JayM

Would just like to recommend you do NOT do this.

Adsense works by "reading" your site, picking up on keywords, and advertising sites relevant to those words.

If you're targetting "vehicle recovery" or something as your keywords, and use adsense, you'll be advertising other vehicle recovery companies on your site, potentially sending your customers to competitors.

PaulC72

At least you seem to be trying pretty hard, I hope it all works out for you.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

seo is naturally so important, but i sat there and thought of what i deem to be surely the most effective keywords and apply then to my wepages metatags etc.

how can people improve on it? do they just think of better words?

as for getting links to my site around the net thats not easy atal is it

PaulC72

No it isn't but I can give you a few tips.

Put your url into any sigs you use on forums.
Join a link exchange site and swap links with similar type trades but not necessarily ones doing the same as you.
Ask people you know to give you a backlink to your website ;-)

Keyord within the text on your site are obvious SEO tips not just in meta tags, name pages using none generic words like page 1, page 2 and so on.

There are many more things you can do, constantly updating is also useful, but not always that easy lol.

Spoon

If, and only if, you know how to use Adsense properly you will see you can prevent competitors from advertising on your site by adding their URL to a blocked list.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

i looked into the adsense but got all confused and couldnt get it to work lol

how about regarding my question about the link on mateys website he has a online quotation service, id love that

LeeMac

iTrader: (1)

on the link you gave - Sell my car etc etc
looks like the contact form was done on Coffeecup form builder
its not bad but 'web guys' would turn their noses up at it (being flash) but it does the job

JayM

So he then has to sit and add each and every competitor's site to a blocked list, very good.

If a business I'm buying from had to support themself through ads, I wouldn't be buying from them.

Adsense targets ads based on keywords, you can block URLs, yes, but you're still going to be advertising someone, or something related to the industry you work in, and ultimately giving users their exit point for your site.

A user should close the site because it's not relevant, or close a site because they have got what they wanted from it, not close the site because they've clicked a link to another similar site.

Adsense in the recovery industry would probably only give a couple of pence per click, is it really worth losing custom for 2p? bear in mind his traffic will be low as its a niche market (certain service, covering a certain area) and the eCPM will be low to start with, so all hes doing is possibly gaining a quid per year, or possibly losing each and every customer that visits his site.

Roll your eyes if you like, I've been working with Adsense et al since before "SEO" was some buzz word and everyone thought they knew everything.

It's fine, SEO as we know it will be changing a LOT in the near future due to several factors, content is king.

Scooby Soon!

I am sorry but that site is not good, there are a huge list of things wrong with it and why you will be losing lots of customers. Do you have analytics set up? whats your bounce rate?

I am guessing it will be high!

Spoon

No, he doesn't need to do anything. I merely stated it was possible where you clearly stated it wasn't. Genuinely giving incorrect information is worse than bullshít, at least with bullshít there's an air of pity.

A few quid through to a decent return from ads isn't supporting an entire site, merely accumulating extra 'free' money for very little work.

Oh, so now you admit you can block URLs.

If your site and business model are good enough they'll either use you or come back regardless. Worrying about competition instead of upping your own game isn't going to win business. If a visitor is leaving a site anyway then leaving via paid ads or closing the page doesn't take much thinking about as to which is more favourable.

Then maybe a refresher of the facts was what you needed because you clearly didn't know everything.

It appears, clearly, from your admission of giving incorrect information, that rolling ones eyes couldn't be more apt.

Oh and content has always been king. It is then when a site owner isn't the slightest bit concerned about people clicking away from their site. The visitor probably wasn't going to buy from/use the site anyway and in the process the site owner earns easy money from them leaving.

No brainer!

apples24

iTrader: (1)

you have lost me there lol, as i say i dont know a lot