Competitive Web Mastering...

Oops! Another turn up for the book! In the previous email I mentioned Competitive Web Mastering, roughly what it was and sort of how it worked!  That turned out to be a bit of an own goal - I had so many emails and calls about it that the entire project has been postponed!

It looks like there are a lot of people out there fed up with paying for Google Adwords and are actually far more interested in getting good natural search engine listings targeted at local business. This sort of thing is particularly useful for the smaller business. Lets face it if you're a plumber or carpenter based in Berkshire or Hampshire do you really want enquiries from Siberian Yak farmers? As wonderful as any enquiry is its pretty obvious the ones you can't take on for whatever reason are a bit of a waste of time!

Which of course brings me back to my Competitive Web Mastering we can begin to help localise your search engine targeting for you so you begin to appear higher for local searches. Statistically it's been shown people are now adding town, county or area words into their searches to find a more local supplier of goods and services. Google can also tell where you're searching from and the latest search algorithm is giving priority to local results. More proof that this is what Joe Public is beginning to demand!

Competitive Web Mastering as a new website is currently on hold (due to workload) however don't let that stop you from enquiring if you feel your site needs a gentle kick! Our customised on and off site SEO service will address your needs and challenges. We start with "cherry picked" improvements that will deliver the best initial return on investment.  Above all it's making your web site work as hard as possible for you...

...and it really does work! Call and see what we can do!

(Or watch this space for the new website - it will happen, promise!)

Link building using directories...

I'm often asked what all the fuss is about when Web Directories, Linking and Google rankings are mentioned - it's fairly basic really, if Google sees lots of links into your site using the phrase "Swimming Pools" then Google assumes that that in the world of swimming pools your site is important and therefore lists you higher!

Directories are a fairly quick and reliable way of increasing the links into your site and as such can be pretty valuable - however this is fairly labour intensive work so we cheat and get it done offshore! Call us or see here for more about: Link building using directories

New Stuff

Lots of new sites, makeovers and additions to existing sites in the last month or two plus a whole stack of satellite sites to assist in targeted search engine optimisation - below are a few samples:

Installations at Work, contract furniture installation services.
Hedgehogs Gardening Services, garden services in Berkshire.
Bowe Cutter Parts, spare parts for Bowe paper cutters.
Investment Property Bulgaria, with Whirlygig Creative
Harris Garden Buildings, bespoke wooden garden buildings
Think Positive, take control of your life!

Politics, world affairs and other stuff...

I was just listening to the news on the radio and apparently during the lunch break a fox (yes a little ginger dog like animal with a bushy tail!) was spotted in a school playground. The reaction of those in authority was to clear the playground of children and call in the pest control man. (Details)

What is going on in this country? Now I'm fully aware of the fox attack on twin babies in east London and obviously my  thoughts are with the family at this time, it is a terrible thing to happen - of that there is no doubt. But let's be realistic 2 young defenceless babies are one thing, a playground full of energetic 5 to 10 year kids is something else completely. The truth of the matter is no sane fox, even the notorious urban foxes are going to hang around when faced with those odds! (I'm not sure I'd dare to myself!) Surely we should be teaching kids to embrace our wildlife and learn from it not run away from it? My thoughts are that the teachers are overreacting to the current "blame culture" and as a consequence we stand to lose so much! What were the teachers doing? Trying to protect the children? More likely themselves from the consequences if the fox had got near enough to injure a child.

All this does raise other questions, in Scotland people are trying to reintroduce wolves to the highlands, closer to home wild boar are currently doing well in the New Forest. Let's also remember cute little otters and much larger badgers are carnivores, what about rats? Small but there are plenty of them and they're not exactly shy!  How would teachers react if faced with something a little more sinister, a stray wolf, a fully grown wild boar? For what it's worth wolves don't regard humans as prey and as such tend to ignore us. A wild boar would rather run away, as would otters and badgers - oh yes and FOXES! Maybe I'm a cynic but for myself I'd be much more worried about the man in the grubby raincoat than foxy-woxy...

Wot's the recipe today Jim?
Pancakes with two sauces (Stolen from Alex Mackay on BBC's Ready Steady Cook!)
Something a little different, bringing together cheese, sausages, beetroot, tomatoes and pancakes. No calories to worry about here then! Five of my favourite things in one lump - look out frying pan I'm coming to get yer....  Click here for the recipe.

Alex Mackay: cookery teacher, writer and TV presenter. At 19, left New Zealand for a two-and-a-half year stint in France, learning from chefs at Michelin-starred establishments. He then moved to the UK to work at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. In 1999 he opened his own school, Le Baou d’Infer, in Provence. Alex currently runs cookery workshops at Norwich City Football club with Delia Smith.

A Little Romance (or maybe not?)?)

Someone had to remind me, so I'm telling you, too:

1. I still miss my ex-husband, but my aim is getting better.
2. Wife and dog missing. Reward for dog.
3. Marriage is the main cause of divorce.
4. Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.
5. I got a gun for my wife. Best trade I ever made.
6. Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye opener.
7. My wife ran off with my best friend. Boy, I'll miss him.
8. Hell hath no fury like the lawyer of a woman scorned.
9. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works.
10. My wife says I never listen to her....or something like that.
11. My husband said if I don't quit shopping so much he'll leave. I'll miss that man.
12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt.
13. When blondes have more fun, do they know it?
14. Where's there's smoke, there's dinner.
15. Few women admit their age. Fewer men act it.
16. My wife's other car is a broomstick.
17. Losing a wife can be hard. In my case it was almost impossible.
18. Money can't buy love but it can rent a very close imitation.
19. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
20. Chastity is curable, if detected early.
21. Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
22. My wife and I married for better or worse. She couldn't do better. I couldn't do worse.
23. The more I learn about women the more I love my Harley.

And finally:

An older couple were lying in bed one night. The husband was falling asleep but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk. She said: “You used to hold my hand when we were courting.” Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep. A few moments later she said: “Then you used to kiss me. “Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep. Thirty seconds later she said: “Then you used to bite my neck.” Angrily, he threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed. “Where are you going?” she asked. “To get my teeth!"

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