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  1. Thread: DIY Websites

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    Re: DIY Websites

    Crazydomains are OK for a site where there isnt a requirement for high up-times. Lets be honest, if your lawnmowing site goes down for a few hours every six months, that's worth the $56 Crazydomains...
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    I've tried the fliers for my business for a while, but I found them to not be an effective use of time. I gave them away and all of the work I have had has come in via referrals or the website.
    I...
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    Yes.
    Your previous example, a google search for soft drink proved exactly that. I searched for soft drink, and www.cnsd.com.au/ was in the top 5 returns.

    www.cnsd.com.au/ is hardly a domain...
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    Would www.hooleydooley.com do as well as cairnsmowing if SEO was done identical to both sites? who would rank first and have the competitive edge for search - cairnsmowing? just as an example!
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    Thanks Simmo :), you're doing a great job of validating my position :)
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    SEO will out gun a keyword laden domain name 100 times over. thinking otherwise is just plain wrong.
    Facebook, twitter, reddit, digg, whirlpool, isohunt, piratebay, google, redhotpie. None of those...
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    That is what they count on.

    I do SEO for tourism companies for a living, its a part of my job. But if you wish to hear it from the horses mouth, Matt Cutts, a former software engineer who...
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    Re: Keywords and SEO

    Autoflow Irrigation is a leading Sydney irrigation company that install lawn and garden watering systems. Based in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, we service the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, the Sydney North...
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    Re: Securing a Domain Name

    Domain names have no bearing on the strength of "keywords" for a site. Google indexes the actual content of the site, and cross references this to links to and from other sites, and also to Google...
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    Re: 2003 Walker GHS ride on

    It's still for sale, but I'm a little weary of getting it. The cutting height adjustments on the deck look like they would be a PITA to change, and the height differences of the lawns I do would mean...
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    Re: 2003 Walker GHS ride on

    20 or 22 I think, Petrol EFI
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    Re: 2003 Walker GHS ride on

    Thanks NLALM,

    Its a 42 inch deck, I didnt check the hours and the deck height is adjusted by lifting the deck manually and moving split pins to a lower/higher hole as needed. not very practical...
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    2003 Walker GHS ride on

    Hi folks,

    I'm looking at buying a 2003 Walker, its in decent nick from what I can see, it starts great, engine sounds good, no smoke blown from the engine.
    It mainly has cosmetic wear as in the...
  14. Thread: Websites

    by dooley
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    Re: Websites

    Just another thing guys, if you use WordPress/Joomla or another type of content management system, make sure you keep WordPress up to date, and also the plugins you use on your site.
    I have know of...
  15. Thread: log on failure

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    Re: log on failure

    care to share what the problem was and what you did to fix it? :)
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    Re: anyone with a smart phone re data usage

    happymowing,

    Telecom was sold ""as is"" to become Telstra, with the attached conditions they provided services that Telecom already had in place, like phone booths and services to remote areas. If...
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    Re: anyone with a smart phone re data usage

    who then send their help desk to offshore call centers.

    Optus have 2 gig $55 a month plans for samsungs, I''ve only ever used 4oo mb and that was flogging it
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    Re: So whats a website worth?

    Do you know much income your website has generated for you business?
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    So whats a website worth?

    Just wondering, roughly, whats a website worth to you if it returns 1st in a google search for "your city mowing" , like townsville mowing or lawn mowing townsville.
    What would being number one in...
  20. Thread: Websites

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    Re: Websites

    Using Artisteer is cheating ;) jk

    Looks nice though. I like the colours you've used.
  21. Thread: Websites

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    Re: Websites

    Wordpress is a Content Management System ( CMS ) primarily used for running blogs, but can also be easily adapted to have your normal style websites on it.
    It runs on a PHP database that is usually...
  22. Thread: Websites

    by dooley
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    Re: Websites

    Bluey hit the nail on the head with what SEO is about. There is a google app used to check the frequency and different types of key words being used to search for a certain term in google search...
  23. Thread: Websites

    by dooley
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    Re: Websites

    @ http://vanguardbookkeeping.com.au


    one thing you're missing though is decent SEO tweaking, there is not much in the way of meta tags on the site and while google doesn't rely on them so much...
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    Re: quoteing-crazy idea today

    I agree, the length of grass is a key determiner for me too, but as a good starter, google earth is a great tool to have at my disposal, and I never said I give a firm price or that Google Earth can...
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    Re: quoteing-crazy idea today

    And it would take you 30 mins to drive there to eyeball it.

    I get a call from a customer asking for a quote, I say hang on, fire up the laptop and use Google Earth to draw a perimeter around the...
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