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  • R
    hi my name rick malitsky with dylanmotorcars in hatboro pa. we would like to discontinue our website with u guys if u can give us a call...
  • M
    I had used Dealerskins services before and found the same thing as well. The dealer website didn't come up a lot on the Search Engines...
  • O
    Joe, One more point I wanted to share. Usedcarking(dot)com sounds like it is not a franchise dealer. If I was to look for a service...
  • O
    Joe, True. If you look at only that it means absolutely nothing. My point was simply that the more pages the search engines know about...
  • J
    Joe, The "site:" searches on Google can be very valuable if the site was built correctly from the start. I did a quick analysis of...
  • J
    Oscar, FWIW, site:yourdomainname.com displays a raw number of pages indexed and is one hell of a useless number (if left to stand on its...
  • O
    I agree with Brian. I used Dealerskins in the past at our dealership, but their websites are horrible what SEO is concerned. The main...
  • Brian Pasch
    The Dealerskins flash website packages may look nice but score 0/10 for organic search optimization. The five Dealerskins flash...
  • L
    We've just started using DealerSkins for our website, maybe 3-4 months ago. It is a HUGE improvement over our previous website, which...
  • D
    Dealerskins provides automotive dealers beautiful AND powerful web solutions that help them sell more cars. Our expertise comes from...
  • B
    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Automotive dealer website providers.
    anybody got the scoop on smart web concepts? Just curious www.smartwebconcepts.com
  • B
    Brian T in Etown replied to the thread Automotive dealer website providers.
    Someone had mentioned dealer impact to me awhile back as a complete marketing package. Has anyone on the board used them? (they even use...
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    Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread AutoTrader.com adds 1 Owner highlight to Carfax listings.
    As a buyer I remember taking my girlfriend car shopping not too long ago. She was looking for a reliable used car for a low price. For...
  • B
    Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread Mosely Automotive Newsletter - 3 tips for 2007.
    Great column. Tracking every aspect of online and offline advertising is very important. Although many dealers do it, sending traffic...
  • umer.autojini
    To see return from Google base we got a wait till it they integrate in car results into regular Google search results, just like...
  • Rob
    Thanks for the reply Jeff. I don't yet use eBiz Autos, but I'm going to look at it. I've sold a few things off Craigslist outside...
  • Rob
    Jeff, Quick question re: Google base, Craigslist, and oodle. Do you have some sort of automated process to list your cars there, or do...
  • D
    As a prior employee of Reynolds and Reynolds I cant state facts about the Cobalt buy-out but I can express my deepest sympathies for the...
  • R
    I can't speak for Cobalt, but can say with 100% certainty that Who's Calling was in fact purchased by UCS/Reynolds in December. As an...
  • R
    If you're not 100%, then why make such an irresponsible post? That rumor has been going around for a few years. That would be like me...
  • D
    I would like to know as well who the "source" is, or if it's just another rumor that seems to pop up every few months.
  • G
    It does not seem like this is happening. No one at Cobalt has heard about this yet, nor any news... Might want to check with your sources.
  • G
    It does not seem like this is happening. No one at Cobalt has hear about this yet, nor any new... Might want to check with your sources.
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    David (blog) replied to the thread Dan Marino looses 22lbs?.
    Sometimes things like this are to blame on national ad salepeople selling without consideration to how it affects the local dealer...
  • web2carz
    web2carz replied to the thread Dan Marino looses 22lbs?.
    Jeff, Yesterday I left a comment for this "post" and shared with your readers a site that does not allow banner ads intentionally. I...
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