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Central Iowa Roof Cleaning · Certified Cedar Shake Roof Cleaning Specialist

Website management

Eric SCHNAIBLE · Feb 24, 2013

I'm interested in having a site that I can manage myself that is google friendly. I understand some of the cheaper

or free platforms (Weebly) can be detrimental for SEO purposes etc.

Currently I have a site that is not so bad. My problem is that any photo or content I'd like to add or update is a nightmare.

I have to call the face guy in Houston who tell's the guys in India and they always get it wrong. I am not a computer guy

and I would like something easy to use. I have wordpress site for my other busines (pacificroofsolutions.com) but that one

is very technical (striking theme) Any suggestions for doing it myself?

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 24, 2013

Wordpress

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 24, 2013

Wordpress is easy once you play with it a little, call if you have any questions. It took us awhile to figure it out but now it pretty easy.

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Wordpress is the only way to go if you aren't into HTML.
There is still a learning curve but I'm sure you can do it. WYSWYG

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 24, 2013

We used the small business theme. If you have questions call me.

Eric SCHNAIBLE · Feb 25, 2013

Thanks guy's,
On my other site I have 'striking' and from what I understand its even difficult for my web guy. Does the theme you use make a big difference in the difficulty level? I will probably be taking you up on the offer Eric.

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 25, 2013

Eric SCHNAIBLE wrote:
Thanks guy's,
On my other site I have 'striking' and from what I understand its even difficult for my web guy. Does the theme you use make a big difference in the difficulty level? I will probably be taking you up on the offer Eric.

Im not sure about the change in difficulty level but, this theme has built in SEO and has worked out great for me. Any questions, give me a call!

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 25, 2013

I moved this into the premium side.

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One thing to do is have all of your sites linking to each other, from the HOME PAGE. The page rank will generally be best there, so the link juice will also be the strongest!
I would definitely listen to Eric. His site ranks very well.

Liberty SoftWash · Feb 25, 2013

Central Iowa Roof Cleaning wrote:
I have a number of sites that are wordpress and are the www.expand2web.com this is done by a person named Don Campbell. I have a girl that does all the work for me and also offers a site that has videos that will walk you through any part of the process. She is part of Don Campbells team. I believe it is $79.00 a month to be a member and every Wednesday morning you can call and she'll walk you through any issue you have. The membership is month to month. Great for learning wordpress and how to build the web site.
I believe Eric uses the same person?

Yes you gave me the lead for Don and Laura.

Onarooftop · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute of America

Great question.
What I would recommend is throwing up a site on weebly. Very easy to use.

I will give you some examples of cheap / poorly made by me / DIY
weebly , or yola, etc. that are ranking 1st or on first page for specific
local keywords.

-Purchase a local keyword domain from godaddy or sedo.

-Weebly upgrade to remove the weebly logo at the bottom of the page.

-Point the domain from godaddy or sedo to your weebly site.

-Don't buy the domain name from weebly. You will get charged triple the
price or more.

-One of my weebly sites......type "erie roofers" into google search. My
www.erieroofers.com website usually pops up 1st on google. (weebly site)

-Once you have your site looking pretty good....(doesn't have to be perfect)
...then forget about the site and go to another diy website maker and do the
same thing....(this time a different local keyword.)

Example : Yola website maker - type " erie pa roof " my website
www.erieparoof.com usually pops up 1st on google. (yola website)
.
Another weebly site of mine type "erie roof contractor " in google you
usually get www.erieroofcontractor.com another poorly made weebly site that
ranks high.

Godaddy - type " erie roof cleaning" you should get www.erieroofcleaning.com
(it's a horrible website I did in one night. I
am not doing anything new to that website just to prove my point that you don't
need to spend a ton of money to get cheap leads from cheap diy websites

Godaddy - instapage free 1 page website with domain purchase -
type " roof erie " my site www.rooferie.com
1 page site! Costs me about 1 dollar a month .....just the domain cost.

I am not saying you shouldn't get a real nice website. I have a few really
nice websites also. I believe in those also, but go cheap first. Then spend the
time learning word press or hire that out.

-- Edited by Onarooftop on Tuesday 5th of March 2013 01:54:57 AM

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