{"id":1399,"date":"2019-03-30T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/is-your-fire-security-website-a-mess"},"modified":"2020-03-14T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T11:57:25","slug":"is-your-fire-security-website-a-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/is-your-fire-security-website-a-mess","title":{"rendered":"What Google Sees When She Looks At Your Fire and Security Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aegissecuritysolutions.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-aegis-security-solutions-resize.png\" alt=\"image-aegis-security-solutions-resize\" width=\"270\" style=\"width: 270px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 11px; float: right;\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>You know how cross you get when you see Fire and Security installations that are a mess?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>People on LinkedIn had lots to say about the following two images showing terrible examples of Fire and Security installations:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Fire Alarm\u00a0cable crochet<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Callum\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aegissecuritysolutions.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aegis Security Solutions in Kent<\/a>\u00a0was livid about this fire alarm cable\u00a0crochet.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>And it&#8217;s easy to see why.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Especially as the customer had originally chosen a cheaper quote. And then called Callum <span>to try to fix\u00a0the mess they ended up with.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Scrambled Security Systems<!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walltowallsecurity.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-courtesy-of-wall-to-wall-security-resize.jpg\" alt=\"image-courtesy-of-wall-to-wall-security-resize\" width=\"300\" style=\"width: 300px; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walltowallsecurity.co.uk\/\" rel=\" noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony from Wall 2 Wall Security in Heywood, Manchester<\/a>\u00a0had been\u00a0asked to fix this security system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>And there was worse to come!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>The original installer had talked such a good talk. So this homeowner had\u00a0referred him\u00a0to his neighbour as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>You don&#8217;t have to be a Fire &#038; Security professional to see that there&#8217;s a problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>All fur coat and no knickers&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>In my industry, it&#8217;s rather different.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Today&#8217;s modern website designs\u00a0<span>include<\/span><span>\u00a0stunning images which can hide a multitude of sins.\u00a0Especially if you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re looking for. Very much like the poor customers of those Fire and Security examples above.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Every week,\u00a0a Fire &#038; Security professional on LinkedIn announces the launch of their new website. They are very proud and excited. And\u00a0a lot more Fire &#038; Security professionals\u00a0leave comments about how great it looks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Meanwhile, I am spitting feathers\u00a0because I can see what Google sees!<\/p>\n<p>A website that won&#8217;t bring new visitors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/lead-generation-fire-and-security-companies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new Fire and Security leads<\/a> 24\/7&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>But you won&#8217;t see it unless you know where to look. As they used to say when I was a child: <em><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s all fur coat and no knickers!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>And\u00a0it&#8217;s hard to\u00a0get<span>\u00a0<\/span>photos\u00a0that make it easy to see the problem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/how-to-spot-poor-fire-security-seo-e1583844577975.jpg\" alt=\"how-to-spot-poor-fire-security-seo\" width=\"300\" style=\"width: 300px; float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the best that I can do. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It isn&#8217;t a visual smack in the face like the two examples from <em>your industry<\/em> is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But this simple error can be <a href=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/how-your-not-secure-website-is-destroying-your-security-companys-chances-on-google-search\">the difference between a website that gets enquiries and a website that doesn&#8217;t<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>Is your Fire and Security website a hidden horror story?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ember-view\"><span>As an amateur in the world of marketing, you see the pretty pictures and the\u00a0long words. And you would think that your website is great. It shows that you sell Fire &#038; Security equipment. Marketing &#8211; sorted!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong><span class=\"ember-view\">But you don&#8217;t know what you don&#8217;t know. Or, worse still, what Google knows&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SEO-website-report-fire-security-1.png\" alt=\"SEO-website-report-fire-security-1\" width=\"800\" style=\"width: 800px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ready to check whether your website is all fur coat and no knickers?<\/h3>\n<p>Just add your business name below for your free report on what Google sees.<br \/>\n<script data-widget-id=\"24287a8cfc58268ffb62b172b7e82034b5f57222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.local-marketing-reports.com\/m\/assets-v2\/lead-gen\/js\/external\/widget-builder.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know how cross you get when you see Fire and Security installations that are a mess? People on LinkedIn had lots to say about the following two images showing terrible examples of Fire and Security installations: Fire Alarm\u00a0cable crochet Callum\u00a0of\u00a0Aegis Security Solutions in Kent\u00a0was livid about this fire alarm cable\u00a0crochet.\u00a0 And it&#8217;s easy to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/is-your-fire-security-website-a-mess\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Google Sees When She Looks At Your Fire and Security Website&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire-security","category-web-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}