Business Opportunity of the decade!! 21st November 2013 5:33 PM
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PostsYippee: My first order. 25th October 2013 6:13 PM Excellent - it does remind me of some years ago when I got my first 10 years since Concorde retired! 25th October 2013 6:03 PM “......Would love to have flown on her, but alas I was destined for cattle class and slow haul flights  ”At least that's one up from travelling on Ryanair  iPad 'Air' 23rd October 2013 9:47 PM Yes - well soon. I must admit I agreed with you but a work colleague was stating that there were only a couple of things he couldn't do on his iPad that he could do on his laptop. Because there is an app - apparently - for most things, though maybe he doesn't actually do much! Benefits of local hosting 23rd October 2013 9:32 PM Thanks, suspected that may be the case but good to get confirmation.  Google Web Designer 18th October 2013 6:49 PM “..... Installing as we speak, and suspect I'll now get little work this afternoon ”So how did it go? Can we see your master piece? Any feedback? Is it true that imagination is better than knowledge 18th October 2013 6:37 PM Best to have both! e.g. Steve Jobs. British Gas to raise prices by 9.2% 18th October 2013 5:53 PM ....or solar panels? If you know you're not going to move these become a more attractive proposition. Prices are only going to go up and therefore you "save" more over time. Go mobile or not - 'when' is the question 18th October 2013 5:34 PM “Must admit, I've yet to see one I like and think works well. They tend to be (as you say) slow, or (at least to me) a bit clunky, as the one hat fits all just doesn't work in all circumstances. I think it's easier designing a mobile specific solution to mirror the desktop experience. That said, we are in the process of redesigning our mobile site, a sit's a bit to cut down, so would love to see an example of a complex site using responsive design.” I know what you mean and have tried various options. Not an easy one to overcome. For simple, basic sites without too much info I think responsive site is the way forward but the moment you have a lot of info on a site then perhaps not. Benefits of local hosting 18th October 2013 5:30 PM “But later this year, as an experiment, and to satisfy myself 100%, I'm going to loadbalance our UK directory from the US and the UK, and compare the results. What I expect is to see a minimal increase in google traffic, but possibly more traffic from things like the Ask search engine.” So two years later any wiser? I've researched this a few times over the years and interested to know your thoughts? Potentially could have 2 .com domains both hosted in France - but one more targeted at UK. “......My Google contact got back to me with the following: ..just come back with the following from the search team, info is dated 2007 but still relevant: In our understanding of web content, Google considers both the IP address and the top-level domain (e.g. .com, .co.uk). Because we attempt to serve geographically relevant content, we factor domains that have a regional significance. For example, ".co.uk " domains are likely very relevant for user queries originating from the UK. In the absence of a significant top-level domain, we often use the web server's IP address as an added hint in our understanding of content..........” Surely, the french words would be a big hint! Aware of setting the geotarget on Google but more interested on real impact regardless of this - if anybody has evidence? |
