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ARK · #1 (**permalink**) 18-09-2008, 16:51

Hi Guy's

take a look at my website www.arkaccountants.com and let me know what you think, i am trying to improve it and build a stronger web presence. any tips on how t get up the google rankings would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

RedEvo · #2 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 13:05

Look and feel inoffensive if a little dull.
Rates and Allowances menu item doesn't work.
SEO poor - this might help

Hope this helps.

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ARK · #3 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 15:19

i did most of the things on here myself, bought a do it yourself website editor

i did the rates and allowances page in excell but cant get the image into the template without copying over the gridlines - somthing i'm still working on

i've been trying to work on the SEO - still trying to get my head round it all

RedEvo · #4 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 15:21

We're all here to help

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ARK · #5 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 15:27

Much appreciated

1 questtion though, are my title tags ok?

awebapart · #6 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 15:48

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Originally Posted by ARK

i did most of the things on here myself, bought a do it yourself website editor

What software are you using?

You have at least 2 home pages: domain.com and domain.com/default.asp?pg=home - which isn't good for SEO.

Is your site relatively new? It looks like google has only indexed your home page so far. If it is new, then don't expect too much too soon from the search engines.

Title tags look OK.

ARK · #7 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 15:55

its a few months old, we're a relatively new firm.
its somthing called a website editor, where you simply type in what you want in plain english in each of the fileds such as; Page description, title, kewords, then the text on the page.

the second home page is the rates and allowances - maybe i should deactivate this page till i can get it to work?

awebapart · #8 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 16:06

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Originally Posted by ARK

its a few months old

Then I'm surprised that google has only indexed your home page, unless you have only recently added the other pages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARK

its somthing called a website editor, where you simply type in what you want in plain english in each of the fileds such as; Page description, title, kewords, then the text on the page.

Is this an online service offered by your host or web supplier?

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Originally Posted by ARK

the second home page is the rates and allowances - maybe i should deactivate this page till i can get it to work?

The rates page is actually the third home page (I didn't notice that one) with a url of domain.com/default.asp

The second home page (domain.com/default.asp?pg=home) is what is linked to by all the home button links on your pages and this is different to your first home page (domain.com), the page you get to when you just type in your domain name in the browser's address bar. This is a common problem of a lot of websites and it can cause some serious SEO issues with internal pagerank linkage and duplicate content.

ARK · #9 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 16:14

1) why are you suprised? (is that a silly question) i made all the pages at around the same time
2) no thats a package i bought , a DIY website and got the hosting for free included

awebapart · #10 (**permalink**) 19-09-2008, 16:25

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Originally Posted by ARK

1) why are you suprised? (is that a silly question) i made all the pages at around the same time

I'm surprised mainly because I would expect a several page website which was created and submitted to google a few months ago to at least have a few pages indexed by now rather than just the one home page.

I cannot see any reason why your site is preventing this extra indexing, it looks search engine friendly enough, in that search engines should be able to see the links and visit the other pages.