Websites

[Emma]

For those of you, mainly newbies who ask for feedback on sites you've created, to save the same points being made in return, I've listed below key things you need to consider when setting up a site! Once you've done these, feel free to come and ask for further fedback!

• Have a link back to exceem
• Easy to read font
• Clickable referral links disguised behind pictures
• Separate pages for offers, sites to do, how it works, general intro, contact page
• Have a lighter background so the text stands out more
• Don't talk about cancelling offers
• Go into some detail on the types of offers available to entice different people ie betting, insurance, free offers, and generally how much you pay/ deposit etc
• Mention about same IP addresses, can't complete an offer more than once etc
• have an easy to remember site address
• Have a home page giving background to the freebie idea convincing them its not a scam

If anyone can think of anything else, let me know, and I'll add it to the list!

[Ashketchup]

Cheers Emma, I've followed most of the rules anyway.

I'm always one step a head.

[UGuardian]

Thank you Emma. <3

It will help us alot when getting up our sites to help refere and explain it all.

[-bank-]

Might want to mention a little SEO either that or focus on how easy it is for the customer to do.

[Wayne89]

What is SEO?

Thanks for all the pointers Emma.

Do I have to ask anyone to have an eXceem link on my site?

[alphawoo]

ashley is banned

[Harvez]

Originally Posted by Wayne89

What is SEO?

Thanks for all the pointers Emma.

Do I have to ask anyone to have an eXceem link on my site?

"search engine optimizer"

[Garyl2k]

It actually means "Search engine optimization" which is what webmaster use to get there sites ranked high within the search engines.

Just a small example of this, if I searched for "Free Xbox 360" then there would be many sites competing for the top spot in search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.

If you make your site SEO friendly then these search engines will love you more then the average joe who whips up a site... Omg! I am rambling on! I shall leave it at that

[Wayne89]

I'm in the process of making a site, how do I take advantage of Search engine optimization? How do I do it?

[Sunhi]

how do you make a website for free?
could i just put all the info on my blog page?

[claire80]

Originally Posted by Sunhi

how do you make a website for free?
could i just put all the info on my blog page?

try using freewebs or something similar

[Garyl2k]

Yes blogger.com is a good start, pick a domain and then start building your content.

Just a little tip, Google loves fresh new content, don't go copying other peoples content, write your own text and storys.

If you ever need help with SEO just hit me up and i'll lend you a hand with some free advice and send you to the right sites.

First cool site, Become an SEO Professional & Dominate Google Starting Today : SEO Book.com

Enjoy

[mwoody]

Again, I will be floating around the boards (not the website review boards though) and will offer SEO advice where possible.

Im a full time Website usability and search engine optimisation expert and work on some big national websites. Fairly confident in saying there is nothing I dont know about SEO.

Seobook.com is a good place to start, although it only really explains the basics. Theres a lot more than can be done than just that

Dont expect to learn SEO overnight, or for it to have any affect on your sites instantly. Its a long term solution

[bmh16]

ha already have an ebook from seobook.com on my pc! its the only seo book i have and i dont know how it got there

what national websites do you work for out of interest mate?

[Garyl2k]

Hey mwoody glad to have you on the forum

I cant sadly say i'm an expert but have learned loads in the last 2 years using seo.

I like seobook.com more for its tools, look forward to your future posts, maybe we can share ideas one day

[mwoody]

Well currently driving my site is-

adwords campaign
stumbleupon campaign
text link ads placements
links from PR4+ sites
full SEO strategy
link baiting strategy

I cant name drop because of my contract, however 3 big supermarkets, 1 big electrical store, 2 mobile phone manufacturer sites, 1 mobile phone network shop

[FurbtasticM]

The whole SEO thing intrigues me. Can you explain how adwords campaigns add long term value? Don't they just produce one off visits?

Review my site Free iPhone and I'll give you.....a thanks

[mwoody]

adwords campaign offers no long term value other than quick traffic and brand awareness

One tip, look at the source code for your site, and look at mine

[Jon]

Adwords campaings have different value for different things, the best example is I own a small shop that sells a product, I setup a adwords campaign, and by using tracking technology I can see how many of the people who click the advert go on to purchase a product. Then I can (or not) see that spending say £100 on 500 clicks has generated me a extra 300 sales of a £100 product. (those figures were made up on the fly, not real life figures but explain the point I hope!)

But there is alot more to adwords than that example! for the sake of whats important to eXceem you have 2 options, in which I'll spend a bit more time writing a detailed reply and wack it in eXtra

[FurbtasticM]

Yeah, that makes sense Jon, thanks.

Originally Posted by mwoody

One tip, look at the source code for your site, and look at mine

Done that, lots of nice code that I don't understand. Now what?

Not sure where I am going wrong but it ranks ok in Google for "free iphone".