Comments on: What your readers aren’t telling you about your SEO content

By: Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:48:41 +0000

@Christopher – YES! I love your post (and you are very welcome!) :)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:57:00 +0000

Sure… I agree with you Heather. What you wear defines your personality. If a restaurant has no good ambiance, not fresh, not attractive, no shape and not looking good at all, as an ideal food hub, less diners would love to eat.

Likewise, here on internet…the same thing is happening. We should be more artistic and creative of our websites. You just have a small post, but thought provoking. You must be a good motivator though. ;0 THANKS

By: Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:32:19 +0000

Thanks, @James! I’m glad you enjoyed it (and isn’t content mullet a great term? It’s so descriptive!)

By: James Perrin

James Perrin — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:45:58 +0000

Ha, such an effective way of looking at copy. I do like the concept of a content mullet as well; really makes me want to revisit old pieces and give them a spruce up. Sound advice Heather.

By: Kris Dietz

Kris Dietz — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:29:16 +0000

I like the challenge, most have that piece of spinach. Now I’m going to take a look and we what i can find.

By: Kevin Carlton

Kevin Carlton — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:52:45 +0000

Heather

I wouldn’t contemplate firing my web developers as I also do work for them and wouldn’t want to damage what is a good relationship.

I do like the angle that you take. That is if I mess it up it’ll be more work (and more money) for them.

What’s more, I don’t know any PHP and I’m not great on the graphic design side. That means there’s still loads of scope for making use of their expertise.

By: Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:50:32 +0000

Let me know how it goes, Kevin. At the end of the day, it’s YOUR site. If you mess it up (which I don’t think you’ll do,) that just means more work for them! But they shouldn’t hold it hostage and refuse you admin access.

Out of curiosity, what would happen if you fired them? Would you still “own” your site? Something to clarify (in writing, of course!) :)

By: Kevin Carlton

Kevin Carlton — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:33:19 +0000

@Heather

Yep, I’m afraid so. In fairness, most of their clients haven’t got a clue about HTML and CSS, so they guard against allowing clients full access.

At first, they wouldn’t even allow me administrator access to my WordPress backend. But now at least on the blog side of things I can pretty well do what I want, including amending the CSS that styles my posts.

And you know what? In view of what you’ve said, I think I’m going to raise this issue again with them.

What’s more, I reckon I should write about this in a blog post about the pitfalls of choosing a web developer.

Alternatively, it might make a good starting point for a great post of your own.

By: Heather Lloyd-Martin

Heather Lloyd-Martin — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:50:36 +0000

@Kevin – what do you mean that your developers “won’t allow you access to the CSS.” Does that mean that you have to pay money so they can change something that you could do yourself in 10 minutes?

Hmmmmmmm…….that doesn’t seem right.

By: Kevin Carlton

Kevin Carlton — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:15:08 +0000

Heather

I know exactly what that piece of spinach is on my website right now.

It’s the teeny tiny font on my static pages. I don’t know why I allowed my web developers to talk me into this.

What’s more, they won’t allow me access to the CSS either.

It isn’t just the fact that I’ll have to cough up the cash to get it changed that bothers me. It’s also the fact that it takes me twice as long to explain what I want than it would otherwise take to make the change myself.