SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Help

SEO help for someone with not all that much website knowledge

hotelsnearfootball — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:28:49 -0400

Hi, I am hoping someone may be able to help me

The website I have created www.hotelsnearfootball.co.uk firstly - ignore the icon on there; 'footie fan accom', that was the website name previously and it was no good, therefore I have changed the website address and will be having a new image with the new website name soon...

The website basically is set up to find hotels near football grounds in England.

Anyway. I created the website and got so far with it and got a bit frustrated on actually fully finishing it and doing all the SEO stuff, to bring people to the site. After not touching it for about 6 months I now have a bit of time again so want to finally get it finished. Not knowing much about SEO I have contacted someone who does know their stuff and will hopefully be helping me with it.

One of the things advised was that I need to make sure each page is properly SEO for each football ground. I have been told I need to make the page URL e.g. /hotels_near_arsenal_football_ground.php

Now I have tried and tried but can't for the life of me get this to happen. Each webpage still has numbers for the link instead of what I want it to say above, no matter what I try.

Is anyone able to advise what I need to do please? I have added a screen shot below as to where I am stuck with it all, not sure if it will help...?

Thanks for reading
Michael

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/hotelsnearfootball.png/

Updated site - now ranks low vs. original high ?

candi1 — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:01:02 -0400

Hi folks,

Around a month ago I overhauled my website and detached/reattached the domain - http://www.creativecandi.co.uk

The original site using same URL (now http://creativecandi2.webeden.co.uk/) used to rank in the top on a Google search.

The new site no longer ranks (or at least is very low), but I can't work out why.

Did I miss something ?

Really appreciate your feedback,

Sarah

My website does not show up when doing a google search on my key words - HELP!

woody — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:21:33 -0400

Can anyone please help me, my website does not appear when performing a search on the keywords entered for my site. I have entered the key words in all the relevant boxes on each page and have signed up to hyper traffic but still no luck, I have been trying to sort this problem out for months.

My website is k9personalprotection.com

I would be very very grateful if anyone can help me!

H1 tags, graphic fonts and hidden boxes clarification please

kjyahoo — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:24:14 -0500

Hi folks, I understand from reading the blog and other posts on the forum that the first title box you use on a page (top to bottom) automatically becomes a H1 tag. I have also read that if you have used a graphic font then it won't get crawled as it is seen as an image.

The suggestion was made that you can place a transparent text box (with a standard font) behind your title text so it is noticed when crawled. Will this second title text box still be recognised as a H1 tag? Does it need to be slightly above the visible graphic font title text to be a H1 tag?

Also could someone tell me if this is acceptable by Google, Yahoo etc as I am concerned about doing anything negative in the eyes of the search engines. :)

Can't find it on Google

Noel — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:55:49 -0500

When I started with Webeden I created my first ever site PRVouchers.com. I did a bit of blogging etc and I can now be found when entering my site name. This will do for now!! However, I have now added another site footlooseflyers.co.uk, which is linked to PRVouchers and it's not coming up on Google and I still have the webeden part in the domain name.
Can you tell me how to sort it please. And please bear in mind I am no techie!! Thank you in advance

Site not ranked... Been told the problem but don't know how to fix it....

tanyajade — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:44:23 -0400

Right, 2nd post on here now. I've just been given this info from a techie friend of a friend!
My site is www.politepooches.co.uk...

"There are a few problems with the site, which would stop it listing any higher on google, its not passing validation , only done a very quick check but
Line 4, Column 487: there is no attribute "property"
…n problem behaviour "/>
How can I fix this pleeeeease? xx

Web Server issues

longers73 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:41:44 -0500

I have 4 x HTTP 403 issues caused by Webeden forms, and some other robot.txt issues which seem to do with webeden forms again. How do I resolve this as whenever I use webmaster to see how my site is doing it says I have severe 'health' issues on my site for the above reasons. Could this be why my site doesnt show up on any google searches?

Too many keywords?

chucklevision — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:16:12 -0500

Hello. Although the site is listed on Google the hits received are few a far between.

Could I been putting Google off with too many keywords and description?

Thanks for looking.

[b]Site:[/b]http://www.thought-creative.com/

[b]Home page keywords:[/b]
PTLLS Cardiff; 7303; Teacher Training Gloucestershire; QTLS Bristol; Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector South West; Training Skills; QCF; NVQ; New Health & Social Care Diploma; Quality Assurance; Vocational Education; Wales and West of England. Bristol, Stroud, Cardiff, South West

[b]Home page description[/b]:
Thought Creative Limited: UK-Wide Teacher Training & Vocational Education from a business based in the West of England and South Wales

Site still not appearing on Google after 14 days live.

caroline21 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:03:52 -0500

Hi, I wonder if you can help. I think I have done all the necessary things on the site in order to make it attractive and visible to the search enginges. I have also submitted the site to Google, entered an analytics tracking ID, entered the search categories in the Admin area, entered the Google webmaster ID, setup my keywords, all pages have relevant titles etc etc BUT I still cannot get it to appear on the search engines.

