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SEO - website not appearing in Google

Jan 28, 2011 10:12 AM

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble here.

 

Basically, I have tried everything to get the website at http://www.in-a-flash.uk.com/ in Google's listings (description, keywords, site map, etc etc), but I am having no luck.

Although the site does show when you type 'site:in-a-flash.uk.com', it  doesn't appear for searches such as 'in-a-flash' or 'in-a-flash courier  company', which is strange seeing as though 'in-a-flash' is part of the  domain.

I am by no means an expert with SEO but I was wondering if there may be a reason why I am having no luck?  Maybe Google penalised me for something? Maybe there is something wrong  with the HTML code of the website?

 

I know that there is a lot of competition (in-a-flash courier  company brought up more than 1,000,000 results), but because my domain features 'in-a-flash', it should surely rank quite high when searching for 'in-a-flash'?

 

Failing all this, what is the best way to try and get the site noticed?

All advice welcome. Thank you.

594 Views   13 Replies   Latest reply: Paevo Kelley, Jan 30, 2011 6:17 PM
 
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  • Nancy O.
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    2. Nancy O.,
    Jan 28, 2011 10:48 AM   in reply to Austin1988
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    • How long has your site been on-line?
    • How many back links does your site have from other reputable sites? 
    • It takes time to get noticed by Google and other search engines. Even Google admits it doesn't index every site in the world. 
    • How is your site ranking on other engines? (bing, msn, yahoo)
    • Check out your competitor's sites to see what they're doing differently.
    • Do some Keyword ad campaigns throughout the first year to drive traffic to the site.

     

    Google's SEO Starter Guide
    http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/11/googles-seo-starter -guide.html

     

    SEOMoz.org - Beginner's Guide to SEO (1-page html)
    http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-1-page

     

     

    Nancy O.
    Alt-Web Design & Publishing
    Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists
    http://alt-web.com/
    http://twitter.com/altweb

     
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  • Austin1988
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    3. Austin1988,
    Jan 28, 2011 11:56 AM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    Thanks for the information and links. The site has only been live since late September, and the only reputable link is from a Facebook page.

     

    Other than that, I have done pretty much everything mentioned in the beginner's guide.

     

    Is there anything else I can do? Will creating a Google Maps Business page help in any way?

     

    Thanks again.

     
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  • Jens Peermann
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    4. Jens Peermann,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:03 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    Austin1988 wrote:

     

    Will creating a Google Maps Business page help in any way?

     

    Yes, it will. That's at least my experience.

     
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  • Paevo Kelley
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    5. Paevo Kelley,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:05 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    Have you changed company names and/or moved to a new domain name recently?

     
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  • Austin1988
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    6. Austin1988,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:10 PM   in reply to Paevo Kelley
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    "Have you changed company names and/or moved to a new domain name recently?"

     

    No, 'In-A-Flash' is a new company name, and this is the xompany's first domain name. Out of curiosity, why would this matter?

     
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    7. Paevo Kelley,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:17 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    If by chance you had identical content at the old domain, for instance, Google could possibly punish you. I had a client whose new site would not appear until I established a 301 redirect because his new site at his new domain contained duplicate content, so the old site always retained precedence over the new one in the SERPs...

     
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  • Paevo Kelley
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    8. Paevo Kelley,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:25 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    You should open a Google webmasters account and ask Google to crawl your site. There you will found diagnostics tools and whatnot to help figure out what the heck is going on... If I can't find your site after 10 pages while entering-- "in-a-flash" "uk" courier" -- in the search box, then something is definitely wrong.

     
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  • Austin1988
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    9. Austin1988,
    Jan 28, 2011 12:57 PM   in reply to Paevo Kelley
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    Yeah, I actually opened a Webmasters account earlier. Other than the  sitemap I uploaded, pretty much everything says, 'no data available'..  I'd imagine this will change once Google crawls my site?

     

    Back to the SEO, it's all rather worrying. I feel as if there is no chance of the site reaching the first five pages for the search 'in-a-flash courier company', which pretty much renders the site useless. I really don't know what to do.

     
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  • pziecina
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    10. pziecina,
    Jan 28, 2011 1:12 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    Hi

     

    I am surprised no one has mentioned this but your sites coding will not help the SEO, e.g.

    <div id="right">
         <h1 id="titles"><i>In-A-Flash:</i><br /> The Courier and Transport Service</h1>
         <h1>In-A-Flash are a family run, independent courier and light transport company. We offer a nationwide service to domestic and/or business customers. </p>

    Our service is fast, friendly, reliable and, most importantly, affordable.</p>

    <p>Deliveries are 7am - 7pm. We will contact you the night before delivery and give you the driver's telephone number. </h1>
         </div>

     

    The second h1 is enclosing a closing </p> and then has an opening <p> before the closing </h1>.

     

    You should also fix other validation errors, see - http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-a-flas h.uk.com%2F.

     

    PZ

     
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  • Austin1988
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    11. Austin1988,
    Jan 28, 2011 1:59 PM   in reply to pziecina
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    Thanks for the feedback.

     

    I've just discovered  something interesting. When I do a Google search for  'www.in-a-flash.uk.com', my website appears at the top.

     

    But  when I remove the 'www.' and do a search for 'in-a-flash.uk.com', my  website doesn't appear, yet this thread appears fourth in the list.

     

    Does anyone know what's going on here?

     
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  • pziecina
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    12. pziecina,
    Jan 28, 2011 2:07 PM   in reply to Austin1988
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    Hi

     

    Yes, you are using a typical SEO selling trick in that they 'optimize' your page, (for a fee of course) then type in the full www.... address and it appears 1st in the listings. If it did not then someone else would be using your web address.

     

    As for this thread, this is indexed by google on a regular basis, so you now have another link from a well known site, which will add to your ratings, congratulations .

     

    PZ

     
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  • Paevo Kelley
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    13. Paevo Kelley,
    Jan 30, 2011 6:17 PM   in reply to pziecina
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    "a typical SEO selling trick "

     

    Hope you're not speaking from experience, PZ!

     
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