Monday, July 09, 2007

More Googleperplexion

Given the hassle we have been having with google.com imagine my surprise when I noticed yestarday that my 360 degree feedback site had climbed to position number 8 on the listings.

Past experience has shown that these excursions on to the forst page tend to be short lived, for reasons that I can never fully fathom. This it seemed to be when I looked again this morning and found that we were now at number 9 - albeit hanging on to the first page. The jury is still out on level of benefit of being on the first page as we stil have never been there for long enough to establish how it affects the level of traffic.

By all rational measures we should consistently be on the first page of google.com and the latest hike may be as a result of some blogging posts by blogitive.com - although the short lived hike that seems to occur in response to blogging remains a mystery.

My current investigation: is the best format for a URL 360-degree-feedback or 360degreefeedback?

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Massive and Passive

Always on the lookout to find ways to promote my 360 degree feedback site I was browsing yesterday in Waterstones. I came across a little book called "How to make a Fortune on the Internet: A Guide for anyone who wants to create a massive and passive income for life".

Always a little cynical about these sort of claims I picked it up and started reading - and to be honest it was pretty well written, and with a companion website www.massiveandpassive.co.uk.

What the book said supported by and large a lot of what I have already learned over the last year - but I'm stillreading and learning - so watch this space.