Comments on: From nowhere to the first page of Google and Yahoo in 11 days http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/ David is a graphic designer passionate about brand identity. Here's his portfolio and a wonderful community of 100K+ designers subscribed to his blog. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-2/#comment-155327 David Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:58:42 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-155327 Very intersting post, and relevant to designers who want their websites to rank highly, as we all do. I had exactly the same issue with the my website at GraphicDesignPlymouth.com, which I wanted to target to the UK users and those in Plymouth in particular. It is hosted in Chicago. The answer is to get a Google Webmaster Tools Account (free), and add your website to it so that you can get all sorts of additional information and alter settings. One of the things you can do is set a Geographical target for the site if it is a .com domain, under 'Site Configuration', 'Settings' menu option. Just set the Geographical target to UK, and Google will promote it on the UK site. The commentry given by Google is: If your site targets users in a particular location, you can provide us with information that will help determine how your site appears in search results, and also improve our search results for geographic queries. You can only use this feature for sites with a neutral top-level domain, such as .com or .org. Country-specific domains, such as .ie or .fr, are already associated with a country or region. When I last looked, the saite was in position 6 on both the UK and US sites for the term Graphic Design Plymouth Very intersting post, and relevant to designers who want their websites to rank highly, as we all do.

I had exactly the same issue with the my website at GraphicDesignPlymouth.com, which I wanted to target to the UK users and those in Plymouth in particular. It is hosted in Chicago.

The answer is to get a Google Webmaster Tools Account (free), and add your website to it so that you can get all sorts of additional information and alter settings. One of the things you can do is set a Geographical target for the site if it is a .com domain, under ‘Site Configuration’, ‘Settings’ menu option.

Just set the Geographical target to UK, and Google will promote it on the UK site.

The commentry given by Google is:

If your site targets users in a particular location, you can provide us with information that will help determine how your site appears in search results, and also improve our search results for geographic queries. You can only use this feature for sites with a neutral top-level domain, such as .com or .org. Country-specific domains, such as .ie or .fr, are already associated with a country or region.

When I last looked, the saite was in position 6 on both the UK and US sites for the term Graphic Design Plymouth

]]> By: Caroline http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-2/#comment-153458 Caroline Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:05:16 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-153458 Madalena, I don't know if this is still an issue for you, but a good anti-spam filter can really help, so that your moderator is the second line of defense and not the first. I use Defensio for Wordpress and I'm very happy with that, it's stopped all spammy comments so far and has let real ones through. David, interesting topics on your blog, I'll be back! I also love your very clean, spare site design. You'd think that would be a given, but the number of portfolio sites by designers that look abysmal are legion, IMO. Madalena, I don’t know if this is still an issue for you, but a good anti-spam filter can really help, so that your moderator is the second line of defense and not the first.

I use Defensio for WordPress and I’m very happy with that, it’s stopped all spammy comments so far and has let real ones through.

David, interesting topics on your blog, I’ll be back! I also love your very clean, spare site design. You’d think that would be a given, but the number of portfolio sites by designers that look abysmal are legion, IMO.

]]> By: Madalena Penny http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-146584 Madalena Penny Tue, 10 May 2011 19:15:15 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-146584 I have no experience with SEO, but as a copywriter i'm quite lucky with some articles and a miss with others. I recently paid a company to create 500 back links for me and it was a total waste of money. I'm also really hacked off with hundreds of automated back link comments flooding my site with totally unrelated comments from tinternet 'entrepreneurs' with bad English and dodgy products. I've got a moderator but it really does my head in.....any advice? I have no experience with SEO, but as a copywriter i’m quite lucky with some articles and a miss with others. I recently paid a company to create 500 back links for me and it was a total waste of money.

I’m also really hacked off with hundreds of automated back link comments flooding my site with totally unrelated comments from tinternet ‘entrepreneurs’ with bad English and dodgy products. I’ve got a moderator but it really does my head in…..any advice?

