Sorry, mini rant coming. I’ve had a crappy old day. Been trying to install Leopard on an iMac for a new starter tomorrow and it’s taken me all day and I have a problem I can’t work out. Gone are those days when I could understand all the files in the System Folder of System [...]
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Basingstoke Business update
I may have mentioned before that I run a local Basingstoke Business News website. Well, thanks to some wicked colleagues, this has been upgraded to be a more generic Basingstoke Business website on a new domain. It’s a really good website, if I do say myself, and I am looking forward to adding more generic [...]
Continue Reading →Freelance Artworker in Basingstoke
A friend of mine, Darren, has just gone freelance, after being made redundant. He is a Senior Mac Artworker – and a very good one. He is based in Basingstoke but told me he is working all over Hampshire, up into Surrey, around Farnham way, and across towards Reading in Berkshire.The full SP is that [...]
Continue Reading →Trading websites in Basingstoke
Just finished a small project for a local fencing company in Basingstoke. He is doing me some work, I did him a website. I say I did it, my friend Steve Clark designed and built it from my strategy document. Now it’s live, I am now going in and tidying up the content, adding some [...]
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Publishing a book on the web
So, I had a few people moaning about how they won’t read my book online, so Mark gave me the heads up on Lulu. You can now buy the seo book as a proper paperback directly online for just £9.99 Lulu is a great website. Upload your print-ready PDF, chose a format and decide on [...]
Continue Reading →Attacking a niche market on the web
I may have mentioned before that I have a villa in Pervolia, Cyprus. As part of my web strategy, I have created a content-rich website with advice on things to do and lots of local information. That’s stage one. That could be enough – it’s optimized. I have focussed my content on one small village [...]
Continue Reading →Eleanor Rigby websites
All the lonely websites, where do they all belong? Many individuals and companies have great enthusiasm when their web site is launched, but if they don’t deliver they soon get forgotten. Code breaks (for one reason or another), technology moves on, news is way out of date and the website never get any visitors… it [...]
Continue Reading →The importance of owning and controlling your domain
This is a tale of caution for any small business owner. Probably one of THE most important parts of your online management – taking ownership and control of your domain. I often sit in meetings for new web projects with clients and I slip in the question, “So, who manages your domain?”. Often, with a [...]
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A beginners guide to RSS for small business
This is an introduction and overview, rather than a big long technical document about RSS. That can be found here, amongst other places. What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Imagine taking some information and being able to distribute it online so other machines and software can easily make sense of it. A [...]
Continue Reading →I love a bit of user ranting
I love it when you get a bit of feedback on a website. This isn’t about me, but I found Goldcoaster ranting and I agree with what he says. It’s just nice to hear it from someone else once in a while and know I’m not alone. It’s worthwhile visiting his site and seeing his [...]
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