Would love to be in Dire Straits

I have once again become obsessed with Alexa Ranking. Clearly they
update more than once a week because....da da daaaaaa. We are now
ranked at 2,255,551 thats a jump of approx 62000 in 2 days!

We also have 5 sites linking in, bizarrely we have many more than
that. I have linked from Posturous and in turn, Blogger, Stumble etc
In fact I personally must create several links from at least 15
different social media on a daily basis, Twitter must be more like 30
plus every day!

Even more bizarre was the fact that 2 of the links were completely
unbeknown to me. So I wonder why they did and indeed how they found
us. Maybe all those links via the other social sites.

Today I have to report our new YapYapOK YouTube video featuring the song "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani went live yesterday!

We really wanted to put on Dire Straights "Money for Nothing". It
went brilliantly with the video, they are British & I am a huge
fan. One night in Sept 2009, a great friend & I spent several drunk hours
listening to Dire Straights on YouTube. I have always loved the Alchemy live version of Sultans of Swing, man can he play guitar. I also love Romeo & Juliet.
Tracy was telling me how sexy Mark Knopfler was. Well I had always
loved the music but really had never seen the sex appeal so it was
enlightening to watch him practically snogging the mic, singing in that
sexy drawl "I can't do anything but be in love" 'n strumming. Now I too
have a very grown up crush.

So, If there is anyone out there who knows Mark, and thinks he might
mellow to the idea of allowing us free use of his record then please do
get in touch. Who knows it might even bring him in some more record
sales! So Mark - You 'n me, how bout it

In the spirit of links YapYapOK free UK classifieds

OOh & I did at last publish my recipe for Scotch Eggs Gourmet a la Chates - Mark might like that, he was born in Scotland you know!

Yap Yap OK. UK FREE classifieds - A bit of self promotion.

After several down days and with some effort we have in one day more than made up our deficit in Alexa rankings. We still have a long way to go. I managed this by Tweeting and doing some work on Digg, Stumble and some obsure other SM marketing. Today I will go back to Posturous, Tweet some more and if I have time, I will check out some of the Alexa Tools.

I have decided to incorporate some images from The Yap Yap OK web site into my blog, since this is the very essence of how I promote my website. Appeal to as many senses as possible, ooohhh except sound as that can be a big no no at work!


Most classified websites are unappealing on the eye. Text ensures search engine popularity but at the cost of visual stimulation. So having picture galleries and video creates its own issues in getting recognised when the competition is so vast.

We aim to challange this methodogy by working harder to enable our customers to utilise a more stimulating, easy to use classified web site. Our success will turn ordinary classified web sites on their heads.

What makes us so special? Unlike most text orientated classifieds we are picture orientated. Sales requires more stimulus than text alone. That is why television adverts are historically so much more expensive than publications.

All our icons and your pictures have drop down text with a short description and price. This means that your customers can search for items quicker and only drill down if they have established an interest in your product. This should greatly reduce the time they spend on the search. We believe that this will encourage buyers back over and over again!

We also have shop hosting where a business can list all there items in one or multiple shops. This is unlike any other classifieds and enables easy navigation for our users and easy management of products and services for the vendors.

On some ads you may notice embed You Tube video under the 6 picture gallery. This is a free tool which enables anyone selling a product or service to show case their products or services in a dynamic way. Many music, films, games, toys, cars and franchises have a You Tube video to support and promote their products.

To use You Tube video to support your ad:-

1 Find the You Tube video you wish to promote your product. If you wish to use the manufactures, own follow the search by promotion or promo.

2 See the embed code in a box to the right of the video and under the URL box address!

3 Copy and paste this link directly in to the text box on the video tab of the editor listing when adding your classified.

4 If you wish to edit your ad & link the video later then its easy. You don't even need to go through your classifieds. If you are logged in then you can edit the ad when you are viewing it.


We also have a multi wishlist option so that buyers can easily organise & find items that they have searched for or they can generate present lists for any occasion.

I think that sets us aside from most sites!

Increase your sales with online video FREE! Houses, games cars and more

Its Sunday, but I cannot help but share this on my Blogg which in the spirit of SM marketing I will share with Twitter and Facebook thereby creating further strings to my web for Mr web spider to read.

Not only does our FREE classified site Yap Yap OK have a 6 picture gallery BUT it also has embed video stunningly presented. Just check it out further down this linked page

This is great for shops and other businesses which sell items where the manufactures have put a promo video together. Most video games have them. So if a shop or any individual wants to advertise a stock item which has a video they can. They simple take the embed code from the youtube site, usually to the right of the video. Then copy it into the Yap Yap OK editor! Even I can do it. Aternatively you can make your own video of your car or property and post it your self.

Over 70% of home buyers in the UK look online before they look in an Estate Agents window. It must make sense then to maximise their online presence! Did you know that online video draws more interest in home buying than pictures alone. This is taken from a recent report from the Guardian newspaper. For the agents it increases their work load. However in this economy we are all working much harder to stay still and it must surely be worthy of consideration, even as a trial with some of their larger more exclusive property.

Promo video embed is FREE on Yap Yap OK. There is no need for risky attachments on existing websites, it can be done NOW and it has to be worth a go! Vendors why wait for your agent to do it? You can be a proactive seller, ask them, or do it your self!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Pip pip. xx