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I don't know if I'm showing my age, being sexist, old fashioned or just getting naturally grumpy as I get older... But is it me or are younger girls these days obsessed with tattoos?

pic credit joe-ks.com

I don't mean the little red devil on the shoulder, but big tattoos on the top of the arms.

Been completely hypocritical and having tattoos on my arms, (which I still like) I've always found it odd seeing girls with big tattoos, and something you didn't see often. The Spice girls introduced the "band" which became popular, and you see plenty of faded bands on some 40+'s when you go shopping

But the craze at the moment seems to be with big tattoos on young girls, ie late teens early 20's, and I wonder if they will regret it in later years? It seemed to be piercings was all the rage a few years ago, but judging by younger family members and friends, this has been superseded? Even at nursery the kids are obsessed with the temp tattoos.

I only hope the fad is something less permanent when my girls are older

Hello Johns

Well thank you for your concern It is true MLF is getting less traffic than previously, and there are a variety of factors.

The author tags (pics showing in the serps) were dropped by Google a few months ago after it decided to remove this functionality from forums and multi author articles, and these were very visual, and a good traffic draw.

We also have continually cracked down on spam, and now block or remove over 90% of sign ups. We would sooner have 5 good posts, rather than 50 low grade postcounting SEO ones.

Just looking at your intro, as you are a recent member yourself, and with a Pakistan based IP address, my crystal powers can sense a sales pitch on it's way...

We've never paid for SEO on the forum, it's a free resource, take it or leave it. In fact the SEO that has been done in the past by means of a free challenge, has in the light of recent Penguin updates been more harmful than useful, and confirms my natural skepticism of any paid or outsourced SEO

So Johns, looking forward to some stimulating and intellectual posting, otherwise I'll get my big stick out...

Welcome aboard

Before shelling out on some SEO sharks and getting drawn into PPC, have you started with the obvious? Pounded the streets and leafleted your local area, cards in newsagents, etc.

I assume you have quite a local catchment area, so you want very localised and targeted marketing, rather than generic net traffic.

No April Fool, this is the future of the Internet, semantic search and augmented reality in front of your eyes, with abit of adsense thrown in

Nope, Vodaphone sold it's stake in Verizone for $130bn

Interesting one. Although haven't set up a US legal identity, we have set up a specific US targeted website.

On the US site, we show our UK address details in the footer, and make it clear any support is via email. If you are showing a local geographic address, then people will expect a local phone number for customer support issues.

For our market, advertising, keeping it as email support hasn't deterred people from signing up, but if revenue was substantial enough, then I would look to have a locally based office and support.

Guess it depends on the business model and revenue expectations. Maybe put a toe in the water and see if it's viable before spending too much?

Well I'm not sure about fiverr! Think thats a bit optimistic

As Elisabeth says, it's not going to be that complex, just go and find a half decent developer. Remember you get what you pay for, so if you have a minimal budget, expect a minimal end result!

Any developer could do the script and the design for you.

Interesting stuff from Marketing Land, and I agree it's only a matter of time before advertising hit's Google Glass.

Looking forward to trying these glasses out one day! Anybody got any??

The Future Of Advertising In Your Eyes Today: Google Glass & Field Trip

So after years of decline and the glory days of Nokia handsets a distant memory, a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has bought Nokias Mobile business for

Hi Mark

Well that's a first, targeted Iranian traffic!

I guess a lot of it depends on any local policies and politics. From our Western media the impression we get is the UK and USA are public enemy number 1, so does Google have the predominance in Iran as it does across other countries?

Or does it come under some kind of embargo restrictions? No point optimising for the Google god if he's been outranked by local competition, like it has in China.

As a UK and US forum, I'm ot sure you're in the right place, but interesting thread