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September 5th

Fit’s a’ the stramash aboot? : myScottishStuff

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A new social networking site has appeared recently called myScottishStuff - a networking site allowing stories to be submitted of a, you guessed it, Scottish nature! Already you can see the Scottish shining through with posts such as Groanin’ Jock: Backwards B and Drive ban for ’steaming’ motorist.
Easy to use and looks pretty good to-boot. […]

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September 5th

Walk Monkey Boy, Walk!

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Ryan is off this weekend to do a sponsored walk for Cancer Research UK. Starting in Bridge of Orchy he will walk along the West Highland Way to The Kings Lodge Hotel a total of 14 miles.
Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. They support research into all aspects […]

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September 2nd

Hair Care Products from HairCareShop

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We are delighted to announce a new client in the Hair and Beauty products sector to add to our ever growing and eclectic portfolio. HairCareShop will be going for a full redesign and e-commerce upgrade (to our search engine friendly shopping cart) and a full blown SEO campaign just in time to target the Christmas […]

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August 27th

Thai Orchid Restaurant Edinburgh

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A little about Thai Orchid:
The Thai Orchid restaurant in Edinburgh is an atmospheric and friendly family run restaurant just below the castle and at the top of the Royal Mile. It is in prime position for a stroll round the Edinburgh Old Town to walk up an appetite.
The menu is packed full of authentic Thai […]

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August 27th

Avoid the business hearse, go ecommerce!

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A report was published today by the Office for National Statistics showing that internet access in the home is on the increase. It states that so far in 2008, 16 million UK households have internet access which is an increase of just over 1 million form 2007. Also, up from 51% to 56% is the […]

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August 21st

Piano Hire Edinburgh

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We are pleased to have put a new website live for the Edinburgh Organ Studio. This site is to promote the hire side of the business and they offer everything from short to long term hire of digital, accoustic and classical pianos.
Thiesite is fully a content managed website so will be updated on a regular […]

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August 18th

SEO and what you should know.

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I wrote an article a year ago on what you should be asking your web developer. It became quite a popular post so I have decided to follow it up with another guide on what you should be looking for in a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) company.
With so many companies out there how do you […]

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August 18th

Knockhill, Nonsense and Narcolepsy!

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The Date : Sunday the 16th August
The Location : Knockhill
The Event : The British Touring Car Championships (BTCC)
The Group : A selection of PoLR’s web design and Search Engine Optimisation clients and team members all geared up (if you’ll excuse the pun) to make the most of an action packed, non-stop day of racing and […]

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August 7th

Fringe and Food Fun.

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With festival season upon us once again I decided to get a list together of my favourite restaurants in Edinburgh to remind myself which are worth a visit (and to make sure I don’t miss out this August!) Now, i’m no food critic but I know what I like and the restaurants below all offer […]

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July 31st

Bounce rate – What it means and why it’s not a disaster if it increases.

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Analysing your website’s traffic can quite quickly become an obsession. The most obvious aspect people look at would be the number visitors coming onto the site, but there is far more information than that available to the budding website analyst.
Being able to identify whom your average customer is would be a good start. There are […]

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