The Nott world has been in a bit of an upheaval recently when it comes to health and food: taking up and sticking with my first bit of serious exercise in decades - karate, and being on a serious weight loss plan - lost nearly 2 stone in last 2 months. :)
So just to add to the mix, after being vegetarian for 12 years (though pescetarian
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As a few friends/colleagues know, I decided to join a Shotokan Karate club back in August. I'd been looking for a regular exercise regime for the last few years, and as my wife and daughter had been attending and enjoying the club since January, I thought I'd give it a try.
It turns out that Karate is one of the most addictive things I've ever tried, as now I can't
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For those who attended the recent SEO drinks after Ad:tech London, you may remember Lisa Ditlefsen (from SEO Chicks) and Rob Kerry (evilgreenmonkey) making a small wager.
They bet that if Rob could get onto the front page (top ten) in Google for weddings by the time of PubCon Vegas, they would 100% seriously get married in Vegas!!
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Now I know monkey's aren't famed for their intelligence, but I am really amazed how little our evil green one understands about the meaning of 'low-profile'.
He knows what I think about SEO Celebrities and that I 've enjoyed my relative anonymity for the last 8 years within the industry. Yet when the conference he's speaking at tomorrow called to say one of their speakers had pulled out, Rob
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As you may have read, earlier this week Rob and I threw off any ounce of credibility in the SEO industry that we may have had, by selling out and exhibiting Ayima at Ad:tech London.
The thing is though, it really was far more successful than I imagined, and we got loads of great leads out of it. I definitely wouldn't recommend Ad:tech to anyone as an
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[alt-title: Ayima hires yet another dirty black-hat spammer] :)
Anyone who's trying to run a growing search operation knows how hard it is to hire good SEOs.
Some people like to take on newbies and train them up but who really has the time to do that? And as I have some quiet strict ideas about what makes a proper SEO, its rare to find a newbie who I think
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