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Anybody know what SEO agencies are doing the work for the following sites

weatherseal .co.uk

anglianhome .co.uk

www.doubleglazingoutlet.co.uk

and what do you think of their backlink profiles?  For example I am sure weatherseal is starting to rank well dur o their sponsorship of the Scottish Premier League this season and getting links from the league and all of the member clubs

How can you compete with these sorts of companies online with their massive marketing budgets?

Hi

What are the main differences between Bing and Google in terms of ranking sites?

My site is ranking well in Google but in Bing it is very low down and does not deliver much traffic.

In Bing webmaster tools there are no warning messages and I had sent in a sitemap back in 2011 and 77 pages are listed, but I had not submitted a URL could this be why my pages are not ranking highly?

Or does anybody have a checklist on what a site should offer to get ranking on Bing?

Hi

I have a new site which launched around 6 weeks ago, new domain name with a partial keyword match on it, so its going to be a long process but one which I want to tred along the right path for long term results

What I am looking for is a checklist if possible on sites that the site (which is a UK based home improvments company) should be listed on?

The difficulty is because it can seem a boring subject (windows and doors) it makes it difficult to find authentic quality links, especially with no big budgets or pools of article writers

I have registered against the likes of Brownbook, Yelp, Yell.com, Qype, Google Places covering the local aspect but what about the general external links

Is it advisable to stay away from directory listings, blog comments, forum posts etc which is what a lot of the competition are doing (weatherseal .co.uk  anglianhome .co.uk   etc

Which one should I contact?

The Domain Company - fasthots

or

The hosting company - dreamhost

Raise a ticket with the host or with the company that the domain is registered and managed from?

Hi

I have other sites hosted with Dreamhost and there is no mention in WMT of this message?

Could it be something within the actual DNS of the domain itself?  It has domain privacy set on the domain but it wouldnt be this that is causing it

Its also weird that when I do a fetch in Google WMT it always brings back a success message?

Hi

On our new website which is just a few weeks old upon logging into Webmaster tools I am getting the following message

Googlebot can't access your site - The overall error rate for DNS queries is 50% What do I need to do to resolve this, I have never had this problem before with any of the sites - where the domains are with Fasthosts (UK) and hosting is with Dreamhosts.  What is the recommended course of action Google mention contacting your host in my case Dreamhost - but what do you need to ask them in a support ticket.  When doing a fetch in WMT the fetch status is a success?

Hi

From an SEO perspective what is the most beneficial getting +1 of your homepage or trying to get customers to click on your actual Google+ Page - or are they linked in some way?  As the importance that Google are/will place on this cannot be ignored

My concerns regarding Google+  are that I believe in the UK at least, most active consumers are not on Google+ (not sure what its like in the USA) many may not even have a google account, especially of their email is with the likes of hotmail or aol.

The people who are using Google+ are other companies, web pros,marketing pros etc and not your target audience in many cases

Hi Keri

Just logged into GWT and can't see the option you mention?  Where can I find this?

Thanks

Hi

Now forgive me as I know this question has been asked on this and other sites thousands of times over, but since the recent algorithm changes to Google what would you consider to be

• A good backlink profile for a regional window, doors and conservatories firm

For example looking at a leading SEO firm in the UK and in detail at one of their clients – the backlink profile for a team of 40, is nothing better than an experienced freelancer could achieve.

For example they are mainly directory listings, css design galleries or comments on blogs not relevant to the target site

What should this contain, but please bear in mind there is no budget to develop games, widgets to gain viral back links

Most peoples responses are just great quality content, which although the correct answer they do not go into any detail on what form this should take, where it should reside, how people will find it etc

I was thinking of the following

Web Directories - if yes - which ones should I target and which ones to avoid (UK)

Competitions - Is this a good means of gaining backlinks from the likes of loquax, prizefinder etc - or is it just a short term boost

Forums - Answer questions on the likes of DIYNOT with the web address in my signature response

Suppliers - Get a link from suppliers and the likes of Fensa

Local Search - Yelp, Qype etc

Social Media posts - Facebook, Google+ and Twitter

any thing else I have missed?

Hi

Can anyone recommend a tool (which is up to date) which shows the latest backlinks (in date order) that has been added to a website?

Mainly I am planning for checking for bad links etc

Many Thanks

Hi Mat

How would you implement your last para - regarding the affiliate tracking without a network? What commission rates etc

And what sites would you target and how?

Thanks for the replies, what do you think of the link and social profiles of the competition, and apart from forums posts what strategy would you use and why to take control of the SERPs for keywords such as double glazing, conservatories, pvc doors etc

anglianhome.co.uk
safestyle-windows.co.uk
greenwayupvc.com
everest.co.uk
valuedoorsuk.co.uk
yaledoor.co.uk/

Hi

Just a quick question for expert UK affiliates.

Would it be worthwhile in setting up a affiliate marketing campaign to get leads for windows, doors and conservatories for my small regional home improvement business?

If so what is the best way to approach this, contact the likes of affiliate window?  and would they deal with a small regional firm such as mine, or would they only be interested in national firms such as anglian home or everest home improvements?

Many Thanks

Hi

We are a regional UK installer of double glazing windows, doors and conservatories and I am looking to build the amount of quality links to the website to help improve our search position - 1st page for keywords such as conservatories, double glazing, pvc doors, pvc windows, composite doors

What is the best approach to do this?

Search for double glazing inurl:forum pvc doors inurl:forum and locate forums, but what is the best approach answer questions with the web address in the signature of the post?

Looking at the major national players in opensite explorer such as

anglianhome.co.uk
safestyle-windows.co.uk
greenwayupvc.com
everest.co.uk
valuedoorsuk.co.uk
yaledoor.co.uk/

Their backlink profiles look quite spammy? as they mostly point to web directories

So is there a gap that I can take advantage of?

We have little budget for sponsored articles on sites like what anglian have been doing looking at the backlinks but are there any other articles that I could write for our site that would help improve quality links to the site for keywords such as conservatories, double glazing, pvc doors, pvc windows, composite doors

Same with their social profiles they seem quite poor, what would be the best approach on Facebook and Twitter to attract local followers - the majority of social followers I have seen have been fellow marketers or rival companies on the follower lists of twitter

Many Thanks

Hi Steven

On the index.php file I have included

http://www.mydomain.com />

Is this correct?

Thanks Malcolm

Can it be done using the canonical URL tag or another means rather than the .htaccess file?

I have access to the .htaccess but I am unsure of what I would need to add in there to solve my problem?