Tanked Up

I was checking our website stats last night and noticed an unusual search term that found us.

‘Where to purchase Red Sea Coral’, I was a bit stunned to be honest.

1. How the f@$k did they get to our site? A reference to a Red Sea Coral Grouper apparently. So, not so smart then.

2. Who the hell want’s to buy coral anyway??! With the rate that coral reefs are being destroyed at present, you’d think that people were wising up to the fact and that it might be a good idea to leave the bloody stuff where it belongs … IN THE SEA!!

Checking further I see the searcher originated from Washington in the good old USA. Maybe it was that environmental enthusiast George W Bush, looking to add the destruction of the Red Sea to his list of wonderful achievments. I think we all know what the W stands for, unfortunately it doesn’t translate in the US
Wow two rants for the price of one, not bad eh?

Is there anywhere that you see on the internet, magazines or advertising hoardings, that drop shadows haven’t invaded?

Well just to expand their viral nature and eventual world domination, I’ve added a drop shadow tutorial under the imaging section of the site. I can’t apologise enough, so I won’t bother. I’ve included a link to the GIMP script-fu, instructions on how to implement it and a page on applying a drop shadow manually.
Continue to drop shadow tutorial …

We’ve changed the menu to make the site more accessable, and it looks better of course.
In the process we messed around with a few css designs, so rather than ditch them completely, they’ve been added for anyone who wants to use them. There are five different flavours which you can use as a template and create your own from.
Continue to css menus …

The following has all been learnt from trial and error over the last 6 months. I’m not claiming this is the definitive article on improving your website traffic, not by any means. But these easy steps have improved the traffic on this website by over 600%, without paying for directory listings. I’ve added links to various free and very helpful sites, which will help improve your site accessability and popularity. Continue to improve website traffic