http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:30:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another new site, Wine Offers is now live.  Aggregating discounts from the big online wine retailers such as Majestic Wine, this site will save you money just in time for Christmas! http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/wine-offers-live/ Just a quick note to say I've just launched a new site, Bib Shorts.  It is an affiliate site focusing solely on promoting cycling bib shorts through Wiggle, the online cycling retailer. http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/new-site-is-launched/ I bought a lousy book on Google Website Optimizer (Sybex's Always Be Testing) which seems to tell me very little about how to use GWO how I want. I wanted to implement a dynamic element to a site I have started to test - namely an order summary on a shipping ... http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/testing-dynamic-content-with-google-website-optimizer/ I recently bought some new exact match domains, such as Chocolate Fountain, Bath Toys and Running Trainers. Not sure if I will do anything with them yet, but I can't help but snap them up when I find them! http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/some-new-domains/ My friend Reino has recently launched an e-commerce store for his infamous jewellery brand, The Great Frog. Launched in 1972 by his Dad, Patterson, TGF is credited with creating the original skull ring and has supplied jewellery to the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden. Take a look around the site! http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/the-great-frog-is-live/ Whilst purchasing some plain white tees online from Topman, I thought I would see if I could find any discount codes to save me some money. I found a few old ones that didn't work but I eventually found a code for free delivery which worked and saved me £4! Here t'is: ... http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/topman-discount-code/ Well, I'm about to find out.  I've just launched a new site, Unusual Gifts - a blog with various unusual gift ideas for everyone. I know this is a competitive sector, and I intend to update daily (easier said than done!).  I will post an update with how I'm getting on ... http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/how-competitive-is-the-gift-sector/ I've been working on a new site recently, James Bond Watch.  It is a brief history of the watches worn by James Bond 007 throughout the series of films, from his original Rolex to the James Bond Omega Seamaster he has been wearing for over a decade. http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/james-bond-watches-a-new-site-is-born/ Google.co.uk users get an option Google.com users don't when searching. That is to restrict their search query to 'Pages from the UK'. I never use it myself, but I came across a Hitwise article that mentions that 14% of UK Google searches have the option selected. So, if you ... http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/who-searches-pages-from-the-uk/ I just bought the domain Undelete Files to play with the Google exact match domain bonus and see if a lite site can outrank some heavy weight competition for the target keywords with just a few links. I will post updates here soon. http://www.jamiecarruthers.co.uk/a-new-domain-to-play-with/