


Urgent advice needed is this a rip off! - Page 5 - UK Business Forums
9 posts - 5 authors
Location: Devon Uk. Posts: 45. Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts ... Quality Contemporary Wall Mounted & Floor Standing Metal Sculptures .... You're already no 6 for 'Metal Wall Art' in the uk search - no idea if that's a 'money' term though . ... that its Metal Wall Art as that is the most descriptive of what we do, ...
www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p... - 1 hour ago

 

[Big Pete]

persistent isn`t he

changes made are noticed in weeks not months , did you know the post that was made in this thread a little while ago , is already listed in google .



here it is PAGE 5


Urgent advice needed is this a rip off! - Page 5 - UK Business Forums
9 posts - 5 authors
Location: Devon Uk. Posts: 45. Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts ... Quality Contemporary Wall Mounted & Floor Standing Metal Sculptures .... You're already no 6 for 'Metal Wall Art' in the uk search - no idea if that's a 'money' term though . ... that its Metal Wall Art as that is the most descriptive of what we do, ...
www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p... - 1 hour ago

I found it whilst doing my search reccie for SEO on your site

1 hour from posting to google listing .. ignore the rubbish .. listen to the experts

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I keep on hearing that about a third of all web searchers will click on a Google Ad but that most prefer organic search results. The SEO guys will soon set me straight if I'm wrong.

Some refer to this statistic say that 'it's only a third' whereas others say that up to a third of all search traffic for your keyword/s will help drive quite a few visitors to your landing page. It's one of thos jug half full or half empty scenarios.

Just a gentle note of caution re the initial sale. These guys have no hesitation in sending in debt collectors to recover money from a frustrated sale so it MAY not be the last time you hear from them.

Best Regards

The only official stats I recall Google releasing was that for every 7 searches, there is 1 click on a paid advert. This gives you a rough 14% figure.

Impressions to clicks will tell you that it isn't 33% If it was then the average CTR would be 33% and while it is possible to get real high CTR's by and large they are lower.

 

[*Lexxy*]

this is what they state in their FAQ section:

Q: Have I entered into a contract?
A: No. The first month is simply a trial, which can be cancelled at any time. After this, our agreement works on a month-by-month basis, with 30 days notice required in writing to head office should you wish to terminate the agreement. You'll find a copy of your online agreement within your welcome documents and also here.

 

[fisicx]

He reckons that any other way of working with my site is going to take at least three to six months before it has any effect and then he says that once we reach the top of the organics (if we do) then Google will change the code and we will be back at square one.

Liar, liar pants on fire!

It's quite possible to get a page ranking welll in a couple of days and for it to still be there years later. These charlatans are more bent than a politicians expenses claim

 

[artsapart]

I found it whilst doing my search reccie for SEO on your site

1 hour from posting to google listing .. ignore the rubbish .. listen to the experts

wow! thats quick stuff then really isnt it.....I look forward to a similar result with my site.

 

[fisicx]

wow! thats quick stuff then really isnt it.....I look forward to a similar result with my site.

One hour is pretty normal for popular forums and blogs. I had a static page once that must have just caught an update as it leapt to page one less than a day after publishing.

Because you are in such a niche there is no reason why you shouildn't rank well in a few days. Just needs a bit of TLC.

 

[artsapart]

1 The keywords can be found in your admin screen > global config > site > last box

2 Charset = character set. How your characters are rendered by the browser and is usually set at the top of your HTML. However, in Joomla/VM if you take your text out of standard and place it in bold or H1 etc the £ becomes J and requires a bit of a hack to correct OR just take it out of special.

3 If he rings again, ask him to send you written details as you only correspond in matters like this IN WRITING.

HTH

Regards
Daren

Cheers for that los....i am still a little at a los (if you will pardon the pun) with the £ sign business and character set and html stuff as I get a bit scared when I look at all that code stuff with brackets and things. I never know what I should or could take out and what I should leave well alone! or what tells my page to do what and when. I think H1 stands for header 1 though, although quite what I am supposed to do with header one or what header one is, is another story again! is header one describing a position of text on the page or is it describing a certain size of the text???? its all as clear as mud to me!

