I’ve spent most of today updating the website to meet Google’s new (to me) specs. My SEO skills were very 2001, but they worked for 5 years, so all is good. My site was a real mess, too.

 Google’s trying very hard to make their Google Places/Google+ as efficient as possible, which means reworking the system. Not easy to do considering how many changes businesses go through. We moved twice in three years and had to change and deleted listings and websites.

 My organic results have been nuked. My website was a mess with dead links, old keywords and wrong page titles. If I hadn’t been with Google since Day One, they would have nuked me long ago. I cleaned up all the pages and even read the directions Google supplies. Whoa.

 So, my DIY webmaster and SEO skills are now as sharp as a spoon. I hope to be listed again soon.

Google Places back again

Google Places ad is back. Thank you, Google, for the free ad.

Due to frequent demands, I cleaned up the main pages of the website. Seriously boring work.

DIY Kitchen Sink Drain

I usually don't take pictures of the masterpieces I'm called out to fix, but this work of art needs attention.

Google Places Corrected

It's been a wild few months with the Google Places ad, but the good person at Google has straightened everything out.

Basically, the ad was hijacked by a local SEO person, another Place ad appeared out of the air with the wrong phone number, fake reviews were posted and the drama went on and on.

The Google Places lady had to manually correct the problems, it was that bad.

Google is becoming the very best at what they do.

Thanks, Google....

Happy Holidays from Ball Plumbing!

Bellingham Herald Blurb

This is from the 12/4/2011, Sunday edition:

• In an effort to provide customers more flexibility, Ball Plumbing recently added a new payment option, a time and material rate. The company typically used a flat rate on a project, which it will continue to do, but the hourly-plus-parts rate is helpful for unusual projects, said Robert Yancey of Ball Plumbing. Details about the option can be found at ballplumbing.net.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/12/04/2295425/new-sunnyland-barbecue-restaurant.html#ixzz1fawCMt2n