august 2007 newsletter

However, the phone companies seemed so have spurned the Google advances so far - apparently because Google wanted a 'disproportionate' amount of the ad revenues.

So now there are suggestions that Google will set itself up as a mobile operator. It could happen.

This month we finished a job for Acme Creative whose client, De Vere Fractional Ownership, needed a new site to showcase the fantastic Colquhoun Mansionhouse Apartments at Loch Lomond.

Fractional ownership gives you shared ownership of a luxury apartment along with other benefits - check the site!

The site itself uses quite a lot of fancy technology to get the message across - Flash animation, Javascript, the Blot Gallery software and even Google Maps to give people directions. Another good example of using web technologies for marketing purposes!

Try typing 'http://www.google.com' into your browser.
If you are in the UK, chances are that what you typed will change to http://www.google.co.uk automatically and you will be directed to the UK Google site. Our international clients will experience a similar redirect.

On the face of it the logic behind this is pretty sound - if you are in a certain country, you are likely to want to search for content in that country.

However, the way Google ranks web sites for these 'country' sites might penalise your web site if it has certain characteristics.

Blot Design is a member of the most successful business networking group in the world.

Each week we meet to exchange and refer business between our members. It's a great way of doing business (only one company from any business area can join, so there is no competition between members).

We're always looking for businesses to join our group. Here's the top 6 business categories we are currently looking for:

• Interior Designer
• PR
• Recruitment
• Catering
• General Solicitor