Haydon Rouse

I recently completed a web site for a client. You can see it here: www.elizabethbonnici.co.uk

It’s a fairly basic site with just static web pages. The site is already ranked highly in the big three (Google, Yahoo and MSN) for “fashion consultant kent”.

I’m also near completing a complete redesign of www.hernebaycourt.co.uk. Hope to launch that it the next few days.

SaxonIS have won the contract to design a site for another Kia dealership called Dover Garage. We’ve put together a basic stock listing page at their site Aldershot Kia whilst the main site is designed.

I’ve been asked a couple of times how my entry into the SEO Championships is doing. Unfortunately, I just haven’t had the time to devote to it, however there is progress. I see Google ranks my Globalwarming Awareness2007 site as 73rd although other sites are quoting my site as being as high as 55th. Note that not all of the sites above me are actually eligble as they aren’t new domains. The competition is fierce and it amazes that the top site owners have time to get so many links. For further information on how the site is doing go to www.globalwarmingawareness2007comp.com

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I wrote back in January about my entry into the SEO World Championships. To remind you, it’s basically a competition to get a new web site to rank top on the major search engines for the phrase “globalwarming awareness2007“. I managed to get the site listed in Google within about 2 weeks of launch. Not bad. Yahoo listed it shortly afterwards. MSN on the other hand is being a pain in the digital backside.

Anyways, the site was listed in about 197th position on Google yesterday when I checked. Hehe, a long way off the leaders. It’s not surprising really, as I haven’t done any work on it.  There is only the one page with little text.  However, I have a master plan, which I’ll soon be unleashing on the World. There is no guarantee that it will work but I do reckon it will get some attention.

If you’re feeling generous, own a web site and would like to help, then please link to my web site http://globalwarmingawareness2007comp.com using the wording Globalwarming awareness2007.

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Well, it’s been quite a while since I’ve updated the site.  Very remiss of me.  I’ve got some new sites to tell you about.  Firstly a little creation by me.  It’s a directory site called Search Engine Optimisation UK.  Basically it’s a directory of UK based seo companies and consultants, although there are very few listed at the moment.  Submissions are currently free, so if you are in the seo business and have a web site advertising your services get listed now!

Another new site, but this time not by me!  This site has been created by a guy called Chris Callaghan who after some lessons from me has created The Truth About Bird Flu.  Now some of what he has to say about bird flu is pretty scary stuff and it might make you want to go and live in a cave away from anyone, so be warned.  Anyway, Chris has taken some of my advice and created a great source of information and plugged in some Adsense ads to hopefully earn a few pennies.

As well as several new clients web sites I’m working on, I’ve also decided to enter into the SEO World Championships.  This is basically a competition to see who can get a new site to rank the highest on a search term which does not currently show any web pages. The term that I have to get ranked high on is Globalwarming Awareness2007. The winner wins a new car, which seems a strange prize bearing in mind the ranking phrase.  I think it’s a new Citroen or something.  I don’t think it’s a hybrid car or one of those new environmentally friendly ones.

SEO companies and consultants from around the world are entering so I don’t really stand much chance.  As the saying goes you got to be in it to win it!

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Survivor-online.co.uk (SO) is a site that I created way back in May of 2001.  It was designed as a fan site all about the ITV reality tv show Survivor.  At that time Survivor was already on it’s second (I think) series in the US.  It was a huge success and several US fan web sites were proving to be very popular.  I therefore thought it would be a good show to create a fan site about with not much competition here in the UK.

SO was therefore born.  It quickly became very popular with the messageboards (yes we used to call ‘em that) being particularly busy.  The official site had a messageboard, but it wasn’t instanteous posting and your thread had to go into a queue for moderation.
Despite the show being shelved, SO continued as the community discussed other reality shows.  The site is still going with about 800 unique visitors a day.  However, I’m thinking that the site could do with a major overhaul.  I’d like to redesign it completely, introduce a CMS and intergrate the forums more. Some members on the site have suggested a new name, but with the search engines preferring older domains I’m not so sure.
So once I get my prediction market project off the ground I’ll turn my attention to SO.  Any suggestions as to the focus of the site and what should be included in the new design would be much appreciated!

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