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I want a website where people can converse. I also want to sell on this site. Build site from scratch or use a template? Which template? Plug-ins?
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I want a website where people can converse. I also want to sell on this site. Build site from scratch or use a template? Which template? Plug-ins?
Use any template you like but add a conversation plugin.
Go to Add Plugins and search for conversation and bulletin board. You'll have a lot to choose from.
But it's still a standard WP site, so you can still sell from it as well.
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I need a website where people can converse---leave questions and get answers from others. Should I build my site from scratch or is there a good template for that?
Sounds like you’re looking for a discussion/chat/forum type setup. There are plugins for that. I’m not sure about specific themes.
I don’t have first-hand experience with forum plugins but check these out:
https://themegrill.com/blog/best-wordpress-forum-plugins/
https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-forum-plugins/
https://www.wpblog.com/top-wordpress-forum-plugins/
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I need a website where people can converse---leave questions and get answers from others. Should I build my site from scratch or is there a good template for that?
Sounds like you’re looking for a discussion/chat/forum type setup. There are plugins for that. I’m not sure about specific themes.
I don’t have first-hand experience with forum plugins but check these out:
https://themegrill.com/blog/best-wordpress-forum-plugins/
https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-forum-plugins/
https://www.wpblog.com/top-wordpress-forum-plugins/
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Thinking of this---something I am very familiar with.
Yes sir, there is but you are going to be competing with some well established businesses ( like Lowes) for a spot in search engines.
However if you focus more on local search than you shouldn't have to much trouble.
Actually, I meant someone from WA but you make a point I had not thought of. What do you mean local search?
"What Is Google Local Search?" A hypothetical Local Google Search Scenario!
Say you own a brick and mortar (physical store) electrical supply business in Boulder, Colorado, I just moved to Boulder from Denver and I'm needing to buy wire-nuts for 14 gauge wire.
Unfamiliar with Boulder, I turn to Google and search for electrical supplies in Boulder (and/or Near Me; electrical stores Boulder, Colorado) or anything else along the lines of electrical supplies.
In the results, Google gives me a wide assortment of different kinds of stores, that it knows, folks in that area (Boulder, Co or within 20 miles or so around it) often click on when searching similar terms.
** Mind You These Serp Results Look Very Different From The Ones That I Was Given When I Lived In Denver. ((Unless, of course I'm in a incognito window with my location hidden))**
Out of the 1st 10 results there are a few big name companies but most listings are "Local" Businesses that serve the "Local" Boulder, Co. area.
These results are tailored by Google Search, or whatever browser or engine you use, to maximize my user experience by feeding me the most relevantly useful options for me at that time.
The search results I was just given are known as Local Search, and because the SE knew where I was, it also showed me a snippet of Boulder using Google maps with red markers highlighting "Local" businesses/businesses near me.
This is the results page I was referring to and is where you can drastically increase traffic to your website and/or physical store if you:
1. Provide the right schema markup on your site for Google (Bing, Yahoo, etc...) to find
2. Encourage customer reviews (preferably positive reviews)
3. List your business and/or website in selective business directories like Angie's List or Yelp. (Be very selective here as using the wrong business directories will destroy your search rankings and credibility with all credible search engines)
4. There are many many more tactics you can employ to give you a bit of a competitive edge over other sites and businesses competing against you locally or in and around the area that you have set as your business's Home store (flagship location).
These are only a few of the more prominent ones.
Anyways, I hope this helped cleared up your question "What Is Google Local Search?" as well as why I mentioned Local Google Search could help give you the competitive edge over the big boys and local competitors of your niche.
Well, after you get your website on the road to establishment it starts taking root in Google's Serp's. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have and I'll do my best to help get you sorted out and find a solution.
Until next time, Keep on keeping on and give'em hell!
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Does anyone at wa sell electrical supplies?
Thinking of this---something I am very familiar with.
Yes sir, there is but you are going to be competing with some well established businesses ( like Lowes) for a spot in search engines.
However if you focus more on local search than you shouldn't have to much trouble.
Actually, I meant someone from WA but you make a point I had not thought of. What do you mean local search?
"What Is Google Local Search?" A hypothetical Local Google Search Scenario!
Say you own a brick and mortar (physical store) electrical supply business in Boulder, Colorado, I just moved to Boulder from Denver and I'm needing to buy wire-nuts for 14 gauge wire.
Unfamiliar with Boulder, I turn to Google and search for electrical supplies in Boulder (and/or Near Me; electrical stores Boulder, Colorado) or anything else along the lines of electrical supplies.
In the results, Google gives me a wide assortment of different kinds of stores, that it knows, folks in that area (Boulder, Co or within 20 miles or so around it) often click on when searching similar terms.
** Mind You These Serp Results Look Very Different From The Ones That I Was Given When I Lived In Denver. ((Unless, of course I'm in a incognito window with my location hidden))**
Out of the 1st 10 results there are a few big name companies but most listings are "Local" Businesses that serve the "Local" Boulder, Co. area.
These results are tailored by Google Search, or whatever browser or engine you use, to maximize my user experience by feeding me the most relevantly useful options for me at that time.
The search results I was just given are known as Local Search, and because the SE knew where I was, it also showed me a snippet of Boulder using Google maps with red markers highlighting "Local" businesses/businesses near me.
This is the results page I was referring to and is where you can drastically increase traffic to your website and/or physical store if you:
1. Provide the right schema markup on your site for Google (Bing, Yahoo, etc...) to find
2. Encourage customer reviews (preferably positive reviews)
3. List your business and/or website in selective business directories like Angie's List or Yelp. (Be very selective here as using the wrong business directories will destroy your search rankings and credibility with all credible search engines)
4. There are many many more tactics you can employ to give you a bit of a competitive edge over other sites and businesses competing against you locally or in and around the area that you have set as your business's Home store (flagship location).
These are only a few of the more prominent ones.
Anyways, I hope this helped cleared up your question "What Is Google Local Search?" as well as why I mentioned Local Google Search could help give you the competitive edge over the big boys and local competitors of your niche.
Well, after you get your website on the road to establishment it starts taking root in Google's Serp's. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have and I'll do my best to help get you sorted out and find a solution.
Until next time, Keep on keeping on and give'em hell!
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Working on a book. Can I download parts of it to my web-site?
Writing a book on electrical wiring. Some things I would like to maybe put in my web-site such as ways to wire single pole as well as 3 and 4-way switches, etc.
As long as what you have written in your book is not plagiarized from another book or author or can be found by Googlebots elsewhere on the internet. Same goes for images, as long as you make them your own, meaning you put your own creative spin on them.
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Can I download from a book I am writing?
Working on a book. Can I download parts of it to my web-site?
Writing a book on electrical wiring. Some things I would like to maybe put in my web-site such as ways to wire single pole as well as 3 and 4-way switches, etc.
As long as what you have written in your book is not plagiarized from another book or author or can be found by Googlebots elsewhere on the internet. Same goes for images, as long as you make them your own, meaning you put your own creative spin on them.
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Use any template you like but add a conversation plugin.
Go to Add Plugins and search for conversation and bulletin board. You'll have a lot to choose from.
But it's still a standard WP site, so you can still sell from it as well.
Thanks Phil