Comments on: No SEO = Putting Money Before God?

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:22:26 +0000

Perhaps you’re taking for granted that the churches you’re working with are savvy enough to know what SEO is in the first place! When I took over as chair of my church’s growth commission, it was like I was speaking Greek to them when I tried to explain what it was. Everyone wanted flashy animation at first, and I had to explain to them why that wasn’t the best strategy.

I think the key is establishing trust & credibility with those in charge of making budgetary decisions. Thankfully, I already had established that, and our commission’s budget was healthy enough where we could afford a dual SEO and AdWords initiative on our own. Net result? More pageviews in a week than we’d previously gotten in two months!

No question the results are real, but sometimes you’ve got to break it down into easily-digestible pieces before you move forward.

By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:35:52 +0000

Bummer, Tim. Yeah, we don’t recommend all Flash sites specifically for that reason. Your site does look great, too.

By: Tim Archer

Tim Archer — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:45:31 +0000

Some favor flash over substance (all puns intended). The company that created some websites for our ministry relies heavily on Flash, even though that hurts SEO. Many other things were done that look good, but hurt search engine visibility.

Now we have nice looking sites that nobody can find.