Google Search Returns Nanaimo Info Blog
This is just a little self-congratulatory, back patting much akin to a local newspaper writing about some award they have won.
Nanaimo-Info-Blog.com with nearly 6900 archived articles relating to Nanaimo, is considered by the Google search engines as an authority on things Nanaimo. One of the ways websites are recognized by the Google search engines is based on the amount of content the site has relating to a specific topic.
As an example of Nanaimo-Info-Blog returning a highly placed reference when searching on Google, the search phrase 'Nanaimo Fireworks' had the article appearing in this blog in the first spot on the first page of the Google search. That is out of 122,000 other results relating to that specific topic.
For a little blog that started as an interesting little hobby six years ago, it has become a trusted source for Nanaimo information, with a particular attention being paid to how things are run at city hall.
I am always surprised when I am approached by a total stranger wanting to know if I am Jim Taylor (I am never sure if they are friend or foe) the guy who writes Nanaimo Info Blog. Last weekend while taking pictures of the Empire Day Parade, I was standing beside a couple who inquired about my name tag which says Nanaimo Info Network. When I told them I publish several Nanaimo websites, they asked if this blog was one of them and then told me 'they read my blog all the time and like my coverage of city hall'. This couple had moved here in 2009 and found my blog a good source of local information.
Well, that is enough back-patting for now, as my arm is getting a bit tired. But hey, if I don't blow my horn from time to time, no one else will.
And by the way, this interesting little hobby has turned into a 40 - 50 hour/week job for which I have yet to charge for. My wife, says I really need to figure out how to do something about that. I tend to agree, and since this blog when combined with several other sites, does enjoy good exposure it could be a viable advertising venue for local businesses. However, that means I would have to put on my 'Ad Sales' hat in addition to my reporter/editor/photographer/webmaster/janitor hat, and I'm just not sure there is room for another hat. :^)
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