Yell.com

[Billy68]

waste of money canceled mine after ten years with them and have seen no difference to the amount of work i get

[treesnatcher]

I'd just use whatever you budget for yell and stick it onto google adwords instead

yep good for nov/dec

[Ian C]

waste of money canceled mine after ten years with them and have seen no difference to the amount of work i get

 

Same here, binned the lot, got a good web site at the top in my area and get a lot from it.

[essential]

I'd just use whatever you budget for yell and stick it onto google adwords instead

 

Does anyone get a good response from adwords ?

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

Im wondering the same thing do i go back in this year hmmm

[welwell]

Couldn't agree more with Shane and Landyman.

 

Those 'brokers' at the top of Google are polluting the internet.

 

Yell, Kelkoo, Supaprice etc. - you don't do tree work, so please go forth and multiply.

 

Couldn't agree more.

[ukminch]

I tried it for a year, and got one £300 job from it and about 10 waste of time calls. Needless to say I didn't renew. I know it does work for some people though, and ill admit I do use it myself.......

[Shane]

If I want something I google the service and my local town.

I will then look at the first few NON-Broker ones to appear.

Yell, check a trade etc all get ignored.

 

I get plenty of enquiries direct through my web site to keep us busy.

I also detest the sponge-brokers who bill you an amount per hit or enquiry - regardless.

That just adds an unknown variable to your costs.

 

Have faith in your web site. If you want to advertise elsewher you will receive loads of 'amazing' offers every week from companies who just need a tree surgeon in your area to complete their portfolio and all you have to pay is........

 

I get calls every year from people claiming to represent to fire brigade or the police with just one space left on next years wall planner - I work from Sussex so why have ads in every fire station in the UK?

 

Bah humbug

[GardenKit]

After a bit of searching on google we found that our website is doing quite well anyway, but on those searches where our site was not at the top then often yell was above it.

 

In the two areas we currently had on yell.com we were achieving good ranking either by our site or by yell. Either way, we win.

 

So we have renewed Yell.com, with the addition of a few more local areas, for around £250.

 

We have aso totally ditched the yellow pages and will also ditch BT and Thompsons.

 

Thanks for your opinions though guys.

 

(Not convinced on Adwords, though, fine tuning my own SEO will achieve better results for free in my opinion.)