The question often asked - How do I get my website to come up in Google? |
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Well the answer could be a one liner "let me do it for you" - however this is a short article on the main things you can do for yourself or ask your web designer to help you with.
Proof of the Pudding
Before we begin, you know the old phrase "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" - well just to give some credibility to this article you might click here to search Google for Get my website found on Google
Google should inform you that it has found you "About 6,030,000,000 results" And you probably found this very article on the first page of Google (i.e. in the first 10 'organic' results). That's about a 0.0000002% chance!
Start with a good website
It's all very well putting in lot's of effort to getting your website found, but if the site is poor in quality and information it can have a negative effect on your business. Make sure that your website is packed with compelling and genuinely useful information for your relevant audience.
Websites are now most commonly viewed on Smart Phones and Tablets |
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This means if your website is built in the 'traditional' way it will probably mean it is too tiny to read the text on a mobile device. Visitors to your website can of course use various pincer gestures to zoom in and out but they will soon become annoyed by this.
Faithful.ie builds websites that respond to the device that is accessing it. In other words it will change shape and layout so it is easy to access whether it is on a desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet or smartphone.
This is what the homepage of harbourparishes.ie looks like on various devices:
And if you were to look at it on an iPhone it would include the following handy mobile features...
Most people are not interested what’s under the bonnet of their car until it breaks down |
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Have you ever wondered why some websites and email services are more reliable than others?
You can physically see the difference between these vehicles
However most people never see their Web Server
What is a Server?
In the context of this article, a Server describes a special computer that is configured to provide services such as Hosting (a rented space for your website to exist on the Internet) and Email services where your emails are collected and delivered to you.
What is a Dedicated Server?
To put it simply a Dedicated Server is dedicated to one Company so that only their customer websites or email accounts exist on that server.
What is the significance of different domain endings (e.g. .ie .com .net) |
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Top Level Domains (TLD)
There are three types of top-level domains:
TLD – Top Level Domains
The most common extensions that you’re probably familiar with. They usually have three characters and include .com, .net and .org domains.
ccTLD - Country code domain name extensions
These are usually 2 characters. Some of the ccTLD extensions that you’re probably familiar with are:
.ie for the Republic of Ireland
.uk for the United Kingdom
.de for Germany
.fr for France
.cn for China
(The straight .uk only first became available in June 2014)
gTLD - generic Top Level Domains
These are usually 3 or more letters such as .biz .info, .name .mobi
What do the Domain Endings Mean?
There are hundreds of domain endings. Here is a brief explanation of the most common domain endings:
Watch out for unsolicited emails that claim to get your website onto the first page of Google
Here is an example of the kind of email to beware of:
Internet Marketing Services We would like to get your website on first page of Google. All of our processes use the most ethical "white hat" Search Engine Optimization techniques that Will not get your website banned or penalized. Please reply and I would be happy to send you a proposal.