Benefits of local hosting 8th February 2011 8:26 PM
“If you do go for a .co.uk field, then personally I'd direct the .com to the .co.uk so any links, pagerank etc module be passed to your .co.uk”
Any particular reasons?
PostsAny particular reasons? Benefits of local hosting 3rd February 2011 9:16 AM Yes would be great to get the confirmation and make this clear to all of us Benefits of local hosting 19th January 2011 2:44 PM “Go into Google webmaster tools and set your Geographic Location to the UK, if it isn't already.” That was done at the first place “If you do go for a .co.uk domain, then personally I'd redirect the .com to the .co.uk so any links, pagerank etc will be passed to your .co.uk” Do I really need to do it? Benefits of local hosting 19th January 2011 10:12 AM “What does make a difference is: [*]The URL extension, eg .com | .co.uk etc (Google will let you set a location within webmaster tools, but this doesn't work for all search engines).” My domain is .com What are my options to utilize .co.uk if it is that important? If I buy an additional domain.co.uk and make it alias to my .com, will it help in anything? Benefits of local hosting 8th January 2011 8:07 PM I know it is more beneficial to host your website in the country of where you business is. I made a mistake when first started and bought a hosting for my website from a US provider because it was cheap. And now I am looking to get a hosting from the UK. The question now is whether it is essential to have the hosting in the local town. Like in my case my business is only for the local customers who live in Milton Keynes only. Is it worth of hosting my website from a hosting provider based specifically in Milton Keynes? Or any hosting within the UK would do and there would be no difference at all? Keyword traffic estimator 1st December 2010 3:18 PM “Phrase match is your exact keyword but with any word before or after it and not in the middle of it such as 'hairdressers outside milton keynes' (that would be a broad match)” Makes sense Keyword traffic estimator 1st December 2010 2:41 PM Innocent Advertising thank you for the fantastic explanation! Keyword traffic estimator 1st December 2010 12:41 PM I have had a quick look in to the planning permissions. I think it does not apply to me because I haven't applied any external changes to the house and do not have any adverts outside or anything else that would make it look different from a conventional private place from the neighborhood point of view. In the attached example you kindly provided, a garage was converted to a salon which made it more explicit. That is different to mine. People who walk by my house do not realise there is a hair salon in it. Keyword traffic estimator 1st December 2010 11:50 AM Thank you for the information Indizine. I haven't heared about planning permissions before at all. Do they not take in to account new business owners can be not aware of such a thing? How much does the approve cost anyway? Keyword traffic estimator 1st December 2010 10:25 AM “Unless its family and friends or friends of friends, you will struggle to entice strangers to your home to get their hair done.” I thought so before I started, but it does not seem so at all What is not the same exactly? What kind of planning? “Will your neighbours mind us parking in front of their drive when we can't get in your driveway?” Thre is no problem with parking spaces. And actually all the house around run their own business from home too. “I hope they have patience cos I cant nip out to move it once I have my foils on.Someone might see me!” Not possible “2. Public liability - this will also depend on the premises being fit for purpose (see point 1. above) - if I fall down the stairs after nipping to the toilet on your stair lift, will your insurance pay out? I have 3 previous successful claims, so I hope so because my back is really weak these days hence the wheelchair use.” This could be a problem unless I insure myself which I am not too keen to do to be honest. Too many insuarences “3. Equipment - proper salon washbasins and chairs used? Or is it my head over your sink? I have a bad back.” All professional equipment to the highest standard. I have invested quite a bit to make sure customers get the top of confort, so do I. It looks exactly like a professional salon, but only at home. “4. Premises H&S - fire regs, access, parking, toilets, opening hours,etc. - where's the family? do you have a scary dog or a cat at home i'm allergic to? Are you using a separate water pipe and not the same one you wash your hubby's mucky work pants in the washer with?” I don't have pets and indeed, the pipe is separated “5. Disability compliant? Will I get my wheelchair in your door and have you got a ramp to get in and out? Is your toilet adequate for disabled people like me?” I think disabled people would use mobile hairdressers “I'm speaking as if i'm the customer above, not me personally of course!” I appreciate this “I hope this makes sense, so if you have all the correct things in place, remove the customers fears by overcoming the barriers in your advert. You have more to overcome than a proper hair salon premises.” I believe I have everything in place and have never had any complaints. In fact, have a look at my reviews in google places “Also, we would expect your prices to reflect all of the above, so they can neve compete with local salon prices, mostly because you don't have the expenses of rent and rates which are a big wedge of the monthly overheads which affect prices.” That is the main point |