Paul H
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I can't see it on the home page, which is where most visitors who happen across FM will surely start from.
Just for the sake of an example that feel is a fair representation of reality:
Angler finds FM on Google whilst looking for fishing related websites.
Angler finds him/herself on the FM homepage.
Angler thinks, 'I'll look for information on roach fishing'.
Angler types 'roach fishing' into the box marked 'search'.
The results that come back on the first page are as follows:
Search results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
total: 4206 | displaying: 1 - 10
Paradise Lost
Geoff Maynard remembers a day in Paradise with Barbeldave.... Full story
Dean Macey's Best of British video
Dean Macey is the star of a new series of beautifully shot fishing shows on Internet TV channel OnlineFishing.tv ... Full story
Sharp End
In this rigs feature, Dave Rothery highlights the problems of straight lines with leadcore and suggests a way to avoid them.... Full story
The ATr asks "Do You Want to Fish for England?"
Angling Trust is seeking nominations for the England team for Anglers with Disabilities and for the Veterans England team.... Full story
Fish Legal and Angling Trust appalled by water companies
Fish Legal and Angling Trust appalled by successful appeal by water companies to avoid proper regulation of sewage discharges ... Full story
Tribute to Barrie Rickards - RSPB & Cormorants
As a tribute to the late Professor Barrie Rickards we are publishing once again a selection of his very best articles. In this Barrie comments on the RSPB and Cormorants.... Full story
Bloodworm In For Evesham Finals
This year’s Evesham Festival on the Warwickshire Avon in August will see the use of bloodworm and joker trialled for all three final days and two of the qualifier weekends.... Full story
Fish&Fly to bring river webcams to UK anglers
Fish&Fly team up with Farson Digital to bring live river pictures to the computers and mobile phones of anglers everywhere. The following news release was recently issued to the press.... Full story
SKY Stars Northern Fly Girls
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club based in Northumberland held their first Trout fishing event of the year on Sunday 27th March and were filmed for Sky television.... Full story
Snowdrops and sausages
Gary Cullum stops and smells the flowers on the way...... Full story
---------- Post added at 11:00 ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 ----------
I'm sure I read somewhere, or was told during a course I did, that most visitors to a website (that is new to them) will only look at the bit on the home page that they can see without scrolling down.
If that doesn't interest them then most of them leave and don't come back.
I should imagine that the same sort of logic would apply to search results, i.e. if the first page of results looks like it has nothing to do with what they searched for then they'll just give up and leave.
Could this Google search option be placed in the top half of the Homepage somewhere to make sure relevent results are returned to these first time visitors?
Just for the sake of an example that feel is a fair representation of reality:
Angler finds FM on Google whilst looking for fishing related websites.
Angler finds him/herself on the FM homepage.
Angler thinks, 'I'll look for information on roach fishing'.
Angler types 'roach fishing' into the box marked 'search'.
The results that come back on the first page are as follows:
Search results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
total: 4206 | displaying: 1 - 10 Paradise Lost
Geoff Maynard remembers a day in Paradise with Barbeldave.... Full story
Dean Macey's Best of British video
Dean Macey is the star of a new series of beautifully shot fishing shows on Internet TV channel OnlineFishing.tv ... Full story
Sharp End
In this rigs feature, Dave Rothery highlights the problems of straight lines with leadcore and suggests a way to avoid them.... Full story
The ATr asks "Do You Want to Fish for England?"
Angling Trust is seeking nominations for the England team for Anglers with Disabilities and for the Veterans England team.... Full story
Fish Legal and Angling Trust appalled by water companies
Fish Legal and Angling Trust appalled by successful appeal by water companies to avoid proper regulation of sewage discharges ... Full story
Tribute to Barrie Rickards - RSPB & Cormorants
As a tribute to the late Professor Barrie Rickards we are publishing once again a selection of his very best articles. In this Barrie comments on the RSPB and Cormorants.... Full story
Bloodworm In For Evesham Finals
This year’s Evesham Festival on the Warwickshire Avon in August will see the use of bloodworm and joker trialled for all three final days and two of the qualifier weekends.... Full story
Fish&Fly to bring river webcams to UK anglers
Fish&Fly team up with Farson Digital to bring live river pictures to the computers and mobile phones of anglers everywhere. The following news release was recently issued to the press.... Full story
SKY Stars Northern Fly Girls
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club based in Northumberland held their first Trout fishing event of the year on Sunday 27th March and were filmed for Sky television.... Full story
Snowdrops and sausages
Gary Cullum stops and smells the flowers on the way...... Full story
---------- Post added at 11:00 ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 ----------
I'm sure I read somewhere, or was told during a course I did, that most visitors to a website (that is new to them) will only look at the bit on the home page that they can see without scrolling down.
If that doesn't interest them then most of them leave and don't come back.
I should imagine that the same sort of logic would apply to search results, i.e. if the first page of results looks like it has nothing to do with what they searched for then they'll just give up and leave.
Could this Google search option be placed in the top half of the Homepage somewhere to make sure relevent results are returned to these first time visitors?
