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I was delighted to be approached by Media Safety to do a makeover of their existing site. They are based at Leavesden Studios (just next to where the new Harry Potter experience is being created).

They have been supporting the entertainment and broadcast industries since 2003 and have worked on productions large and small ranging from the Harry Potter Films to The Harry and Paul Show.

www.mediasafety.co.uk

A much needed makeover has been completed for Langley Park Golf Club in Beckenham in Kent. I am delighted that the new site is finally up and running and is a considerable improvement in both how the site looks and how theClub will manage the content.

Google finally rolled out the latest updates to its algorithms ‘Panda’ and this hit the USA in Feb of this year. The UK has now seen Panda prowlling through websites based in the UK and losers seem to be voucher sites, ‘content’ and links farms with little or no original content. At the end of the day, that was what Google intended, to demote the sites that don’t add value to the Internet, so it is the same old story – ‘content is king’. Sites that produce their own original content and update regularly seem to have done well out of the update, but it is unlikely that the smaller sites will have been drastically affected – yet!

My advice on getting listed in Google pretty much remains the same – write good quality original content, don’t stuff it full of irrelevant keywords and as far as possible, update frequently. Good content means that visitors will keep reading and if they remain on your site for longer, Google will reward you by higher rankings.

Just as a footnote, the update does risk  upsetting Microsoft and also the EU Commission because it has demoted the shopping comparison site owned by Microsoft (Ciao). The ranking on that site has been cut by 94%, which means it will only rarely feature in the top 10 search results. So is Google using its virtual monopoly on search unfairly or just trying to give users a better user experience. I don’t think Google cares much at the moment, but maybe the EU will? 

Media Safety Limited was set up in 2003 to fill the growing need for specialist Health and Safety and Fire Safety advice in the Film, Television, Commercial and Broadcast industries. I am currently in the process of redesigning their website and will be incorporating a content management system for them so they can update pages themselves.

This month I have been working on sites for a Clinical Psychology practice based in Tonbridge, a beauty therapist in Kent and major updates to Richmond Caterers who have had a rebrand.

I’m also at last working on my own site as it is well overdue a makeover.

The website for Woodbury Interiors is now up and running. Andree is an interior designer in bromley and I wish her great success with her venture.

Arcray Webmedia! My existing site is looking a bit tired and my new site is under way as time permits between doing paid work. Hope to have it running in a month, but watch this space as the saying goes.

A content managed website for Woodbury Interiors, and interior designers based in Bromley is nearing completion and content is being added to the final design. Hopefully this should be live next week.

My ongoing work over the next few weeks includes fully content managed website for Lanlgey Park Golf Club. Their existing website has been running for around 5 years and the new site is a complete makeover from this. More details in a couple of weeks.

Darren Beach is extending the area he offers his services to and is now operating as Canterbury and Herne Bay Carpet Cleaners. A family run business offering a first class service.