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Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

I got trumped by a competitior on the web

Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 · Guest

well Kim i dont know , I have Roofcleaningmissouri.com

staurt out of st louis has MissouriRoofcleaning.com. ,

he comes up as much as me, depending on the time of day you search..bradenton

so maybe bradentonroofcleaning.com

Redfisherman · ETERNAL MEMBER-RESTING IN PEACE

Kim,

Your URL is just a means for your customers and Google to index your sites. Use key words in your page title tags. ie. index or home page title tage: Presidential Pressure Washing - Roof Cleaning Sarasota.htm Your other pages change the title tags to incorporate key words into them. Behind your visible page use your meta tags, some say you need them, some say you don't, but go without them and customers will have to specifically look for you to find your site.

Use a H1 tag - Google index's this first on your page, use "alt" tags on your photos, so when they are hovered over a short description comes up, key word heavy of course. Use a div tag at the top of your page outside the html, shows up over your page. Incorporate tage lines into it - Roof cleaning Sarasota, Bradenton, Palmetto, Lakewood Ranch by Presidential Pressure Washing.

I know it all sounds confusing if you haven't worked html, CSS or alt tags on your web site. Use the backlinks to blogs, as many of the members are doing, have good links coming to you have non competing links going out.

Beat him at his own game, sure he copped a high vis URL, make him work it, if he doesn't cut his knees out from underneath him. Kill him with good html, links and key words.

Get your site validated by Google and Bing and Yahoo.

**edited spelling**

Added to comment:

Kim - just thought of this buy the url: roofcleaning-sarasota.com and roof cleaning-bradenton.com if they are available. Don't know didn't check WHOIS. AHH - maybe I will buy and sell them to you. Just kidding.

-- Edited by Redfisherman on Thursday 24th of March 2011 06:48:06 AM

-- Edited by Redfisherman on Thursday 24th of March 2011 08:21:28 AM

Central Iowa Roof Cleaning · Certified Cedar Shake Roof Cleaning Specialist

If you use Wordpress there is an easy way to do what Fred suggested.

Also, that is why I bought all the possible domains in my area, as roof cleaning is unknown up here. LOL

-- Edited by Central Iowa Roof Cleaning 515-971-1430 on Thursday 24th of March 2011 08:06:23 AM

RCIA Founder

I just read that Google is not going to value keywords in the domains anymore !

Seems it has been way too easy for spammers to gain quick placement using them.

I will see if I can find it to post.

What’s in a domain name? Even less, according to Google

Written by Carl Hopkinson

Google guru Matt Cutts has indicated that the search engine optimisation value placed on keywords contained in domain names is set to diminish.

So far, the domain name of a website was very important to its ranking in search engines, with the emphasis being placed on any keywords it contained.

However, according to a feature on searchnewz.com, Matt Cutts, Google’s principal engineer, is all set to change this. He said:

“Some people have complained that we’re giving a little too much weight for keywords in domains.
“So, we have been thinking about adjusting that mix a little bit and sort of turning the knob down within the algorithm, so that given two different domains it wouldn’t necessarily help you as much to have a domain with a bunch of keywords in it.”

This would be especially beneficial for companies whose URL contains their name, rather than any indication of the service that they provide.

This change, which comes soon after Google’s most recent update, which was engineered to confound ‘content farmers’, is unlikely to be the last coming down the pipe.

In a recent, separate interview, Cutts said that Google’s engineers responsible for tweaking the search algorithm were busy beavering away at it in an effort to improve further the quality of its search results.

He said:

“There is definitely still room for improvement in the space of low-quality content – or in trying to reward higher quality content.”

This news will be warmly received by SEO experts everywhere – much of search engine optimisation involves second guessing Google, so any information on how its search algorithm works is highly prized.

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Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

Evaluate their websites and ensure that you are doing everything a little better than they are.

Use your keywords wisely throughout the content of the page, also match your main keywords in the page titles, such as "Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL | Roof Cleaning Sarasota Fl."

Use H1 tags at the beginning of the page, and H2 tags towards the bottom, I can give more information on this over the phone if you are interested.

Use alt text tags for your pictures and use keywords that are meaningful.

If you one up everything they do, then you will be on top every time.

Good Luck!

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Mar 24, 2011

Kim, I'm www.acepainting.info and I'm coming up on the first page for roof cleaning in Cleveland.

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

I am lost on much of this, I am going to have a webinar " SEO for DUMMYS!" Alot of terms are over my head like organic, H1 tags, H2 tags, page placement... what goes where and who goes with who?

I am sure I could find it on utube, but need to go back to the basics, way way back..lol

So who wants to host SEO for Dummys? Mike Hockman? you in?

Any one else need this kind of tutorial? speak up please smile

Kim R

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

Nice site Tom, Like the video 2 boot.

Kim R

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 wrote:

Kim, I'm www.acepainting.info and I'm coming up on the first page for roof cleaning in Cleveland.

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Mar 24, 2011

Thanks Kim. Animoto does nice easy videos, plus you get a nice link back to your site from youtube for each video.

gutterdog · Mar 24, 2011

Everyone is telling you Kim what I have taught here. Or shared. I think I shared too much? Everyone is saying different things, all what I've said.

I get knocked here, my home, from newbies! I post too much.

Knocked my vids, now the vids are more entertaining, like mine. What I been sayin!

Kim you can easily own you area!

I would do a webinar, that wasnt recorded.

Split the money with the RCIA.

This is good stuff! I've gotten first page chit on friends areas. PA, NC, and Florida! I'm in Maryland!

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

Kim, I can send you an example of the actual coding for my web page. It's very simple to use H1 and H2 tags, it's literally something like this.

<h1>Roof Cleaning in Maryland</h1> No asterisk.

That is the title and it gets picked up much easier by the search engines. Towards the end of the page, I might end with,

<h2>Proudly offering roof cleaning services in Maryland in the following areas: Baltimore, Annapolis, Severna Park</h2>

This is just an example, but making certain key words bold is also helpful, but don't do it for too many.

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD on Thursday 24th of March 2011 08:25:52 PM

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

Let's do that Mike

Kim R

-- Edited by Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 on Thursday 24th of March 2011 08:38:25 PM

Roof Cleaning Bradenton FL 941-822-2454 · Guest

But why do you put H1 in the line?
and what is H1 mean? to google?
Kim R

Thanks for all the advice everyone, I need to read and learn some things, and have had a nasty flu so my head is a little off.

Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD · guest

h1 is a heading, or like a title. It's important since the text is bigger and apparently, search engines find them better. I'm not sure on all of the nitty gritty details, though.

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What’s in a domain name? Even less, according to Google

** <h1>Roof Cleaning in Maryland</h1> ** No asterisk.

** <h2>Proudly offering roof cleaning services in Maryland in the following areas: Baltimore, Annapolis, Severna Park</h2> **

The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America Training & Certification Forum
"Find A Certified Roof Cleaner Directory"

<h1>Roof Cleaning in Maryland</h1> No asterisk.

<h2>Proudly offering roof cleaning services in Maryland in the following areas: Baltimore, Annapolis, Severna Park</h2>