Monthly Archives: October 2008

Buying a domain name for your gite

In a previous post i covered some of the issues around choosing your domain name, including the search engine ranking benefits to be gained from purchasing multiple domain names. Once you’ve chosen the domains you’re going to use, it’s time to buy them. It’s likely in choosing your domain name that you’ve maybe visited a [...]
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Choosing a domain name

What’s a domain name? A domain name is the address that you give to people when you want them to visit your web site. It is what customers will type into a browser to find you, and it is the very first thing they will see about your business, before they even see your home [...]
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Tips for building a Gite website

Here's a few things you should consider when you're comissioning a website: 1. The site should be in html, not flash. search engines cannot read flash web sites, so you won't be found on google etc if the site is all flash. That said, it's fine to have flash elements on the pages (banners, video, images, widgets etc).
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Do I need a website for my Gite?

Ok so lets start with the basics. Yes you do. There are ways of getting by without a web page or site (for example having a profile page on a gite or lettings directory) but if you’re about to start investing time and effort in raising the profile of your gite, do you really want [...]
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