Church Communications Pro | Church Marketing | Church Web Design » Search Engine Optimization http://churchcommunicationspro.com Wed, 23 May 2012 20:26:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 6 Ways to Help Your Church Website Rank Better in Google http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/11/6-ways-to-help-your-church-website-rank-better-in-google/ http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/11/6-ways-to-help-your-church-website-rank-better-in-google/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:20 +0000 Cory Miller http://corymiller.com/churchcommunicationspro.com/?p=1245 Check out Chris Boyd’s article on Ministry Marketing Coach on 6 Ways to Organize Your Ministry or Church Web Site to Boost Your Rankings.

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]]> http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2009/11/6-ways-to-help-your-church-website-rank-better-in-google/feed/ 0 Blogging Tip: Hand Google Your Blog’s Sitemap on a Platter http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/blogging-tip-hand-google-your-blogs-sitemap-on-a-platter/ http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/blogging-tip-hand-google-your-blogs-sitemap-on-a-platter/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:40:00 +0000 Cory Miller http://corymiller.com/churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/16/blogging-tip-hand-google-your-blogs-sitemap-on-a-platter/ Google likes me …

I’ve finally gotten into the good graces of Mr. Google (I’m out of the “sandbox”) … now more than half of my traffic is coming from Google search keywords. Amazing. I love it.

THANK YOU GOOGLE!

Anyway, one of the best ways to get listed in Google is to create and submit a sitemap through their Google Webmaster Tools.

For WordPress bloggers, this is incredibly easy … simply download, then upload, then active this awesome plugin.

For you Blogger Blog*Spot owners, I found a great tutorial for submitting a sitemap. (There’s not an easy plugin and yeah, since Google owns Blogger you think they would work seemlessly already!) To make a great tutorial short, the hack is doing it through your site’s feed, and then submittiing that to Google.

Selfishly, I wish a lot of you would do this … why? Because I’d love for you to link to me … then make sure your blog is optimized with Google and others because LINKS ARE VOTES … and if you’re linking to me … I WANT THAT TO COUNT! :-)

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]]> http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/blogging-tip-hand-google-your-blogs-sitemap-on-a-platter/feed/ 2 Go EgoSurf-ing: See How You Rank in Google http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/go-egosurf-ing-see-how-you-rank-in-google/ http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/go-egosurf-ing-see-how-you-rank-in-google/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:08:48 +0000 Cory Miller http://corymiller.com/churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/09/go-egosurf-ing-see-how-you-rank-in-google/ Billed as “ego surfing without the guilt,” egoSurf lets you see how you rank in Google for your name or keywords and tallies your points score too.

I don’t know how accurate it is (you could just simply search your keywords in Google) … but it’s a neat feature to check out. I used some keywords associated with my domain name to see how I ranked … and how far I need to go to get where I’d like to be in the search engine rankings (namely Google).

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]]> http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2007/01/go-egosurf-ing-see-how-you-rank-in-google/feed/ 0 Houston, rather [Insert Your City Name Here], We Have a Problem http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2006/11/houston-we-have-a-problem/ http://churchcommunicationspro.com/2006/11/houston-we-have-a-problem/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:57:32 +0000 Cory Miller http://corymiller.com/churchcommunicationspro.com/2006/11/29/houston-we-have-a-problem/ Humor me and try an experiment … go to Google and type in “church” and see what site gets top billing in the coveted No. 1 spot.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

In Google search rankings, links to the LDS main church site appear two times in the top ten. TWO TIMES IN THE TOP TEN! That’s pretty significant, wouldn’t you say?

By the way, no link will be provided here to the LDS site. Links are votes in Google’s eyes, remember? And although I love Mormons as fellow human beings created in God’s image, they are not evangelical Christians.

Oh, type in “Jesus Christ” and they’re still in the top ten.

REASONS FOR THIS

Now, first, I’m guessing — and you SEO expert/gurus can chime in here — but one reason they rank so high is that each individual LDS/Mormon church probably links back to the main site. This helps them rise to the top in search engine rankings.

And second – just my hunch here — but I’m guessing someone at the LDS church knows a thing or two about search engine optimization.

(I’m putting more money on the first though, but this could be a legitimate reason too.)
LESSONS LEARNED

First, again, links are a good thing, right? Why not link to your local denomination’s website? (Something I need to do ASAP.) Or to solid resources and ministries that promote solid, evangelical, Bible-believing, Jesus-loving content? Or better yet, an outstanding Gospel presentation site or two!
Second, could this be a siren call to put our heads together and share from tips and teach local churches (like me and the church I serve) more about this important topic of SEO?

I admit, I have a lot to learn and implement.
I’m open to suggestions, or better yet, the tips, tactics, strategies, information for churches to get better in Search Engine Optimization! And I would love to provide the Web space for this to happen.

In fact, for the Building Rockin’ Church Websites series, I asked each Website designer or firm a question about SEO. I just talked about implementing some of these in my post on Optimization.

Oh, I forgot … ProBlogger Darren Rowse and a believer, I might add, has an outstanding post on SEO.

Let’s talk. Let’s get this discussion going. Chime in with a comment, send me an email. 

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