Approval queue - Leave listings that aren't fully filled in Unapproved for now

[Dan]

Approval queue - Leave listings that aren't fully filled in Unapproved for now. I need to work on them before they go live with just an email address and phone number in.

Cheeeeeerrrsssss

 

[Harvest Fields]

What do you mean mate?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

What do you mean mate?

You can’t see them atm (top next to the reports approval tab/section)

 

[Lou]

the directory listings that people are filling in with their business details

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Here harv in the pic

 

[Dan]

Hang on they've disappeared lol

Let me unapprove them again and you'll see them in the queue.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

@Harvest Fields theres one in the approval now can you see it ?

 

[Dan]

Here's a direct link: https://www.plumbersforums.net/approval-queue/

Any listings that aren't all pretty and full of images (and ones I haven't optimised) will do more harm than good for the forum and the owner of the listing, and other listings too.

So I need to tart them up, help the first 50 or so get ranking, and show others how it's done via them.

So it's my fault.

Lou is going to give them a go tomorrow, so she will edit them and then approve them.

For now, leave them unapproved for me.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

daves one looks fine what more could someone add or did you just pic one for harv to see ? Eg example

 

[Harvest Fields]

I still don’t have access. All I get is this.

 

[Dan]

Some good listings on TilersForums.com that we've worked with the owners of to create, they're already getting calls from them, if you search google for their main area (it's obvious in the listing when they've been done right what area that is) you will see they rank first or second page every time:-

• James Perry Tiling - Bathroom Tiler - Kitchen Tilers - Professional tiling in Taunton.
• South Coast Tiling - Wall and Floor Tiler in Dorset
• Waveney Valley Tiling Ltd. Residential and Commercial Tiling Services in Waveney Valley
• D W Tiling - Tiler in East Kent, Tiler in City of Canterbury, Tiler in Folkstone, Hythe Dover
• MarcTiling - Tilers in SW London | Tilers in Surrey, North Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire
• MPT Bathrooms and Tiling - Tilers in Surrey and surrounding areas
• Didcot Pro Tiling - Tiler in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Wall and Floor Tiler in Didcot, Oxfordshire
• Julian Sidney Tiling - Tiler in Essex, Wall and Floor Tiler in Essex
• Plan Tec Tiling & Wet Room Solutions | Tilers in East Dorset
• Timeless Tiling Solutions | Victorian Encaustic Geometric Tiling Specialist

There is an instructional thread here helping members rank, and we have a thread in the tilersforums arms where I'm replying to them as they're making changes so I can help optimise them.

Tiler - How to rank your listing well and get calls coming from it - Tiling Advice

Hi everybody, I've setup the new tilers directory and started to transfer old listings over to it. But it's doing my head in now. So I'll show you how to do it instead. Do it in these stages and you will rank well in search engines. The listings I've done are already ranking one first page of...

www.tilersforums.com

As a result, we're not only giving back to regular members, we've got more traffic from search engines to our forums, and that means more members and threads and posts. Which is what I guess my job is lol



A listing with a phone number in A) wont get used on the forum and B) wont rank in Google and C) will do more harm than good

 

[Harvest Fields]

Is it worth putting mine on there? Does it cost anything?

 

[Dan]

I still don’t have access. All I get is this.

Okay noted. I'll sort out the permissions tomorrow for you matey.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Much appreciated mate. Where do I put my business advert or details?

 

[Dan]

Is it worth putting mine on there? Does it cost anything?

Hell no it's free lol

Once a category has a fair few listings in it (we did manage to have half a dozen in each on the old forum as Lou and I did them all manually and it took a year lol) we will even be able to feature listings so they scroll across the top of all listing categories regardless of the category you're viewing. But it would look stupid activating it with only 1 listing in 4 categories right now.

This new system uses the core forum software, so when we need to upgrade in a couple of years time and it changes the forum a bit, the core system will still exist. So we wont ever lose these again. Hence me wanting to get them right the first time around.

We've started on the sparky forum and we have some submissions in, but are yet to show them how it's done like we have on tilers.

Problem is, while I'm doing all their listings, I'm taken away from our own work, so I've wanted to introduce it a bit at a time kinda thing.

 

[Dan]

Much appreciated mate. Where do I put my business advert or details?

You need to scroll to a County. Only use one for now. Then click "Add Resource". Follow the instructions on TilersForums.com here: Tiler - How to rank your listing well and get calls coming from it

Do what you can, I'll do the rest for you once I have a mo'.

@Lou is doing a few more tomorrow while I'm on other things. So she can use yours as an example perhaps.

 

[Dan]

Categories are on this page: Find a Plumber in England

There isn't one for Birmingham on its own. So choose one and submit it there, but then we'll optimise the listing for a few counties if you need rank for a few. So stick the areas you want to rank for in a bullet pointed list in the listing and we'll pick it up from those for you.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Will have a look later this week.

 

[Lou]

If you pm me your business details and website if you have one I can sort it for you.

If you dont have a website then just write a bit about what you do and i will pep it up a bit