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View By Category | View By Month | View By LatestGold, Silver, Bitcoin, Ethereum Price Reversal Near?
6 September 2022
The turnaround week for precious metal asset prices may have come when gold touched $2,075 before the Bank of Russia abolished the ruble-gold link and sent gold prices plunging. Unsurprisingly, wi...more info>>>
Gold, silver, Bitcoin, Ethereum Price Reversal Near?
6 September 2000
The turnaround week for precious metal asset prices may have come when gold touched $2,075 before the Bank of Russia abolished the ruble-gold link and sent gold prices plunging. Unsurprisingly, wi...more info>>>
Know Your Twitter Limits
7 August 2014
Twitter became famous for one single limit: no more than 140 characters per message. However, there other rather interesting limits that Twitter imposes on its users, highlighted by mediabistro.com's...more info>>>
15 Twitter Phrases That Have Had Their Day
6 August 2014
I find any kind of internet meme/trend annoying, so when http://uk.marketo.com/ compiled a list of Twitter phrases, I was actually quite pleased that I'd not encountered most of them - it's a bit of a...more info>>>
8 Types of Message to Send Out on Twitter
29 July 2014
Twitter is all about ENGAGEMENT, not just number of followers. It's also true that some tweets are more engaging than others, and this post looks at the most popular types of message that will encour...more info>>>
10 Years Ago Today...
27 July 2014
Ten years ago today (27th July 2014), I launched the shoptemplate.co.uk demo shop. This has now evolved into puresilva.com. Click to enlargeClick to enlarge...more info>>>
A Daily Dose of Music
17 July 2014
Music - I like it, so I built a page that has some music on it! A daily dose of music brings you 3 recommended tracks to listen to plus a random UK top 40 from anywhere between 1960 and last year. I h...more info>>>
Make Sure You Know Your Advanced Location Settings on Google Adwords
2 July 2014
...if you don't check your advanced location settings on your Adwords campaigns, you're likely wasting a lot of clicks! Did you know that if you target the UK for example, people outside the UK may st...more info>>>
When You Have to Deal With Google Adword Suspensions
29 June 2014
This is one of my first video blogs, so I'm just going to bulletpoint what it's about below - more details in the video below! One of my clients, John Evans of Distinctive Handmade Boxes, received ...more info>>>
The More Challenging Something Is, The Less Competition You Have
20 June 2014
The title says it all really - if your business model requires a considerable amount of hard work, skill, research and perseverence to be a success, then you can be sure that a lot of your competition...more info>>>
Altruism Is Good for Business
18 May 2014
I took a call today from a guy called Peter Brown who runs a drainage company - he had a question about one of the directories I run as he wanted to add his website to it. He mentioned that he ran hi...more info>>>
Google Adwords Default Settings You May Not Be Aware Of
12 May 2014
The purpose of this article is to uncover Google Adwords settings you may not be aware of, as they're buried away in "Advanced" sections. These are default settings that MAY lead to a lot of irreleva...more info>>>
Developers 0 Users 1
15 January 2014
That's the final score. The away team won, when the home team thought they had the advantage. What am I talking about? The "battle" between what developers want to develop, and how the users of...more info>>>
New Design to Puresilva.com
26 December 2013
puresilva.com has gone through its first major re-design since it launched in 2006 - that's 7 years! The site was becoming an anachronism - outdated and even rather disheveled - a real horror show of...more info>>>
Minor Epiphany When Viewing My Email Inbox
20 December 2013
Why do so many internet marketing companies - self-described experts no less - send unsolicited spam emails to market their own company? If they can't market their own company without resorting to thi...more info>>>
December Updates Planned for Puresilva
8 December 2013
Here are some updates to Puresilva planned for release through December:-Click-tracking on mailshot campaigns - see how many people (and which recipient) clicked through to your website from your mail...more info>>>
Windows Live Mail Seems to Encourage Phishing
3 December 2013
We all get phishing emails - your NatWest account has been suspended, your eBay account has been compromised, etc. They are bogus emails trying to scare you into giving away your details. They will ...more info>>>
Facebook Switch Breaks Websites
10 November 2013
I've noticed when logged into Facebook, and visiting websites with Facebook Like buttons, there's a little square box with the word "Switch" in it - in place of the Facebook Like button. It looks lik...more info>>>
New Pricing for Our Website Template
24 October 2013
The puresilva website template has simplified its pricing. You can now try it out for FREE for 14 days, followed by monthly payments of £19.99 per month, with no minimum term contract. This is ...more info>>>
Puresilva Template Now With Responsive, Mobile-Friendly Design
5 May 2013
With the growth in mobile (specifically, small screen) website traffic, website developers are having their hand forced into ensuring their websites are friendly to such small-screen visitors. Mobile...more info>>>
company.com/facebook is better than facebook.com/company
26 July 2012
In the years to come, your brand will be on a much stronger platform if you can control the platform it's on. There's nothing wrong with social media, but it should augment your marketing endeavours,...more info>>>
Puresilva website template now just £25 per month * 10 months
21 June 2012
You can now buy our website template at just £25 per month over 10 months (interest free). This puts our template in line with the monthly cost of EKMPowershop (when including VAT), but with puresilv...more info>>>
Google Cannot Forget Their Unique Selling Point
10 June 2012
There's been a lot of talk about Google favouring big brands in their SERPs (search engine result pages) - and with their recent announcement that Google Shopping will now no longer be free, but be "p...more info>>>
Google+ Local Recommends Places in Northampton for Me
31 May 2012
.....Northampton, Massachusetts, about 3000 miles from where I live - not very local! My Google+ profile tells me I live in Northampton, England, but when I go to my local results, I see Northampto...more info>>>
New Microblog Feature with the Template
26 May 2012
There's definitely a need for site owners to communicate with their visitors directly - often in a kind of present-tense style - to let them know about something that's happening now. Maybe it's :-ne...more info>>>
Annoying Google Ads that Follow Me
10 April 2012
I'm not sure how well the updates to Google's privacy policy are helping deliver more relevant ads on their Adsense platform. Case in point: I visited a competitor's site the other day, and since the...more info>>>
If Google+ Succeeds, it's a Loss for Small Businesses
7 February 2012
If Google+ succeeds as a social network, it will mean small businesses will be hobbled with yet ANOTHER platform to setup an account with and market from. Bigger busineses can afford to throw more hu...more info>>>
Trouble at the Google Mill
24 January 2012
While Google have helped my business over the years (and continue to do so via bringing me traffic), and helped my clients too, there's now a number of looming problems with their services that deserv...more info>>>
New Updated Photo Gallery for the Template
19 November 2010
There's a new type of photo gallery available for the puresilva website template - the "Search Engine Friendly Gallery". You can select it in backoffice > photo gallery (within the template):- ...more info>>>
Already have a website? Migrate to puresilva and get 20% off
14 May 2010
Do you already have a website? Maybe you have an e-commerce or content managed website already, but are considering using the puresilva website template for your current domain name. The problem i...more info>>>
Google Translate Bug - Pounds = Euros
28 February 2010
If you've installed Google Translate on your website, try converting your English language site to German, then check your product prices:- Your English language site showing pounds sterling...Go to ...more info>>>
puresilva website template reaches v3.00
9 February 2010
With incremental update releases happening on at least a weekly basis to the template, the version number has been ticking over like an odometer. So it's really more incidental than anything else tha...more info>>>
Why is website development so expensive?
