Of course, anyone who’s done any kind of SEO – even if only white hat – knows that the search results are not impartial: they’re not about who has the best site, but whose site is the best match for Google’s way of working. I might have the best site on “purple widgets” in the world, but have written it all in Flash, so Google basically can’t see it.

Just so you and everyone else know, there are a few things I’m hoping to do with comments. One is preview, another is edit (for a short time after you post), and I’ll add BBCode to that list. Any other requests, get em in now.

BUT I’m not promising a short timescale on this coz there are a lot of other things I want to do too, and also my buyers keep expecting their parcels posted, people want their websites finished, and suchlike (how inconsiderate ).

And if anyone’s experienced at WordPress plugins and wants to do the job for me, I will love you forever

So it must be doing something…

I cant remember how many listings and ID,S we have had over the years, though we listen and learn every day
, that why we subject these poor people to our ramblings

though make a point of reading Dan,s Sue,s and
Chris
there are some really good sage comments and if you take the blinkers off[I have two pairs} there is lots to learn here

I apologise for hijacking the thread, it seemed a pleasant bit of light entertainment for a very short time… normally, I do try post more on topic, as do we all. But even the most business orientated blogs do have personal thoughts and fun gossip from time to time…

See this comment from the FT’s no. 1 rated business blog Stumbling and Mumbling ….. but I think you don’t understand the function of news. It’s not a way of getting cheap, reliable information – it’s a way of spreading gossip (see this in the New York Times ), and it’s pretty good at it too.

If I go to my job/New Delhi/Caracas tomorrow, I can make smalltalk with complete strangers about Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, George Bush, the US primaries, Benazir Bhutto, Arsenal’s brilliance etc… thanks to the press. Most of what we’ll say will be apocryphal or at least wildly inaccurate, but that doesn’t matter one bit, what matters is that we have something to talk about – and, thanks to the press, we have…..

What are your thoughts on Dan’s very useful tips? What would you like to discuss at the moment?

I’ve said it on Q&A and I’ve said it on the PSB: chat is what keeps people there. Chat is what means that people who can answer your questions are there when you need them. Chat is, if you like, the grease that keeps the engine running. You might not like it, but if you take it all away, nothing will work properly. That’s how people are.

So with all the respect that’s due to you, if you want robotic eBay talk, this isn’t the place for you. I doubt such a place exists. And thank goodness for that

Came here in search of a place to learn and discuss all things eBay and found another gossip centre for egocentrics.

FGS is a there an eBay forum anywhere on the net where the subject is discussed in a business like manner?

Am I alone in my quest for such a place?

hijack alert!!!