Yell Small Business Websites – Lies and Damn Statistics

I had not one, but three calls from the nice chaps over in Yell Telesales HQ last week and I really could not believe what I was hearing.

Then he asked me if I knew that Yell had a special partnership with Google and they can get me to the top of the first page in Google.

That’s rather economical with the truth to be polite about it. OK, let’s not be polite, it’s a lie.

Not just a one page website, but up to five pages all done for me with free updates that will save me time. I wouldn’t need to write a word and they would even buy a new domain name on my behalf!

What the sales guy didn’t mention was, yes they will buy a new area specific domain name on my behalf, but that website domain name would be owned by Yell.

I see the basic Yell small business websites all the time, and yes I have ranted about their website copy before now too. That sort of keyword writing is really out of date and serves no purpose what-so-ever. Following the recent Google changes, it can possibly harm your rankings too.

Note that one of Google’s guide lines is:

Don’t create multiple pages, subdomains, or domains with substantially duplicate content.

Apparently Mr. Yell salesman wasn’t aware that they recycled copy, and anyway, businesses approve websites before they go live.

The moral of the post is – don’t believe the sales patter. Ask questions.

No one is partnered with Google,

ads are not rankings,

web copy should be unique to your business,

If you do want an “all done for you” small business website, that can be easily updated (by you if you want to) then give me a call on 07847 55 44 18 or drop me an email. Read more at www.mylocalbusinessonline.co.uk

House Insurance After a Flood - Mr. AF’s Problem Solved

Many people assume that their home is at risk of flooding if they live close to a river or a coast.  But, natural floods are just a small part of the problem.  Finding house insurance after a flood was caused by drainage being overwhelmed further inland is just as difficult.

Mr.  AF was let down by his insurance company hiking up house insurance policy prices so much over a 2 year period, he could no longer afford his house insurance.

If you find yourself in a similar situation and unable to obtain house insurance after a flood, then do not delay any longer, complete our contact form.  Our specialist insurance placement service is free, we even cover the cost of the phone call.

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Flood Risk Insurance Cover

Do you live in a flood risk area or flood plain, and finding it very difficult to obtain flood risk insurance cover from many of the traditional insurers?

With almost 700,000 properties affected by recent UK flooding and many more now deemed to be in flood zone areas, there will be many more people facing difficulties renewing their house insurance cover. The Environment Agency estimates that over 5 million people live in homes that are at risk of flooding in England and Wales.

We can help you!

Hard to Place Insurance Ltd is a specialist insurance placement service and we can help you obtain flood insurance cover at reasonable premiums without unrealistic excess on your policy. We provide our service free for properties though out the UK including Northern Ireland. Read more at www.hardtoplaceinsurance.co.uk

Website Marketing Strategies – Get Your Local Business Online Where You Can Be Seen in 3 Simple Steps

There are so many website marketing strategies it is easy to become overwhelmed too.

Let’s start at the beginning of your website marketing strategy…

First, you do need your own domain (www.yourbusiness.co.uk) that you control.

Control is an important factor.

Of course, you will need to pay for website hosting. Think of it as leasing your online property

Your website marketing strategy needs to be planned.

The Internet is not The Field of Dreams, build it and they will not always come…

So, your first step in your marketing strategy is to pin point who you are targeting with your website.

The next step is to let people and the search engines know your website is online.

Your local business website is much like your offline business, it will change, develop and grow as your markets expand or change.  Just completing the 3 steps will still have you ahead of many of your local competitors. Read more at mylocalbusinessonline.co.uk

Google KO’s Article Marketing As We Know It

Ohh OUCH!  Now that latest Google slap was more of a killer punch for many article marketers.  Googles algorithms changed again at the end of last week.  So what went on?

Article directories have been hit hard by the recent change.

But EzineArticles is not the only directory to be badly affected by the recent algorithm change

So, how does this affect article marketers?

Article marketing as we know it is dying and it is time to up your game.

What do you need to do now? 1. Write good content that YOU would want to read! Read more at thewritearticle.info