As part of continuing growth into building and promoting international websites, a team from Metafocus attended the prestigious International Search Summit at the British Library,  London recently.

It was a really interesting day, with speakers covering topics as diverse as customer retention on a global scale, the internet market in Japan and optimising for Baidu, something which we know a fair about already through all our Chinese website projects.

All the speakers were of a very high standard and had some real insights into not only the internet markets in various countries around the world but also the technical issues behind international internet marketing and website creation.

If you’re interested in promoting your products or service online, around the world, please get in touch and we’d be happy to talk it through with you.

What better way to spend Christmas or New Year than beside one of the most famous Loch’s in the Scottish Highlands? Breathing in the crisp mountain air, walk around the shores of the legendary Loch and enjoy the company of your family and friends at the festive time of year. Sound appealing?

Metafocus latest website encompasses all of this in www.FoyersLodge.co.uk. Set on the shores of Loch Ness, Foyers Lodge is large country holiday home big enough to cater for the entire family…and friends! With room for up to 23 people, the Historic country house full of character and charm is both picturesque and welcoming. Built in the 1800s as a country manor, Foyers Lodge lends itself perfectly to accommodation large groups of people and perfect for a luxury holiday home in Scotland.

Christmas in Scotland

Nowhere is more special for Christmas and New Year then the Highlands of Scotland. Foyers Lodge offers spacious accommodation for all the family in the stunning surroundings of Loch Ness. Celebrate the New Year in style with ample amounts of space for a large group of people. Why bother with the exclusive and expensive hotels when you can have your own luxury holiday home with separate bedrooms, a kitchen and a cosy living room? Relax and enjoy the holiday period beside an open fire with the family or celebrate with friends in the large rooms. There is so much on offer at Foyers Lodge this Christmas and New Year and no better place in the Scottish Highlands to celebrate the holiday season.

Its easy to make a booking at Foyers Lodge, simply visit the website and complete the online form to start your Christmas celebrations. For the Perfect Christmas in Scotland, visit www.FoyersLodge.co.uk.

Came across some very interesting statistics today about the average age of the users of various social media sites. To summarise:

MySpace = 26 years old
Twitter = 31 years old
Facebook = 33 years old
LinkedIn = 39 years old

I think this accurately reflects perceptions about what each of these sites/services is used for and by which groups. For example, MySpace has developed into a great resource for music enthusiats and bands etc whereas LinkedIn sits very much in the realm of professionals and business people looking to make contacts and grow networks.

That Twitter and Facebook sit between these two is fairly unsurprising as they are much more general in their scope and relevant to virtually anyone online. It will be interesting to see how these mean ages change over time as Twitter and Facebook find their long-term roles rather than somewhat competing for the same market.

On a personal level, I’m not entirely convinced that Twitter will be around in 12-18 months time as already the bubble seems to be bursting. Until it finds a real reason behind it’s existence, it will be in danger of simply being cast aside as the next big thing comes along. Facebook may have a longer term future as an online depository for images, videos, contacts etc, so long as it stops pretending to be Twitter!!

What do you think? Which social media sites do you use and which ones do you think will be here in the future?