Web Traffic From Portland Oregon

Computers & Electronics, Internet

As website developers we have a number of websites on the go right now and it seems that something strange is happening in the Google Analytics stats. Quite a few websites have been showing increased views so I did a bit of investigating on why this might be and found something strange.

A number of websites have a bunch of direct traffic from Portland, Oregon, US. This traffic is direct (i.e. not coming through a search engine) and it has a 100% bounce rate and zero time spent on the site. This leads me to believe that this Portland Oregon web traffic is being sent by some kind of automated system. By why would anyone bother doing this? What would be the point and what would they achieve by doing it? Maybe it is some kind of testing.

Also is it only a small number of websites that this is happening to or are there other people that are affected? Maybe if you have got to this page then you are experiencing the same weird direct traffic from Portland, Oregon. If you are then please let me know by leaving a comment and if you have any idea why this might be happening we would be interested to hear from you.

Can I Buy a Meerkat Toy?

Fun Stuff, Shopping,

If you are looking to buy a meerkat toy from the ‘compare the meerkat’ people but you don’t actually want or need to buy insurance, then you might be asking ‘where can I buy a meerkat toy?’. Well this is a great marketing ploy as they are not actually selling the meerkat soft toys separately.


There are a few other people who are making meerkat soft toys and you can get hold of one on Amazon for under £10 if you are happy with an imitation, for example check out this meerkat soft toy.

There are a couple of designs although obviously they are not part of the original set of meerkats from the adverts. They are dressed up in a similar manner probably as a substitute for the originals.

However, you can get hold of the original meerkat toys, most likely from those people who have got them free when they bought their insurance and are happy to sell them on. If you check out the listings in eBay then you can find not only Aleksandr, Vassily, Sergei and Maiya.

 

Cheap Turkey

Food & Drink, Shopping,

Well Christmas is upon us again and the majority of households will probably be eating turkey for their christmas dinner. However, when times are hard as they are for a lot of people right now, one question people might be asking is where to buy a cheap turkey?

Turkey can be quite expensive to buy and if you want a free range or farm turkey then you can be paying tens of pounds for a quality bird. But there are some cheaper options available and one of those is to get a frozen turkey as that can often be a good way of getting a cheap turkey.

Iceland have plenty of options for buying cheap turkey and so that would be my recommendation if you are in the UK. You can buy a turkey breast joint for as little as £6 upwards or even a whole turkey for £8 which will serve 4 to 6 people. They have plenty of other frozen joints too which will be great for a Christmas meal for the family.

So you don’t have to break the bank for Christmas this year if you get down to Iceland for cheap turkey before they sell out!

 

 

Finding a Wholesaler

General

If you are thinking of selling products on eBay then one way to make some money is to get your products from a wholesaler. Or perhaps you know what you want to sell but you don’t know where to get those products from. If this is the case then there is a great way to get access to a whole lot of wholesalers. Obviously buying at wholesale prices gives you much more scope to make a profit on eBay and also selling in bulk will get you a larger turnover and hence income.

There is a website where you can get instant and unlimited access to 8,000 pre-screened legitimate wholesalers. There are suppliers of every shape and size, including a large portion who are happy to ship overseas and many with no or very low minimum order requirements.
Salehoo is one of the largest communities of online traders with over 75,000 members with community forums and smart seller training.

To learn more about this online community and gain access to these wholesalers check out the SaleHoo website.

How To Add a Network Place

Computers & Electronics, Internet,

When Microsoft change things with each new edition of the Windows sofware it can sometimes be difficult to find how to do something that you thought was pretty simple and commonplace in the past. One example of this for me was to use ‘Add Network Place’ when you wanted to connect to a folder that was on a website where you had documents or images stored – previously this was a pretty simple thing to do.

But now in Windows 7 I have found that it seems to be hidden in the depths of things and is not immediately obvious.

Anyway, to add a network place in Microsoft Windows 7 you need to do this:

Open Windows Explorer
Click on Tools
Map Network Drive
At the bottom of the next dialog box you have the link to ‘Connect to a website that you use to store your documents and pictures’
After that you just need to enter the website address and you are sorted.

You will then find the link under the Computer section in the left hand folders menu.