As part of a campaign to generate more leads from their website Onlineworx has completed a redesign for Hubys Domestic Appliance Repairs. Take a look at the before (left) and after (right) screenshots below:

When Hubys approached Onlineworx the website appeared on page 14 of the search results for just one keyword and as you can imagine this rarely generated any solid leads. Three months later and the website is ranking for over 60 keywords; that’s 40+ page 1 Google rankings! This in-turn has meant an increase in leads generated by the website and Hubys now benefits from over 20 website enquiries per week.

Maybe you would benefit from a company that can take care of domestic appliance repairs including washing machines, dishwashers and cookers? Take a look here: http://www.hubys.com

Onlineworx recently completed a redesign for the French wine tours website Vineyard Partners.

The Vineyard Partners website offers wine tours at award winning vineyards in the Languedoc region of Southern France. Holidays offer guests a guide through the wine making process, guided vineyard tours, wine tasting and local accommodation.

David Bailey owner of Vineyard Partners explains:

“Vineyard Partners offers a unique opportunity to increase your knowledge of the wine making process. We have created a range of exciting gift packages, tailored to suit every pocket, to take you on a voyage of adventure and discovery which we hope will appeal to all lovers of fine wines, from the debutant to the expert.”

The new design needed to showcase the different wine tour packages in a way that was immediately visible to customers. This was achieved by using large visual calls-to-action to grab attention, providing a scannable summary of packages directly on the home page.

Below are the before (left) and after (right) screenshots:

Take a look at the new website: http://www.vineyardpartners.com

Onlineworx design team has been working to a tight schedule with Nottingham based Telemarketing company Action For Business. Completing the site in just two days AFB Telemarketing is now live!

You can find the website at www.afb-telemarketing.co.uk

According to superblog Techcrunch, there are rumours spreading around that Apple will be attempting to create a search engine. This comes at an interesting time, considering Yahoo and MSNs popularity are steadily on the decline…

We mentioned some while back about a new search engine Cuil, made by former Google employees that seemed promising, but somewhat cumbersome. However, to have one of the coolest, most advanced companies in the world attempting such a feat is pretty exciting stuff! I own a number of Apple products myself, and would think that if anyone can re-invent the wheel (ie:Google) then Apple can.

You might have noticed the spooky themed Google landing page today, but did you notice their robots.txt? Thought not !

We are all shaking in our boots! Have a fun halloween and dont eat too many sweets

Onlineworx have been working closely with Manchester based Scrapyard and Aluminium Recycling company Automet. Having recently finished the flash elements of the site, Automet has now gone live !

You can find them at www.automet.co.uk

Ever wondered what it would be like to own a domain like Poker.com? Business.com? Shopping.com? I have.. And although these examples are a tiny bit over the top, it is by no means impossible to grab yourself a fantastic domain name. This of course works wonders for SEO purposes and hopefully your wallet too!

My inspiraiton for this post comes from a recent discussion with a friend, who mentioned the fact that they had just registered a fantastic “keyword rich” domain. The domain is an extremely strong search term for his desired niche market, and if done correctly could be a fantastic success. Within google keywords, the domain name as a search term has more than 500.000 searches a month! Now thats what i call promising… And it was found just through blind luck.

Feeling inspired by his fortunes, i paid a visit to 123-reg.co.uk to try my luck. I plucked the word “t-shirt” out of my head and tested some possible variants of tshirt, t-shirt, t-shirtshop and so forth to no avail. I think its a matter of being at the right place at the right time.

How does this benefit you? Well all i would suggest is to try your dream domain name, but also be flexible and creative with other variants of the word – you may be suprised what is available for registration! Secondly i would suggest reading through Mike Davidsons fantastic post here on the ins and outs of expired domains and the best ways to secure your dream domain. Last but not least, try to secure a .com or .co.uk domain – you’re wasting your time (and money) if you find a keyword and it is only available as www.tshirts.org.net.

Websites will not always function correctly. Webmasters can become lazy with re-registering. For these reasons and many more, there will always be chances to grab an established domain and turn it into something special. Good luck and get domain hunting!

You may have noticed a new look to the Onlineworx website recently. Pete has given our website a re-design, and continued with the slick black and red design theme. Very nice! If you have any comments, let us know!

The Manchester Website Design team have recently moved into luxurious new offices on new New Mount Street, near to the Manchester city centre. Located in the trendy Northern Quarter area, the newly refurbished office has great access to all of the amenities to be found in the city centre.

Although the new office is not a great distance from the last place, the added room is definately a bonus!

Why not give us a visit? Alternatively give us a call on 0161 834 7600.

Will SEO services help my business make more sales? That’s one of the most common questions we hear at Onlineworx from customers considering our SEO services.

Because each business is totally unique with different budgets and targets; selling SEO services generically can become quite difficult as the best way to carry out an SEO campaign that’s effective is to tailor a completely bespoke plan to ensure the best possible results.

To find out if SEO can help your business ask yourself the following three questions:

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