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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 29, 2010 at 22:24

I,ve taken that part off thanks Paul.

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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 29, 2010 at 22:32

Is that any better Stuart???

Stuart Marler said:

Its looking better Alan, not quite the finished article.

HOW EVER, dont forget what we spoke about the SEO for your site: TITLE - is still not working, wrong words in there, in here this needs to be what somebody will initially search for you - i..e gardener cumbernauld, grass cutting, maintenance - max. of 60 characters!
Also the KEWORDS are not quite correct. People wont know your name, so you are wasting space putting Alan... in there, repetitive use of words can be damaging to search results, bringing you DOWN the list of results; you want to be on the top page.

Email me personally again to discuss this further or call me.

Stuart
www.tvglandscaping.co.uk

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Permalink Reply by Kirsty Blair on March 29, 2010 at 22:32

Its nice Alan, hope it brings in the business.
Have you got any links with other businesses in the area - that might link your website to theirs? Suppliers or parallel businesses? Just a thought to get more traffic.

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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 29, 2010 at 22:37

Not yet but good point..had not thought of that yet..Thanks Kirsty!!!

Kirsty Blair said:

Its nice Alan, hope it brings in the business.
Have you got any links with other businesses in the area - that might link your website to theirs? Suppliers or parallel businesses? Just a thought to get more traffic.

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Kieran Ray on March 29, 2010 at 22:43

Looks good Alan, I like it. I don't know if it hinders in the search having vpweb in your address I'm trying to work the same out for mine ATM, all I would say is spell check it, the vista print spell check isn't too good, I had the same problems when I done my site.
Iv hi lighted on that really stood out to me,

Attachments:

• alens page.bmp, 2.3 MB

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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 29, 2010 at 22:50

Thanks for that Kieran.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Sewell on March 30, 2010 at 11:19

Alan,
A good start as people are saying. I agree your picture could be more 'lawns' based rather than a mug shot!
ON SEO. I had a quick look at your meta tags and you seem to have more keywords than content! Google spiders are very canny when it comes to spotting blatent optimisation attempts without the content to back it up so you might find yourself going down the rankings rather than up.
In the end the only thing that really matters is quality content and lots of it. Without compromising the basic site you can add FAQ's, glossaries, seasonal tips, reviews of products and events...the list goes on. The more information you have (and as long as the keywords and headers on each page actually reflect the content of the page) the higher you will rank. Google has tunnel vision as far as content is concerned. It cares about your site being educational. It doesn't care about your business.
It looks like Stuart has picked up the SEO thing with a vengence so I would definitly go back to him if optimisation is a priority. We've just started a very thorough review of our site with a view to optimisation so once we're though that process I'll try to post some more educated comments!
All other comments here regarding details are also pertinant.
Finally according to law you should have your companies details on the bottom of each page. company reg, VAT no etc (and before you ask, no I haven't got round to doing this with ours yet!)
I would also definitly leave off your address. Also might be worth adding a spam filter to your contact form (if you don't already have one. You'll be amazed at the quantity of rubbish that can arrive in your Inbox once you have a web presence!
All best,
Dave
www.the-gardenmakers.co.uk

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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 30, 2010 at 12:02

Glad you get it Steve.

Steve Kenyon The Garden Company said:

ooooooooooooooo posh get you well done alan its better than mine , lol

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Permalink Reply by alan mcmillan on March 30, 2010 at 12:05

Thank you Karl for your imput..will change to "will".

Karl Harrison said:

here we go, the good bits first.

I really like the soft look of the site and the small snippet comments; A beautiful "lawn" for your home or office is just a phone call away. very catchy and not seen on many other sites.

Your wording on the site seems straight to the point and will adhere will with the site visitor, confidence and the words well mannered spring to mind.

heres the duff bit

I got advised to change the word "Aim" (on my site) almost means that you will try and not always succeed, perhaps you could use "Will" its more definate and goes with the confident look of the rest you have written.

The concluding words to you opening sentence "if possible" says to me thats would you really want to do, if you are looking for regular clients perhaps you could change that word to "if required"

apart from that, I'd like to see a long striped lawn on the left of you home page.

I wish you every success, you have a lovely website.

Lawn Mowing and garden services in Cumbernald

cheers

Karl

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