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There is a lot of mythology out there about how to make a good web site. The truth is that if you have a product, idea, service that is good, then the content of your pages have to be as equally good (if not better).

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Optimise your site

Are you having problems being seen by the major search engines? - Do you type in your name and not even appear on page three? The simple reason for this might be that they don’t know you even exist.

The most efficient way (we have found) to get noticed is to place a simple xml sitemap onto your site and then physically submit the page(s) to the major players. (You have to make sure you do this correctly otherwise you might compound your problem!)

We can do this for £2.50

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Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results for targeted keywords. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it “ranks”, the more searchers will visit that site. SEO can also target different kinds of searches, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines.

As a marketing strategy for increasing a site’s relevance, SEO considers how search algorithms work and what people search for. SEO efforts may involve a site’s coding, presentation, and structure, as well as fixing problems that could prevent search engine indexing programs from fully spidering a site. Another class of techniques, known as black hat SEO or spamdexing, use methods such as link farms and keyword stuffing that tend to harm search engine user experience. Search engines look for sites that employ these techniques and may remove them from their indices.

The initialism “SEO” can also refer to “search engine optimizers”, terms adopted by an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients, and by employees who perform SEO services in-house. Search engine optimizers may offer SEO as a stand-alone service or as a part of a broader marketing campaign. Because effective SEO may require changes to the HTML source code of a site, SEO tactics may be incorporated into web site development and design. The term “search engine friendly” may be used to describe web site designs, menus, content management systems, URLs, and shopping carts that are easy to optimize.

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Search engine optimization. (2008, August 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:09, August 13, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Search_engine_optimization&oldid=231407455

It make you sneeze

This Window

08 Aug 2008, 18:00 - 20.00 Totnes and surrounding area on 87.7fm.

This Window will be playing live from the Radio Station studio. Listen on link from here: SoundArt or go to http://www.myspace.com/soundartfm or tune in to 87.7fm in Dartington, Totnes area of Devon.

This is the first live radio session for years!

I’ve been married for years and years to the same woman … why do men find it awkward to walk into lingerie shops and ask, the usually gorgeous assistant, for a matching set of silk underwear?

I walked passed the local lingerie shop door three times, this must have made me look like a real pervert - striding in with confidence would have been better than being the meek, furtive middle aged bloke with a slight flush to his cheeks, no eyebrows would have been raised if I had done that.

After being shown unsuitable items of underwear which comprised of only two silk ribbons about a quarter of an inch thick with no instructions or idea where they went or what they were supposed to cover, I be came positive and said, ” Those look really pretty.” I took charge. The assistant was trying to be accommodating, thinking I wanted to dress my wife up as some sort of Barbie Doll, this wasn’t my stratagem, I wanted to give the illusion of being thoughtful and not a perv.

I had already primed myself with all the answers to the inevitable question, which was again accompanied by another raised eyebrow “What sizes is she?” I again assertively gave the correct replies.

Here is some advise on how to get the correct sizing information:

1. It is ’safe’ to ask the woman in your life her bra size. Most women will not spit out the answer straight into you face - even if they are not happy with their breasts they are not as touchy about them as they are about their rear end……..
2. Under no circumstances should you ask them their knicker size! You will without a doubt get an answer like, “Yes I know I’ve got a fat arse.” It is easier to hunt through her knicker drawers and find the pair she always seems to wear (this is usually the faded pair) and read the label and extract the appropriate details from it - you can be confident that she feels comfortable in that size.

I chose a set that I thought looked good and I felt 70% sure my wife would like too. The assistant beautifully wrapped and packed the delicate offerings and they were now ready for her birthday…fingers were crossed.

Below is an extract from her blog - I think I did alright.

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Eek! One year older, which I dealt with by buying some Estee Lauder Future Perfect - will let you know the results. But I had wonderful day and some fab presents: a stunning deck chair for lolling in the sun reading novels (ha ha), some oil pastels as I feel inspired to paint the sea view, and some gorgeous underwear. And a new purse to stuff my birthday cash into!
Thank you, mum and dad and boys xxxx

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Thankfully I had got everything right, sizes, colour, material etc. so everything passed by without a hitch - Thank You God!

An afterthought:

It must be great fun being married to a woman who owns a lingerie store…

Finish The Story are on Last.fm : http://www.last.fm/music/Finish+the+Story/

This Window are on Last.fm : http://www.last.fm/music/This+Window

M4tr are on Last.fm : http://www.last.fm/label/M4tr+Productions

Reviews of ‘Love On The Rocks’

We found some reviews of ‘Love On The Rocks‘ which was written by my wife Veronica Henry. Great to read on the beach - the novel is set in North Devon.

Closer 8-14 July issue .
‘A riotous summer romp’

Bella 11 July issue
‘This enjoyable seaside romp reminded us of Jilly Cooper in her prime.’ Fed up thirtysomethings Lisa and George buy a rundown guest house on the Devon coast and try to turn it into a trendy hotel. But life and love interfere with their plans.‘

First 12 July Issue
This is a jolly seaside romp with shades of sadness, a satisfying combination of sex, secrets, colour paint charts and crisp, white cotton sheets – perfect for your beach bag.

Synopsis
Bruno Thorne is the self-crowned king of Mariscombe, a faded seaside resort crammed with chip shops and amusement arcades. But things are on the turn because the resort has been picked as a potential holiday hot-spot. Meanwhile, George Law wants to do for Mariscombe what Rick Stein did for Padstowe (even though he’s not entirely sure what to do with a red mullet) and, thanks to a last minute cock-up by the estate agent, outbids Bruno for the rundown Rocks hotel. At last, he can realise his dream and, with his gorgeous ex-lingerie model girlfriend Lisa at his side, surely nothing can hold him back. But George hasn’t counted on disgruntled locals, infuriating ex-wives, or Bruno Thorne’s apparent interest in Lisa. With another splash hit on her hands, bestselling novelist Veronica Henry moves to the seaside and delivers the perfect holiday read.

Crystal Set - who needs the internet?
Originally uploaded by This Window

Early crystal sets (radio) receives programs broadcast from radio stations. Radio stations convert sound into radio waves and send out the waves everywhere, these waves travel across the crystal radio antenna. Radio waves make radio wave electricity which flows between the antenna wire and the earth (ground) wire. The crystal radio uses a ‘cat’s whisker’ which is a wire, to tune the electricity to receive (select) just one station. Then it uses a crystal detector to convert this radio wave electricity back to sound electricity. The detector can be made from a special rock of galena in a holder (other materials also work including coke [coal]). Earphones are used to convert the sound electricity into audible sound. No batteries or electricity is needed to power these machines.

Later ones use a diode (instead of the mineral holder) and a variable potentiometer. I built one of these after reading BUILD YOUR OWN CRYSTAL SET (The Project Club). The Project Club series of books were published by Wolfe Publishing Limited (For the Dairy Industry). The 1st edition was published in 1970. These were a great series of Paper covered booklets. (6″x5 1/4″). Project book 147, BUILD YOUR OWN CRYSTAL SET in The Project Club series was Illustrated by Peter Loates. I remember being a member of the club, collecting several of the pamphlets in the series.

Why not get a kit?