Great class folks – Thanks for all the thoughtful questions – It’s the audience that makes these work!
BTW – comments are welcome – please click on “comment” below to start a discussion.
As promised in class – Let’s “Like” each other on Facebook (supporting local Austin business). Please follow the link below to my business product ”Page” go ahead and “Like” it, then post a comment with a link to your “Page” Hint: – Just copy and paste the link from your internet browser address bar when you are on your own Facebook “page” and then paste it in the comment section on my Facebook page so we can all click on it – Please be sure to scroll through everyone’s comment on my page so we’re sure to go to each other’s pages and ”Like” each other. It’s a beautiful thing : )
http://www.facebook.com/pages/iPhone-Stand/119767684735967?ref=ts
See this link for Facebook User Name Guidelines and other FAQ:
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=900
See this link to set up your Business / Product “Page”:
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=175
The ultimate goal is to get 25 “Fans” and end up with a Facebook URL that looks something like this:
Here are the slides from the class – They are in PDF format which can be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat reader (installed on most computers). Once you open this link in your internet browser, you can save the PDF (file - ”save as” in your browser) to a folder in your computer for future reference:
Austin Google class SBDP – University of Texas
If you are interested in the Website Critique Mastermind group I mentioned – we are meeting next week at Chez Zee Restaurant – $20 includes food and drink - sign up here (Note – this group is not for everyone – please read the “About Us” page before you RSVP)
I am building my website and was wondering…
Would maintaining several website names that immediately redirect the user to one “main” website hurt an SEO effort on that main website?
Thanks, in advance, for your response.
Great question. If you redirect the websites properly no harm will be done at all. It’s called a 301 Redirect and your hosting service should have simple instructions on how to do that.
Curious – why are you using several URLs – I do this as well – but would be interested in your thoughts – Boy I need to change the background color of these comment sections!
Now that I feel comfortable that a redirect won’t hurt my SEO effort, I will surely do it. I have two reasons: To monopolize website names that are close to my core business model website, and to cast a slightly wider net on customers.
Thanks again.
Great – it’s my understanding that the URL you apply the 301 redirect on will not gain SEO value – because they aren’t actually websites – just URL address redirected (I could be wrong on this and I have seen a few articles that say they will build SEO value) Just my opinion. I decided to make an acronym for the book http://www.GTROG.com my 301 redirect to my book website – just because it’s easier to remember, type, and I plan on making that my brand.
Hi, Greg. I just got my 25th “Like” to my Facebook business page and I don’t want to screw things up when I rename it. Could you please give me some guidance as to renaming-or what not to do? I think you said we should not use the company name? thanks!
Vivien