Better Google ranking

compassue · Jan 28th, 2008, 17:44

Sorry, not sure what you want me to do?

Quote:

Originally Posted by simonb

Can you sent a copy of it again of the .htaccess

Actually, after i renamed the file on the server to just .htaccess, i've just gone and taken another look and it's gone.

simonb · Jan 28th, 2008, 18:14

Well its not working probly you need to remove it

Its redirecting to http://www.craigtaraholiday.com/%5b/url%5d/

simonb · Jan 28th, 2008, 18:15

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Try This 

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

compassue · Jan 28th, 2008, 18:40

I've tried the new code and get this.... http://www.craigtaraholiday.com/%5b/url%5d/

simonb · Jan 28th, 2008, 20:31

Remove it Would be the best

compassue · Jan 28th, 2008, 20:45

Looks like it's working now. Thanks for the help.

Google is throwing up an issue and i'm not sure why. I'm getting an url not found. I'm using google webmaster tools and the url it's showing is http://www.craigtaraholiday.com/imageviewer though it isn't an actual url but the swf file within the photos page.

Google also states that i have short meta descriptions, should i lengthen them?

simonb · Jan 28th, 2008, 20:46

Could do up to you really

compassue · Jan 29th, 2008, 16:44

Thanks, you've been a great help.

simonb · Jan 29th, 2008, 16:49

add works like camping ect to your keywords

compassue · Jan 30th, 2008, 15:31

Ok, i'll do some work on this. Is it true though that keywords have no inluence with google?

simonb · Jan 30th, 2008, 15:32

Its a rummer but one things for sure its not harming your rank

compassue · Jan 30th, 2008, 17:45

ok, thanks.

marksmith · Feb 1st, 2008, 07:34

Hi,

Well try to earn some reciprocal links from related domain, the best one is to getting links from some Quality directory ,as they provide free 1 way links, another important thing, work on your keywords and try to find better of them...

You can submit some articles...create blogs......and really work regularly...
if you want result...

Thanks

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compassue · Feb 1st, 2008, 17:10

Thanks for that advice Mark.

spinal007 · Feb 9th, 2008, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by compassue

I'm really trying to target a few specific phrases, craig tara caravans, craig tara caravan to rent (not sure if this should be rent, let or hire) and maybe even craig tara itself.

Someone searching for your company name already knows who you are - this is not what SEO is about.

You want to rank well for phrases like caravan holidays, holiday caravan to rent, holiday caravan hire, etc. At the moment, all the emphasis of you site goes to 'Craig Tara', in the begining of your title., h1 and h2. Personally, if I was looking to hire I caravan, I wouldn't search for those words... I hope you see my point.

Take a look at this article I wrote last year, specially the "One Phrase Strategy" section, it might help you a lot...

compassue · Feb 12th, 2008, 05:57

Thanks for the reply and the link to the article, i read and it was really helpful. I understand what your saying and it makes sense to me though in this instance it's a little more unique than that.

I do actually want to use Craig Tara for a search phrase. The craig Tara holday park is pretty much booked solid from the beginning to the end of the season. It's a really busy site and a lot of return holidaymakers. As new caravan owners, they really just needed to throw there name into the hat so to speak as the customers are already there. So far already they are about 60% booked for the whole season so i'm pretty pleased with that and confident they'll be fully booked soon.

Thanks again.

josh08 · Feb 12th, 2008, 10:48

by the way can i ask anybody for what htaccess means?

spinal007 · Feb 12th, 2008, 12:19

Google and Wikipedia will tell you