YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT WEBSITES – Part 2
Continuing our service to our customers and followers, Mr. Speedy Plumbing provides a consumer guide to the top-rated home improvement websites on the Internet. We have provided the first five home improvement sites in a previous blog The First Top 5 Home Improvement Sites
One of the criteria we use to rate DIY/Home Improvement sites is their Page Rank. PageRank is a value from 1 to 9 that tells you how important a page is on the web. Google recognizes that when one page links to another page, it is basically casting a vote for that page. Google also figures that the more votes a page receives, the more important is that page.
Note: the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. This means that a link (a vote) from CNN is worth much more than a link from a directory in India or China. Incidentally, the “Page” in Page Rank derives from its creator – Google founder Larry Page.
We also rank sites by the amount of interaction and involvement the site has with social media – Twitter followers, Facebook likes, Google+ followers and Pinterest followers.
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Features tutorials, design plans, recipes and more. Covers a huge variety of home improvement subjects including Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Cabinets, Decorating, Furniture, Kitchens, Living Rooms, Lighting, Painting, Remodeling, and many others. The site has a PageRank of 4, with over half a million views on Google+. Named in Top 10 renovation sites by Huffington Post.
From the creators of HGTV and Food Network, DIY Network is ranked by Alexa as #743 in the USA by traffic. The DIY Network is one of the world’s major do-it-yourself sites. The site is divided into sections: Painting, Windows and Doors, Floors, Decorating, Remodeling, Electrical, Plumbing, Bath, Kitchen, Outdoors, and Rooms. The site has 588,000 likes on Facebook, 160,000 followers on Twitter, 155,000 followers on Pinterest, and over 1 million views on Google+. The TV show, available on cable and satellite, reaches 56 million subscriber households.
This site is technically not a DIY site: it’s a site for homeowners to find the right professional to do the job. Helps you find professionals listed by Plumbers, Handymen, Roofers, Electricians, HVAC contractors, House cleaners, Landscapers, Pest control contractors, Painters. They help with home projects including Remodeling, New home construction, Flooring, Landscaping, Renovation, Countertop installation, Roofing, Painting, Architecture, Carpentry. You can search by area. Site has 14,000 Twitter followers, 412,000 Google+ views, and 128,000 Facebook likes.
This site says it can “help you remodel and decorate your home in mid-century and vintage style”. The site has a Page Rank of 5, has 89,000 likes on Facebook, 6,591 followers on Twitter and 258,906 views on Google+. Hundreds of articles and posts on bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, living spaces – all with a retro look. The New York Times calls this site the “go-to destination for enthusiasts who want to restore houses built during the post-World War II boom.”
Alexa traffic Rank USA #3,333, PageRank 5, 118,000 views on Google+, 30,000 followers on Twitter. Topics covered include Decorating, Painting, Home Improvement, Furniture, Cleaning & Organizing. This site has received a huge amount of press, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Country Living, Forbes, Family Circle, and House Beautiful. Top 10 renovation sites according to Huffington Post.
