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google boolean searches

More accurate Google searches – the Boolean way using ‘search operators’ and symbols

We’ve been aware of Boolean searches for some time but we thought it would be a good bit of research for our website design clients to investigate how to improve search results using Google. A Boolean search is the same as any search you carry out on Google but by using the Boolean technique it is possible to create a hybrid search that delivers more accurate results. Here’s an example: you know roughly what you want but can’t remember the exact word or phrase so you can insert ‘*’ (asterisks) to act as a wild card. Google then tries to match the missing word(s) a * saved is a *...

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operator compliance

Spy in the cab website in the fast lane (update)

The tachograph has been euphemistically called the ‘the spy in the cab’ for years but did you know it was originally used on trains? The Daniel Tachometer was used on railways in 1844 and in 1985 tachographs were mandatory throughout the EEC for commercial trucks. I’m not saying that Faversham based Operator Compliance owner Clive Glaze has been specialising in Tachograph Analysis since 1844 but he certainly packs in the knowledge with over 20 years in the business. As an existing client we offered Clive a ‘like-for-like’ conversion to a Google mobile friendly ‘responsive’ website design last year (2015) through our regular client newsletters. With the transport trade mostly using...

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New commercial property management website goes live

Long term clients Proprisk from Sandwich, Kent took advantage of our one off website re-design offer last year and in return we created a responsive mobile friendly WordPress website. We’ve also built in the SEO requirements, images and text for a straight forward like-for-like design. With a free training session due in the next few days our client will be able to add new text, images and change keywords without involving us – keeps the overheads down! see website: proprisk.co.uk

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google search results website designers in kent

How to monitor and manipulate your Google position!

We’ve just completed a comprehensive search on Google using 3 devices and the same ‘website design’ based search terms. It’s something we’ve been doing for years and strongly recommend to all our clients using a list of pre-agreed search terms like our ‘website designers in Kent‘ sample. On the table below you can see in the first column: search text, this is the list of terms you think folk will use to find you. Initially this may be a bit hit or miss but by asking your customers ‘how did you find us’ you can usually deduce the common terms. In the second column I’m showing the results on a...

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askew google search

Using Google and searches with strange results!

Google has built into its algorithm some fun tricks (if you’re a nerds like us) to pass the long web designing hours away. It’s nice to know Google has a sense of humor (don’t mention tax) as well as being the UK’s top search engine. Did you know that if your search Google for ‘askew‘ the results page is askew? Or “do a barrel roll“, the entire page rotates? Try these as well: “Zerg Rush“, “Anagram” and one for St Valentines day “(sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2)” More Google tricks Anne Witton explains some more Google search tricks that make this search engine the best in the world

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all mobile web devices

New website designs flooding in!

No pun intended! It’s been a terrible week for weather in East Kent but for some reason many existing clients have spent the Christmas break seriously thinking about their website designs and contacting us for re-design prices and delivery. Back in November we issued a special offer to selected clients with older websites that we thought needed a makeover. The offer went very well and as you can see from past post like Padfield Thatchers, we’ve already started to deliver the new Google mobile friendly responsive website designs. We’ve also had a few new clients join us and proposals are still out waiting for approval – looking good for 2016....

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MA Roadshow website design

Disco website, just in time for Christmas

I met the new prospective client in a transport café just off the A2 near Canterbury. A busy man running 2 businesses in north Kent, we both agreed website design discussions go well with a bacon sandwich and a mug of tea! And so it was proved to be correct, we firmed up on pages, content and a price within 30 minutes and spent the rest of our meeting talking about cricket. That’s what I call a constructive days work and the website has everything the client wanted – good text content, images and videos all held together in an imaginative WordPress website design. Social media links and editable Google friendly...

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google knowledge

Google misery index

It will come as no surprise to read that Google can also see how miserable we are. Despite your initial thoughts on this subject December is not a bad time to talk about misery as the festive month is the least depressing.

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Padfield Thatchers website

Kent Thatcher website goes live

About 7 years ago we got a knock on the door, a large proportioned man filled up the porch which was a tad disconcerting. “Your thatched roof has been damaged, can I give you a price” came the sales pitch, followed quickly by “It looks like an insurance claim” The gentleman turned out to be a really nice guy who, as a master thatcher’ regularly patrols all the known Kent thatched properties in search of work. As it happens his timing was immaculate as he visited us a few days after a storm that had caused damage to the SW facing elevation and ridge. Our insurer confirmed the claim was...

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Matt Cutts Google

Google search result ‘Snippets’ and how they work

Google calls the results you see on their search pages ‘snippets’, a cute little name for probably one of the most important areas of your website. But where is the content Google uses? Google uses sophisticated search programs to cache text from your website and one of the most important areas are the <title> and <description> tag areas. Google has rules about their use and to compound the problem you can’t edit them without the correct tools. Our WordPress website design platform is configured with a tool for adding/editing the <title> and <description> tags, it looks like this: Let me explain: A = The simulated view on a Google search results...

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