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Glasstalk website – the industry’s best kept secret!

Friday, March 19th, 2010

The new ‘Facebook’ style website www.GlassTalk.co.uk has now been live for a couple of weeks.

There’s been a few teething problems most of which have been ironed out, and we have a plan to make many improvements to the functionality of ‘the Wall’ in the near future to make it more exciting.

The interesting thing for me is that those who are using it, are coming back regularly and spending a lot of time on there.  The following screenshot from our Google Analytics dashboard shows how the site is doing:

dashboard

For people to be spending an average 12 minutes on the site each time, suggests those who are using it are finding it interesting, informative and amusing.

To date there are 142 members of the site, and I would guess 20-30 active members.

At this point it is very much still at a testing stage and will be fully launched once the improvements have been made.  But we are more than happy for more people to join in now, especially those who are happy to upload a picture, fill in their details and start talking about glass …. or fish and chips …. or leg waxing … or whatever!

PS – you can also sign up to the next GlassTalk networking event.  But you’d better be quick, there’s only 90% of the tickets left.

How to avoid paying for negative internet traffic

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Google Adwords is a good way for conservatory and double glazing companies to generate quick and easy traffic to their website.

But, it’s very easy to get it wrong if you don’t know what you’re doing.

Here’s a few examples:

“Rubbish uPVC Windows”

rubbish-upvc-windows

“Low Quality Conservatories”

low quality conservatories

“Double Glazing Horror Stories”

double glazing horror stories

Top 50 double glazing and conservatory websites

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

According to the Alexa Traffic Rank these are the 50 most visited websites in the conservatory, window and door industry in the UK:

  • 1. apropos-conservatories.com – 61,617
  • 2. everest.co.uk – 185,373
  • 3. anglianhome.co.uk/ – 190548
  • 4. breckenridgeconservatories.co.uk – 214,486
  • 5. safestyle-windows.co.uk – 280,597
  • 6. conservatoryoutlet.co.uk/ – 293112
  • 7. evergladetrade.co.uk – 302,614
  • 8. Quotatis.co.uk – 516,570
  • 9. doorwarehouse.co.uk - 546,606
  • 10. zenithwindows.co.uk – 606,070
  • 11. conservatoriesonline.com/ – 616,507
  • 12. conservatoryland.com/ – 664462
  • 13. windowsanddoors.co.uk – 719,766
  • 14. eurocell.co.uk/ – 756,718
  • 15. oakconservatories.co.uk – 802,956
  • 16. renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk – 811,175
  • 17. tradeconservatories2u.co.uk - 854,095
  • 18. weatherseal.co.uk/ - 893,721
  • 19. almostimpartialguide.co.uk/ - 894,373
  • 20. windowquoter.co.uk – 897,126
  • 21. theglazine.com – 918,859
  • 22. windowstoday.co.uk – 928,766
  • 23. sehbac.com – 944,648
  • 24. foldingdoors2u.co.uk – 997,010
  • 25. westyorkshirewindows.co.uk/ – 1,015,443
  • 26. ultraframe-conservatories.co.uk – 1,040,515
  • 27. kent-conservatory.co.uk – 1,055,760
  • 28. fensa.co.uk – 1,089,990
  • 29. planetpvc.co.uk – 1,139,619
  • 30. tradewindowsales.co.uk – 1,142,518
  • 31. foldingslidingdoors.com – 1,150,586
  • 32. conservatoryinfo.co.uk/ – 1,163,482
  • 33. DoubleGlazingQuotes.com – 1,208,583
  • 34. justdoorsuk.com – 1,211,031
  • 35. dscons.com/ – 1,235,590
  • 36. tradepriceconservatories.com – 1,251,098
  • 37. QuoteMeLocal.co.uk – 1,264,405
  • 38. u-fit.co.uk/ - 1,278,505
  • 39. timberwindows.com – 1,347,765
  • 40. crystalwindows.co.uk – 1,410,163
  • 41. directconservatories4u.co.uk – 1,410,417
  • 42. alexanderwindows.com – 1,456,118
  • 43. conservatorywindowdooroutlet.co.uk – 1,464,903
  • 44. planetsouthlakes.com – 1,502,853
  • 45. conservatorytv.com – 1,558,117
  • 46. marston-and-langinger.com – 1,570,558
  • 47. greenwayupvc.com – 1,596,888
  • 48. windowinfo.co.uk – 1,607,896
  • 49. crsmith.co.uk – 1,627,204
  • 50. selfbuildconservatoriesuk.co.uk -1,628,809
  • Alexa Traffic Rank is a measure of a websites popularity. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and page views over the past three months. The sites with the highest number of visitors and page views have the lowest scores, and these would be websites such as Google, Facebook, Youtube etc.

    Personally, I was surprised at the website coming up with the best Alexa Ranking, but I am aware Apropos have put a lot of effort into SEO. I was also pleasantly surprised to find Conservatory Outlet at #6 and RCG coming in at #16.

    I realise there are other factors to take into account when ranking websites, such as the sites ability to convert sales, the design of the site and it’s functionality. But, Alexa does give a good indication of those companies or organisations who are trying hardest to get their website seen by the public.

    It was a painstaking process compiling the list, and if I’ve missed any companies out then I’d like to hear from you…

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