Hobo, based near Glasgow, Scotland, is not just a seo company, we are a website design studio. We have just updated our web design portfolio. We’re still in the middle of big changes throughout the Hobo Website and will add more sites shortly.

Here’s a collection of the some of the websites we’ve designed and/or developed for companies in Scotland, past and present. (more…)

Did you know when you link to a Hobo SEO post we have search engine friendly links back to your site if approved? Our comments are also search engine friendly you know (once you've commented on a few posts)! Do you need any more encouragement to get involved in the conversation ;)

Only a short post this week, and actually a follow up to last weeks SEO Tuesday, as a lot of that was about getting into Google, Yahoo and MSN.

How Do I Check If My Site Is In Google?

Just type your website address in the Google search box. If Google knows about your site, it will tell you. If your website doesn’t come up as a result, you need to submit your site to Google. Another way to check if a page is in either of the search engines is to lift a piece of unique text from the page, put it in a search “in quotes”. Your page should come up.

How Do You Submit A Site To Search Engines? (more…)

After looking through my Google Analytics I thought it would be useful to ensure visitors to the Hobo site got the answers they were looking for (in case individual posts didn’t quite deliver). According to our web stats, we have hundreds of visitors visiting the site looking to find out “how to” search engine optimize, so hopefully this is useful.

I also wanted a reason to tell my MD “sorry I can’t do that I need to blog today” so I thought a regular “How To” on a Tuesday was apt. So, based on analytics keyword data, typically starting with “how to” here goes. (remember you can also subscribe to this post by putting your email address in the subscribe box on this page and the Hobo posts can be delivered, infrequently, direct to your email address).

The SEO How To….. Tuesday (more…)

SEO TIPS I decided to write this post because it is clear some clients, no matter how clear you aim to be, think that buying a website from Hobo, because we are a search engine optimization company, means a lifetime supply of free traffic from Google. That’s not how it works. Especially for a small business website design package that only costs hundreds of pounds.

For small businesses, we provide a search engine friendly website design and development service, ranging from hundreds of pounds to a couple of thousand pounds. When we launch this site we ensure Google, Yahoo and MSN find the site and index it accordingly. We ensure this site is promoted to all the search engines before project end. (more…)

Planning on launching a new site? But you won’t have it ready for months? STOP!

The first thing you should do is let the search engines know about your new website, especially if it won’t be ready to launch for months yet. (more…)

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Hobo-Web LTD were recently featured in the local press…

More People Than Ever Are Starting New Businesses In Inverclyde

Figures produced by banks show 99 people set up firms during the three months from March to June last year, an increase of 34% on last year, and one of the largest in Scotland. (more…)

I just received this email:

Hi I’m a uk seo company, how could I get a link from your site to my site from a high page ranking page please p*id or free, not interested in banners etc just a simple text link to my site thanks.

Hmmm. No offence, but if you were a UK seo company of any merit, one look at our hobo site and you should have realised: (more…)

If you’ve visited the Hobo site before (or any of our sister sites and personal blogs) you’ll be aware just how busy we are. In over a year and a half, we’ve not lost one client to our knowledge, in either of our website design and seo divisions. And we continually add new clients to our stable.

We’re now in the very fortunate position where we can now choose the clients we work for.

Our advertising spend, since April 2006, is ZERO. We’ve not spent one penny on traditional advertising. 100% of our business comes from free advertising in Google (that’s what SEO is, in effect), referrals from satisfied customers and seminars we’ve been invited to as “expert” guest speakers. We don’t cold call, don’t spam your email, we don’t advertise our search engine optimization services in Google Adwords (LOL).

We let you find us! (more…)

Hobo-Web LTD is a search engine optimisation and web design firm based in Greenock, Scotland. Use the map below to get directions to our offices in the West End of Greenock. Just click on the “A” on the map! (more…)