Restaurant and Food Blog July Archive

Real Irish Food Recipes

Your name?

Bia Eire

Your Location (city, etc)

Dublin

When did you start your website and why?

Started the REAL IRISH FOOD RECIPES website with the intention of promoting real Irish Recipes in June 2007., and hopefully recoup enough money to maintain the site.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

RISH FOOD,REAL IRISH FOOD is the bounty of a nation rich in foods finest ingredients.

Fish, Lamb, Poultry, Beef, Pork, Game, Seafood,Fresh Vegetables, Bread and even Irish beverages all with a dash of genius and a large pinch of individuality.

Put all that together and what you get is REAL IRISH FOOD.

The perception that Irish Food,whether it is traditional or modern, consists solely of bacon and cabbage really is so far off the mark.I hope to redress that image,even if only a little.

I use the Site Build It website builder and hosting and could not speak highly enough of their entire set-up. It's a brilliant system for the experienced website builder let alone a complete newbie like me. Their sucess rate in helping people achieve top ranking websites is phenomenal.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Building up sufficient links to please Google is very time consuming and monotonous.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Creating search engine optimised pages using the Site Build It block by block pagebuilder.

What was your biggest mistake?

Not discovering Site Build It earlier. Wasted a lot of money and time on stupid ideas.

Who maintains your website and why?

I maintain it as it is my passion and maybe now even an obsession.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

I can see clearly with my own website that there is no shotcut. Genuine,unique content is KING with the search engines. On my site I provide the unique content and Site Build It helps me optimise that content for the search engines. Trickery does not work.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

The REAL IRISH FOOD RECIPES site is starting to rank well although Google's apparent likeness for links can be a little tortuous and the slownes of ASK to crawl is frustrating.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Yahoo answers and of course high quality ,unique content.

What is your website address?

Real Irish Food Recipes

vklspices

Your name?

Nipulal C.A

Your Location (city, etc)

Kochi,India

When did you start your website and why?

To promote our products.This website is very informative for customers who is involved in spices trade.This gives a detailed description of the processing of spice,quality control procedure etc.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Vallabhdas Kanji Limited, Asia's largest processor of spice and spice ingredients, is located Kerala, India - the heartland of spices. VKL is the flagship company of the USD 100 Million Kanji Moorarji Group, which includes Kancor Flavours and Extracts Ltd, and Autohangar (India) Pvt. Ltd. Kanji Moorarji is renown for benchmarking quality in the spice trade. VKL commenced its operations in 1935 as a whole spice trader, with black pepper as its core product. Today, VKL has emerged as a technology based quality-driven supplier worldwide of a complete range of spice products. As India's largest, most diversified spice product exporter, VKL commands an expanding market in over 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and South East Asia.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

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What has been the easist part of operating your website?

its is user friendly

What was your biggest mistake?

we found this free listing directory very late.

Who maintains your website and why?

webdesigners and the IT department

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

it is an upcoming business to business portal that will definitely promotes manufacturers, suppliers, exporters, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and the consumers. It is quite obvious that this can reduce the time factor .

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

It has really helped in widening our networks.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

user friendly and a site map

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

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What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

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What is your website address?

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The Original Coffee Company

Your name?

Chris

Your Location (city, etc)

Four Oaks

2007 I wanted to try my hand at ecommerce. I love coffee.

2007 I wanted to try my hand at e-commerce. I love coffee.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

The coffee industry is one of the largest e-commerce businesses. I like what I sell. I use what I sell. I have a fantastic roaster, that produces a premium product. We have a large selection of varietal coffees, blended coffees, organic coffees and decaf coffees. We also have partnered with an importer of the La Pavoni Espresso makers (a quality Italian machine).

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Learning..... It takes time, even with a good website builder and host company.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Finding the product.

What was your biggest mistake?

None as yet. There have been glitches. But time is working them out.

Who maintains your website and why?

I do. Because I am a hands on person. I have always wanted my own business. If I do not know what and how, then how could I evaluate anyone else?

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

This is strictly e-commerce. I have no brick and mortar to help or hinder.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

It can only grow. More people each day use the internet resources for information and shopping.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

It is time consuming.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Helped. The consumer has to have some way to reach the product. Some form of Search has to be there.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Word of mouth. PPC. Links.

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

I have not been able to evaluate that yet. The jury is still out.

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

Good Question.

Why do I keep going?

I would like to build a legacy. I want my children to know that I had a vision and went for it.

What is your website address?

The Original Coffee Company

Foodie Passion

Your name?

Christopher

Your Location (city, etc)

Singapore

When did you start your website and why?

Started it in May 2007. I like good food, fine dining, cooking and like to try all kinds of cuisines. I feel there is not enough information on the food served in restaurants and cafes in Singapore.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

It is a resource and informational website. There is no blog at present. Revenue is expected to come from advertisements and sale of products.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Doing research, gathering the data and information required, and creating the content.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Setting it up, attending to emails.

What was your biggest mistake?

So far, none. Things seem to be going smoothly. It's still very new, after all.

Who maintains your website and why?

My webmaster, IStudios Marketing. They have an affordable and complete ecommerce website package including updating and maintenance.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

It is still new. However, have already received a few subscription signups and enquiries for advertisements.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Ecommerce will grow very large. More and more people will be using the internet for all sorts of things, not only for ecommerce.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

I think SEO is useful and necessary in order to have a successful web presence.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Search engines have helped my website. Without them, my site would not be known to the public so easily or quickly.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

SEO.

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

As it's a new website, I am still trying out various promotion methods, such as traditional advertising, mailing list, forums, classified ads.

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

Better quality websites with useful relevant information.

What is your website address?

Foodie Passion