Friday, 22 May 2009

Searching for the meaning of the Web

Over the past few months I have been having a bloody good go at electronic socialising, search engine optimization and generally trying to get connected. As you know my original site is www.norfolkboutiquehotels.co.uk and www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk , which has taken the majority of my focus. This site was developed with the knowledge gained from a business link internet optimization course and picking the brains of any techie I come across. Since then it’s been about getting links back to my island (the internet site) so that lots of people know about it and can get there as well as Mr Google taking note that it exists. This began with http://www.uklinkexchange.co.uk/display_search.asp?search=norfolk+boutiques&GO=Search uk Link exchange, putting sites in contact with each other to trade links. I have also emails a good list of local businesses to trade links.
And then comes the social networking sites of which I have twitter, so please follow me and keep me up to date with what you have been up to http://twitter.com/djsh . Join my facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84540988964 . I even have a linked in account, although I only have one friend http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dom-hughes/12/760/74 so I’m open for offers.

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Million dollar homepage




I have just remembered the origins of my love for the internet, http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ . And whats great is that the site still exists even though by the owners own omissions, it has not been updated since 2006 if not long before. This was an inivative basic idea that worked. While others where busy building sites to power the work this guy just set up a page of pictures with hyperlinks and sold them at 1$ a pixel. Mind you, those who brought into it I image got their money worth from a one off fee. Look Ebay is on there bottom left, But it doesny work like many of the adds the companies have stopped operating. Oh well maybe the net isnt forever for everyone

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Can I keep up with all the twitter

Twitter has exploded! Over the past 2 weeks alone I have read 5 or more articles about how small businesses are utilising its massive world wide web reach. Both Strattons hotel www.twitter.com/Strattonshotel and Norfolk boutiques www.twitter.com/djsh have a place. But there is one thing to be said, its hard to keep up. Look at my frequency on the old blogging thing. I manage about a blog a month at max and that's pushing it! Now I'm checking my twitter account 2, 3, 4 or more times a day to keep up with what Stephen fry has been up to on his world tour. The line with twitter is to mix business messages with day to day chatter. Maybe I should document a life in the day of mittens or one of the chickens to keep the messages flowing. Mittens could have a fan club! Well now that I only use to typing 160 characters I have lost my momentum. so over and out for now

Friday, 13 March 2009

www.twitter.com

Strattons Hotel is twittering http://twitter.com/Strattonshotel and so am I http://twitter.com/djsh . It is so addictive though. With blogging you have to try to compose at least a paragraph which takes for ever and then I only do it about once in a blue moon. Tweeting is like facebook but without the distractions of pictures and games

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Norfolk boutiques and the city

Norfolk boutiques will soon be adding a page to its site for Norwich city, to show Norfolks capital city norwich boutique hotels, norwich boutique shops, norwich boutique restaurants.

Friday, 27 February 2009

Thank you for your support

This is just a quick thank you for those who have supported www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk in it development. www.strattonshotel.co.uk www.cliffbarns.com www.titchwellmanor.com www.thelavenderhouse.co.uk www.wedding-worldltd.co.uk www.elveden.com

Free Space on www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk

Free Space on www.norfolkboutiques.co.uk

As there has been lots of interest, I have opened it to the first come first serve with the remaining 3 places on the site. There are 1 place per page on eat, shop and activities. So if you think that you have a site that would benefit from a link please get in contact.
In addtion to this, even if you dont think your site would fit the high spec of norfolk boutiques we could always trade links on the links for links post on the activities page.