31 January 2010
I get this question asked a lot by potential customers. Not directly about the prices I quote, but about prices quoted from other website developers they've spoken to. And I end up sort-of defendin...more info>>>
restylr.com - free online website template editor
11 January 2010
I've been busy developing a new online tool - restylr.com This (free) tool allows you to edit website templates online, adding your own banner, changing images, font sizes, colours, font types etc...more info>>>
Web developers ripping off customers
26 November 2009
If you introduced regulations to the web design industry, you'd likey see 90+% of web design companies disappear overnight as they're judged "unfit for purpose". Never has the phrase "you get what yo...more info>>>
puresilva home page now PR6
31 October 2009
After a recent PageRank update, it appears the home page of puresilva.com has a PageRank of 6. Is PR important? It is and it isn't. There's not much relationship between high PR and ranking well...more info>>>
puresilva Voted Best Banner Maker on makeuseof.com
22 September 2009
My personal favorite to make your own banner is PureSilva’s BannerMaker. Although there are a ton of available options, the interface remains relatively simple. The BannerMaker website hosts a ton ...more info>>>
New Advertisements Module For The Template
9 September 2009
A new facility allows puresilva template owners to make money from visitor-published adverts on their website. These come in the form of text ads, and site owners can choose how much they charge for ...more info>>>
5 Years Ago Today....
27 July 2009
Five years ago today (27th July 2004), I launched the shoptemplate.co.uk demo shop. This has now evolved into puresilva.com (v2.76 as of today). Click to enlargeClick to enlarge...more info>>>
£20 a month offer ends on 1st September 2009
25 July 2009
I've been offering the puresilva template to people for a monthly flat fee of £20. It's not the first time I've experimented with a low monthly price. It seems I introduce a monthly payment plan eve...more info>>>
Now You Can Sell Affiliate Products on puresilva
23 July 2009
It's now possible to sell affilaite products on puresilva for any outlet (Amazon, John Lewis, any website). More information in updates....more info>>>
Bing Referral Spam / False Visitor Stats
19 July 2009
Microsoft are doing it again regarding referral spam. They are sending false "visitors" to your site who supposedly found your site on the Bing search engine using single keyword searches like "item"...more info>>>
Formal or Informal?
17 July 2009
A biased look at what it is to be formal and informal :) Formal/OrthodoxYou adopt well-worn phrases when describing your services - a lexicon of commonly understood jargon, and you follow the well wo...more info>>>
Even more plans for puresilva!
14 July 2009
Here are planned updates to the puresilva website template - planned to implemented (all of them) by end of 2009:- Ability to sell affiliate productsThis will allow the site owner to add a product ...more info>>>
Alexa Rank More Important Than PageRank
5 June 2009
PageRank is fast becoming meaningless as a way to judge the value of a page. It doesn't take into account the amount of traffic the page gets, which I think is a big signal for a search engine. Tra...more info>>>
Simpler Backoffice and Future Plans
25 May 2009
The backoffice of the puresilva website template is going to undergo some big updates over the next month or so. To start off, the "variables" section has had a long overdue update:- Click to enla...more info>>>
Expired domain name evaluator tool
20 April 2009
Expired domains are a great way to jump start a new online business, or even give an extra push to an existing business. How so? Well, Expired domains are interesting for two reasons:- Arguably, al...more info>>>
puresilva template now auto-tweets updates
17 April 2009
Now on the puresilva template when you add a new article or product to your website you can check a box that says "auto tweet" and it will automatically add a message to Twitter with the title of your...more info>>>
Deleted tweets still showing on Twitter search
7 April 2009
Twitter's search facility still displays messages you've deleted even up to 3 days ago (as of today, test messages I made 3 days ago are still visible in the Twitter search). I can only guess the...more info>>>
Forums are more useful than Twitter
8 April 2009
It seems we are being dragged into the "Twittersphere" by our collar these days:- .....and I kind of agree with the cynic in the cartoon - it seems there's a lot of noise on Twitter and not muc...more info>>>
Simple Solution to Twitter's URL Problem
5 April 2009
Twitter is becoming an extremely popular means of communicating online, but a constant problem people have when sending a "tweet" (a message) are URLs - URLs take up too much of that precious 140 char...more info>>>
puresilva now has WYSIWYG editor with resizeable images
12 March 2009
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors are nothing new, but the annoying thing with all the ones we've tried is they don't resize image files when you resize the physical size of them in the e...more info>>>
New price set for the puresilva website template
2 March 2009
We've set the price of the puresilva website template to £250. This gives you the full template, including e-commerce facilities. This is quite a significant reduction from the previous price (which ...more info>>>
puresilva spider let loose
29 January 2009
We've launched our own site crawler which crawls all 100+ puresilva websites and finds the latest products / articles added and lists them here. Each site is crawled once per 3 hours 24/7, so our own...more info>>>
Further improvements to the banner maker
13 December 2008
I've had time to do some updates to the banner maker:-You can now preview both background and foreground images (makes things much quicker since you can see the images you are using before previewing,...more info>>>
What are they talking about?! news channel launched
4 December 2008
You can see at the top of this page a new link: "What are they talking about?!". Here's an FAQ about it...... What is "What are they talking about?!"It's a news aggregator - it takes a selection...more info>>>
puresilva t-shirts, caps and even mugs for sale!
