Web design company...any thoughts on these?
Web design company...any thoughts on these?
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nick_j007

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1,600 posts

233 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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http://www.webcreationuk.com/index.php

A customer pointed me in the direction of these people. I can manage it myself once set up and it may be a good way to 'move up' to a glossier and more refined look? I currently have this which I have developed over a 5 year period. Hopefully simple, but it does well for me overall. www.alphadogbehaviour.co.uk

One nagging concern is that I don't lose my rankings on key terms I have worked for over time.

Ask me any questions if that helps.

Thank you.

Nick

Edited by nick_j007 on Thursday 30th April 11:48

Altrezia

8,742 posts

242 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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Someone that cheap is unlikely to give any concern to, or have any knowledge on SEO.

Their designs look OK for cheapies though.

Dick Dastardly

8,326 posts

294 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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For £500 they certainly look good, but they aren't the strongest SEO wise. There's a couple of technical issues on some of their client sites (such as no URL canonization) but I'd be more concerned about them using images on pages where they should be using text (i.e. menu structure and headings) which are important aspects of on-page SEO, and their CMS sites don't have search engine friendly URLs.

If you want a better looking website then it could be worth exploring, but if you want to take on all competitors and outrank them in the search engines, then you'll probably need to look elsewhere, and spend a lot more.

Jack Blag

941 posts

244 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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For £500 they look pretty good, but ultimately you always get what you pay for...

nick_j007

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1,600 posts

233 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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Ok thanks folks.

I do my own SEO, and am currently no.1 for 'dog behaviourist' and mid first page for 'dog behaviour'.

I would be looking to effectively 'migrate' my content and then improve and build upon that as I go. I may well drop some in the process as it has become untidy and so on.

Thanks again.

Nick

playerone

872 posts

241 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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nick_j007 said:
http://www.webcreationuk.com/index.php

A customer pointed me in the direction of these people. I can manage it myself once set up and it may be a good way to 'move up' to a glossier and more refined look? I currently have this which I have developed over a 5 year period. Hopefully simple, but it does well for me overall. www.alphadogbehaviour.co.uk

One nagging concern is that I don't lose my rankings on key terms I have worked for over time.

Ask me any questions if that helps.

Thank you.

Nick

Edited by nick_j007 on Thursday 30th April 11:48
Why not do it yourself?

I have used Wordpress with good results and have improved rankings on our targeted keywords. The hard work is getting a template/look you want then keeping the site updated is easy.

When we were looking for a new site we were warned off the company you linked to. I was told they were rather painful to deal with. I ended up paying for a custom Wordpress template that suited us for a 1/3 the cost. If your confident your content and off page SEO is good then I would recommend going that way.

nick_j007

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1,600 posts

233 months

Thursday 30th April 2009
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playerone said:
nick_j007 said:
http://www.webcreationuk.com/index.php

A customer pointed me in the direction of these people. I can manage it myself once set up and it may be a good way to 'move up' to a glossier and more refined look? I currently have this which I have developed over a 5 year period. Hopefully simple, but it does well for me overall. www.alphadogbehaviour.co.uk

One nagging concern is that I don't lose my rankings on key terms I have worked for over time.

Ask me any questions if that helps.

Thank you.

Nick

Edited by nick_j007 on Thursday 30th April 11:48
Why not do it yourself?

I have used Wordpress with good results and have improved rankings on our targeted keywords. The hard work is getting a template/look you want then keeping the site updated is easy.

When we were looking for a new site we were warned off the company you linked to. I was told they were rather painful to deal with. I ended up paying for a custom Wordpress template that suited us for a 1/3 the cost. If your confident your content and off page SEO is good then I would recommend going that way.
Fair comment thank you.

Time has up until now dissuaded me from going DIY. I am usually very busy, and have other projects I am also depserate to get going (DVD making for one) and so I think I am coming round to the idea of finding a good pro.

I have been in discussions with a lady today that may fir the bill for me anyway, so we'll see how that goes. Appreciate everyone's comments. Very good as always here. :-)