Website Design Reviews – importance and our reviews @ Digital Sales

Website Design Reviews – we recently landed a new client and I asked our primary point of contact, ‘why did you call Digital Sales’?

The answer was an endorsement to social proofing and the power of real testimonials.  The answer was simple, the then prospect checked out our reviews on Google My Business (GMB).  So yes, five star ‘Reviews’ are great to build confidence and trust.  However, there are other important reasons to make sure your Google My Business account has very good reviews and is populated with content, yes, you guessed it….SEO.

So, what about GMB reviews and the effect they may have on your SEO performance, more so, Local SEO.

But first, if you are interested in our services at Digital Sales, check out this quick video:

Local SEO factors from Reviews

• GMB is owned by Google, so, don’t ignore it if Google has a strong market share in your jurisdiction

• Google+ is no more, so we believe Google will or already has transferred the SEO weight from Google+ to Google My Business.  With this in mind, GMB is extremely important and will grow in importance

• Your reviews will also help your position on Google maps, see an example below for ‘Window Repair Dublin’ – see the second result with 46 reviews (please note, this company only has one matching keyword in its company name: Dublin, the other two have all three) and every review includes a response:

Website Design Reviews-Location

• Just like ‘backlinks’ which are seen as ‘endorsements’, reviews are most likely considered with similar SEO weight

• The words used in the review can also influence the search results, so don’t just ask for a five-star review, but also leave a comment and try and ask your clients to include certain keywords and if your business is location based, get locations into the reviews. See:

Keywords in a GMB Review – Example

• The Google Question and Answers section on GMB – as administrators ask your own questions and answer them to include keywords.  Check out the Questions and Answers within the Digital Sales profile (no harm in including some links back to your website)

Google Question and Answers section on GMB

• Engagements – be sure to engage with your reviews and also your questions and answers on GMB – Google tracks social media shares, comments, likes, etc.  So, you can be sure they track your engagement one of their own platforms. See the engagement below:

Engagement on GMB

The above will certainly help your SEO performance over time, however before we sign off, lets admire some of the reviews for Digital Sales on our GMB page!!!!

Digital Sales Website Design Reviews

 

Una Kenny from My Project…Minding You – www.myp.ie

‘Excellent services. Diarmuid was a pleasure to work with and made the process very manageable. This was the charities first website and we couldn’t be happier with the finished product. Its easy to use and captures our services very well. We believe we have received a quality services at a competitive price.’

 

John Kenny from The Healing House – www.TheHealingHouse.ie

‘We are happy with the help we received overhauling and modernising our website.’

 

Gosia Tuznik from Dance World – www.SoDancaStore.com

‘Highly recommend. We were let down by other company
and Digital Sales come to the rescue. They are pleasure to work with, fast and professional. Thank you Diarmuid.’

 

Mark Brencley – Director – Lambda Stretch – www.LambdaStretch.com

‘Digital Sales created an excellent website and marketing materials for our start-up company Lambda Stretch Ltd. I will definitely use their services again as we grow our business.’

 

Need help with your Website Design or your presence online…Contact Digital Sales

If you are a company that wants to build a world class website, needs help with your organic search position, Digital Strategy or generating online sales……do the necessary!!!…contact the Digital Sales team direct send us a mail at: info@digitalsales.ie, see our contact us page for our office locations.

Diarmuid Haughian – Business Development Director – Digital Sales

Post Grad Dip. User Experience (UX, Student), Dip. International Selling, Cert. Digital Marketing, MSc. BITS