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What we do
We provide support and hands-on expertise for companies dipping their toe into the sometimes chopping waters of internet marketing or for experienced online marketers looking to reduce costs and improve the performance of their campaigns.
We do this by taking the time to understand your business, your customer and how you currently sell (or promote) to [...]
Who we are
Natural Ranks is an affordable website marketing and development specialist based in the North-West of England. Working with large insurance companies we provide a competitive advantage for direct insurers and brokers wanting to promote their website(s) online.
We work with designers, IT departments, marketing teams and commercial leaders to provide not just well crafted, usable websites, [...]
Why choose us
Five reasons to choose Natural Ranks for your website project:
We are insurance sector website experts
We take the time to understand your business
We care for our clients who reward us by working with us in the long-term
Our solutions are tailored to your requirements, goals and budget
We focus on the process, not just the end result, enabling [...]
All’s fair in love and SEO
It was my recent pleasure to be interviewed by the Smarta Entrepreneurial Network for a piece on Search Engine Optimisation.
All’s fair in Love and SEO has now been published and it written by Emma Haslett.
When Smarta discovered its name had been the subject of an AdWords campaign by a competitor, Emma Haslett felt compelled to [...]
Liverpool Business Fair – SEO Presentation
Here’s the presentation for the Liverpool Business Association.
Drive more traffic to your website
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Some points which came up in the Q&A:
Meta Title & Meta Description are still used by the Search Engines – make them unique to your site and every page within your site
Meta Keywords are not used by Search Engines [...]
Federation of Small Businesses – Search Engine Optimisation Presentation
Here’s the presentation for the Federation of Small Businesses.
Drive more traffic to your website
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A few points from the Q&A
Web directories can be found by search for “your_niche directory” in Google
Most directories are free, some will require a reciprocal link (I wouldn’t bother with these)
Here’s a few recommended directories (some you have [...]
Striding Out on the Web – the morning after
Last night’s talk for Striding Out was brilliant! A real success. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I hope you, the attendee, enjoyed it to!
As promised, here are the slides from last nights talk:
Striding Out on the Web
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A couple of points which cropped up in Q&A:
I value relevance and trust over Google [...]
How to make your business stand out on the web – Updated!
On Monday 16th Wednesday 18th March I’ll be giving a short talk on some of the things you can do to set your business apart from the other search results.
The event is being held in conjunction with Striding Out Business Support Services in Liverpool and is free to attend. There will also be plenty of [...]
Is your website invisible to the search engines?
If you aren’t receiving the level of search traffic you would like, here’s a very easy test that you can conduct to find out how your site is viewed by the search engines. It’ll take less than five minutes to conduct and could shed-light on some issues that would otherwise be invisible to you.
An important [...]
Trading internationally? Here’s how to get exposure in the foreign language Search Engines
It wont come as much surprise to read that ranking highly in the UK Search Engines will not automatically allow you to gain useful traffic from the Search Engines of the non-English speaking countries of our European Neighbours. You may have heard the phrase
It’s all Greek to me
Well, your website is all English to them. [...]