Vistaprint website
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Mizz Beauty
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iv also a vista print website. its great. its basic but does what it does.
Try moonfruit.
Free Website Builder - Moonfruit - Beautiful websites, simply
It's very much a 'fill in the blank' kind of website, you set the template, add pictures, banners, scrolling things, music, whatever you fancy!
I've had mine with them for donkey's years, and MAF was a moonfruit site for a long time too.
I pay £2.99 a month for it, and could give you about 10 different websites of other makeup artists/therapists/specialists who use it, and we all look pretty different!
Sam x
Free Website Builder - Moonfruit - Beautiful websites, simply
It's very much a 'fill in the blank' kind of website, you set the template, add pictures, banners, scrolling things, music, whatever you fancy!
I've had mine with them for donkey's years, and MAF was a moonfruit site for a long time too.
I pay £2.99 a month for it, and could give you about 10 different websites of other makeup artists/therapists/specialists who use it, and we all look pretty different!
Sam x
Oh thats good to know. I do have another website but havent had much from it so I decided to scrap that and start afresh with vista as I get all my other marketing materials from them. Do you know if it appears on google or do you have to register it somehow?
junejuno
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I use Vistaprint and I have been very pleased with it. Easy to set up and use. I alter/add to it all the time. Take the top one if you go with it as it offers as many pages as you need,
If you don't put in any googly type things, it will eventually, based on your hit rate, but may take some time. You can put some widgety things in (can you tell I'm not techy???!!!) and it will get you ranking straight away.
prettymiss
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Im with Vista Print and I love my website. Ive only got the basic one but will be upgrading to the better one soon so I can have a gallery page etc.
The only thing I will say be careful of is not to follow their wording too closely. They give you a template depending on the industry you're in and I've been to a few websites where the wording is very very similar to mine (and mine to theres if you see what I mean!). However, that shows how lazy I was and I should be more creative!
Hope that helps!
xx
The only thing I will say be careful of is not to follow their wording too closely. They give you a template depending on the industry you're in and I've been to a few websites where the wording is very very similar to mine (and mine to theres if you see what I mean!). However, that shows how lazy I was and I should be more creative!
Hope that helps!
xx
jimboodee2
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I just upgraded to the top one as it gives you loads of pages , u can had u tube vids paypal and photos and change it has much as u like..... its really easy to do too. And also gives u info how many people have looked which location, from which link website, and which search enginge..
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Eyekandi
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I'd love to try a Vistaprint website but keep holding back due to pay they request payment. I have dealt with them for a number of years and never had a problem but i've heard of other horror stories from other companies where they just take willynilly off card.
Also if you wanted to stop payment would you need to request a new card to do that?
Also if you wanted to stop payment would you need to request a new card to do that?
Ruth Mills
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How much are they charging for their top of the range one incidentally?
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jimboodee2
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£8 a month ex vat...they start at £3
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Ruth Mills
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jo1983
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I am really glad to come across this thread!!
I've been looking at making a website, but what I don't understand is how to get a high rating on google??? will vista print or moonfruit help you to do this?? or do you have to pay additional fees to the search engine?
I've been looking at making a website, but what I don't understand is how to get a high rating on google??? will vista print or moonfruit help you to do this?? or do you have to pay additional fees to the search engine?
jimboodee2
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with vista that is part of the package I dont know all the details but have alook at vista print it should advise you.
Also by putting your link on as many websites as possible helps..hth x
Ruth Mills
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Search Engine Optimisation is often shrouded in mystery, when in reality a lot of it is just common sense.
A lot depends on how you word the text on your site. For example, if you are based in a particular town and only mention that town, then people will likely only find your website if doing a search for a salon in that town. But if you also say that you welcome clients from other towns in the surrounding area (and mention each of those towns by name) then you will also likely get hits from people searching for those towns too.
Likewise, it also makes sense to explicitly mention the brands of any products you use, especially if they are "prestige" products, e.g. CND and Creative Nail Design if you are a nail tech and use CND products.
Then there are the "meta tags", which are special tags in the head section of the HTML code that are read by search engines. The most important ones for search engines are "robots" (which give instructions to search engines on which pages to index on your site), "description" (where you should give a brief description of your site) and "keywords" (where you would give a list of keywords, e.g. names of treatments you do and brands that you use). I am not sure if VistaPrint or Moonfruit allow you to set your meta tags or not, but they would be missing a trick if they don't.
Then (especially for Google) another critically important thing is the number of links IN to your site from other sites. So it is always a good idea to have a text based link to your website in your signature on Geek, as then it will appear in every post that you make on the site (although not currently any posts that you make via the mobile phone interface incidentally). Then get your site listed on as many free index web sites as possible, and also consider swapping reciprocal links with other salons (preferably those a fair distance away from you who are not in direct competition).
But you would certainly not have to pay search engines to come higher up in their main search results, even though it is possible to pay for adverts that appear in search results, e.g. Google AdWords. But it is up to you if you think that is necessary - you would need to work out the maths to see if it would be cost effective for you.
Hope that helps. :hug:
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jo1983
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thanx ruth for the reply!!!
ur the first person who has managed to answer this question for me in a way that I can understand it!!!!
So basically your saying that the content of my website is extremely important!!! and I need to work on getting as many links to my website as possible!!
I've got a lot of research to do!!! lol
thank you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ur the first person who has managed to answer this question for me in a way that I can understand it!!!!
So basically your saying that the content of my website is extremely important!!! and I need to work on getting as many links to my website as possible!!
I've got a lot of research to do!!! lol
thank you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ruth Mills
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That is the gist of it, yes (there are free tutorials on Google that will explain things in more detail too).
But, in essence, what search engines will do is read the text on your web site and store the words in their database. So if you don't mention something in the text of your website, then the search engines won't find it, because it won't be there for them to read (they arent telepathic). Neither can they understand images or Flash, so if you have an image of some text (in a nice fancy font, say), then always make sure you supply alternate text for the search engines and people who need to use screen readers (e.g. blind, partially sighted and disabled people). So really a lot of it is down to common sense, and making sure you say enough relevant things in the text of your site. But avoid making it sound contrived just to score brownie points with the search engines, as that could put people off when they visit your site.
And having as many links in to your site is especially important for Google, as Google uses something called "PageRank" where they count the number of links in to your site to work out how important you are.
I do think that a lot of companies will try and shroud search engine optimisation with an air of mystery though, so that they can make it sound like rocket science (when it isn't) so that they can make rash claims of getting you to the top of Google and then charge you exorbitant fees for the privilege! My advice is to avoid companies like that like the plague, especially if they cold call you or send you spam emails! There are just too many people out there to take advantage of you and make a quick buck at your expense if you arent careful!
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jo1983
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so in your opinion who would you suggest is the best host? (is that what they are called? lol)
