Does A New Site Help - I Have Proof

Does A New Site Help - I Have Proof

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DSLiverpool

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14,762 posts

203 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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Ok so we got badly hit at the start of 2013 by Google Panda and Penguin which was fair enough, after me flapping about for a few months a PHer did us a Magento site quickly that was intended to be a quick fix as we had to do something or go down the pan.

Site went soft live a year ago but only started running in Jan 2014, if I compare sales 1/4/2013 - 26/11/13 to the same dates in 2014 we are UP 40% in monetary terms (I haven't analysed anything else) - its had NO SEO because it was seen as a temp site and indeed the new new site (also magento) is nearly ready and that will have professional SEO once I decide who, what, how and why. What it (the current site) does have is 100% original content apart from bullet point spec points that I am told Google is ok with.

So my dilemma is if a new site gets you a 40% increase over a sanctioned old site then does a new site with SEO get you another 40% ??

Point of the post is to illustrate that a good site with no really bad points will get you sales and I only checked because of the SEO thread in this forum.

Oh and so far Ive been guesstimated for SEO at £3300 + VAT a month PLUS Adwords hence I am reticent and sceptical with a high degree of caution - I mean what car can you lease for £3k a month!!! I will not be paying that much unless it can be proven to wash its face and I am not sure how any SEO company can do that.

DSLiverpool

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14,762 posts

203 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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MrSparks I know good Seo / ranking gets results as I have experienced black art Seo a few years back getting ten times the traffic however now it has to be good stuff or you get a google black mark.

Adwords IMHO works if you are honest to say when a customer lands on your advertised page what is their experience, is it what they wanted, good pic, good description with all anxiety points checked - if so then they will buy if not they will not and it's Adwords £ wasted.

Tonight I think we have decided to advertise for a in house part time SEO person hoping a self employed person may fancy a few days a week guaranteed work - no idea if we will get any response