I just got off the phone with yet another rapt client. Jim’s site is only 14 days old, as in like the domain name was only registered 17 days ago – It’s a brand newie.
The reason I’m clarifying that it because quite a few of our clients have us rebuild their site which means the domain has been around for a while and Google has probably been there before, albeit not often.
You can find out easily if your site has been ‘indexed’ (visited) by Google!
… and even how many pages are indexed.
I had another client who had a domain registered for 9 months, they had a static holding page with their contact details and it got left like that for another 8 months.
I always like to do a bit of homework on a site before I change even one thing – Hey, you can’t measure a big improvement unless you have a starting point and a bench mark right?
It turns out that even after 8 months this site had not been indexed; now that’s sad.
Now, me being the show off that I am we took that site from obscurity, and I mean total website no-mans land, if Google doesn’t know the site even exists then how can it show up in any search results… ummm, it can’t!
Anyway, from obscurity to having 8 pages indexed within 5 days (there was only 8 pages at that stage) and I’ve just checked it now and all 40 pages are indexed… and only 3 days ago. I can’t give you the URL ‘cause the client watches his traffic closely and he’d kill me, sorry.
That’s why the “Smarter WebSites” model is so awesome.
Have a listen to what Jim says on this audio, he’s a very happy man let me tell you.
Back to the pages index check – put this in the Google Search Bar (not the address bar)
site:www.yourdomainname.extension (obviously your domain name with the extension)
you will then get the results displayed like this in the top right corner
so for me that’s
site:www.peterbutler.com.au
These are my results
Results 1 – 10 of about 78 from www.peterbutler.com.au. (0.04 seconds)
So Google recognize that I have 78 pages. Don’t give me grief about my own site, I know, a few leaks here and there. It’s like the proverbial mechanics car – always left till last.
As a side note, my own sites get indexed every day – the Google Gods have smiled upon me! That’s what the “Smarter WebSites” System will do for your site.
So for Jim – not only is he Page 1 in Google but position 2 and 3…
Click here to listen in to Jim and I, you’ll pick up a tip on lead generation for your own site – “Like why else would you have a site but if not to generate leads, and then qualified leads at that?
You’d be amazed at how many people forget that!
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