I asked Mr sales man to send the agreement in writing BTW and guess what .....he referred me back to the web site to check out the small print etc as he said that there would be no written agreement sent out ...it was purely an online arrangement, so thanks for suggesting that little gem, it helped me be able to beat him off a little easier.

 

[artsapart]

this is what they state in their FAQ section:

Q: Have I entered into a contract?
A: No. The first month is simply a trial, which can be cancelled at any time. After this, our agreement works on a month-by-month basis, with 30 days notice required in writing to head office should you wish to terminate the agreement. You'll find a copy of your online agreement within your welcome documents and also here.

I hate those cancellation things in writing within 30 days, that means that they get a whole new payment out of me before I can stop it anyway. If I can set it up on the phone then I should be able to cancel by phone I reckon or email at the very least that would then take immediate effect ....phew! I am so glad I haven't actually had to go through with this.

 

[artsapart]

One hour is pretty normal for popular forums and blogs. I had a static page once that must have just caught an update as it leapt to page one less than a day after publishing.

Because you are in such a niche there is no reason why you shouildn't rank well in a few days. Just needs a bit of TLC.

I had no idea that things could work so quickly on here, but thinking about it I suppose it makes sense that they do else how else would we be able to get up to date information on the news, weather etc!

I am hoping that you are right about our niche market I would love to see our site doing well in the rankings and Jakes work getting the coverage that (in my opinion) it deserves. The way we see it, if we are at the top of the pages but our sales dont improve then we will know that we need to change tack and try something new to make our money and it will be so nice not to have to rely on an ebay presence anymore cause we know that our site is finally getting seen by those who are looking for what we do.

Currently Big Pete is very kindly applying his magic to the site, so it will be interesting to see what result he can get.

Thanks for the reply and your offer of help also, this forum is such a friendly and helpful place and I am so glad to have found it and all you helpful bunnies

 

[Annoying Donkey]

OMG! I think I must be in the wrong business, did you check out her hourly rates lol!

Wifey entered the room at the wrong moment

I know nothing about my hosting other than that I host my site through a very helpful friend who charges nothing for the service so I have no idea who I am hosted with (how would I get to see who else is hosted with me please) where do you keep finding these littel gems of information........does the fact that this lady of the night (Mrs Sexycat) hosts on the same sight effect my sight in some way then? .....will it be looked on by google that I am a similar kind of site? As I understand it sites associated with porn and gambling sites get penalised don't they?

Can't find any evidence that you are affected and you're found in the search engines, so no, probably no effect. I would be concerned about the speed though... ecommerce sites need to be responsive. Spend a bit more on hosting.

Info comes from in house software, but there are some available online as well. Here's one Ali posted http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/web-sites-on-web-server/

There ain't much privacy on the web!

 

[phoog]

your hosting is currently with heart internet (shared

 

[Big Pete]

2 of the sites below are MY Companies diy web building sites they cost £ 1 a week for the .com name and yearly hosting .

One of which is MrsBP site which is her hobby the other is for my own test and to demonstrate the things.

Why i need to explain to you i dont know but ....will show my results ..for others to see that i know a little about things..


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[Big Pete]

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[Big Pete]

Ok back to OP subject now..

I have worked on the young ladies site , as best i can .. and she will see results in the next week ..

have i charged no will i charge NO.. i would of done more But the site has some internal build problems , which i was not prepared to risk the thing collapsing . by doing what i wanted to add internally.

problem is the index page is mixed with the shop cart

hence why when you enter home page you end up
http://artsapart.co.uk/vmchk.html vmchk is the shop module.


So have done the best in circumstances and we shall see , time will tell as they say
I am fairly confident

 

[los_design]

problem is the index page is mixed with the shop cart

How do you mean Pete?

VM is a component not a core file, she can choose where to publish this.

Shout if you need a step by step.

 

[artsapart]

Liar, liar pants on fire!

It's quite possible to get a page ranking welll in a couple of days and for it to still be there years later. These charlatans are more bent than a politicians expenses claim

Lmao I love the analogy to the expenses claim x-) And so it has been proved in the postings above!

 

[artsapart]

.


Big Pete. Why am I getting a vibe/impression that you don't really know what you are talking about?.

