The Rise And (Brief) Fall Of Paul Henry

The Rise And (Brief) Fall Of Paul Henry

Oct 10

Just over a week ago Paul Henry was accepting the People’s Choice Award for Best Presenter at the 2010 Qantas NZ Film and Television Awards. Today he announced his resignation from TVNZ. What an astounding fall from grace. For the record, I think Paul is a superb broadcaster. However, the comments he has made recently regarding New Zealand’s Governor General, and those of New...

New Zealand Search Engine Optimisation Competition

New Zealand Search Engine Optimisation Competition

Aug 21

Now this is pretty exciting (if you’re into bounce rates, CTR and PageRank updates), and hats off to competition organiser Adam Hutchinson for putting it all together. What Adam has done is organise what is probably New Zealand’s first SEO competition, and it’s free to enter. The aim of the competition is to rank #1 in Google for a pre-selected keyword phrase on the deadline of...

Have I Found The Best Drape Company In Auckland?

Have I Found The Best Drape Company In Auckland?

May 26

No you haven’t, but you may have found this Website as  the  result of a radio spot on Auckland’s NewstalkZB that asks you to Google the phrase “The Best Drape Company in Auckland”. Now, I’ve covered this before with the example of KiwiBank’s TV campaign that had a similar call to action (no, not to Google drapes, but something along the lines of 100%...

Link Building 101

Link Building 101

Feb 01

Lissie over at her passive online income blog has posted a link to what I have to say is probably the best introductory break-down of link-building, AND why it is so important. Lissie points to a post on a site called bloggerillustrated.com, run by Allyn Hayne. The post essentially details everything you need to know about backlinks. I have visited the site a few times and there is some good...

New Zealand First WebSite

New Zealand First WebSite

Aug 26

Argh, I’m not delving into politics here – I’ll leave that to KiwBlog- and yes, I should be spending more time developing my money sites, but the New Zealand First website is JUST SO BAD. I mean, c’mon, who uses tables for design these days. Almost as bad as frames.  Seriously, grab a CSS book. I’m not a designer, and couldn’t draw myself out of a book –...