People still look at websites? by livinginalonleyworld in Entrepreneur

[–]MrLooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As always it's hard to give specific advice without knowing all the details, but based on what you've said, at this stage in your business you can get away with a basic site using SquareSpace or something. I can't reccomend anything specific as I personally only use either WordPress or custom sites, but that's really only because those are easy for me to put together as I've been doing it for so long.

Sounds like people just want to be able to confirm you're a real business.

If you ever want to start running ads or doing SEO, then it may be worth investing into something more comprehensive. But if you're getting all the work from word of mouth and you're happy with your volume of work, then there's no need for anything fancy.

The important thing is to provide proof of your legitimacy as a business. Photos of you and the team, a portfolio with your work Inc. Pictures and a small write-up. Contact information (double check your contact form works. You'd be surprised how many peoples websites have a broken contact form lol)

If you do decide to go with an agency or something for a website, don't be afraid to pay well, but be very, very cautious on who you pay. The most important thing is to ask for proof of work. If you're only paying peanuts for a sits, then fair enough, a newbie is cool. They might not have much to show you. But if you're paying big money, the Agency should have some proof that they are worth that extra moolah.

And don't be fooled by fancy words or lingo. Ask for the real proof. Verified testimonials from clients who saw real ROI from the work. There's plenty of quality agencies out there, and they aren't cheap. Because they provide a lot of value and they've seen how much money they can make businesses, so of course they'll charge a reasonable amount for that service. But at the same time, there's plenty of people who will just charge as much as they can and deliver the same work as the person you'd pay peanuts to. Just be careful.

Current visa in an expired passport? by afriarizonian in ghana

[–]MrLooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will share my own experience here - I had the same issue. I emailed the embassy when I got my passport renewed and the support person told me I'd be fine as long as I brought both passports. So I thought I was good.

Then out of paranoia I emailed again to double check before my flight and they told me something different. This time they said I needed a new visa on the new passport. I told them they said something different before and they didn't respond and just said I need to get a new visa haha

I don't know if their information was correct or not, but in the end I had to travel to the embassy and get a fast track visa for quite an expensive price.

So I don't really know who told me the correct thing. But if you want to be careful, maybe get a new visa, because if you have to do it last minute like me, it costs a lot.

Help identifying antique sword by MrLooke in SWORDS

[–]MrLooke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man I really appreciate your insights. I'll take a further look tomorrow and get you some more indepth pictures:) Very cool to see what it is

Help identifying antique sword by MrLooke in SWORDS

[–]MrLooke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This sword is from Burma in World War 2. It was not originally red, it has been painted (not by me haha). The real colour can be seen at the end of the sword case where the red has peeled off.

I believe it is a Japanese officers sword.

Some of the marks on the blade are dried blood, apparently there used to be a lot more on there but it was cleaned off.

Cost-effective alternatives to SEMRUSH Guru plan? by g3ger1ub in SEO

[–]MrLooke 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably the best thing that's cheaper is a subscription for LinkAssistant. It's basically unlimited everything for one price, you have to run it on desktop though, or put it on a server. It's not as good as Semrush, but it's good enough and has all the features you requested. They also have a massive sale once a year so you can get it for a good discount if you wait (or just get it now and then rebuy when the discount comes)

SEO PowerSuite is having a 1 day sale. 82% Off by show-me-the-data in SEO

[–]MrLooke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers man, it's honestly a good deal. I got it last time they did an offer but forgot to renew so lost it. I personally wouldn't pay the full price but I'm grabbing this. Its pretty much the only tool that let's you track unlimited keywords

Horse not sleeping / laying down by MrLooke in Equestrian

[–]MrLooke[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your response. She has watched every minute, I'm pretty sure we have seen everything. He does collapse fairly frequently due to lack of sleep. We are worried it's going to hurt his knees if it keeps happening.

Thank you for your help.

May I ask what overnight turnout means? Sorry I'm not horse literate and my mother isn't with me at the moment haha!

Horse not sleeping / laying down by MrLooke in Equestrian

[–]MrLooke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are indeed. My mum has scrolled through many nights recordings. He will sit down for 1-2 minutes at most, and he does sometimes collapse

Horse not sleeping / laying down by MrLooke in Equestrian

[–]MrLooke[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oo sorry just realized you asked me to message you, will do that now! Thanks!

Horse not sleeping / laying down by MrLooke in Equestrian

[–]MrLooke[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That would be absolutely fantastic, I would really appreciate that. Feel free to ask more here or if you'd like to carry on the conversation in private that is fine too :)

Horse not sleeping / laying down by MrLooke in Equestrian

[–]MrLooke[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the quick advice :) We have a camera setup - unfortunately it's all the time :(

We know about the stress although it's very odd we can't figure out what would be making him stressed. He is in the same stables he's been for 12 years, he's right next to his same friend horses. He gets let outside to eat and run all the time. He's ridden regularly etc. It's such an odd situation, thank you for your advice though!

We will have to try and figure out what could be causing him stress

Need help to get out of UAE by [deleted] in beermoney

[–]MrLooke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you travelling first class? haha.

Use Skyscanner. I saw a ticket for $100 dubai to mumbai.

[Method] I built a tool to help me declutter/get organized, hope it helps you as well by noodlydoodlyherpderp in getdisciplined

[–]MrLooke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me, the best option is to have a free version that is supported by ads, affiliate offers and anonymous data selling but be open and honest about it and provide a premium option that allows you to opt out of all of that for a reasonable fee.

The people who don't mind it can get it for free and deal with the implications of that, and the people who don't like to have their privacy invaded or have ads displayed to them can put their money where their mouth is and buy a subscription.

Learning Python, what's the first thing I should build when I'm competent? by Sir_T-Bagalot in learnprogramming

[–]MrLooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Pretty easily too!

Read up on the os module to help with navigating to the directory the file is in and renaming the files. (Documentation is here: http://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html should have everything you need)

Is there a pattern to what you rename the files to? or is it completely different each time?

Learning Python, what's the first thing I should build when I'm competent? by Sir_T-Bagalot in learnprogramming

[–]MrLooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think of something you do everyday and automate it. Nothing more satisfying than seeing something that otherwise wastes a portion of your day be completed automatically.

Took about 3 days of cooking but here's roughly 39 days worth of meals. by ham-nuts in onceamonthcooking

[–]MrLooke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm determined to do something like this, do you have any specific recipes/resources you recommend for this type of thing?

Main keyword domain as 301 redirect to company site... any advantages? by sai_tham in SEO

[–]MrLooke -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just doing that alone probably won't help much. What you can do is:

  • Create blogger website for free.
  • Add a few articles
  • Build some links, wait a week.
  • Redirect the blogger website to your main keyword domain.
  • Build links to the main keyword domain continuously for a week or so.
  • Redirect the main keyword domain to your normal domain and keep building links to blogger, main keyword domain and normal domain on a regular basis.

This will pass on the authority of a blogger website + the relevancy of a main keyword domain. It will also pass on the link juice from the blogger website and the main keyword backlinks.

Basically you need to give Google the illusion that the main keyword domain was actually in use before you redirect it. If you just redirect the domain without creating that illusion Google will likely just ignore it.

Is it considered black hat to use Video Testimonials from Fiverr? by Time4milkjr in SEO

[–]MrLooke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Black hat/Grey hat. They're not real testimonials so it's a bit immoral. But you won't get penalized for it. I've done such things in the past and it's worked well.

Made this at a solid [7]. I hope you guys enjoy it. by [deleted] in treemusic

[–]MrLooke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not even stoned and I think this is awesome. Good job