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I loved this article from the BBC, and the headline summed it up:

"Tesco is like a juggernaut with a puncture and a worrying rattle in the engine. It's still a pretty big lorry of course - let's not forget that it made £3.3bn of profits last year (admittedly down 6%) and still accounts for 29% of all supermarket trade in the UK (down from over 30%)."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27693501

Anyone got any spanners?

Right, sorry for being slow on the uptake, have replicated your problem!

Ok, so now I'm really baffled. It's like the description tag of your meta data, or opengraph description tag has been hijacked. But looking at your home page, you don't have any markup and your description is: <meta name="description" content="Officially Licensed Retro T-Shirts"/>

It's only when you share on Facebook, it displays correctly on Google Plus.

Looking at other listings on the directory you cancelled from, they just display their normal description when shared on FB.

I don't suppose you can add any meta information if it's a vistaprint website? Have vistaprint come back with anything?

Anyone web peeps got any bright ideas?

Sorry Kempres, I don't understand what you are saying?

Can you give me the link to a page on your website which is displaying the directory link. Or are you saying the directory link can be seen on your home page, because I can't see it?

In the current world of a dominant search engine, and relentless Google algorithm changes, do you think Google should publicly display or warn people if your website has been hit by a manual or algorithm penalty?

Search Engine Roundtable did a poll and here's their results:

Full article from Search Engine RoundTable

As business and website owners, what do you think? A good or bad idea?

See that's true British spirit! Who cares what the weather does, I said Barbie, we're having a barbie

Years ago, living in a shared house with a group of lads, we had a big party and cranked up the BBQ in our garage. Didn't really think it through as we set fire to the garage ceiling and lost our rental deposit. Good party though 

That's proper old ropey school, reciprocal linking. No directory should demand a link back in order to submit a listing and you rightly so ran a mile

Completely confused though, they physically can't add a link to your site, only you can do that.

The screen shot is a facebook share. Have you selected the share from their directory site? In which case that's why the link will show. If you have inadvertently shared a post, then just delete it from your facebook timeline.

Or has a link actually appeared on your site? If so can you show me where, because I can't see any on your website and it doesn't make any sense?

We're guilty of being lazy shoppers, and tend to do the weekly shop at Tescos.

But the missus went in Aldi's recently for the first time, mainly as Barney says from reviews and friends comments, after refusing to darken their cheap and tat door, as was genuinely surprised.

She said the fruit and veg looked very good, and things like a big jar of Nescafe Gold were a fiver compared to about £8 in Tescos. Also the alcohol was a lot cheaper apparently  So the plan now is to start getting some of the stuff from Aldi and start shopping a bit smarter.

At this rate, we may even consider stepping over the threshold of a pound shop  Obviously we'll take our Marks and Sparks carrier bags with us...

Tesco points wise, since they started the fuel promotion last month, I've been saving nearly £14 off a full tank of diesel which is pretty good, plus we also tend to convert them into tickets for family days out which tends to be better value than using as straight points.

But certainly pays to shop smarter, especially with the current price wars going on between the supermarkets.

Well here's a trick I haven't seen in a while, lifting a post off another forum and passing it off as your own. That's a bit 2009 

Luckily our system can spot Chinese members using USA Proxies 

The member is banned and other posts deleted, but this post, although lifted from a 2008 post, raised an interesting question I'd never thought of. Is there a standard size of business cards, or does anything go?

Looking at the cork board in the office which is adorned with business cards from networking meetings gone by, they all seem to vary in size, but hover roughly around the credit card size so it logically fits in your wallet.

My last 2 biz cards are different sizes, so do printers ignore any set down standard, which wikipedia reputes to be:

(US)

Bleed size: 95.25 × 57.15 mm (3.75 × 2.25 in) (1⁄8 in bleeds)Standard cut size: 89 × 51 mm (3.5 × 2 in)

(UK)

Bleed size: 91 × 61 mm (3.58 × 2.40 in)Standard cut size: 85 × 55 mm (3.35 × 2.17 in)

Or a bigger question, has the day of the business card gone?

David Amerland in a Google+ Post stated when asked for a business card, he replies "Google me"

That may work for the likes of Clive, but this bloke appeared when googling my name

Happy birthday! 

Have taken the opportunity to try and surpass your Google 1 spot for Grumpy Clive, and now try and get you show up for image searches as well. 

Cheer up, pub later 

I think the Queen has done an incredible job, and has been a steady hand that has seen a long line of Prime Ministers come and go, and seen just about every kind of crisis and social change the UK has ever seen. 

But it's time for her to step down while she is on top, and enjoy what time she has left with Phillip. But she represents a bygone age, unrecognisable to youngsters. Charles has had a rough ride in the public eye, rightly or wrongly, and the death of Diana, conspiracy theories, and the perceived lack of support for Camilla doesn't help.

William and Kate are the new generation, recent military service, recently married, sprog, they are in the right place at the right time, and will have longetivity to take the Royals forward. Plus a King and Queen will be good ambassadors for the country, and I suspect keep the commonwealth together.

Charles represents the old guard, will appeal to traditionalists, but be alienated by anyone under 30, and I suspect will begin the beginning of the end of the commonwealth.

Obviously just my humble opinion in case a beefeater turns up and marches me off to the tower!