I looked at the sites in your sig too, but still I am getting the same vibe, if not more so


:|

Willitbe, I have to say that I have nothing but praise for Big Pete and what he has done for me so far and he has been so very generous with his help and advice and has worked on my site for absolutely diddly squit! I have actually been very overwhelmed by his kindness. I matters not to me whether Big Pete is king of SEO or not (although it sure looks like he knows his stuff) he knows much more about it than I, so I am learning from him all the time. I am more than happy with what he has done for me so far, and he is continuing to offer me support and [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]guidance [/FONT] at this time still for free What a top guy I say and a Great big thank you to you Big Pete .
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
obviously you are entitled to your opinion on things and to share it but its a shame you choose to have a pop at someone whilst doing so in my thread.[/FONT]

 

[Big Pete]

How do you mean Pete?

VM is a component not a core file, she can choose where to publish this.

Shout if you need a step by step.

Exactly right a component , its been built back to front , i had a look saw its in Joomla got my Joomla guy who lives and breathes them all day long and we decided we could possibly end up and collapse the thing if we attempted to sort it.

I dont think they would be to impressed if instead of getting there search ratings higher they lost the site , so i worked around the page.

Speak with her about having a look i would be interested what you think as well , sort of second opinion ..

 

[artsapart]

your hosting is currently with heart internet (shared

Hi there Phoog! Thanks for dropping by to say hi and for letting me know the hosting co, much appreciated. I am sure it would only of been a matter of time before I was on the phone asking lol!

As you can see I took your advice ref asking in here for help, and am very glad I did so (even though I have managed to open a can of worms) I have been inundated with nice kind people much as yourself offering help advice and services.

I am still trying to avoid the salesman who has again been on the phone this morning, trying to get me to fill his 'commercial artist spot' Thanks again Steve for being the first to alert me to the fact that it wouldn't of actually been someone calling from Google, as he first stated he was.

Your another top guy in my opinion!

 

[artsapart]

Exactly right a component , its been built back to front , i had a look saw its in Joomla got my Joomla guy who lives and breathes them all day long and we decided we could possibly end up and collapse the thing if we attempted to sort it.

I dont think they would be to impressed if instead of getting there search ratings higher they lost the site , so i worked around the page.

Speak with her about having a look i would be interested what you think as well , sort of second opinion ..

Hi there Pete, I very much appreciate your cautious approach ref the site and have taken on board all you have said about it. There have been times when I thought I foolishly knew what I was up to and have fiddled in there with bits and pieces and lost the whole lot, so I have no desire to go back to square one just yet unless its absolutely needed, so I am more than happy to wait for a bit and see if what you did has worked out how you would of liked. Thanks so much for running it past your Joomla pal as well and I have no problems with Los having a squiz too and offering the benefit of his wisdom ....like I told you I have confidently placed myself in your hands with this 'big' little problem of mine lol

May I also suggest that you have a word with Phoog, as he would be ale to shed the light on the techy side of it as well. He has always been my first port of call in desperate Joomla situations so might know why or how I have managed to get things back to front!

I know that when I was entering stuff in there I asked for our shop front to be the landing page, as I figured this was the best way of getting the work seen instantly and I think that might be why its back to front ....but as you will more than aware of buy now ...i know not what I am talking about when it comes to this side of things. lol you said you like a challenge and I hope I haven't disappointed you in this instance Big Pete

 

[*Lexxy*]

just taken a peek at your site artsapart, you've got some stunning stuff on there! i've bookmarked you for when i win the lottery

(i know it's already been mentioned, but the site is so slow to load, i nearly gave up before anything appeared...)

 

[artsapart]

just taken a peek at your site artsapart, you've got some stunning stuff on there! i've bookmarked you for when i win the lottery

(i know it's already been mentioned, but the site is so slow to load, i nearly gave up before anything appeared...)

well thank you very much for saying so Lexxy I am glad you took the time to hang around and wait for it to load! no need to wait until you have won the lottery ....my prices are very reasonable for the quality that you get, you know, they are all finished to a very high gallery standard, not like this other metal wall art that you see so much of these days for around £30 or £40 quid. Trouble is its so hard to convey this fact online as my photography lets the work down really badly , but we all have to start somewhere and this is our starting point, which we will improve upon as time goes on and the money rolls in. If I must wait until you have won the lottery though to tempt you my way then lets hope you have a great big windfall very soon

I know the site is slow, in fact some times it can be slower than slow! and you wouldn't be the first one to point that out. That is the next thing that I have to get sorted out on there.....any takers anyone?????? lol

 

[los_design]

Exactly right a component , its been built back to front , i had a look saw its in Joomla got my Joomla guy who lives and breathes them all day long and we decided we could possibly end up and collapse the thing if we attempted to sort it.

