Accounting software recommendation

[Warren Cottis]

Originally Posted by Numberz

Hi Warren,

How can you tell (from the front end) if a website has keywords or not?

Bruce

Hi Bruce

That's a great question which most people don't ask.

If you are using Internet Explorer (for example) then right click on the site and you will get a drop down box ....

Select "view source" and left click...you will then see the code (so to speak) behind the page... there can be several lines at the top called "meta" and look for "keywords"... if the line is empty then you have a website like a billboard on the side of the road with a blanket over it.

You will be amazed how many websites like this are delivered to customers who know no better... please test some sites... some web designers will hate me for saying this... as I continue to say, the site is just one leg on a table.

My soapbox is that I am committed to bringing the SME market knowledge and expertise to demystify the internet so small to medium size businesses can attract new customers, know their customers, boost sales to each customer and create quantum growth. There is too much smoke and mirrors out there.

[ray_223]

Some SEO experts believe meta data doesn't has a significant impact on SEO.

Since no one has ever said it has a "negative" impact then it can't hurt to add some in

[Gilliat]

Some accounting software,s are made for the small businesses which are not so complicated but some having the complications it depend on you which you have required well from me i recommend you the NetSuite.

[tildavirtual]

I've used MYOB for the last 13 years, QuickBooks for 3 years and I highly recommend QuickBooks!

I would check with your accountant as they may have a preference.

[kathiemt]

Nice site Grace!

I go with Quickbooks too. I feel that MYOB was written by Accountants for Accountants. If the terminology throws you then Quickbooks is much easier to understand and use. I've been using it for at least 12 years and love it. My husband uses it for his personal accounting too and never has problems producing the reports his accountant needs for his end of year tax - and he doesn't run a business! He just likes to know where his money is going and I can't blame him.

[Tristan Boyd]

Originally Posted by kathiemt

Nice site Grace!

I go with Quickbooks too. I feel that MYOB was written by Accountants for Accountants. If the terminology throws you then Quickbooks is much easier to understand and use. I've been using it for at least 12 years and love it. My husband uses it for his personal accounting too and never has problems producing the reports his accountant needs for his end of year tax - and he doesn't run a business! He just likes to know where his money is going and I can't blame him.

We started with Quickbooks. My wife learnt how to use it and ran our books for about 3 years with no previous experience, and then it was very easy to pass over the a bookkeeper when the time came.

I have heard that MYOB is just as good. I think the choice is between those two, especially if you want to outsource that department to a bookkeeper in the future.

[Tristan Boyd]

Originally Posted by Numberz

Hi Warren,

How can you tell (from the front end) if a website has keywords or not?

Bruce

We have a nifty little tool on our site that can do that for you. It reads a pages keywords and shows which ones are most prominent.

SEO Keyword extractor

There are a stack of other SEO tools that are quite fun too.