Introducing the Quoakle's Restaurant Directories

During Autumn 2012, the Quoakle team began launching its new portfolio of Restaurant Directories.

The latest to hit Google's top page is Hereford Restaurants.

Building on the expertise gained through the development of Quoakle's easy-to-use local business directory, the team launched a series of restaurant directories in Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties. We used exact match domain names in order to be found easily on search engines such as Google. The following are the Quoakle Restaurant Directories now live on the web:

Gloucester Restaurants
Cheltenham Restaurants
Restaurant Oxford
Swindon Restaurants
Worcester Restaurants
Coffee Shops in Gloucestershire
Tea Rooms in Gloucestershire

So what's special about a Quoakle Restaurant Directory?

... It's quick and easy to use!
Drawing on ideas refined on Quoakle's local business directory, we wanted to create a restaurant directory with a clean, clear look, and a simple page layout. On a Quoakle Restaurant Directory, we want to promote each restaurant's brand through the prominent display of its logo as well as enable users to see at a glance exactly what they want ... and very quickly!

Our mission is to connect local people quickly and easily with local restaurants as well as helping those visiting an area to find out where to eat, as simply as possible.

... It's easy to find on Google!
Our website is consistently in the top 3 of Google on the organic listings (left hand side of the page).
Check this out by typing into Google the keyword phrase: "Gloucester Restaurants".
Using a memorable, exact match domain such as www.gloucesterrestaurants.co.uk is going to help us to make sure the website stays in that position.

... No reviews!
Lots of people are looking for reviews - so there are well known review websites. Other restaurant goers would rather hear what the restaurants themselves want to promote as their strengths - and that's what the Quoakle Restaurant Directories want to help their users to find out ... quickly and easily.

... No banner ads!
Maybe you don't mind banner ads, but our goal as Quoakle Restaurant Directories is to "do what is says on the tin" and not distract users with all sorts of other things they're not looking for.
So for example, if someone is looking for Restaurants in Gloucester, then that is what we'll present to them on our Gloucester Restaurant Directory.


Can any restaurant be promoted on this directory?
We are pleased to promote all restaurants in the Gloucester area which have a current, satisfactory or higher, food hygiene rating.

As a small, family-run company with a friendly approach, we look forward to working with restaurants as well as helping our users find great places to eat out!   Click here to get in touch!

Quoakle visits reach a quarter of a million!

I don't know quite when it happened, but some time during 25th July 2013, Quoakle's graphical directory reached a fantastic milestone ...  a quarter of a million visits!

As you can see from the stats on the left (taken from Google Analytics on Saturday 10th August 2013), there have now been 253,624 visits since our records began in July 2007. Those visits were made by over 200,000 unique visitors who looked at a total of over half a million different pages on the directory!

You can see from the stats that an average user looks at 2.11 pages and stays on Quoakle's graphical directory for over 2 and a half minutes. The bounce rate tells you that just over 60% of visitors just looked at one page then left the website.

Over 86% of visits to the directory were made by visitors who hadn't been on Quoakle before.

So lots of reasons to be encouraged by the progress that's been made. The Quoakle team looks ahead to the next quarter of a million visits with excitement and anticipation.

If you haven't been on Quoakle - the graphical directory yet, try it today, tell your friends and join the Quoakle-ution!

Quoakle goes Social!

When we talk about social media most people think of Facebook and Twitter but there are many more social media platforms out there. Perhaps the best known are Pinterest, LinkedIn and Google +.

There are obviously much better things in life to be spending a lot of time on than social networks, but if you are going to follow anyone, we'd be really chuffed if Quoakle was on your list!

Quoakle has now made it easy to find our social media accounts by displaying the colourful "social" icons on every single page of the website ... Quoakle.com .

Apparently, Google, when producing its listings, looks at "social signals". So as we would love for more people to find Quoakle's innovative graphical directory through Google, we need some social signals!

If you can follow any of our Quoakle's accounts we'd be really grateful. Just click the social icon of your choice from the bottom of any page on the Graphical Directory.

For those of our "fans" who really want to help, why not ...

• Send a Facebook status update with a link to a page on the Quoakle website
• Send a Tweet with a link to a page on the Quoakle website
• Pin a page on the Quoakle website on one of your Pinterest boards.

Thanks for all your help, but most importantly, don't forget to get away from your computer, tablet or phone for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful fresh air and fun with real people in the great outdoors!

10,000 search results for Quoakle on Google!

At the beginning of August 2006, no-one had heard of Quoakle... that's because the word didn't exist!  

If you put the word "quoakle" into Google's search box absolutely nothing came up.  Nearly seven years later there are over 10,000 links to different pages on the web that make reference to the innovative online graphical directory. As you would expect, the No.1 entry for "quoakle" on Google's top page takes you to the UK web directory itself, to the home page of quoakle.com.

Record number of visits to Quoakle on May Bank Holiday 27th May 2013 - 602 visits!

Bank holiday weekends are always going to bring lots of visitors to Quoakle's graphical directory as internet users look for Days Out activities on Quoakle's popular Leisure Directory. However, internet traffic coming to Quoakle last Monday was even higher than expected. Visits to Quoakle on Monday May 27th 2013 smashed the previous record of 508 visits in one day. 

Director, Helen Steele, commented, "It's great to see that more and more people are discovering just how useful Quoakle is!"

Google's New Year Surprise for Quoakle!

What a surprise it was to type in "Gloucestershire Business directory" into Google and find Quoakle high up in the Google Places Listings. 

You never know what they are going to slip in next!  We had tried all sorts of ideas to get listed on that page as Quoakle is particularly keen to promote businesses in the "home territory" of Gloucestershire (even though it is now a UK Website Directory).

So at the start of the 2013, it's "Thank you Mr Google!"

Quoakle's BIG Idea brings more good news for UK Businesses!

Just as people are beginning to talk about "coming out of the recession", there is more good news for UK Businesses.  Today, Tuesday November 6th, Gloucester-based Internet Company, Quoakle.com, launches its "BIG idea" and begins giving out advertising gifts to scores of local companies! 

At the start of its 7th year, the Quoakle team wanted to do something a bit special.  Website promotion specialist and boss, Nigel Steele, describes Quoakle's "BIG idea".

"We've enjoyed real success with the directory, getting top positions on Google and we now want to take things to the next level. What better way than by giving something away!"

From this week, Quoakle starts offering FREE advertising for all company websites that fall into Quoakle's 14 diverse topics - from Restaurants to Gardening Businesses and from Wedding Services to Days Out activities.

Since its launch in 2006, Quoakle's online directory has enjoyed tremendous growth through its focus on clear, simple page design, removing the clutter of too much text as well as the distraction of off-putting banner adverts. Designed by an unusual Head Teacher-Former Pupil team, Quoakle has become known for its simplicity and ease of use.  As one of its users commented, "...it's a breath of fresh air!"

UK companies have been pleased with the benefits they have found when signing up to be on Quoakle's topical pages. Chris Snell, owner of Garden Landscaping Business, Greenfields, has been advertising with Quoakle for over 5 years, and is very happy with the results. "For our website promotion and search engine optimisation, we've been using Quoakle and it's been very successful".

 For small companies that don't have their own website, Quoakle has another simple web solution - the QuoakleCard - which is really a glorified business card with smart design, simple page layout and a unique web address.

 And for those businesses nervous about anything that says it's free, Quoakle's catchy video clip gives the clear message, "No Cost! No Catch!"