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All about Brine. An SEO blog on the name and substance known as Brine
Ok, so part of the aim of building my website originally, other than so my friends could keep track of my travels, was to try and get my name in lights on Google. By this, I mean that I wanted my surname, Brine, to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results., to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results., to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results., to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results., to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results., to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results.. By this, I mean that I wanted my surname, , to rank near the top of Google, if not the top, then very near it. This is made difficult by the amount of (Pay Per Click) advertising that takes up the first 9 results.Running a search on the 3 major search engines, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live Search, you can see that my site struggles to get a good search position. In fact, the best position I managed is page 8 on Google - which isn’t too bad, but I want higher.So, what can I do about this? Well, the first thing to do is lookup what sites do appear for Brine. It’s clear to see that being such a common substance, the primary results are not as clearcut as you would expect. The mix includes definitions from sites such as Wikipedia and the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. This kind of makes sense, as a lot of sites will link to these, and they provide a good dense usage of Brine in their content.
Next up comes the cookery sites, with some great cooking tips from Cooking For Engineers and Ochef on the process of Brining. Behind that comes some of the more obscure things, such as Brines Sporting Goods, and Water flows on Mars, by the BBC. There’s also sites on treating water with Brine, such as Brine tanks by the Clack Corporation.
But, in amongst all this are the personal sites. How some of these get here is a mystery! One example that I’ve never worked out is chrisgregory.com. How that site stays in the index is beyond me, as it’s not been updated since May 2005. But, then there’s the genuine ones, such as the American singer, Mark Brine.
So, what am I doing to try and change this. Well, this blog is a start. The idea being that I’ve made good use of my keywords, Brine and Brining, ensuring that they’re used a suffecient amount - but not too much - and where possible, linked either back to this site or to external sites, such as Wikipedia that talk about Brine. There’s also the social tags I’ve used. Obviously, the main ones are Brine and Brining, along with my usual tags. I’ll be posting the page around a few websites, and relying on the RSS Syndication to work it’s magic. Then, hopefully in a week or so, I’ll start to see to a difference for that keyword…
The true measure of this SEO test will be whether or not using Brine in this way will make a difference. I’ll keep you posted…
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February 8, 2007 No Comments
A sad farewell as Sarah leaves the lavender house for the states
As many of you know, I’ve been is Sydney for over 7 months now, and for most of that time, I’ve been living in one place in what we’ve come to describe as a very ‘transient’ house. People usually only stay here for 2 to 3 months and move on. However, 2 of us have been here for a lot longer than that. Until now…
Unfortunately, Sarah has now gone back to her family in the USA, leaving me here, pondering my future in the Lavender House - that’s our other name for it. During her time here. we’ve become very good friends, and have made each other’s experience’s here something that we’ll remember forever.
I admit. we have had our ups and downs, but whenever we’ve needed someone to talk to, we’ve always turned to each other. It’s kind of strange not having her here now, and I half expect (hope) that she’ll walk through the door any day now. But, despite all my trying, I don’t think that will happen. You see, here experiences of Sydney have been slightly jaded by her university, that seems to have gone out of it’s way to take money from her, make it as difficult as possible for her to get anything done. Then there’s the fact that it’s an hour from the CBD - so 3 hours of traveling for her a day.
Then there’s the weather. I’m going to let out a little secret here… The weather in Sydney’s not as great as the brochure’s let on. It’s been very cold at times, with the biggest temperature swings) I’ve ever know. It can be 30 degrees one day, then 14 the next (it went to 8 once).
But, the times we’ve had here have been some of the best of my life. We’ve had many parties in the house - and it stayed intact. We started cooking together, and I think we’re now both much better in the kitchen for it - although there was my incident with chocolate powder re-decorating the kitchen, and she does still occasionally burn things. Our wanderings around town, and the close group of friends we’ve been lucky enough to make.
So, it’s with a tear in my eye that I finish this blog, and say farewell to a very close friend. I hope we’ll always stay close, and get the chance to live together again in the future. Thank you Sarah.
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November 28, 2006 No Comments
