The Age of Miracles Is Not Passed?

by **Nadine** on Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:58 am

Hi Graham

I'm impressed!

It's probably just as well that we can't see all the 'blood, sweat & tears" that went into it!

Congrats! - next up, Squidoo Lens?? :lol:

ha.. ha..

Nadine

by **Graham in U.K.** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:32 am

Hi Nadine
Technology is wonderful isn't it?
Across the other side of the world, a humorous moment arrives in a message (shame it wasn't in a bottle) :lol:

It's probably just as well that we can't see all the 'blood, sweat & tears" that went into it!

Very true

Congrats! - next up, Squidoo Lens??

You are a hard taskmaster aren't you :evil:

I've been looking at web 2.0 , reading up stuff and it looks like Hubpages, then Digg , after that perhaps Twitter re Ian's comments, StumbeUpon and or Squidoo with a few lenses on dog training ..... but it seems to take me such a long time and I must get some new pages done for the website.
Google now indexed 15 pages out of 17 according to Ian's recent post (Thanks Ian)
So much still to do
Thanks Nadine for keeping me afloat

regards
Graham

by **Nadine** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:06 am

Hi Graham

"Thanks Nadine for keeping me afloat "

Are we still talking about the "bottle" - :lol:

What about outsourcing?? (joke) - I prefer to do everything at least once myself so I know what is involved.

Have a good week
Nadine

by **ggonzalez** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:49 pm

Graham:
I finally had time to go back and look at your site. It looks great! You may want to go and check your links again, I found a few that are not working.

About your question
"Does this now mean some 'people' can steal our pics - that Google is kindly showing in google images?"

Yes. If the person right clicks on the image they will be able to save it to their computer. There is a bit of code that you can use to prevent 99% of the people from doing this. If you would like the code, just PM me and I'll send it to you (for obvious reasons I'm not putting it here).

I also checked out your blog. Good start. I noticed that you are using Google's Friend connect. Let me know how that goes as I am thinking about using it for a site I am developing.

Congrats on getting your pages listed on Bing and Google

Keep up the good work,

Guillermo

by **Graham in U.K.** on Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:47 am

Hi Guillermo

Sorry I haven't got back to you earlier, thanks for your message re image code protection - but this is what I had done before from Ian's toolkit. But as per Matties post, and then my subsequent look using Firefox browser, the images didn't show up on my computer either. I had others look and some could see and others couldn't.
I think it may be something to do with newer computers can see and older PC's can't - either way if some can't then I had to go back through all my pages to remove the protection script.
I've been working hard on my site, all my pages now indexed and some ranking highly.
I've got in Google at no 1 and no 2 i.e top 2 positions with different pages

I started the blog at Blogger.com made 4 posts but was uncertain about 'pinging' so no traffic or comments :roll:

I did ask for any help - but didn't get any advice :cry:

Have since found some videos on blogging - it seems that I have to use PingGoat in order to ping my posts :?:

If you have any suggestions or advice I would be grateful (no point in making posts if no one sees them).

regards and thanks again
Graham

by **ggonzalez** on Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:19 am

Dear Graham:
Sorry about the mix up with the protection script. Since I don't use Ian's Image Protector, I did not know it worked that way :shock:

You have found my Achilles Heel. I don't use blogs yet :oops:

so I can't really give you any advice on that. The only thing I could suggest is there any forum for Blogger sites? You may be able to find some info there.

I'll ask around and see if I can find out something for you and let you know.

Well, congrats on getting the number one and two positions on the "Big G". That is a feat only few of us "small guys" ever get.

I'll keep in touch,
Guillermo

by **Graham in U.K.** on Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:28 am

Hi All
Just a quick note - I thought this may be relevant ............(i.e.late reply to Deltons comment)
I can't take the credit for this - I came across it recently and it really sums up exactly how I feel/felt when writing content for my new GermanShepherdDogsToday website.

Grammar is complicated.
Grammar is boring.
When you get that stuff drilled into your brain at a young age,
it's not difficult to see why almost all of us have a fear of making grammar mistakes.

Grammar is dying a slow death.
With the rise of the internet,blogs, and self publishing, perfect grammar is no longer as important as it used to be.
What is important and what grabs readers attention is writing that has it own unique voice.
Writing that comes straight from a person's mind, heart, soul, whatever you want to call it.
That is what people want.
That is what keeps people glued to their computer screens or books.
Not perfect grammar.
You can worry about grammar once you have poured the words out of you and onto the page or screen.
Grammar is secondary.

To sum this up - Do You write content with passion :?:

(Are you capable of writing content with passion) :?:

regards
Graham in UK

by **genesis** on Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:33 pm

Hi Graham,

Guilt translated into (some) action!

Like Ian, I prefer a sans-serif font - mainly because it's easier to read on screen for those with a visual impairment (especially where you use italic script). In the same way, some of the orange text is less easy to read, even on a white background.

Unless I've missed it, I notice that you don't use CSS, which would make it easier to make global changes without having to find all of the relevant code on lots of pages. It's certainly something I've been studying to use on my own sites and those I build for others.

Some of the image links are not obvious - the one at the bottom of the 'About Us-Our Dogs' and the image of Guy on your homepage are two that I found by accident (running the mouse over them as a result of your inquiry). Also wondered if you've considered link-cloaking for the affiliate links?

Items like the 'Latest News' on your homepage might stand out more inside a box - and would also separate it from the picture of Guy just below. Same thing applies to the 'Bookmark Us' text block.

Overall, I liked the way the site is presented - it shows your enthusiasm for the subject without being overly 'pushy' about the products that you recommend.

Bill
(using Firefox)

by **Graham in U.K.** on Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:56 am

Hi Genesis and all

Like Ian, I prefer a sans-serif font - mainly because it's easier to read on screen for those with a visual impairment (especially where you use italic script). In the same way, some of the orange text is less easy to read, even on a white background

Sorry that I haven't replied earlier but have been very busy on my site.
I have made changes to the type font - but have left headings in Times because I couldn't find anything that I liked :roll:

Thanks for letting me know about the links to the other pages of content

Some of the image links are not obvious - the one at the bottom of the 'About Us-Our Dogs' and the image of Guy on your homepage are two that I found by accident (running the mouse over them as a result of your inquiry). Also wondered if you've considered link-cloaking for the affiliate links?

I have also made page redirects for recommended products :ugeek:

I've now got 4 pages at No1 in all the big 3 search engines - would have been 5 but one has slipped to no2 :cry:

Have also been writing new pages and will be putting them up shortly.
I've got a Wordpress blog now installed and will be starting to write content for that soon - tomorrow I will put up my new pages, sign up for Web 2.0 stuff so I can start promoting and get the blog going which will help I'm sure.
I've also got to check out how to promote my Google Blogger blog - and write more content for that as well.
I must admit - writing content is easy compared to all the techie stuff :roll:

Take another look at my site and please let me know what you think - is it better now (I could do with some more feedback)
It seems like there is so much to do - but not enough hours in the day :!: