Comments for David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au Web Strategist @ White Chalk Road Sun, 06 May 2012 13:53:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by Paul Kirk http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-120 Paul Kirk Sun, 06 May 2012 13:53:59 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-120 We are a small company depending on website results. When Microsoft closed down the free small business websites I switched to Wix a month ago, and we're still not in the search engines. All Wix say are they are working on it. I have asked for my money back. We are a small company depending on website results. When Microsoft closed down the free small business websites I switched to Wix a month ago, and we’re still not in the search engines. All Wix say are they are working on it.

I have asked for my money back.

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-109 David O'Donnell Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:37:00 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-109 Brenan, you claim to be an SEO expert - you should know better. If you are happy building sites for paying clients on wix, then I think you have no right to call your self a web designer or an SEO, you are doing your clients a huge disservice. Imagine the potential of those websites if they were built on an SEO friendly platform. Good luck, sounds like you're gonna need it! Brenan, you claim to be an SEO expert – you should know better. If you are happy building sites for paying clients on wix, then I think you have no right to call your self a web designer or an SEO, you are doing your clients a huge disservice. Imagine the potential of those websites if they were built on an SEO friendly platform. Good luck, sounds like you’re gonna need it!

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-108 David O'Donnell Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:24:40 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-108 Cheers Rob. Have to agree, I pretty much use Wordpress to build new sites exclusively these days, it is so easy to optimise every facet for SEO and there is about nothing it can't handle with a plugin or two! Cheers Rob. Have to agree, I pretty much use WordPress to build new sites exclusively these days, it is so easy to optimise every facet for SEO and there is about nothing it can’t handle with a plugin or two!

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by Rob http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-107 Rob Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:11:16 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-107 Great post David, I have had various clients come to us with flash sites and I tell them the same the best thing they can do is start over. For seo WordPress is king! Great post David, I have had various clients come to us with flash sites and I tell them the same the best thing they can do is start over. For seo WordPress is king!

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by Brenan http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-106 Brenan Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:39:43 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-106 I have to disagree with you. We have MANY companies that we have built wix websites for and have them ranking very well on Google. Sorry, but your analysis is incorrect. I have to disagree with you. We have MANY companies that we have built wix websites for and have them ranking very well on Google. Sorry, but your analysis is incorrect.

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-104 David O'Donnell Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:11:31 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-104 Hey Paul, It does look like wix have made a little progress since I originally posted this in Jan, as they can now get more pages indexed. However, there is still a long way to go before they can live up to the 'Search Engine Friendly' claim. I guess it's up to each wix website owner to decide whether they can wait (or if their business can even survive) who knows how long, for the improvements. Good luck! Hey Paul,
It does look like wix have made a little progress since I originally posted this in Jan, as they can now get more pages indexed. However, there is still a long way to go before they can live up to the ‘Search Engine Friendly’ claim. I guess it’s up to each wix website owner to decide whether they can wait (or if their business can even survive) who knows how long, for the improvements.
Good luck!

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by Paul http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-103 Paul Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:35 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-103 Hi Dave, I was forced to make the website like that but it worked out better in the end. Wix is apparently fixing this issue of indexing all pages in the site. If anyone is looking for a more seo friendly web builder try weebly it has all the seo stuff wix doesn't and amazingly quick to use the only thing is it doesn't look that great but i would have chosen weebly if i knew i wasn't going to have these seo problems. Thanks David for telling me about those titles and descriptions i'm a moron for not seeing that earlier another problem wix hasn't sorted out Cheers Hi Dave,

I was forced to make the website like that but it worked out better in the end. Wix is apparently fixing this issue of indexing all pages in the site. If anyone is looking for a more seo friendly web builder try weebly it has all the seo stuff wix doesn’t and amazingly quick to use the only thing is it doesn’t look that great but i would have chosen weebly if i knew i wasn’t going to have these seo problems.

Thanks David for telling me about those titles and descriptions i’m a moron for not seeing that earlier another problem wix hasn’t sorted out

Cheers

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-102 David O'Donnell Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:24:09 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-102 Hi Paul, Are you talking about the Africa Tour Planner you linked to? That site appears to have quite a number of pages (114) indexed by Google. You can see by going to Google and entering this command: site:http://www.africatourplanner.com Unfortunately they all almost identical titles and descriptions which may work against you trying to get decent rankings. Re: The suggestion of hosting pages on another site and redirecting - I don't believe it will help, it may just create more duplicate content issues for you. Hi Paul,

Are you talking about the Africa Tour Planner you linked to?
That site appears to have quite a number of pages (114) indexed by Google. You can see by going to Google and entering this command:
site:http://www.africatourplanner.com

Unfortunately they all almost identical titles and descriptions which may work against you trying to get decent rankings.

Re: The suggestion of hosting pages on another site and redirecting – I don’t believe it will help, it may just create more duplicate content issues for you.

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by Paul http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-101 Paul Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:19:39 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-101 Hi David, I have this wix site and all pages are not getting indexed properly by google would it help if i had say the pages hosted on another site with a redirect to our pages? Putting the website on another platform is not an option , cause of money just need a cheap way to improve seo. Thanks Paul Hi David,

I have this wix site and all pages are not getting indexed properly by google would it help if i had say the pages hosted on another site with a redirect to our pages?
Putting the website on another platform is not an option , cause of money just need a cheap way to improve seo.

Thanks
Paul

]]> Comment on Reasons Not to Use Wix.com by David O'Donnell http://davidodonnell.com.au/reasons-not-to-use-wix-com/comment-page-1#comment-99 David O'Donnell Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:36:43 +0000 http://davidodonnell.com.au/?p=601#comment-99 Look on the bright side, you didn't pay for premium! Look on the bright side, you didn’t pay for premium!

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