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NEWSLETTER
January 2006

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Blot Design syndicated content

Interior design that sells!

Jagger Update rocks search engine placings

Get the best mortgage deal!


 

Blot Design syndicated content
Along with our new company name, we've completely redeveloped our website to incorporate the new identity and to give us a platform to promote and launch the services and applications planned for 2006.

The site is WC3 standards compliant throughout and meets the WAI accessibility recommendations. We aim to meet these standards where possible for all new sites we build.

We have also integrated the successful Wordpress blogger software into the site in the Writing section. This area will be used for articles and useful documents for our customers and the world at large.

The article stream and our newsletters are also now available as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds where you can subscribe to the feeds and be alerted each time new content is published.

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Dear Iain,
A new year and a new company brand! Welcome to the first Blot Design Newsletter....

  • Interior design that sells!
  • A well designed and furnished interior can be the difference between selling a property or not. Interior Motives are a successful Edinburgh interior design company who specialise in the property development market, providing one-stop design and furnish services to showhouses, bars, restaurants and commercial property.

    And if you are a property investor, their Investor Turnkey Package is ideal to get your property ready for rent or sale.

    Their unique design process puts you, the seller, in control of the budget with no unexpected costs. And with 15 years in the business, they know what they're doing - 80% of showhouses designed by IM are sold with contents included.

    Interior Motives design gallery
  • Jagger Update rocks search engine placings
  • Every now and then the search engines change their rating algorithms and affect businesses all over the world. In November last year, Google made an update, christened the 'Jagger update', that has changed the search engine positioning of a lot of companies.

    So what did they change? No-one knows for sure but the industry experts reckon it comes down to two main areas; link relevancy and reciprocal links. Regular readers of the newsletter know that Google places great store on the links that point to your site. But a good rating is more complicated than just the number of links. They should ideally be

    • from sites in the same business context as yours
    • use anchor text that includes your target search terms
    Now, in an effort to minimise the effect of link exchanges schemes, it looks like Google are marking down sites where they sense 'artificial' reciprocal links. So if you've exchanged links in the past with sites who have no business or logical association with your site, it might be worth removing them.

    Our search engine services...
  • Get the best mortgage deal!
  • Blot Design is a member of BNI, the most successful business networking group in the world.

    Each month we showcase member companies that might be of interest to you.

    This month we'd like to introduce you to 1st Class Mortgages.

    This company knows the mortgage market inside out and they are totally independent of the lending companies. Whether you're moving home, planning home improvements or just looking to save money on your mortgage, they will search to find you the best deal available.

    Give them a call on 0141 779 2888 for a free, no obligation quote or drop an email to Darren Leiper at 1st Class Mortgages.

    BNI Scotland...
    +44 (0)131 478 2606
     
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