Classified-holidays.com (or is it car ads now.net?)
- Mountain Goat
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Classified-holidays.com (or is it car ads now.net?)
Caution with this clown.
Keen to flog his rental listing site, with a glowing testimonials' page to build confidence, he's used the same testimonials and same customer names on his (separate) car listing site.
Sad little enterprise.
Just annoyed I gave him the time of day on the phone.....
Goat
Keen to flog his rental listing site, with a glowing testimonials' page to build confidence, he's used the same testimonials and same customer names on his (separate) car listing site.
Sad little enterprise.
Just annoyed I gave him the time of day on the phone.....
Goat
- Mountain Goat
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I've been thinking of this one, and just curious to know whether a link from this 'rental listing site' to one's own site is actually worth a quid.
If this site actually got onto the search engines on a regular basis (i.e. content building daily), is it worth a £1/year to have an additional inbound link?
I guess his site is no more than a link farm, but it's a link farm only with rental properties (the caravan in Skegness brings back memories...).
I just don't know how valuable inbound links are, vis à vis Google and it's peers.
Goat
If this site actually got onto the search engines on a regular basis (i.e. content building daily), is it worth a £1/year to have an additional inbound link?
I guess his site is no more than a link farm, but it's a link farm only with rental properties (the caravan in Skegness brings back memories...).
I just don't know how valuable inbound links are, vis à vis Google and it's peers.
Goat
[NOTE: This user has been banned for breaching forum guidelines. He is the owner of the listing site in question]
Goatie. have you ever heard of a website template? obviously not my friend.This would explain why the 2 sites are similar.I really do suggest in future you do not slag other peoples websites especially when you know nothing about site design and build.
You paid peanuts for a good annual advert.Which included pictures and a link to your website.What more do you really want. Although this site is in it's early stages it is a well written website and will have a good starting P.R at next update mid october time.
If you are not happy may i suggest you ask the owner of the site to remove your add. Then you could pay owners di****t £125 for a similar service.
Goatie. have you ever heard of a website template? obviously not my friend.This would explain why the 2 sites are similar.I really do suggest in future you do not slag other peoples websites especially when you know nothing about site design and build.
You paid peanuts for a good annual advert.Which included pictures and a link to your website.What more do you really want. Although this site is in it's early stages it is a well written website and will have a good starting P.R at next update mid october time.
If you are not happy may i suggest you ask the owner of the site to remove your add. Then you could pay owners di****t £125 for a similar service.
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- Mountain Goat
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canaryislandsun
Thanks for your succinct comments. It's part of the frank cut and thrust of this forum that we can feel free to voice our opinions - the fearless sword of truth etc.
I do know a bit about templates, in fact, I'm such a dreeb when it comes to web design that I have to use them myself.
What I didn't realise, and I'm all ears to learn more, is that using templates went as far as duplicating identical fake testimonials on more than one site (one cars, one holiday rentals). A bit short-sited (groan) I would have thought, when recruiting new customers and trying to seduce Google and its ilk at the same time.
Somehow my trust of the designer/owner might take a dive south when he/she didn't have the imagination to dream up a few more ecstatic customers with different monikers.
It isn't often we have the opportunity to sit at the feet of a master web guru.....
Goatie
PS There's no 'add' to remove.
Thanks for your succinct comments. It's part of the frank cut and thrust of this forum that we can feel free to voice our opinions - the fearless sword of truth etc.
I do know a bit about templates, in fact, I'm such a dreeb when it comes to web design that I have to use them myself.
What I didn't realise, and I'm all ears to learn more, is that using templates went as far as duplicating identical fake testimonials on more than one site (one cars, one holiday rentals). A bit short-sited (groan) I would have thought, when recruiting new customers and trying to seduce Google and its ilk at the same time.
Somehow my trust of the designer/owner might take a dive south when he/she didn't have the imagination to dream up a few more ecstatic customers with different monikers.
It isn't often we have the opportunity to sit at the feet of a master web guru.....
Goatie
PS There's no 'add' to remove.
- Normandy Cow
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Sunny - how on earth do you know that the next update is going to be in mid october?canaryislandsun wrote:Although this site is in it's early stages it is a well written website and will have a good starting P.R at next update mid october time.
Interesting that you consider it to be well written, considering that the owner of the site seems to have a problem with unnecessary apostrophes. Oh, that's funny, so do you!
You must think we are really dim.
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I think there are a few people trying to pull the wool over our eyes but there are some very bright sparks around and wading in with your first post to needlessly attack someone isn't too bright a move Generally this is a balanced site- people have differing opinions and frequently air them . That's good. Verbal attacks aren't acceptable, debate is
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I don't think canaryislandsun realised what a lions' den (well, zoo) he was entering when he posted. A forum such as this is bound to be made up of people who have a bit more savvy about the subject in hand, in this case, renting out a holiday home, than the average cyberspace surfer.sunny by nature wrote:Wellying in with a rolling pin and a pair of size nines is certainly a new way to make friends and influence people!
Good luck CIS! I'm sure you will get plenty of people signing up, and you're right, what's a quid?
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
- Mountain Goat
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I think we've been really nasty to CIS, and I'm the worst offender.
Why don't we all throw in a quid and give it a go? If we all listed, the site would get off the ground, go zapping up the rankings, and everyone would win.
And we could then contribute some genuine testimonials, maybe CIS would allow us to adjust a few grocer's apostrophes (or is that grocers' apostrophe's?), and suggest spelling 'alternatives'.
I mean it; and anyway, he's got my quid.
Goatie
(and you could even flog your car)
Why don't we all throw in a quid and give it a go? If we all listed, the site would get off the ground, go zapping up the rankings, and everyone would win.
And we could then contribute some genuine testimonials, maybe CIS would allow us to adjust a few grocer's apostrophes (or is that grocers' apostrophe's?), and suggest spelling 'alternatives'.
I mean it; and anyway, he's got my quid.
Goatie
(and you could even flog your car)