First Violin Recital

Posted on Thursday, 26th June 2008 | No Comments
Another quick family post. Tonight Mya played her first public violin solo at her school music and drama recital. She was the youngest participant in the recital and has only been having violin lessons at school for a few months. She did great. (more...)

Nott Family Women - Race for Life

Posted on Tuesday, 10th June 2008 | 1 Response
I don't post here very often and when I do it's certainly never about SEO (I'm way too cool for that). So it pretty much has to be something important nowadays to make me get off my lazy behind and fire-up wordpress. But this post is one that I am very keen and proud to write. In 2006 a very dear family friend and (more...)

No Longer Vegetarian

Posted on Thursday, 13th March 2008 | 4 Responses
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 (more...)

SEO Ninja

Posted on Tuesday, 11th December 2007 | 2 Responses
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 (more...)

SEO Wedding - Rob Kerry & Lisa Ditlefsen

Posted on Wednesday, 10th October 2007 | 8 Responses
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!! (more...)

SEOs in the Strangest Places

Posted on Monday, 10th September 2007 | No Comments
I'm sure most others in the industry are used to the general public not having a clue what we do for a living. When asked what I do, it's normally safest to mention I.T. or a vague 'online marketing'. So I was very surprised today, that while sat in my optician's chair having an eye exam, when I said online marketing, he said "with search engines?". I was suitably impressed to discover (more...)