PoLR Website Design and SEO - Latest Comments

Re: Social Media Guide – Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin

PoLRweb — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:37:32 -0000

Thanks for your comment Matt. For a minute there I thought you meant Linked in was incorrectly spelt in the document!

Thank you for sharing the e-commerce article, it could probably do with being updated now but glad you found it useful. Will check out your Linkedin group.

Re: Social Media Guide – Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin

Matt Miller — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:45:37 -0000

Hi Lynne, spelling mistake for LinkedIn does not help - you've spelt it Linkin. Also curious to know whether you are a freelancer or not.
In any case, I have a group on called ECOM on LinkedIn which I have submitted your "Which payment gateway should I use?" blog post to - as I found that very helpful and thought the little community of website designers, content managers and others interested in e-commerce in that group would appreciate it. It would be great if you were able to join that group, as I am sure they would enjoy engaging direct with you to discuss this pack and other things you do and blog about.
All the Best, Matt Miller

Re: What’s Changed? Facebook Timeline Features

Lynne — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:20:49 -0000

I really like the new timeline. I heard on the radio yesterday that it's causing even more issues for kinds (and I suppose not just kids) trying to get work because their entire FB history is now one easy scroll away.

Think I really don't like about it is the ticker. I hate that comments you make to a friend can be visible depending on their security settings not your own settings.

Re: Which payment gateway should I use? Worldpay, Paypal or Sagepay?

PoLRweb — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:49:23 -0000

Thank you Andrea. Personally I like the ease of paying with Paypal and they have quickly settled a dispute in the past which impressed me. Ideally I like to see an option, when I have money in my Paypal account I'd rather find an online shop I can spend it in than wait for it to transfer to my bank account but if I don't have money in my Paypal then I'd prefer Wordlpay, Sagepay etc

Re: Which payment gateway should I use? Worldpay, Paypal or Sagepay?

Andrea — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:57:49 -0000

Agree that Paypal has an Ebay association that may not appeal to some businesses/customers. We use Worldpay and haven't found any real problems. We agree that it comes across as being more professional than Paypal. Really useful summary - thank you

Re: E-commerce Survey – Internet Usage

PoLRweb — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:56:59 -0000

Hello, These results are just from respondents in the UK.

Re: E-commerce Survey – Internet Usage

guest — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:49:02 -0000

this statistics is for world statistics or just for your country?

Re: eCommerce Expo Manchester 2011

Lynne — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:06:32 -0000

Pah! 5.40...try getting up at 4 to drive you both to the train station! ;-)

Re: We Thought You May Also Like – Online Advertising

Rob Priestley — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:16:51 -0000

I would agree online adverts are vey annoying but and it's a BIG but in my personal experience they also work.
In my (uneducated) opinion the key is getting the balance right between personalisation and patronising the recipient. Done well it can be fantastic, done badly it can be appalling.

Social media has opened up the ability to communicate widely and easily however this has lead to a major proportion thinking they also have the skills to match the opportunity. Not a problem when we are discussing with your friends but a real challenge when you are selling your services or products.

So I think many people need to accept when they have reached their natural level of ability and bring the experts in.

Re: Digital 2011 Conference in Glasgow’s SECC

Gwhiteside — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:26:10 -0000

I enjoyed the event, the crowd were really enthusiastic and showed a real desire to engage and learn. Hopefully everyone got something out of it and can prepare for the year ahead. Allowing for the fact that Goolge's Farmer update is just about to hit the results pages in the UK and the Search Alliance and Facebook seem to be up for the challenge of taking market share away from Google, 2011 isn't going to be a quiet year for any online business.

Grant Whiteside
www.ambergreen.co.uk
gwhiteside@ambergreen.co.uk

Re: Digital 2011 Conference in Glasgow’s SECC

Stu — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:51:43 -0000

Looks like it was an interesting day. You'll need to get an invite to day 2 next year!

Re: Museum exploring made easy with the AMNH iPhone App

Stu — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:53:44 -0000

Used the app when I visited the museum. I agree - it was fantastic. The museum also offers other apps which focus on some of the specialties of the museum. Ones I enjoyed using are 'Cosmic Discoveries' and 'Dinosaur'.

Re: Advertising on the Net – The ASA’s New Powers & SEO

PoLRweb — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:29:57 -0000

Thanks Stuart.

