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The mobile site is currently roughly about 12-13% of traffic.

Have seen a spike of visitors on our mobile site on the run up to xmas, which shows people are out and about but searching from their smart phones.

Organic traffic to the main site dipped as it does every xmas, but mobile traffic compensated. The trick is to find new ways to monetize this traffic

Ok, so we are semi working

Although my right hand man has decided to go shopping lol

These few days between xmas and New year are quite odd. Looking forward to a fresh start next Tuesday

This is still one of my favorites, just never get a chance to use it!

You started on the port and mince pies already?


there is no need to shutdown and no need to carry on with your business?

I think Peters been at the port as well!

lol fantastic

It is weird having xmas in a hot country.

Had xmas 1989 in Ascension Island, 500 miles from the equator, traditional xmas dinner, then the fire section sprayed us all down with foam for a big foam fight, followed by a beach bbq and far too much beer.

As opposed to xmas 1997 in Saudi Arabia under canvas in the middle of the desert. Mind you, British ingenuity, 160 Brits attached to 4000 US personnel, come NewYears eve, there were 4000 sober Americans, and 160 completely bladdered Brits. Turned out each British tent had come up with a different way to make some booze, but we all kept it quiet Even our Commanding Officer was impressed.

Our military may be small, our kit outdated, but the British Squaddie can make booze anywhere...

happy days...

And your good self

You beat me to it, but well reminded!

If you are getting converting traffic to this domain, and you're happy with it, then happy days.

But the reality is, if you want it to perform better or for new key word phrases, then it will be as most SEO companies have told you links links links. On page SEO is pretty straight forward, and other than a few pointers, any work will be link building.

Unfortunately, and I share your pain, there is an awful lot of crap out there. The other day I found out a large UK SEO company who advertise as completely UK based, actually buy in bulk, paid links from Asia. I've been burned countless times.

Google says do it naturally, in theory great content is link bait. Its slow, but it works and its 100% free and natural.

But there are good guys out there, and I suspect most are freelancers or 2 man bands. I've used Chris from Innocent SEO who posts on the forum, not used James, but anyone who provides that much help on a forum rather than a one line link dump, is probably worth listening to

Nope, but I hope it hasn't followed the same theme of recent media hysteria. It does make me chuckle the intense paranoia. Apparently we are about to descend into war and anarchy. Stock up your shelves, dust off the shotgun, armeggeddon is here... again...

There's loads of stories like this floating around:
Stocking up for Doomsday: As economists predict meltdown, meet the families ready for the worst | Mail Online

Plus even came across an American forum dedicated to surviving the impending apocalypse. It would have been hillarious apart from the fact that some of these people are serious, and are planning some fantasy hollywood post madmax gun toting world. Some of the threads were pretty disturbing!

Looking at some of the usernames and profiles, there seemed to be a similarity of low intelligence, lack of achievements and love for all things anarchy

Mind you, if law and order does break down, at least I'll be able to sort out my neighbour dispute

Right, pull up the drawbridge, let Europe sort itself out, I'm off to watch Frosty the Snowman while we still have electricity before France switches it off...