29 November 2008
I've set-up a puresilva shop at cafepress.com where you can buy all kinds of merchandise with our logo embossed on it. I think it's more a case of me liking the logo on nice looking gear than anyone ...more info>>>
puresilva now has a youtube channel!
27 November 2008
At last puresilva now has a youtube channel, and I have uploaded 16 tutorial videos (on how to use the website template) to it:- youtube.com/puresilva I'll be uploading a lot more videos in the ...more info>>>
Has Google Adsense jumped the shark?
11 November 2008
Our own experience and feedback from some of our clients shows that Google Adsense is paying out very little these days - talking about 10 cents a click typically, no matter what the content on the pa...more info>>>
Late runner in the US Election!
3 November 2008
Looks like Obama all the way......but wait, what's this?! ...more info>>>
Further updates planned for puresilva website template
22 September 2008
Many updates are scheduled for the puresilva website template are planned over the next few months (in no particular order):- PollsFacility to allow you to add polling questions to website visitors. ...more info>>>
Improvements to Banner Maker
14 September 2008
Our Banner Maker has recently gone through a number of improvements:- You can apply bordering effects to imagesDither filterAlter opacity of imagesFor images, you can saturate, super-staturate, or ma...more info>>>
Photo Editor Tool
25 August 2008
We've just launched our new photo editor tool:- Photo Editor Tool Here you can resize, re-color, apply filters, watermark and write text on top of any of your photos!...more info>>>
Inbound Link Evaluator Tool
17 August 2008
A new web tool is available on puresilva.com :- Inbound Link Evaluator Tool This tool allows you to view the value of inbound links to any website. It's free for anyone to use and you can fin...more info>>>
Planned updates to the puresilva website template
15 July 2008
These are the planned new features to be installed over the coming months to the puresilva website template:- "Best Of The Web" FeatureJust select your favourite website RSS feeds, and this facilit...more info>>>
New non e-commerce version of puresilva sells at just £195
20 June 2008
First, a quick history lesson about the puresilva website template:- Back on July 27th 2004, "shoptemplate" was launched (http://www.shoptemplate.co.uk/). It was a robust e-commerce template that...more info>>>
Import Facility for puresilva
19 June 2008
It is now possible for puresilva website template owners to import unlimited products to their website via a text file. This means the possibility of importing thousands of products in just a few min...more info>>>
Google Analytics v puresilva Stats
16 June 2008
Our own website template comes with its own website visitor metrics, but it does allow site owners to easily plug-in Google Analytics and Site Meter stats packages. This article is a comparison betwe...more info>>>
puresilva's 2nd birthday!
