Creating your own local business website is never an easy task, especially when the guidelines change regularly. As always online, the only thing you can guarantee is change! In November, Google made an unprecedented move and published the Search Quality Rater Guidelines. Previously, we’d relied on an official 2013 condensed version or leaked copies of […]
Three Simple Questions You Need Answer On Your Website
It’s almost 6am and the sun is rising. I haven’t yet gone to bed. Not because I am not tired, but There’s a bloody huge spider stalking me, and I don’t do spiders I’ve had a horrible case of writers block all week and in the end threw up something, which is better than nothing […]
The Challenge of Writing Local Website Content
When it comes to local websites I see two scenarios pop up time and time again. The multi-location small business or small business targeting several towns in an area A local business with several products or services that have similar qualities When writing local website content, it is very easy to fall into a common […]
Want To Build A Website? 7 Questions To Ask Yourself First
This week I have spoken with several small businesses who already have a website. They’re now asking how to make it work… The problem is when you build a website without understanding how the web works, you can be left with something that looks amazing and doesn’t do its job. Unfortunately, web designers have a […]
Small Business Websites
Yell Small Business Websites – Lies and Damn Statistics For a few years now, Yell have offered small business websites and marketing packages to compliment the Yellow Pages directory. It’s been a while since I have dealt with a Yellow Pages sales call. However, I am taking my own advice and slowly adding my business […]
Your Small Business Website – Is it REALLY Yours?
It is important that your small business website is actually yours. Sounds an obvious statement doesn’t it? But think about it. Over the last few weeks I have had a few enquiries from small business owners just like you, to help with their websites. Then we hit a problem… First, these business owners do not […]