Any help would be very gratefully received.

Caroline
www.newforestchildrenschoir.co.uk

Bing website submission

JamieC46 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:15:01 -0500

Hello,

Does anyone know how to submit a website to bing for searching? I have also tried to go onto the bing webmaster tools and it requires verification (as I have done with google), is it possible to do this with a webeden site?

Apologies if this has already been answered but I could not find it on other discussions.

Thanks very much

Header Tags

tronmedia — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:29:26 -0500

Does anyone know how to add H1-6 tags onto the sites? They say it happens automatically, but when you view source of pages there is not a header tag in sight!

I need to add h1 tags for SEO rankings.

Verified webeden domain but cant verify the linked domain

lwhiteman88 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:55:01 -0400

I have managed to verify my webeden website with google webmaster tools http://leewhiteman.webeden.co.uk/
but not sure how to verify the domain I use for this site www.leewhiteman.co.uk

403 error Google crawl? site blocked?

tanyajade — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:09:54 -0400

Hi guys,

I've just launced my wesbite (www.politepooches.co.uk) and submitted it to Google etc.. Google has produced some crawl errors, the main one I'm concerned about is this 403 error, my site is completely blocked. Nothing comes up in the search results for my key words, but it does when I search 'polite pooches'.
Please help!

Thanks x

Can't find ALT tag button

jewalker — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:38:00 -0400

I've selected an image, clicked on the 'style' tab in the 'editor' but there is no 'alt tag' button. Does anyone know where I can find it please? Thanks.

Can't find 'Page Settings' in edit menu

jewalker — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:41:32 -0400

I'm a web designer but new to webeden and want to change some meta descriptions for individual pages. When I go to 'Edit' there is no option called 'Page settings' (as explained in the following webeden seo blog part 4: http://www.webeden.co.uk/blog/search-engine-advertising/search-engine-optimisation-with-webeden-part-4-start-to-optimise-your-webeden-website/). Please can anyone help. Thanks.

Seo Video Tutorial by Webeden lovers SEO Go

Seo Go/One Coventry — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:33:58 -0400

Part 1:

SEO for Search Engines

drumtag — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:08:47 -0400

Hey Webeden,

I finally finished my latest website last friday (www.invoiceassist.com) and launched it the following day (Saturday) by posting the URL to google. The website has been listed in the results page but not very well. When i finalised my website however, i thoroughly checked through your SEO guide and included everything that was needed to make it as easy as possible for any search engine to crawl my website.

I was just hoping you could clarify that i have taken all the necessary steps in order to make SEO as easy as possible.
-Posted both versions of my website i.e. www.invoiceassist.com and without the www.
-Tagged all of my images wih appropriate descriptions
-I have included my site/page keywords and descriptions in the meta data description in the HTML.
-I have also made sure that my website text links correctly with my site name, keywords and description
-I used 'anchor text' to link certain words to other pages within the webite (not too many ofcourse and within reason)

However i am still waiting for some external links from other websites (i was hoping you could help me out).
Also, when you have a google Adsense do you have retrieve the code within 14 days of activating your google adsense account.

Please can you reasure me that i have done the right thing as far as SEO is concerned, many thanks.

submitting site map to google

pagepayroll — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:56:29 -0500

When I try to submit my site map to google webmaster tools it tells me I have an illegal character which I think is #

The url for my site map is http://www.pagepayroll.co.uk/#/site-map/4545439971

Can someone please tell me how to fix this so i can submit my site map?

Thanks
Kevin

Keywords - text or title boxes?

pagepayroll — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:48:00 -0500

Does it make any difference to the SEO google searches whether you have your website text in a "title box" or "text box" when you're designing your site?

My home page doesn't have many words, will this effect my rankings?

my site is www.pagepayroll.co.uk

Any suggestions on how to improve my google ranking would be helpful?
i've been through each page and added my meta-tags and keywords from via page menu.

Many thanks
Kevin

sitemap only includes those pages on the main menu

cresta — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:42:15 -0500

Hi

I've just looked at my site map file and it only appears to describe those pages accessed from the Page Master menu and seems to exclude all the other pages. Is this correct?

Regards
Cresta

entering meta tag verification for yahoo site explorer

r.henry — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:38:23 -0500

The META tag must be within and near the beginning of the first section of the page, and before the first section.
how do i access this via the sitemaker is there specific instructions as i have tried everything and the authentication status always says failed

tracking a page

simonforum — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:47:28 -0500

Where do i input the tracking code I get from Google Analytics? There doesn't seem to be a way to edit the html code on this platform.

A little insight into SEO.

