Content is king – or is it?

website contentThe ‘Internet Gurus’ are always telling us that content is king and that we must strive to keep churning out ever-changing original content for our websites if we are to gain brownie points from the search engines.

You can’t stand still for a minute, keep those words flowing, they say, or your site will plummet to the depths of obscurity.

“Here, let me help you, invest in this course, watch that video from ‘my buddy’ John Doe, buy now from my link and get all these useless re-hashed bonuses ($597 value) for FREE!” You know the sort of thing, I’m sure.    Continue reading

A Portrait from the Street

street portraitureI went walkabout into town at around midday a couple of weeks ago and came across this guy, Olly, who is from Germany and of no fixed abode.

He was sitting in the street with his faithful dog and despite his predicament he was bright, cheerful and easy to get along with.

I asked him if it would be ok to take a couple of pictures and he was fine with that so I set to work.    Continue reading