Comments on: Dresses Ireland http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/ Search Engine Optimisation Ireland Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:03:56 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2116 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:37:07 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2116 Hi Gavin

Sorry for not modding your comment till now – been on hiatus…

Sad isn’t it? One blog post gets me into the top 10, while poor old dresses.ie ponnied up €2k for the privilege.

Thanks for dropping by (previously).
Rgds
Richard

]]> By: Gavin Mitchellhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2117 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:23:07 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2117 I note that on Google.ie this page now ranks #8 for the term “dresses”.

Some nice short-tail work there Richard – are you converting all those dress enquiries? ;)

]]> By: mikehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2112 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:04:05 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2112 @ Richard – ex-employee

]]> By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2111 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2111 @Mike – I see you helped with that.

Do you want to disclose your relationship with ripe.ie?

@Derek – I could make many quick bucks, but I choose not to. I prefer to make lots of bucks supplying a quality service to my clients and partners. I think it’s up to the design industry to better police itself. I couldn’t design a circle, so I’m not the right person to do the policing :)

Rgds
Richard

]]> By: Derekhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2110 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:02:34 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2110 Tripe.ie

You have to hand it to the guy he is in business to make a quick buck. I have been in the same position as this guy before and I can tell you, 90% of people that see these templates don’t like them. He has stated he has done over 70 projects I would say most of these were updates to existing websites.

We need to highlight the templete issue on the web, why not put a warning up on your own website advising people that if they get a template customized 1000 other people will have the same design.

]]> By: mikehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2109 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:26:34 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2109 I see they changed the look of dresses.ie :P

]]> By: radohttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2115 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:39:29 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2115 Richard, let me explain you how Ripe works. They did a very sophisticated linkbait strategy (translation: they did nothing). As a result, they got one quality link from http://www.themenace.com/blog/entry/?entry=95!

I gotta say “Well done, Ripe!” :)
** Joke **

]]> By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2114 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:26:26 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2114 Hey Rado

Try this.

They rank number 1 for exact domain match… oops, sorry they rank number 1 because of the fine job ripe have done (not).

Rgds
Richard

]]> By: radohttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2113 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:16:08 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2113 Is it because of my IP address? I can’t see dresses.ie on the first place, they are 10th:
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=dresses+ireland&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryIE

]]> By: » Another pro has a gRipe with Ripe » Tom Doyle :: TALKhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2104 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:00:02 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2104 [...] EDIT: Yet another pro in this business has a gRipe with Ripe…… Red Cardnial [...]

]]> By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2102 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:16:17 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2102 Gavin – the only thing we can do is try to educate people about SEO.

Paul – nice idea, but could be fraught with issues. Very difficult to keep all other variables constant to do such a test. No 2 sites are the same. I’d be up for competing in something like this though (if I can find the time…)

Best rgds to both
Richard

]]> By: Paul Browne - Technology and Peoplehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2108 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:29:00 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2108 How about organising an SEO showdown to sort the men out from the boys?

Two similar but not identical sites, a set of target keywords but pretty much fair game apart from spamming. Track the top result on google at 1 , 2 and 3 months out.

I’m not an SEO (apart from my own site), but it would be fun to watch (and learn).

Paul

]]> By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Friday 14th September 2007http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2106 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:34:10 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2106 [...] Uber design guru and Irish SEO expert call bullshit on another SEO “expert” coming along. Lions playing with their [...]

]]> By: Gavinhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2105 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:38:24 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2105 Its a real shame the industry cant protect 3 parties against such cowboys, talk about feeling useless..

]]> By: Richard Hearnehttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2107 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2107 Gavin

If there wasn’t an innocent third party here (dresses.ie) I’d set something up to outrank the site. Not that it would take a huge amount of effort…

Rgds
Richard

]]> By: Gavinhttp://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2103 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:53:55 +0000 http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/13-09-2007/ripe-ie-dont-do-dresses/#comment-2103 Claiming to be an SEO is one thing but actually charging clients for it is another. To many sharks in the Irish industry Richard and from what I’m seeing its only going to get worse.

He must be very confident by the looks of it, he’s not worried about url canonisation. Honestly, I cant really judge someone on such a basic issue though.

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