Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 17, 2009
After making it up to #13 for the phrase the “best web designer in Canada” in a Google search on Friday, I got busy with other work and didn’t add any new posts. Working around the house on the weekend (I am doing some major landscaping in my backyard, a potential new blog topic) I didn’t get to posting anything until Monday morning.
Disappointingly, by Sunday evening, I had dropped off Google’s search results under the “best web designer in Canada”. I was really surprised that I was so easily displaced in such a short time, but then again, this is a very difficult phrase to get (and as it turns out) to continue to be listed under.
So I will keep up the follow of content, and continue looking for new ways to get and stay listed on as the “best web designer in Canada”.
Look for a new blog to be started, and added to my list, later today …
Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 13, 2009
Well, great news! I am now ranked #14 under the search phrase "best web designer in Canada". This is page 2 of the search results, after not even showing up in the top 800. What a difference a day can make.
Yesterday I did a bunch of things to try and boost my ranking:
I was hesitant to post ads on my sites, as I feel that it is an intrusion for site visitors. After looking over the AdSense options and considering how I might place the ads to provide a service to visitors.
I realized that my aversion to ads is not really to the ads themselves, as they can provide useful information and business/service sources. My problem is with the webmasters that feel that they need to have 75% ads to their 25% content, in order to make money. This may make money, but it ensures that I would only visit their website as a last resort.
So let me know what you think of my ads...
... and my improved rankings!
Stay tuned as I continue my quest to be the Best Web Designer in Canada.
Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 12, 2009
Ok, so it is going to take persistence and consistent effort to become listed as the Best Web Designer in Canada. I started another blog on Wordpress about my venture, in the hopes of generating further interest, buzz and links to my site to drive up my ranking. I am tweaking the meta tags in the blogs to focus on this as well.
I added AdSense to my blog and on my site (but only on some specific pages.) I hate a lot of ads, but this should boost Google's awareness of me. I also added a free Google business listing, again to get Google to take notice of me.
Finally, I came across the Google Directory project and submitted my site. I am looking forward to tomorrow...
... a lot!
Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 11, 2009
Working on becoming the Best Web Designer in Canada is going to be a challenge.
Today I noticed, as I was looking to see if I had made it into Google search results for the phrase Best Web Designer in Canada, that there were about 1,110,000,000 results by the time I made it to page 79. No I am still not within the top 800 listings. I am not surprised however, it the number of results is really over a Billion, it's gonna take some work.
I searched thesignworx, and I am ranked number 1 there, so yes Google knows I exist. I just need to keep at it.
Yesterday I posted my first blog on blogger, so today I will add another. I also registered for a Google Adsense account, and I am running ads on the blog. Today I will also start a new blog on another service to try and improve my ranking.
Onward ... and upward (I hope :)
Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 10, 2009
Ok, I admit it. I really bit off more than I can chew with this "Best Web Designer in Canada" web phrase attempt.
I mean, what was I thinking? Every website design company has said something about "Web Design" and they have been ranked on their websites for years by Google. Funny, but when I came up with the idea, I didn't really think about this.
So I checked the Google rankings for the search phrase to see where my website was after posting my article "Best Web Designer in Canada" was. Well, after scanning through the first 45 pages (450 links) and not seeing my website, I thought maybe I had missed it. I looked again more carefully, and when Google's search results would not display any more after 75 pages, it dawned on me how big a task I had chosen.
Well, I'm not one to back down from a little challenge, so I have decided to stick with it. Also I have realized that I have never gotten any work through search engine placement, and now I know why. I also realized that many other web design companies, claiming to be SEO specialists are ranked pretty low under the key words web, design so I am realizing that it is easy to make a claim, but harder to produce results.
Today I launched a blog about my journey to be the Best Web Designer in Canada
Stay tuned...
Posted by: bizguy
on Aug 09, 2009
This is an experiment in "Phrase Ranking" positioning. Today I posted an article on TheSignWorx.com that contained and explained about the phrase "Best Web Designer in Canada" that I wanted to develop a rank for .
Later today Google will crawl TheSignWorx.com website, and tomorrow I will see if my phrase has developed an initial rank.
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