Google-friendly web site

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

You will need to spend a decent amount of money to rank well and continously invest more to keep a good ranking

[RedTapedoc]

I know quite a bit about SEO happy to have a chat, have a look at our employment contract template website you will find a phone number on the contact Andy

[Tom2020]

Do what Ian Flatters said that how i got mine set up and it works all you need to do is google the name and it comes up top page for me

[Adam]

my brother did mine for me, as he is in advertising it helps aswell. its not how much you spend its the key words you put in. as someone said on here about my website, they saw tree surgeon 7 times on the first page. the google add bot thing will see this and rank you higher . also if you put you postcode on the website and it will refine the search to your area. hope this help a little bit.

[AardvarkTreeServices]

You dont need to spend a penny on your web site if you can be bothered to do the reasearch on SEO. Do a google search for "bearded dragon breeder" and you'll get hadesdragons as the top result worldwide. My lad created the site and did the optimisation- hes a biology graduate so he isnt IT trained!!!!

[northumbriaforestry]

We spend nothing on our advertising, never paid for a search engine listing & built our own very simple site. That's not meant to be a hey look at me aren't I clever comment. But more, it is possible! If you have a product or service that people want, think about how you would look for it & ask 50 friends, that will give you an idea on what the most common words are, then you have your key words. There's a bit more to it of course, but certainly don't let anyone tell you have to pay. If you want to save money, have control over what you're doing & learn something new as well, learn to do it yourself. Most 10 year olds these days can do this stuff standing on their heads, (frustratingly) find one & get them to help you. The days of having to use web designers are long gone, not all of us need the biggest flashiest site in the world. Getting your site in the top & keeping it there will depend on how many people search for it & look at it, keep your content up to date & your keywords specific.

[Ben Saxton]

I need to get a web site up and running, but am unsure how it works as far as Google findability is concerned.

 

I know of several really great looking professionally done web sites that Google struggles to find.

 

I realise you pay to be top of the list, but what methods can you use to guarantee your site can be found somewhere on the list as soon as it goes live? First page would be good, is this possible without spending loads?

 

All I'm after is a customer typing in 'tree surgery in XXX (area post code, village, nearest town etc.) and my website to appear.

 

Google ad words? What's all that about? Where can I get independent advice?

 

Not being funny, but if you don't really know, please don't post. These threads sometimes get swamped with misinformation overheard from the fat bloke in the pub!

 

You need to invest in search engine optimisation so as you get a good ranking in say google

[Rob D]

Advice I can give Mark is try and use relevant info in the web address and welcome page. Use Google analytics (free and easy to use but needs to be set up by web designer) to see how you're doing each day, see what people are typing in to find you, which sites are refering etc.

 

And it'll take time to work up the ratings...