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Thanks Steve

I'm going to do an image heavy karate site with supporting text. I don't want the images / videos stolen. I've heard that there is software that will search the web for my watermarked videos and...

When it does, you should probably ask for a site review here.

they are large and extremely successful

Huggy, some of the biggest companies in the world have websites that suck. I am a distributor for a $1.2B dollar company. The site I wrote 10 years ago is...

I also 100% agree with Harold’s answer. I'll add that as being a self described hard head, you ignored competent people here who's only purpose was to help you. The web is a dangerous place with a...

You're too nice. Just like all plumbers I know. People pleasers.. their hard headed/stubborn, but also way toooo patient with people.
You hired the guy to do a job, and you're not getting...

Huggy, don't forget the objective of your website. You were already number 1 or at least in the top 5 for search results before. So what you want from the new site is to maintain your results in the...

Great Huggy!!!

DOH! :eek: We were so close.
This is pretty important to know. You don't want something that you can't ever edit simple things yourself and that you have to pay him everytime you want to change a...

Is it a Wordpress site? That's the only recommendation I would have at this point, simply because it allows you to add pages in the future.

Don't beat around the bush Woz. If you have something to say, say it. :)

You are probably right Harold, but as soon as he sees how easy it is to put up an ok site without hiring someone it might change his outlook. I mean so many non technical people have gotten a...

I agree with Harold. Beyond that, when you have time study web design and web marketing. You should put an hour or two on that a week and if you are slow put in some more time.

I have always been...

If I were you, I would spend money on advertising and not redesigning the website. I think your website is fine for a contractor website. In fact, it's better than most contractor websites I see.
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Huggy, I went back and glanced at a lot of this thread. In many other threads you have dismissed the importance of web marketing as you like the yellow pages, even though the they are slowly dying....

I'm assuming that you know it generally takes at least a year to see results from a new website in the absence of advertising.

As Harold said:



Please save this thread to refer to this time...

And probably he will use black hat techniques trying to get you that ranking. It might rank on page one for a month until Google bans you forever. By the way, you can't call Google and complain. They...

Yup. But remember, in Huggy's case, less could actually be more. I'm sure he'd prefer 2 calls from interested people than ten price shopping calls.

Huggy hates price shoppers. Hates them. So if...

Of course, teaching you how to do on-site SEO is task in itself, so expect to pay for it. In the end it is worth it.

Think about this one in particular Huggy. Woz is exactly correct. You need to...

I agree with Woz. You should do research on how to get business from a website and learn before contracting with someone. You do that with your other methods of advertising. Right now you don't know...

Ya, that makes sense Harold. And you could direct adwords to that exact page on the website as well.

4. You mentioned your second developer wants to focus on about 6 places.. that is much better for you than trying to reach every place. It's virtually impossible to rank in so many cities. You are...

You have read enough web threads here Huggy to know that if someone guarantees results on the web to run like hell. A web design or marketing company can do all the right things and you may not see...

It won't double your sales overnight. It may take years to have significant improvements in sales. You need to quick thinking in the short term for web stuff.

That's a lot to spend without knowing what your results may be. Particularly for a local website. I think you are to eager to jump in.

If you have someone develop a basic site on a CMS platform,...