An example of Photo Gallery advertising can be seen here :

 Dordogne’s Nicest B&B  Here potential customers can actually read about the B&B, enjoy a gallery and from the same page visit the official website.

Here is another example:

Limeuil, where the Vezere meets the Dordogne  

I have 5 high ranking Dordogne Photo Galleries that are used to promote the Dordogne. If you would like to benefit from this very effective way of getting seen, please contact me with your details.

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is extremely important for anyone trying to get high rankings on the search engines, and will have to spend a few hours a week optimizing their site. A very import factor with SEO is “Linking”. A lot of people think that the more links they have on their site, or the more pages that link to them the better the results will be, this is far from true, and can actually work against your site. Linking is very important, but you should always stick with relevant links. Even better than just a link is Article Advertising.

I have about 10 high ranked Dordogne related sites that are used for among other things Article Advertising.

Painting holiday in the Dordogne 

Google 1st page #2 , Yahoo 1st page # 5,6 and 9 , Live Search 1st page # 3,4 and 7

So as you can see, these Articles have been extremely effective, far more effective than the owners website.

Contact me to have your Article posted on high ranked  Dordogne websites.

By submitting a link to your Website to a general Web directory it allows people to find your Web site. Those who go to that directory looking for information about a particular topic will find the link to your site which will drive up the amount of Website traffic that you get every day. But submitting your Website URL to a general Web directory will also help you get a higher search engine results ranking, which will really help increase the amount of Website traffic that you get.
One of the things that the search engine spiders take into consideration when they are indexing your Website is how many other sites on the Web are linking to your site. When it comes to the Web having links to your page from another page is the best thing that you can have to boost your search engine ranking. To the search engine spiders a link to your page on another page is like a personal recommendation from that page to go visit your Web site.

So when you have a lot of recommendations from other sites in the form of links the search engine spiders will give you a higher search engine results ranking. And the higher up your Web site is on the search engine results pages the more Web site traffic you will get. Studies have shown that people who use a search engine to find information about a topic won’t look past the first page of search engine results. So to get the attention of that person your Web site link needs to be as close to the top of the search engine results page as possible. Listing your Website URL in a general Web directory can give your Web site a great boost in search engine results ranking.

I have the following Dordogne Directories to advertise your Dordogne related site FREE, all you have to do is link back to me.

• Dordogne Link Directory 
• Dordogne’s Best Link Directory 
• Les Eyzies Tourist Info Link Directory 
• Dordogne Info Directory 
• Dordogne Artists Directory  { Art & Tourism related }
• *new* Dordogne Link Exchange

Remember, Relevant linking is extremely important, all the above Dordogne related directories are FREE!!.. do yourself a favour and list your site.

Having someone reliable hosting your website is very important, there is nothing worse than potential customers trying to view you website just to find it’s “down”. So it is very important that you do your research for the right webhost, search the internet, ask friends where they host their site(s) and if you have someone design your site, ask them for their honest opinion.

Web hosting can be very cheap, but don’t always get misled by low prices, remember, promising the world is easier than giving the world ( I just made that up, but I like it!! )
A good thing thing to do, is once you have decided on a few potential hosts, send them a support email and see what the response time is.. remember, in real life your site might be down, so if it takes hours or days for a reply, just move on to the next one, a response ticket should be answered within an hour. Also, check the hosts web site for “Live Chat” this can be a huge bonus when you need support NOW!!

I have been hosting websites for 8 years now, and I have seen quite a few hosts come and go, and I definately got my education from the “School of Hard Knocks” when it comes to hosting websites.

Believe me, there are a lot of good hosts out there, but there are a lot more bad ones, I personally host my sites at  Interactive Online  I have found them to be very reliable, affordable,  very important, knowledgeable when it comes to solving problems.

All I can say, is check them out, and see if they fit your bill.. but I’m sure they will… just click on the banner.