Name of your website?Caring For Your Cat
Your name?
Laura
Your Location (city, etc)
Oxford
When did you start your website and why?
I started this website 2 years ago really only as a hobby. I'm a cat fanatic and thought I could use my spare time to write a handy online cat care brochure, since then its grown and grown
Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc
Basically an online care site for cat owners. Nice and easy to follow. I try to add information as often as I can
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
For me, the actually web design element of it, I'm not that great at this. I could talk about cats for hours, but all this html and css business, well I'm still struggling with that.
What has been the easist past of operating your website?
Writing about cats, when your interested in something the words just seem to come naturally!!
What was your biggest mistake?
Not thinking about the layout before hand, sometimes the pages are a complete jumble and I can't find what I was looking for. I've re-arranged the site 3 times since I started it!
Who maintains your website and why?
Me. Why? Because I don't have anyone else to. The money the advertising makes just about covers the hosting, so theres nothing left to get anyone else to update it. Plus where's the fun in that, it's my little hobby - I wouldn't want to share it.
Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?
Well it's not my business just a hobby, so this doesn't really apply.
What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?
Ecommerce is great, I do most of my shopping online, you can get some great bargins. As for the future of the internet, who knows. Theres plenty of SPAM sites these days, once they're gone, I expect the internet will be even better
What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
Ohhh, not too sure about this, only brought my first book on this the other day. If it gets your good visitors and they find what they're looking for then great, but it could be a little easier!
What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?
Search engines are a good thing, most of my visitors are from search engines, but sometimes its hit and miss.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Linking with other cat websites, normally just an email does the trick and the other owners are willing to add my site.
What method has been least successful for promoting your website?
Article distribution. To be honest I wasn't very good at this, I didn't like giving away decent information that could be on my site. So I only did it a few times.
What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?
Less SPAM, theres soooo much. People phish your email address from your website and then thats it, your mail box is full of SPAM. And less of those websites with no content, just keywords, that really annoys me.
What is your website address?
Caring For Your Cat
