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Is Your Website Still Living in The Past?

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT

So does your website still live in the past?

I often advocate rebranding or redesigning your website as this is important for your business. However I only advocate it when this makes sense to your business and not just for the sake of it. As a designer I design for purpose in most cases and can take an objective view and look at ways of improving on the old website.

What I have seen too often is people are reluctant to spend money on their website, even if it is promoting their business.
Why is this? If you were to get a plumber out to fix your leaky tap or burst pipe you would expect to pay around £60 an hour and not really question this amount of money. Of course if you can do that yourself then you could make some money! However, when it comes to your business, spending money on your website should be seen as an investment into your future.

Another common issue is the suitability of your website, does it meet your business needs? Are you getting enquiries?
People often get defensive of their website and justly so, it is an extension of their personality, beliefs, inspirations, aspirations but it is all too easy to get caught up with not giving the right impression.

It is important to take a step back from your website now and then and objectively assess if the website looks professional. A poor represenation will not do you any favours in the websites of today and could be damaging to your business. It is also important to remain objective, it's not a time to get defensive if your website is not performing how you expect it too.

Content is still King - This cliché will always be true and will always be user focused, however, you only have seconds to give a good impression! Before anyone has even read your content, your site should stand out as professional; the times of a stale, homegrown website are gone and so will your prospective clients if they see this kind of website. Of course there are arguments for and against websites looking too pretty but essentially it is about projecting a professional image and outlook for your website.

With the rise of social media it is more important to portray your business in a professional manner, the rise of mouth of word will be a crucial aspect going forward as the viral nature of the social media platforms will increase the views of your website and essentially your business.

Ask yourself - do you think your website portrays your business well?

If you are honest with yourself, there is no time to be complacent or defensive and if you believe your website could do with representing your business better in the market of today then you need to take steps forward in improving your online presence.

So what can you do about improving your website?

Well this is a vital step and if you are asking yourself this question then you are stepping in the right direction. You could perform a survey, get opinions from people who are not biased about your business or website, create a picture of how people see your website and the image it creates.

Action!

No we're not at the movies, however, actioning on your findings from looking at ways to improve your website should be key. You should also find a web designer who can relate to your business needs and look to ways of improving your professional image and can create you a website to be proud of for now and the future.

If you would like to see how MultiLayer Design can help your business look and feel professional then contact us today!

National Lottery Predictions - Sat 23rd May 2009

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT

Better late than never, hahah better not get used to that saying lol. Well this week has seen more testing and developing some excellent rules where I noticed some more patterns, I won't go into details just yet. Even with only half of the stuff implemented I tested the draw on Wednesday and won 2 tenners! Sorry for not sharing my numbers on Wednesday, you could have won 20 quid ;)

Short and sweet this week, the Saturday draw is fairly tight ranged so should be interesting to see the results. For those following, have faith, my numbers are not just ordinary numbers lol and NO I'm not on some kind of mushroom cloud rofl, not all numbers were created equally! Of course for analysing purposes I don't care for the ballset, machine name, ball friction, ball heat, paint on balls or spacial volume inside the lottery machines. We're looking at numbers and dates plain and simple!

As with most things you should be testing, if your not testing then your not trying to get the maximum potential! - See you even get non Lottery tips ;)

Gathering proof of your testing is vital, people are interested when something works, they quickly dismiss things if not fully understanding of the project which can sometimes be their bad luck when things pan out, I'm ready for the challenge though! I'm hoping to start up a Lottery Syndicate at some point as I have also been looking at the Euro and the Thunderball Lotteries. The Thunderball shows potential and even though it's a smaller prize draw the results are achievable imo.

Will be updating the post with actual numbers drawn and seeing where we have matches, remember we are after consistency of smaller winnings here and not the magic 6 balls, of course that would be awesome too but I'll settle for regular small wins! I predict... ;)

Lottery Prediction

Important: Play all 4 lines!! Yes there is method to the madness ;)

For Draw: UK National Lottery - Sat 23rd May 2009 - Good Luck!! :)

Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

Set 4:

Update: Well the relentless release of the last set of balls has left me a victim. Well you can't win all the time ;)
As I'm stone cold crazy, I'll place me another bet for the next draw :)

Actual Numbers Drawn:

Matches:

Important Info:

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National Lottery Predictions - Sat 16th May 2009

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT

Testing out a quick and simple prediction method for high or low balls using a binary pattern match. I noticed some similar patterns to determine if the next ball would be high or low based off previous games. There are some basic patterns and rolling through some of the previous games the predictions have been fairly consistent, it can only help strengthen the overall weightings.

