GBBO - Anybody tried this?

[b30 villain]

thats the problem i was having even after 2 weeks there was nothing there

 

[mz30]

When does your free domain name become active?

Just had an e-mail says it can take upto 72 hours,if it works great if not not a big deal.

Will wait till it does go active to add anymore though ,will let you guys know how i get on

 

[mz30]

What happens if you click the link i posted ?

 

[b30 villain]

your link is fine goes straight there

 

[Dan]

have you tried google searching idm to see if its up yet

It wont show quite that quickly.

It'll need a few links going to it, and some "IDM tiling" written in paragraphs and headings and the likes. Then give it a week or two and search then.

 

[user123]

idm tiling

from your link...

 

[mz30]

like anything online it takes hits to get up on the first page of google,have had an e-mail from them not asked me for money yet so thats a good sign

 

[b30 villain]

It is completely free for 2 years then i think bt charge you a nominal fee thereafter you should get a phone call off one of their peeps in the next week or so to ask how you are getting on

 

[david campbell]

set up a page a few weeks ago,seemed fairly straight forward but couldn't sem to access it after a few days,do however get e-mails every few days about ways to make the site more appealing and to divert more traffic to it

 

[penno]

It is free which is no bad thing but no one will ever see the sites, needle in a thousand haystacks. Site like that will always be way down on the list and will never really get higher, people pay for sites to ensure they are high on google listings. Customer could type in google for example "tiler in cambridge" (if your site is setup from there ofc), your page would never show up. You would have something like a hairdressers in cambridge listed before you. God i sound like Victor Meldrew But in honesty your site doesnt have a prayer of being viewed unless it was direct links from the likes of this forum.

 

[mz30]

Just to update this,have had no phone calls ,except for people offering me mobile phone contracts,and as i used idm tiling on that website as a tester and use it no were else am guessing its a way to attract buisness for the 3 network as thats what i get offered all the time.

 

[hillhead]

So is the GBBO a pile of you know what? and a catch to pull you in?
I was building a website on it myself and was getting on well but now i can't seem to get in to edit the thing:mad2:

 

[Ajax123]

My duaghters website is done through this - it is completely free but limited in terms of picture uploads and the like. She wanted to set up gallerys of her photo work but ran out of space. The catch, if you call it a catch as you get a choice in the matter, is that she gets occasional calls from reps asking if she wants to upgrade it to get more hits and to allow more upload space.

Would be good to get it optimised but as she is not yet selling anything it seems a bit of a waste of money at the moment.

If you want a look here is the link

Faetography

 

[hillhead]

I'll have a look in a minute Ajax,i have quite a few pics up on mine.
100mb i think is the start up limit.
I'm trying ways to get in to edit my site before i advertise it,frustrating.

 

[hillhead]

Very tidy website Ajax,
it could be a simple problem locking me out. Fingers crossed.