9 April 2008
puresilva was launched 2 years ago today. During this time, puresilva has evolved through a series of continual updates, with over 100 websites now running under the template. We are looking forward...more info>>>
puresilva template updates now listed on puresilva.com
24 February 2008
We are now showing all the latest updates to our website template here - or from the link just below our logo at the top of this page ("see what's new!"). We will refresh this list every time there's...more info>>>
puresilva Affiliate Program launched
1 February 2008
We've launched a new Affiliate Program allowing you to earn a nice residual income. All you have to do is sign-up here (for free) and then link to our site. Any referrals from your link(s) that resu...more info>>>
Plans for 2008 - and how did I do in 2007?
4 January 2008
First off, I wrote a news entry at the beginning of January 2007 citing all the plans for the puresilva template and the puresilva.com website. How did it go? Well v2.0 of the template was rele...more info>>>
Google video units for Adsense
10 October 2007
From today, website owners in the US who make money from Google Ads can also install "video ads" onto their website. The videos are taken from youtube.com, and ads are placed above and below the vide...more info>>>
Product reviews / digital products and other updates
5 October 2007
New features have been added to the 2nd version of the puresilva website template:- Product Reviews Digital Products Also we've greatly updated the 'Make an Offer' facility to include counter...more info>>>
Preview of puresilva v2
2 September 2007
Since our last post, we have been busy adding new features to our new website template release - which will now be full-blown "version 2" of our puresilva template. We'll launch it towards the end of...more info>>>
Up-and-coming new developments
25 July 2007
The news has been quiet here as we have been deep in development, creating a new service which will launch sometime in Autumn 2007 - it's a kind of hybrid between our freeform service and our e-commer...more info>>>
Page Rank Checker Tool
4 July 2007
This facility allows you to check the Page Rank of any web page. Nothing new there, but there's more! It generates an image that can be placed on the page that's being checked, proving the PR val...more info>>>
Recommended Link Partners Directory
16 June 2007
We've launched our new recommended link partners directory here. You can add your own links page to our directory if you score 6/10 or higher according to our link page checker tool - giving you f...more info>>>
Tabbed browsing for puresilva e-commerce websites
29 May 2007
We have just released a new option available to puresilva e-commerce websites - the ability to add tabbed navigation to the website (see above image as example). For puresilva website owners, this...more info>>>
Social search engines
7 May 2007
The following are search engines that rely on humans (not algorithms) to determine the ranking of results. TallStreet.com AfterVote.com tallstreet.com What is Tall Street? Tall Street is ...more info>>>
How to get a higher click through rate for Google Adsense
25 March 2007
If you are running Google Adsense on your website, and aren't getting a high click through rate (CTR), it's probably because the ads are on a page that doesn't have a strong theme - which can lead to ...more info>>>
Google, Pay-per-click, and click fraud
1 February 2007
If you are running Google Ads, you may be wondering WHO is clicking on your adverts. Here is an interesting article on 'click fraud':- Click fraud continues to be an issue for search engine advert...more info>>>
Improvements to banner maker
17 January 2007
From lots of user feedback, we've greatly improved our banner maker facility. Updates:- - you can now upload your own images - you can position uploaded/chosen images horizontally and vertic...more info>>>
RSS Explained
8 January 2007
RSS is technology - a simple software program - that allows you to access web and blog content automatically. The acronym's most popular translation is "Really Simple Syndication. Once your browser or...more info>>>
How to Create Your Own Search Engine
5 January 2007
Plain English Alert: The term 'vertical search' really means a search engine that is specific to a particular subject. For example, a search engine that only returned results from Beatles tribute we...more info>>>
New Services Planned for puresilva in 2007
4 January 2007
We have a number of new, significant updates planned for puresilva in 2007, as well as the puresilva.com website. We have two new facilities planned for the puresilva.com site for non-customers :- ...more info>>>
Google Advertising Itself on Google
2 January 2007
When typing in keywords like 'blog' in Google, you'll see what looks like a sponsored link to Blogger.com - until you realise Google recently bought Blogger - so it's actually some self-advertising. ...more info>>>