Getting your local business to show up better in the search results with Google Plus....

If your local business doesn’t have a presence on Google Plus then you are missing out! Google+  is Google’s social networking platform, which has rapidly evolved.

Why should you instruct us to create a Google+ business profile? Well, it is owned and operated by Google of course.  Google Places for Business / Google+ profiles do have some perks in getting ranked/indexed by Google.  You may have noticed whilst performing a Google search, some local businesses are listed with a map (Places) listing to the right hand side.  

You increase the odds of getting highly targeted visitors from Google’s organic search results if you have a Google Plus account.

Force 4 Computing have many years experience managing business Google My Business accounts.  Even if we don't manage your website, we can still help you!  Let us manage and enhance your Google local business listing, pinpoint the exact location of your business (which also displays an option to provide directions to your premises), state your opening hours, publish photos, state the category and description of your business.  We can also provide you with clear, printed instructions, for you to give to your customers to provide Reviews on Google which will, in turn, rank you even higher in the local search results!  

Contact Force 4 Computing Ltd today to discuss.

Recent Project - Heating Somerset

HeatingSomerset is a long established heating and plumbing company based in Weston-super-Mare and serving Somerset and surrounding areas.  Several years ago Force 4 Computing created a website for them and we were recently commissioned to create their new site.

This site was specifically designed to match Heating Somerset's existing branding, logo and colour scheme whilst implementing a new fresh look to their site, which is far more comprehensive than their previous site.

Force 4 provided a bespoke boiler service booking system.  This allows customers to see the time slots already allocated, select a free slot and then make an online booking by providing their contact details.  This then updates a MySQL database, which allows Heating Somerset to track, query and report on all bookings made.  The system also sends a detailed confirmation email back to the customer, confirming all their booking arrangements.

St Peter's Hospice Charity Evening - Celebrating BNI Horizon’s 10 Year Anniversary!

You may remember us pestering you to buy some raffle tickets for our charity evening on Friday 14th November..... 

It was a great night, as you can see from the photos.  We enjoyed a meal, drew the lucky raffle winners and tried our luck with a casino afterwards.  

You will be pleased to know that our 10 Year Celebration evening raised in excess of £3,000

Are Google going to penalise non-mobile-friendly sites?

What does this mean for your website?

Recent Google October 2014 Update:  

Sites that appear in search results on mobile devices that are deemed "mobile-friendly" are now accompanied by a mobile icon (see attached image). 

"96% of consumers say that they've encountered sites that were clearly not designed for mobile devices"  *Google research study - "What Users Want Most from Mobile Sites Today"

Having a mobile optimised site means Smartphone users are automatically redirected to a URL that looks something like m.MySite.co.uk.  The “m-dot” before the URL means this is a separate version of your site that’s been built to be more user friendly and simplified for a smart phone user.  It’s separate from your regular desktop website.