I also need to test the amount of games used, currently these balls are based on the past 45 games. It does not make much sense going past this amount but the smaller the past games used the smaller the ranges become (and therefore likely to miss some important balls). More testing will eventually flush out the best number of games to run.

Have had some awesome results with 10-20 games, this also opens up the randomness more to the balls that have very low weighting, although the rules behind the weightings do not change the data does and I want to try and get some consistent results to begin with.

Quite enjoying the coding behind doing this, it is interesting to look at the trendings, I can now mimic the trending patterns, so hoping it should just be a matter of playing and time, well hopefully before I reach 90 lol. Has to be better than trying to guess the numbers. Have done so much reading up on odds, probability, uncertainty which has been great.

Some of the stuff I was reading on probability distribution is enough to send anyone to sleep lol and at times it did induce some sleeping at the desk heheh. Let us see how the prediction stuff furthers the actual balls, should be interesting.

As usual I shall be updating the post with actual numbers drawn and seeing where we have matches, remember we are after consistency of smaller winnings here and not the magic 6 balls, of course that would be awesome too but I'll settle for regular small wins ;)

Lottery Prediction

Important: Play all 4 lines!! Yes there is method to the madness ;)

For Draw: Sat 16th May 2009 - Good Luck!! :)

Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

Set 4:

Update: Hmm close but no cigar! That's the luck of the draw ;)

Actual Numbers Drawn:

Matches:

Important Info:

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National Lottery Predictions - Sat 9th May 2009

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT

Some years back when the team I was working in had tea rounds, I thought it would be a good idea to create a random tea round maker script, the idea was sound in principle and many thought it would also be a good idea, of course it was totally random so the same person could make the tea perhaps 2 or 3 times a day or maybe not even all week, if they had made it previously in the day they would be taken out of the making.

This had its flaws of course but more so the main flaw was much like the lottery numbers, those chosen didn't necessarily want to actually play ball ;). So the idea although sound and fair to everyone involved had the kind of expected outcome that although they were chosen it didn't actually mean you would get a cup of tea out of them heheh. The lottery balls follow in the same footsteps of being elusive when it comes to actually being picked, of course lots to factor in with the lottery balls being picked.

I shall be updating the post with actual numbers drawn and seeing where we have matches, remember we are after consistency of smaller winnings here and not the magic 6 balls, of course that would be awesome too but I'll settle for regular small wins ;)

Lottery Prediction

Important: Play all 4 lines!! Yes there is method to the madness ;)

For Draw: Sat 9th May 2009

Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

Set 4:

Update: Yay 1 Crisp Tenner, OK, not exactly the millions but it's a start ;)

Actual Numbers Drawn:

Matches:

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National Lottery Predictions - Wed 6th May 2009

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:01 GMT

The following prediction of UK National Lottery numbers are part of a sideline project I have recently started. Much like the hundreds of millions of people trying to forecast the lottery numbers, I too have decided to roll my own predictions, developers are always ones for redeveloping the wheel, just no stopping them ;). I have looked at the lottery from a coding point of view so numbers predicted follow some of my own rules and algorithms.

By posting my predictions here I can share with you some of my thoughts and we may win a few bob :) I would also like to see if others also predict similar numbers, so if you would like to share tips or predictions or discuss the lottery in any way please leave your comment below.

I've played the Lottery for a number years but never really won anything of importance, however, I've predicted so much other stuff which has happened on the Net the past year or so (from various view points and without full knowledge of those things).

I make no claims of being clairvoyant! I have no magic ball, nor do I particularly condone gambling, however, participating is part of the speculate to accumulate mantra and I've always been a supporter of you have to be innit to winnit ;)

Over the next few months I will be posting my predictions for the Wednesday and Saturday UK National Lottery draws.

Of course you should only bet if you can afford to lose the money, I make no claims the numbers below will be a 100% guarantee, heh what no guarantee? If I could guarantee that I would either be a very rich man or a fool ;) and I am neither lol (well not yet anyway heheh). The only guarantees I know of are Death and Taxes, not necessarily in that order :) (and topics for another post ;))

For those that remain sceptic about my predictions then by all means follow the numbers if you like to see how they pan out and how they differ from all the other lottery predictions out there.

If the numbers below come up and you have not bought a ticket, it's your bad! ;) I take no responsibility if you choose to use or not use these numbers ;) This is a bit of fun entertainment and a look into trending of matching numbers and if we happen to win something from it along the way then great :)

Lottery Prediction

Important: Play all 4 lines!! Yes there is method to the madness ;)

For Draw: Wed 6th May 2009

Set 1:

Set 2:

Set 3:

Set 4:

Update: Off to a good start lol, I did say it was a long haul, no instant fixes! Early days yet but stick with it!

Actual Numbers Drawn:

Matches:

Important Info:

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