I dont think they would be to impressed if instead of getting there search ratings higher they lost the site , so i worked around the page.

Speak with her about having a look i would be interested what you think as well , sort of second opinion ..

I too eat, sleep and drink Joomla and I can say that your comment is not possible. You cannot put VM into Joomla back to front...it is a component of not instead of...so can be disabled ad hoc

Nor would you 'collapse the site' unless you messed about with the db or the files direct via ftp.

So, not too sure where you are coming from on that one mare but thanks for the feedback.

Good luck to the OP.

 

[awebapart.com]

who wouldn't want first page listings on google

Now here is where my ignorance really starts to show :redface:......I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly what my main key word phrase is as I am not entirely sure where it is on my site

Haven't you already got first page natural listings on google for your main key word phrase: metal wall art (position 7). This is impressive since according to adwords there are a lot of searches for this, 74,000 exact match type searches (that figure to be taken with a pinch of salt), with a lot (285,000) of website pages competing in the UK for this term. So I certainly wouldn't say that it is a niche term in a non-competitive market.

Have you been monitoring your traffic recently? I see you have google analytics installed, perhaps you have been getting a lot of visitors, just not a lot of customers.

I cant see any major changes being made to your site between google's cache of your site on 16th Feb and your site now, but if you are making changes be careful not to do anything that will spoil the rankings you already have.

problem is the index page is mixed with the shop cart

hence why when you enter home page you end up
artsapart.co.uk/vmchk.html ,vmchk is the shop module.

I don't think it is a good idea to provide a link (I have removed the link from the quote) to a non-www part of the site when the site is being indexed on the www side.

There is a browser problem, although I do not think this is affecting google at least. If you visit the www home page with FireFox it is OK, if you do the same with IE7 you get redirected to artsapart.co.uk/vmchk.html with a cookie message saying your browser does not support cookies. This could be a Virtuemart cookie checking error. Google has indexed the www side of the website, but strangely bing.com has indexed the non www side, perhaps because of this error.

will show my results ..for others to see that i know a little about things

Those ranking results you list seem to be rankings in the spanish version of google, google.es for mallorca specific search terms in english. So the people who are searching for those english terms in spain are few, adwords stats reinforce this too, and as such those are not really competitive terms.

 

[Big Pete]

Haven't you already got first page natural listings on google for your main key word phrase: metal wall art (position 7). This is impressive since according to adwords there are a lot of searches for this, 74,000 exact match type searches (that figure to be taken with a pinch of salt), with a lot (285,000) of website pages competing in the UK for this term. So I certainly wouldn't say that it is a niche term in a non-competitive market.

Have you been monitoring your traffic recently? I see you have google analytics installed, perhaps you have been getting a lot of visitors, just not a lot of customers.

I cant see any major changes being made to your site between google's cache of your site on 16th Feb and your site now, but if you are making changes be careful not to do anything that will spoil the rankings you already have.


I don't think it is a good idea to provide a link (I have removed the link from the quote) to a non-www part of the site when the site is being indexed on the www side.

There is a browser problem, although I do not think this is affecting google at least. If you visit the www home page with FireFox it is OK, if you do the same with IE7 you get redirected to artsapart.co.uk/vmchk.html with a cookie message saying your browser does not support cookies. This could be a Virtuemart cookie checking error. Google has indexed the www side of the website, but strangely bing.com has indexed the non www side, perhaps because of this error.


Those ranking results you list seem to be rankings in the spanish version of google, google.es for mallorca specific search terms in english. So the people who are searching for those english terms in spain are few, adwords stats reinforce this too, and as such those are not really competitive terms.

Take a look where i am !!! Mallorca Spain , and what a suprise that i am targetting Mallorca ..

Uk is covered already Spain is already covered Mallorca is where i want to be targetted .

Jeeeez what is it with you lot :|


Everyone is so keen to slag people off on the place, cant you get a life ??