Holy Mackerel! You call that SEO?
September 25, 2007 | Filed Under Chicagoland, SEO/SEM, Web Development | 1 Comment
I’m not even entirely sure what to say here. I mean, can you honestly say your business provides search engine optimization services when you sell websites that are built entirely in Flash and, literally, the ONLY two links on the WHOLE site that a spider can see go to YOUR site… not a site that has anything to do with the client?
It is a pretty site… too bad it’s all Flash, but it’s nice to look at none-the-less. Check out the site in Lynx though. There’s hardly anything there at all.
Holy Mackerel! is a seafood restaurant… you wouldn’t know that from the Lynx screenshot though. Seafood is in the domain, so I guess that’s helpful; however, it might be more helpful to have the title tag say something like “Holy Mackerel! Seafood - Lombard, IL” or maybe even add in “Restaurant” after Seafood. Just “Holy Mackerel!” isn’t descriptive enough. The page is pretty crystal clear about the location, which is good, but you still don’t really know this is a seafood place if you can’t see the Flash.
Now look at the source…
Even operating under the assumption that the client is completely IN LOVE with the Flash site… which they’re entitled to be, it’s a very slick site… one would still think that a company who SEOs the crap out of the links to THEMSELVES might take some time to consider the needs of the client when putting the design together. Read more
Popularity: 23% [?]
Double Check Your Web Developer’s/SEO’s Work
September 18, 2007 | Filed Under SEO/SEM, Web Development | 6 Comments
I’m going to pick on a business here… not because I hate them (because I don’t) but just because I stumbled across this result while I was trying to find the website for the place I wanted to get a pedicure at during my lunch hour (and a half).
Here’s what happened. I vaguely recalled the name of the place being “Anthony Vince” something or other. So verily, I go to Google and search for “Anthony Vince Salon” and here’s what comes up…
Well. Okay. The name is right… but from the description it looks like it’s a multimedia development company that needs to go back to fifth grade and learn to spell “professional”… I have a sneaking suspicion I know what happened here, so I clicked on through to check out the site. Read more
Popularity: 21% [?]