]]> By: Louis http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-132647 Louis Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:05:43 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-132647 Hi Dave I was trying to find info on getting to first page of yahoo and no one really has any! I found this site with google and I didn't want to but I did implement the things on this page and I am am now on page 1 pos 10 for a high bankruptcy term, albeit for the loss of a low level term that I was in pos 2 for that got hardly any traffic. So yeh great info, accurate too. If you have any more I am all ears ( Iwon't tell anyone!) Louis Hi Dave I was trying to find info on getting to first page of yahoo and no one really has any! I found this site with google and I didn’t want to but I did implement the things on this page and I am am now on page 1 pos 10 for a high bankruptcy term, albeit for the loss of a low level term that I was in pos 2 for that got hardly any traffic.
So yeh great info, accurate too. If you have any more I am all ears ( Iwon’t tell anyone!)
Louis

]]> By: Edward http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-130778 Edward Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:21:19 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-130778 Thanks for sharing. It is a great help to learn a few tips on how to rank well with seo. Thanks for sharing. It is a great help to learn a few tips on how to rank well with seo.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-124350 David Airey Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:15:31 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-124350 I do appreciate you saying, Alex. Thanks for that. For a while there I had Logo Design Love on the first page for "logo design" but I've since slipped a little (2nd or 3rd page). That term is incredibly difficult to rank for. I believe there's a lot of black hat SEO going on within certain top results. I do appreciate you saying, Alex. Thanks for that.

For a while there I had Logo Design Love on the first page for “logo design” but I’ve since slipped a little (2nd or 3rd page). That term is incredibly difficult to rank for. I believe there’s a lot of black hat SEO going on within certain top results.

]]> By: Alex http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-124349 Alex Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:09:45 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-124349 Thanks for your response, David - just thought you'd like to know. It is incredible that you're listed among the first 6 - 7 for the term "graphic designer". I will be continuing to follow your sage SEO advice! Thanks for your response, David – just thought you’d like to know.

It is incredible that you’re listed among the first 6 – 7 for the term “graphic designer”. I will be continuing to follow your sage SEO advice!

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-124348 David Airey Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:56 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-124348 Hi Alex, quite a while has passed since I published this post, and I no longer focus on Edinburgh-specific traffic (instead targeting a wider market). If you try searching for "graphic designer" I'm usually around position six or seven—in a Google.com search, anyway. Hi Alex, quite a while has passed since I published this post, and I no longer focus on Edinburgh-specific traffic (instead targeting a wider market). If you try searching for “graphic designer” I’m usually around position six or seven—in a Google.com search, anyway.

]]> By: Alex http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-124347 Alex Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:42:45 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-124347 Hi David, FYI, when one types "graphic design, edinburgh" (no quotation marks), your listing (as of 10/28) is neither on the first or second page, but second down on the third (I didn't check Yahoo). Perhaps a few graphic designers in the Edinburgh area took your advice, resulting in your displacement? Otherwise, I have no idea as to why this would happen. Hi David,

FYI, when one types “graphic design, edinburgh” (no quotation marks), your listing (as of 10/28) is neither on the first or second page, but second down on the third (I didn’t check Yahoo).

Perhaps a few graphic designers in the Edinburgh area took your advice, resulting in your displacement? Otherwise, I have no idea as to why this would happen.

]]> By: David Airey http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/comment-page-1/#comment-114435 David Airey Sun, 31 May 2009 18:07:24 +0000 http://www.davidairey.com/from-nowhere-to-the-first-page-of-google-and-yahoo-in-11-days/#comment-114435 Hi Dave, Sorry to learn your SEO efforts didn't bear any fruit. Personally, things have been great for me (although the more I make statements like that, the less time it'll take before I have another run-in with Google). My advice is to publish a blog and to discuss issues important to the business you're in. All the best. Hi Dave,

Sorry to learn your SEO efforts didn’t bear any fruit. Personally, things have been great for me (although the more I make statements like that, the less time it’ll take before I have another run-in with Google).

My advice is to publish a blog and to discuss issues important to the business you’re in.

All the best.

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