Web Resources
>> Downloadable Resources
- A Guide to Planning Your Website (PDF)
- A Guide to Approaching Web Designers (PDF)
- Top Tips for Search Engine Optimisation (PDF)
- How to create the right keywords for your business (PDF)
>> Useful tools for small business
- Google Alerts - Google send email alerts based on keywords that you register
- Google Local Business Centre - put your business onto Google Maps
- NameChk - check to see if your business name is available from a huge list of social media sites
- Ping FM - control all of your social media accounts from one place
- Bit.ly - an easy to use URL shortener perfect for Twitter
>> Backlinks/Inbound Links
Use these links to help determine your inbound links (ie. how many websites are linked back to your website)
- http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch?p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u
(you need to copy this into your browser and replace domain.com with your web address) - Go to www.google.co.uk and type in links:www.yourdomain.co.uk
- Go to http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/link-popularity/ (follow the instructions given)
>> Website Submission
Make sure any website you submit your website address to is relevant and trustworthy
Submit your website address (URL) for free to:
- http://www.google.co.uk/addurl (Google)
- http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2 (MSN)
- http://uk.search.yahoo.com/freesubmit/submit (Yahoo - requires registration)
- http://www.dmoz.org/add.html (DMOZ Open Directory)
- http://www.splut.com/cgibin/suggest.cgi?type=site&level=000 (Splut)
- http://www.thomsondirectories.co.uk/contact/listed.asp (Thomson Directories)
- http://www.local.co.uk/Advertise.htm (Local.co.uk)
- http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/ (UK Small Business Directory)
- http://www.inbeverley.co.uk/findit.php (Beverley Directory Service)
>> Keywords
A quick and easy search tool to see your website rankings for specific search terms and phrases
- http://www.bruceclay.com/searchhub.htm (follow the instructions given)
A keyword traffic tool to see activity for specific search terms and phrases
- https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal (follow the instructions given)
- http://www.seotoolset.com/cgi-bin/checktraffic.cgi (follow the instructions given)
- http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/ (follow the instructions given)
>> Domain Names
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