RE SEO my website?

[Chipperclown]

Thanks James and all think I need some serious investment!

[hamdogg]

[ QUOTE=Tree Lc;1258909]My site is having a redesign by the company that did it originally. I pay a lot more than £95 a year for my SEO but I have more work than I can keep up with because of their work.

 

For the last couple of months work has gone up by about 30% from the same time over the last few years. Only difference I can see is that we are being promoted by the company and using social stuff.

 

I'll keep on going with them - even had to take on more staff!!

 

Tree LC

 

Tree surgery Horsham

 

What do you pay annually for your seo?

[hamdogg]

Does it improve over time? E.g the older the website the better it should be in results?

[Justme]

7.0

 

I do it all myself.

 

Major points for improvement are to inter great the social media as the marketing score was the only low one at 3.6.

[dan494]

Does it improve over time? E.g the older the website the better it should be in results?

 

 

So they say, but I've managed to get new websites on page one within a couple of weeks without that much effort

[truncator]

Age does have an effect but there are lots more factors. Like for instance your site needs to be mobile ready now. Google has just changed the algorithum to include how mobile ready your site is

https://www.google.co.uk/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

 

It has to pass this. One way to bump a .com is to register it for 5/10 years.

 

(bump= give it more power in the google rank)

[csservices]

6.4 thats for my jimdo free one, let down by no social media links, no idea how to do that though lol

[morten]

Before spending any money on someone doing your SEO work for you, read these two documents, and see what you can do yourself.

 

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35291?hl=en

 

http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

 

These documents are written by the guys that are on the other end of the SEO war, i.e. Google.

 

If, in the end, you decide to pay someone for SEO assistance, make sure that your agreement covers you paying for objectively measurable results, such as the SEO test above Nibbler - Test any website and/or getting higher up on Google search results (anything below top ten is useless) for specific search terms.

What I am saying is: pay for results, not for the promise of results. Any SEO "expert" that will not want to agree on such terms are not worth their money. A bit like you saying to your customers: Pay me the money, and then maybe at some point in the future, your tree will be felled.

[Pete Hart]

What a brilliant link.... my old website scored 5.9

I've changed my business name and status now so it's going to be switched off but very useful to see where you can improve for when I have my new site built.

[hamdogg]

Ive had a serious word with my webdesigner as mine came in at 5! He said he is going to ring me today to discuss! And thinks it rated well on nibbler? If it rated 10 then I'd be happy!! Lol