Seo Go/One Coventry — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:27:08 -0400

Online marketing isnt easy and its not an overnight proposition; could be weeks, months or years of Internet marketing before your Web site becomes viable. Don’t stop reading yet -- I’m living proof that businesses can be found chalenging the big boys with Webeden Websites,
and with little money invested in the early stages of online marketing.

I will give you the url of the webeden site I have top ten next to the bigest brand in the world, at the end.

This isn’t about selling your site to your family and friends, it is a kind of network community marketing link building on page optimisation type of thing these days, lol.. I own a business that found its feet through challenging myself to see if I could beat the best at online marketing, I targeted the bigest online advertising company and set out to see if I could get my site above theres.

And I did it with Webeden!

Over the 15 years I’ve had a Web site (5 years with Webeden), and worked in the Search engine optimsation business I’ve accumulated a lot experience, tips and qualifications on running an online business and reaching the worldly hight of top 10 on Google, and I’d like to share some of the online marketing search engine tactics I’ve learned.

Step 1
Are you ready for search engine submission? Be patient and only submit your site to search engines when it is 100 percent tested and completed. If Rome wasn’t built in a day, your Web site will need time to mature as well.

Once you feel your site is up and running, and just the way you like it (you did check all your links to make sure none are broken, and that there aren’t any missing images, didn’t you?), it's time for search engine submission. For the most effective Internet marketing, you’ll want to make sure your site is listed in the following search engines and directories:

GOOGLE

YAHOO

MSN

Also look for niche regional and local directories, and directories that are specific to your type of business. For example, if you do a search on Google for "Coventry business directory", you'll see a number of places offering search engine submission. Almost all the other "major" search engines now charge a fee to get listed, or are just not worth the effort of search engine submission. Avoid Free-for-All listings , link farms and the majority of Award sites.

If your gut says it's a bad idea, it probably is. What we can’t emphasise enough is that you take the time to find the right search engine submission category.

Step 2 On its way.

Keywords and Listing

Frankie J — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:49:32 -0400

Good Morning

I seemed to be struggling with my website appearing on google searches. I have set up my websites some months ago now along with all the meta tags etc but if I view my page source the keywords and contents seem to be all all over the place and I am now wondering if this is effecting my listing.
If you click www.subsonicdiscos.co.uk and go to "view" "Page Source" you will see what I mean.

Am I doing something wrong?

Regards

Frankie

Site Map

TJolly — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:11:56 -0400

Hello,

I refer to www.suttonweaver@webeden.co.uk

I successfully submitted a site map to Google and for the past weeks its status has been marked with a green tick in Google Webmaster tools. It is now showing a red X and when I resubmit it continues to display a red X.

I am receiving the following crawl errors:

HTTP:

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/images/

Restricted by robots.txt:

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/images/ URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/resources/ URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/resources/adverts.swf URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/resources/container.swf URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/resources/freeSiteTopBar.swf URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/_app/17974/en/resources/requirements.html URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

http://www.suttonweaver.webeden.co.uk/cgi-bin/support.cgi?todo=siteleader_form URL restricted by robots.txt Jul 5, 2010

Could someone please explain why this is happening?

Many thanks.

Google SEO

Frankie J — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:48:15 -0400

Hi Folks

Does anyone know if when inserting the website url within Webmaster for google to verify should I add my url as www.subsonicdiscos.co.uk or www.subsonidiscos/webeden.co.uk? I tried the first but it seemed to search my old ISP FTP files instead of my new site. So I have changed this to search the the second URL (Webeden) but since doing this google have not searched my site at all? Can anyone help?

Frankie

Meta Tag

Frankie J — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:07:59 -0500

Hi Guys

I'm trying to add the Meta Tags to my website [i]i.e[/i] Description, Keywords etc which I have done via the pages section of my website build.
When I then go to my website and via the browser and select "view" and "Page Source" I don't see anything listed in the html section.
Does anyone have any idea or is there another section I need to fill out? I'm assuming we don't have access to the html script either?

Frankie

be gentle please

littleorchard — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:18:11 -0500

new website up and running
photos on board
music running
links working
e-mail all working
now imagine you are speaking to a small child who is new to all of this
how do i get my web site appearing in google search
help please with an idiots guide

Entering Meta Tag Verification code for Google Webmasters

robwatt — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:43:05 -0500

I am wanting to use Google Webmaster with my website (www.robwatt.co.uk) and wanted to know how I am able to (or if I am able to) copy a meta tag into the coding?

Google States:
Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page. It should go in the section, before the first section.

To verify that you own a site, you can either add a meta tag to your home page (proving that you have access to the source files), or upload an HTML file with the name you specify to your server (proving that you have access to the server). Webmaster Tools will check to see that the file or tag is present. If you can upload a verification file to the the site's root or can add a verification meta tag to your site's home page, we consider you a site owner and will show you site details.

Please advise...

Rob