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Old 6/20/08, 5:51 PM
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Hey folks,

So we've been working behind the scenes on a major upgrade to the InspectorSeek.com search engine, and I thought now was a good time to give y'all a little sneak peek of what's in store. We just purchased a new, state-of-the-art web server that we'll be moving the new site to. This server will mean that the search engine is faster to use and more reliable. We're also working on a lot of infrastructure changes (nearly 85% of the code is being rewritten) to make the site faster and easier to use. And most importantly, we've been optimising the new site for search engines and integrating a lot of SEO/SEM techniques into the new system that will both help raise InspectorSeek.com to page one on most "find an inspector"-type search phrases, and also help raise our members' web pages to page one.

We're hoping to launch the site in 6 to 10 weeks. For right now you can see the new design and new branding. Keep in mind that this is only a mock-up—certain things are missing (CA provinces, real "about us" text) and nothing works. That said, I think it looks pretty darn good, and our initial user testing has shown nice improvements in the UX (user experience) department.

One last note—the new site will include some "predictive" search features that will automatically pull up search results based on location. So the area that says "Philadelphia Area Inspectors" will be different for each user (if you're searching from Boston, for example, it will show "Boston Area Inspectors"). I'll post more about this feature later.

OK, enough talk. Here's the mockup:

http://www.inspectorseek.com/mockup2008/

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Old 6/20/08, 6:22 PM
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Looks great, can't wait to see the final product!
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Old 6/20/08, 6:29 PM
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Nice, Chris...thanks for all the behind the scenes stuff you do.



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Old 6/20/08, 9:27 PM
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Nice Chris, Very Nice. I love the layout. Thanks!



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Old 6/20/08, 10:40 PM
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Hey folks,

So we've been working behind the scenes on a major upgrade to the InspectorSeek.com search engine, and I thought now was a good time to give y'all a little sneak peek of what's in store. We just purchased a new, state-of-the-art web server that we'll be moving the new site to. This server will mean that the search engine is faster to use and more reliable. We're also working on a lot of infrastructure changes (nearly 85% of the code is being rewritten) to make the site faster and easier to use. And most importantly, we've been optimising the new site for search engines and integrating a lot of SEO/SEM techniques into the new system that will both help raise InspectorSeek.com to page one on most "find an inspector"-type search phrases, and also help raise our members' web pages to page one.

We're hoping to launch the site in 6 to 10 weeks. For right now you can see the new design and new branding. Keep in mind that this is only a mock-up—certain things are missing (CA provinces, real "about us" text) and nothing works. That said, I think it looks pretty darn good, and our initial user testing has shown nice improvements in the UX (user experience) department.

One last note—the new site will include some "predictive" search features that will automatically pull up search results based on location. So the area that says "Philadelphia Area Inspectors" will be different for each user (if you're searching from Boston, for example, it will show "Boston Area Inspectors"). I'll post more about this feature later.

OK, enough talk. Here's the mockup:

http://www.inspectorseek.com/mockup2008/

Cheers,
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Old 6/20/08, 10:53 PM
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Good Work Chris! and Thanks for the hard work on our behalf
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Old 6/21/08, 12:20 AM
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Hey Chris,

Looks great. Having the links by state is exactly what I was explaining to Nick last night that is seriously needed to improve those site rankings.



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Old 6/21/08, 1:03 AM
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Is this pulling IP address locality automatically or is your mock up just targeting Philly? Pretty cool feature if it is!
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Old 6/21/08, 1:08 AM
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Beautiful Chris! This is exactly what NACHI needs and it's members. Thank you!

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Old 6/21/08, 1:18 AM
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Scott, it's just a mock up right now. It will pull up by IP when it's done.



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Old 6/21/08, 10:50 PM
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Guys, for InspectorSeek.com to really become a success is up to you. Nick, Chris & I have talked about how it could really take off and get high rankings. For that to happen ALL of you need to link to the site in your link directories just like you link to NACHI. Ideally here is what you need, and you should start doing it now (post here to let people know you've done it).

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Your City Home Inspectors</a>

So if you're biggest city is Altanta. You want to have exactly this on your site:

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Atlanta Home Inspectors</a>

By doing this you are boosting the InspectorSeek.com sites rankings for "Atlanta Home Inspector" searches and the overall word of "Home Inspector"

Get it done!



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Old 6/21/08, 10:58 PM
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I think you need to throw a chick or two in there. Don't wanna leave them out you know.

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post here to let people know you've done it

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Your City Home Inspectors</a>

So if you're biggest city is Altanta. You want to have exactly this on your site:

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Atlanta Home Inspectors</a>

By doing this you are boosting the InspectorSeek.com sites rankings for "Atlanta Home Inspector" searches and the overall word of "Home Inspector"

Get it done!
Done, I think!
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Done, I think!
Brian,

You and the other guys using our hosting service can just add the site to the directory but use Atlanta Home Inspector as the title. You can also set the keywords and the page url for it as well.



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Default Re: Sneak Peek of New InspectorSeek.com Web Site

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Guys, for InspectorSeek.com to really become a success is up to you. Nick, Chris & I have talked about how it could really take off and get high rankings. For that to happen ALL of you need to link to the site in your link directories just like you link to NACHI. Ideally here is what you need, and you should start doing it now (post here to let people know you've done it).

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Your City Home Inspectors</a>

So if you're biggest city is Altanta. You want to have exactly this on your site:

<a href="http://www.InspectorSeek.com">Atlanta Home Inspectors</a>

By doing this you are boosting the InspectorSeek.com sites rankings for "Atlanta Home Inspector" searches and the overall word of "Home Inspector"

Get it done!
Thanks for the tip and I've linked Dominic, serving an area with dozens of 40,000-50,000 populated cities instead of one major I linked several different ones on different pages.
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