Comments on: Here's What Happens to Neglected Websites

By: Janet Sanders

Janet Sanders — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:49:56 +0000

Hmmm, why the big excitement about Yahoo!? When I look through the statistics that I get from SpaBoom a large portion of my hits and redirects are from Google sources, say like 90%. Some people are accessing the site by typing my domain name directly and a small tiny portion of the hits are from Yahoo! — maybe 1%. Why bother with them? Aren't they on the way out? I notice that sometimes my information shows up on Yahoo! through normal channels so I don't have an ad campaign with Yahoo!. Am I missing something? All this talk about MSN buying Yahoo! is interesting — but I don't know what to do about it. I was sitting on the sidelines waiting for it to sort out.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:30:56 +0000

Craig, the home page of your site is Flash. Quite a big no-no. If I search for you (flagstaff arizona salon) on Yahoo!, you are not on the first page, you are halfway down the second page. But, you are listed as one of the three salons featured on Yahoo!'s map.

Your salon is on the first page of Google though, in at listing number four.

You should try to improve your Yahoo! listing.

By: Ressurrection

Ressurrection — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:24:26 +0000

I would like to add a functionality for newsletters to go out and I would like to upload a few videos that we have done. How do I do this? I have the SpaBoom website. Is this possible? I think it would serve as a great tool.

By: Craig Watkins

Craig Watkins — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:05:01 +0000

We are always updating our website with new information and images. We just added the ability to view videos. We find that this really encourages visitors to stay and shop online. We send out monthly newsletter with monthly specials and information on new services. As we have grown so has our mailing list and at least 1300 guests get this newsletter.