Category: Google SEO

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How important is SEO for your website?

Here at Oast House Media we build SEO into all of our web pages as part of the price, but… What is SEO? SEO means Search Engine Optimisation, the process of optimising a web page to mazimise it’s impact on search engine results pages (SERPs). There are many areas within a website that Google identifies and actively seeks to cache and then use the data as a search element. Imagine your website is a jigsaw and each piece of your jigsaw is an SEO element. Some are easy to find (like the jigsaw corners or edges). Some are much harder to locate like the centre or large colour area jigsaw...

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Website re-design for Castles Removals and Shippers

Last of 3 re-designs that will see Castles Removals web presence in good order well into the 2020s. Already featuring on page one (Google search) for ALL local search terms, Castles new re-designed website will enhance the on-going SEO success. Keeping your web pages refreshed and interesting is good for both human browser and search engines. Top search platform Google.co.uk is a hard task master when it comes to the correct content and coding. Using WordPress, the new Castles design will also enjoy a continued top position but with a re-design that will keep potential new customers on-page and clicking on the contact links. see website: castlesremovals.co.uk Also see: Castles...

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Deal based shredding services new web design

This is the second of three re-designs for Deal based security shredding company Castles. Since GDPR security shredding has become a very important part of our office procedures, Castles offer certified level 3 shredding for commercial documents but also extend this service to domestic use but their old site was looking a bit tired. Oast House Media have used Castles Security Shredding in the past – pickup, shred, disposal. For owner Peter Varrall it was important to convey all aspect of their shredding process on the re-designed website, especially the home page. OHM re-design the new web page adding images and links to the relevant pages. This will also enhance...

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WordPress upgrade special offer

We’ve been designing WordPress websites for nearly 10 years now and in that time the WordPress platform, themes and plug-ins have developed, improved and re-generated many times. Here at Oast House Media we continually monitor all elements of the web design package, looking to improve our services. As part of our most recent web design audit, we noticed a few very early designs are using out of date, unsupported themes (the look and feel of a web design). To help our loyal clients, we now offer a discounted re-theme (or re-skin) option and have already contacted the handful of clients that may have an issue in the future. [Updating a...

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New Years resolution? – go top of Google

Here at Oast House Media we’ve already completed our first web design in 2022. We normally find January a busy month as business owners reflect on the previous year and consider their marketing options. A well designed website, optimised correctly for Google (the UKs top search engine), will generate sales and more importantly you are not losing enquiries to your competitors if you keep your web pages fresh and manage your SEO campaign correctly. Oast House Media working with our Google SEO partners GoTopSEO have a proven track record of achieving this and continue to work with and support local businesses in Kent. Taking all the stress away from the...

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Website re-design for Canterbury building company

This is the 3rd reincarnation of the Byford Construction web design as long term client Grant Byford took advantage of our recent web discount special offer. Replacing an old html design in 2015, the client wanted to address some issues highlighted by his customers who noticed that some of the images and galleries were not accessible enough on the 6 year old WordPress design. Not unhappy with the overall performance or design, the discounted prices we offer all existing client were just enough to encourage phase 3. The new WordPress website design fully enhances the home page image slider plus much better gallery rendering. OHM also updated the Google SEO...

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Google My Business pages, FREE listings

As we all know Google is the biggest and most popular UK search engine enjoying over 90% of the UK search market. But did you know you can claim a FREE Google ‘My Business’ page? You might already have a free listing you know nothing about! That’s because many wears ago Google listed millions of businesses to get the service going and by using the ‘claim’ process you can take over your My Business page and edit the information Google has already given you. Recently we’ve completed two ‘claims’ for local businesses, assisting with the new content and verification process. But you can do it yourself… search your business name,...

Is your website top of a Google search page?

Here at Oast House Media we don’t just build websites, we know that our clients also want to be top of Google. If you manage to achieve the Holy Grail of page 1, listing 1 you will see an increase in sales enquiries. If you’re not on page, your business could struggle in the future as the post Covid shift to on-line sales increases. Why Google? Google has on average over 85% of all UK search use (source Statista) followed by Bing (7%) and Yahoo (3%) – you can forget the rest including Yell.com as their market share is very small. What is Google looking for and how does it...

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Nigel Stevenson Consultancy new web design

A rare moment to blow ones own trumpet, Oast House Media director Nigel Stevenson is also a media consultant working in Kent with new and established businesses on their corporate web and print design requirements. “I’ve been in the media business now for over 40 years and created the consultancy company for over 10 of these but the old website was not sending the right message. Using the content of ‘On Your Marks’ written for new businesses I’ve redesigned and populated the web pages with factual content and images. There are also many ‘top tips’ to help anyone buy media save time and money” The new web pages are packed...

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Who is the best website designer in Kent?

Finding the right website designer in Kent for your business can be a daunting task, your search may not reveal the best website designer for your business either, so who is the best website designer in Kent? Here are some check points that will help.