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We have been wondering this for a while now.
When we build our sitemaps, or when the yoast plugin does in WP we are often left with www.yourdomain.co.uk/ and www.yourdomain.co.uk/index.html in our sitemaps.
Surely it isn't healthy to have both in the sitemap. Which one should we take out?
Thanks
Please can someone explain the following to me:
On the Keyword Difficulty tool when I enter a keyword and choose on Google United Kingdom to see the search volume why does it automatically bring back the local and global search volume for Bing?
Doesn't make sense.
Hi Ira
Ive just asked a similar question about .pro domain as we are looking at offering a professional advice service. It will be interesting to find out what people think of these TLD's as history shows they are closely linked to spammy websites. I agree with you though that .pro domain will raise eyebrows!
J
No problem.
A big give away is normally the URL, for instance anything with numbers in is a big red flag.
I have just updated our profile as I noticed we hadn't included our websites. Hope you find some useful citations on the list!
J
Hi Kevin
You got two suggestions? Wow lucky you, we only received one and it was terrible. We are holding out until a better one is suggested, we haven't tried a rep as yet.
I don't think having the city name in the URL will matter too much with Google being very local-search friendly. I personally would go for a shorter URL, it definitely has more marketing advantages.
J
A very big competitor!
Helpouts isn't entirely free however, users have to pay per minute to receive advice and before this install a plugin to use Helpouts.
We would be using the live service as a more of an initial consultation to address the problem then referring the potential customer to our blog/content/guys in-house for further problem solving.
The domain we would be looking at is quite location specific as well, so we ideally want to be the area's resource point for problems in our trade.
J
Hey jStrong
Generally a lot of web directories are seen as spammy but you can separate the wheat from the chaff by looking at the DA and PA using the Moz toolbar. Normally your first impression will tell you whether you should be leaving a listing or not. My advice would be to stick to well known local directories and ones that are attached to reputable news/media outlets that have enough readership.
Incidentally we have a blog post on our website at the moment with a list of must have citations that are normally our first port-of-call with new websites. PM me if you want the link as i'm not sure if its classed as advertising on the forums.
J
Hey all
Just a quick question, what are your thoughts on the .pro TLD? We are thinking of offering a live advice service online, and our guys are pretty hot on the subject matter. We can't seem to get the domain we want in terms of .com or .co.uk and are looking at .pro as it looks great next to our name and with our regional rep it screams professional, trusted advice.
We have read that .biz, .cc etc are normally associated with spam sites, so will .pro have a detrimental effect on our project idea?
Love to hear your thoughts!
J
