Wightbay dating now has games and videos...

I have had a very stressful week! I have been very busy with many things going on. The one thing that has stressed me out the most is finding that Trade advertisers are not choosing trade from the drop down options when placing an advert. This then defeats the whole filtering system I have developed in order for the user to be able to filter between private and trade.

I am disappointed as we provide this service completely free and the majority of traders are not following the site rules. I have had no option but to inform my moderator to delete adverts that aren't complying with the site rules. You will have 24 hours which will give you the chance to edit your adverts and list as trade, failure to do so will result in complete removal from the site.

Wightbay over takes Isle of Wight County Press...

Google has provided users with a cool new feature which enables anyone to look at any website and compare visitor levels brought to the website via google.

In this graph I have chosen iwcp.co.uk & wightbay.com. You can pick or choose any site and find out excellent information.

However the graph doesn't show direct traffic!

I had a bit of a disaster today with regards to the order of car stickers. I was really please to see the order of car stickers on my desk this morning. I ran over to a window to try them out, but to my great disappointment, I found when I stuck the car sticker onto the glass, a dark grey smudge appeared on the sticker preventing anyone seeing the design. So I am now looking for another company which creates car stickers.

I came across a site http://www.brownbook.net/. I love the concept it’s like a Wikipedia of the directory world you can add, edit and place reviews about any type of business. The power is in our hands! I can now warn others about my terrible car stickers. I was also thinking that maybe we could look into having a brownbook type directory just for the Isle of Wight.

Can any one recommend an Isle of Wight Printer?

I am really pleased with the intial interest Wightbay Dating has recieved in the last two days. I hope this site will give users the chance to meet new people. My favourtie comment from some one's profile is... 'so,i take my little-butterfly of friendship from my pocket,and blow it to the wind..........'

The BIG Launch!

Wightbay Dating - Wightbay dating is a free online meeting place for people to chat, find or meet friends or maybe even find love!

Win a free T-shirt - The first 100 users to register and upload a profile description on Wightbay Dating receives a free t-shirt! So log on now and Register for free!

A new idea to get you (the user) more apart of Wightbay. You read what’s going on behind the site on the blog, what about actually seeing what goes on through a web cam. We have moved about and cleaned up. I even brought a plant. Now all I need is a web cam!

I have been looking into developing enhanced listings on Wightbay. There would be four options...

'Free Ad' - Everyone will still have the option to have a free standard listing

'Top Ads' - Top ads remain at the top of the standard listings in the relevant category for 7 days this would cost around £5.

'Highlighted Ads' - Stand out from the rest as they will have a coloured background for 7 days this will cost around £2

'Bold Ads' - Charge for the bolding of the title. This would be around £1

I wanted to provide a service that will allow the users to enhance their listing for a quick sale. This will hopefully prevent the users from listing multiple ads in the chance to get extra exposure. What do you think?

Yesterday I spoke to Laura from the Island Speedway. I have arranged a meeting and we are going to discuss ways we could work together to support each other and help our businesses to grow.

I am thankful for the opportunity to work with local island businesses. I believe it is important to provide support and opportunities within the island community.

In the last couple of days I have been putting together a new dating platform to incorporate into Wightbay.

Instead of personals ads, I have decided to go with the idea of a dating/social section to the site. This was advice I have received from the present Wightbay users.

Wightbay Dating will be completely free to join. It’s going to be a place where you are able to meet new people find friendship and maybe even love!

Launch date: 13th June 2008

We have a Winner for the 'Wightbay Recycling Competition'!

Congratulations to chrish!

http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/CPViewItem.asp

You have won a paper thin wallet...and a wacky Wightbay T-shirt.

Thank you to everyone who joined in, you will all be receiving a wacky wightbay t-shirt for your efforts.

Ladies - Wightbay Hoodies £20 Pigment dyed hoodie with shorter body cut. Single jersey inside hood, antique metal rivets for hood cord. Herringbone tape inside back neck. Deep rib side panels, cuffs and bottom hem. Thumbholes in cuffs, roo pocket, twin needle seams. External hanging loop. vintage wash.

Size Chest (to fit)S - 8/10 M - 12 L - 14/16

Mens - Wightbay Hoodies £20 Pigment dyed hooded sweatshirt, herringbone tape inside back neck. Deep rib side panels, cuffs and bottom hem. Thumbholes in cuffs. Internal locker patch with button hole label for ease of removal. Roo pocket, twin needle seams.

Size Chest (to fit)S - 36/38" M - 38/40" L - 41/43" XL - 44/46"

Exclusive to Isle of Wight residents only

Price includes postage and packaging

To make a purchase send me your order via email: jodie.oliver@wightbay.com

Something to make you laugh...

Someone is actually selling a pile of rubble for £50

Earn yourself a wightbay t-shirt...send me a link to an advert that will make people laugh or, just strange and bizarre! If the advert gets mentioned on the blog you will receive a t-shirt in the post.

http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/CPViewItem.asp?ID=247911

Thursday is the best day of the week!

This morning I woke up at 5:00am, I couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to get up and go. I went to the bakers as I usually do but I was disappointed to see they weren't open at 5:50. So I decided to head into work. I got to work at 7:00am ready for a hard days work. It is now 2:00pm and I am feeling really really tired. What has happened to my body clock?

Any how, I am very excited as the order, of Wightbay t-shirts are due to be delivered tomorrow morning! I have listened to the comments on the t-shirt designs on a previous post, and hope you will all be pleased.

Thanks to all of you who are taking part in the national recycling week. Some one has even posted up their pet for recycling and now in the draw for the paper thin wallet. http://www.wightbay.com/XCClassifieds/CPViewItem.asp?ID=247672 I think this deserves a Wightbay T-shirt!

We have a New Member to the Wightbay Team... Lawrence Murphy!

Lawrence will be teaming up with Paul as a Sales Executive. He will be answering all questions regarding banner sales and stock listings on Wightbay. Along with Paul, he will be approaching businesses who he thinks will benefit from the brand awareness that Wightbay offers. He then manages all the Isle of Wight business accounts and insures they get the maximum exposure and relevant placement for their company.

It is National Recycle Week 2nd-8th June, 2008

My idea was to get the Wightbay users involved and thinking Green for the National Recycle Week.

My aim is to encourage the users to have a spring clean. 'One mans rubbish is another mans treasure!' I have set up a competition to increase the islands recycling.

The Prize is An amazing wallet that is lightweight, strong, long-lasting, and super-thin. Disguised as an folded sheet of newspaper, the wallet is so slim that you might mistake it for just that.

It feels like paper but is actually made of thousands of long plastic fibres creating a surface that is both lightweight and durable yet super-thin and tear resistant. Environmentally friendly the wallet is made from 25% post-consumer recycled content.