ForArgyll.com is charging up the rankings for the search term ‘Argyll’ on Google. Why we wonder? Perhaps we have are blessed with compelling content (well, yes we are), perhaps more people are visiting the site via google (as it happens, they are), perhaps this link is the reason (what would we do without the BBC [...]
Nearly there …. Nearly there … Use the Force Luke …
The Google Dance keeps on bouncing us around, but the undeniable truth is that for the last fortnight or longer we’ve in the top 100 and often in the top 50. It is deeply frustrating that our ranking doesn’t or hasn’t settled quickly and quietly into the top spot, but this is a reflection both [...]
There’s nothing quite like bouncing around in the top 100 of Google to keep one’s ego in check. Having said that we’ve a daily average of 760 visitors a day this month and in excess of 22,000 visits for October. If we were counting hits we’d be saying that ForArgyll.com would break the 2 million [...]
That is, ForArgyll.com is the top blog for Argyll. We like that.
The recent Google Dance (see this post from a while back) has apparently discriminated against Web 2.0 media in favour of more static sites (Oh, how the Dreamweaver / Golive bunch rub their hands in glee) and we (ForArgyll) have seen a comparative drop [...]
After lots of dancing about, we’re in range of the top 50. No holding of the breath now – we’d go all red and unnecessary ….
Moving on up. With the addition of tags at the bottom of each post and page, as well as related content from Sphere.com, plus the use of Zemanta to create a richer mix of related media, the efforts of the Newsroom team are being technically augmented. However, it is the stories we’re having success with [...]
The title looks erudite and very financial doesn’t it? Well, its more about blowing our own trumpet. The Newsroom at ForArgyll has managed to trounce both websites on a search for “HSBC deposit guarantee”. Here’s the proof (break out the virtual cigars):
This has been a distressing story of bounce around. At one time this week we were down to 99, and figuring out why is difficult. We’ve put a pagerank widget on the extended footer to keep us abreast of things, and we are using both the stats plugin from WordPress.com as well as Position Yourself. [...]
Still dancing about… Just wondering when the .co.uk version is going to catch up. We’re just over the 500
