Christine, you said that a site that is not changed regularly slips down in the Google ranking. I'm wondering where you learned this. Google's ranking is a bit hard to work out, but this is the first time I've heard anyone say it's time-dependent (I mean directly dependent on time - obviously other relevant factors will vary over time and therefore affect the ranking indirectly). Did you get this information from a website or book you can quote, or was it just word of mouth? Howard 2010/1/22 Christine Kent <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx> > Not sure if this subject is still current, but I think it is now worth us > learning how to do it ourselves, either through products like BlinkWeb and > other Web 2.0 development programs, or by building and modifying a blog to > suit the purpose (I use Google Blogger, although I think Wordpress probably > has better templates – I find it harder to use.) > > > > One reason is that it is not just the development cost to take into > account, it is the upgrades. If you have to pay every time you want to > change your site, then you won’t change it. > > > > Also, and critically, if site that is not changed regularly it falls down > the Google rankings. Very quickly , even if you succeed in getting yourself > onto the first page of Google returns, you will find yourself slipping > down. With a blog, you can post minimal articles with exceptional ease, > thus constantly changing the page and impressing Google search. > > > > Blogs, I think, are the way to go. In addition, Word can publish > automatically to your nominated blog, and so can many other web pages. You > could find a good article or good video online and in a couple of button > pushes, that resource is now on your blog and Google with love you. > > > > ck > > > > > > > > *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tully Machtynger > *Sent:* Friday, 22 January 2010 11:41 AM > *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* atw: Re: Janice Gelb's request for web design contact > > > > Hi Janice, > > I happen to know of an excellent, reasonably-priced web designer who works > remotely from Byron Bay (via Skype). > > Let me know if this is of interest to your friend. > > Cheers, > Tully > > tullymac@xxxxxxxxx > 0403 817742 > http://au.linkedin.com/pub/tully-machtynger/7/58b/275 >