I've heard of other SEO's reporting sites to Google for 'black hat' techniques in the past but apart from the 'black hatters' site possibly being affected for a short while it seems to be a gamble that some companies are willing to take on the off chance they will reap the benefits while it's not noticed. I think it's a hugely positive step that companies advertising falsely online will now have someone to answer to.

Lynne

Re: Advertising on the Net – The ASA’s New Powers & SEO

Stuart McMichael — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:18:24 -0000

Thanks for this Lynne. Good article.

Regarding Advertising: perhaps not so much socially, but defiantly more institutionally - I’d say that this is a giant leap for recognition of digital marketing / advertising credibility in general. So with that recognition, and vehicle for complaint, you would expect it to manifest itself by more ethical and responsible digital promotion?

Regarding SEO: these claims to be number one in Google etc – I’ve been thinking about this myself a lot recently. I’ve been studying some common ‘Black Hat SEO techniques’ over the weekend (as research you understand) and was quite surprised at some of the techniques being employed, especially with ‘Negative SEO.’

Good to see the likes of Google & Yahoo becoming more and more intelligent though, in the combat of the Black Hat brigade as everything continues to evolve at a breathtaking pace. Meaning companies employing honesty, integrity and genuinely wanting to have a positive impact on an organisations online presence (companies like POLR) are able to do so more fairly.

Stuart

Re: Anatomy of a Google search result

G3 Creative - Designers — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:47:41 -0000

Anatomy of google search - good, clear and simple article.

Re: E-commerce It’s Written In The Stats

PoLRweb — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:53:00 -0000

I'm the envy of all my friends this year; I sat down on Sunday and got all of my Xmas shopping done in one sitting. I can now spend the time I was going to be fighting my way up Buchana St drinking cocktails in Soba instead! I win!

Re: E-commerce Survey – Internet Usage

PoLRweb — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:00:48 -0000

Hi Fuman

Thank you for your comment, the article actually states that 100% of students used it for ‘Amusement’ - the graph is a graphical representation of all the results not just the students.

Nice choice of language though from yourself.

Re: E-commerce Survey – Internet Usage

Fuman — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:46:57 -0000

100% for ‘Amusement’

100 %?? Your obviously retarded. T
he graph says otherwise

Re: WordPress ’3 point Oh!’ – first thoughts.

Hadeer — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:07:03 -0000

this is really nice & helpful thank you
hadeer

Re: Integration with PHPBB3 Forum System

giuliopons — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:33:35 -0000

I've used your class to write a tutorial. It also deals with login and logout funcitons: http://www.barattalo.it/201...

Re: Guide to Analytics

ngm1scot — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:35:38 -0000

I like analytics - maybe its the accountant in me - but where it falls down is being able to track back to the user. E.g. I have many new visitors from London but with analytics, I have no way of addressing that potential market. I could service it if I knew better who was looking. Whereas, I'm NOT interested in the hundreds of people in Burma who seem interested in my articles on Trade Debtors - and now Melrose, Massachusets that is.

Is it totally impossible to trace the IP address of website visitors?

Re: 10 (more) Questions to ask your potential web designer

Sonia Trevor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:36:08 -0000

Those questions will really filter out those tons of applicants for becoming a web designer in such a company or team. Those questions are good so that you as a boss or manager will know who really excels well in their field of web design. The capacity of learning is being filtered and in that way you can choose the right web designer to work on with the company. I will use these guideline questions. Thanks for sharing it :)

Sonia Trevor

Re: Did Kellogs continue advertising in this recession?

coco1212 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:35:30 -0000

Social media advertising seems like the perfect solution for companies who need to stay visible during this recession while minimising their marketing budget.

Re: Bespoke v’s Open Source Content management systems

Mathew Hugar — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:30:45 -0000

You were right about Joomla. I had it for three clients and I gave it up. But still, I haven't switched to Wordpress or CMS Made Simple. I ended up working with the Drupal content management system. My friends and coworkers are already using it for some projects, not very big ones, and it seems to be just fine. They have started creating their own modules and I hope I can get my hands on those as well. Now I have to start having a closer look at Wordpress as well to make a comparison.

Re: 30 things to do before you die (for the technologically aware)

PoLRweb — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:36:02 -0000

Well if you do let us know your thoughts! I've just realised there are loads on it I still have to do...another holiday must be in order...maybe starting with New Zealand!