Category: Google SEO

byford construction website re-design in kent

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...

who is the best web designer in Kent

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.

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Click Fraud on Google PPC, are you being scammed?

You will not be surprised to know that Click Fraud is rife on the internet with scam sites set up to bleed a legitimate advertisers budget dry. What may shock you is the amount of Click Fraud or ‘invalid clicks’ on Google’s PPC (pay-per-click) ad platform. Where are Google’s PPC ads? If you complete a popular search on Google your SERPs (search engine results page) will have 10 natural listings (desktop view) sandwiched between Google PPC ads at the top and bottom of the page. In this example Jet2 are managing a PPC campaign that includes ‘cheap flights to Tenerife‘. Now we know only a small percentage of browsers actually...

plans2build wordpress web re-design in kent

North Kent Architect website re-design

Plans2build based in North Kent have been web design clients since 2012 with their original 9 year old static .html web design serving them well. Having read about our website upgrade special offer, business owner Butch Hall contact the team requesting a ‘like-for-like’ design. The new web pages matched closely the old design but with all the new actions required to pass the Google mobile friendly test, something the client specifically requested so as not to lose any corporate ID. The new web pages also show more recent projects and 3D renderings created by the clients CAD system. The next step will be the FREE WordPress training we offer to...

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Up to 50% off client website re-designs

With many long standing web design clients of nearly 20 years it is important to keep web pages up to date as the internet evolves. Oast House Media offer up to 50% off upgrades to help this process and to say thanks to our loyal client base. See Why use us. Old for new We still have some very old ‘.shtml’ / SSi website clients that do not conform to Googles strict ‘responsive’ requirements, the old software used to update these old sites is also not supported any more. These rare beasts are on our ‘endangered’ list and need immediate updating to WordPress that guarantees conformity and future proof. WordPress...

ruth almighty cleaners web design

New client brings a clean website

Ruth Almighty Cleaners based here in Deal were unhappy with their web hosting and design support so decided to google ‘web designers in Deal’. Finding Oast House Media top of the search we got the call and on agreeing the prices, transferred the web pages and web name over. We also updated the old design and added a new Covid 19 disinfection service It is hoped that we will be building a new website for Ruth to help display all services and target specific area on Google in the near future see website: ruthalmightycleaning.com

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How to go top of Google top SEO tips

Firstly let’s be clear about what not to do and dispel a few myths about Google and SEO (search engine optimsation). As you already know, Google.co.uk is the UK biggest and most successful search engine with nearly 90% of the entire on-line UK search market. Myths Common myths we are asked about… clicking on your Google listing like a demented woodpecker will not enhance your position buying thousands of back-links to your web pages will not enhance your position (and could get you black listed for doing this) repeating the same keyword phrase or geographical town many times (spamdexing) will not enhance your position (and could get you black listed...