...to the ramblings of me, Peter Anderson. I build websites, sell them, travel the world, drink fizzy drinks and follow Chelsea Football club. Not necessarily in that order. 
Update on the sale of Spendlessonline:
So firstly, the site is still mine. Offers have come in, but nothing I would be willing to accept. If you missed the post about the sale then you read it here.
Anonymity a good thing for The Pool?
* This is not a blog post about Liverpools anonymous season…
The new a4u has been live a few days now and one of the most improved sections is “The Pool“. Previously you had to wade through the constant onslaught of network promotions as the blog section was fed via RSS. Now that The Pool is fed via user submissions 99% of the articles seem to be interesting and relevant. There has also been a change in the way articles get voted on. Previously if you liked an article your name/gravatar got associated with it, and likewise if you “disliked” and article. The advantage was that it quickly becomes apparent when a blog post was being “spammed” to the top, but it might have put people off either voting against the post (as they don’t want to appear negative) or voting for it (as they cant be associated with the post for whatever reason).
Thanks Zanox!
Just a quick brief post to thank Zanox and SOXINABOX for the snow slider and sox in a box. I was one of the lucky winners in a recent Twitter contest.
UK Voucher Code site for sale (spendlessonline.co.uk)
***UPDATED*** (08.02.10)
After much deliberation I’ve decided to sell spendlessonline.co.uk which is one of the longer established voucher code websites (launched in 2006). Building it was a great experience and it’s still not reached anywhere its full potential, although it makes a very tidy and growing profit every year. While you might read about websites for sale every now and again that shout from the rooftops of their massive earnings potential, returning visitors, ninja seo optimization etc etc, I think the stats for Spendless speak for themselves. It’s always been growing, with increasing profits, it’s well branded and professional, has never had a google penalty or drop in traffic. It’s reliability was a strategic decision, not to focus or rely on one specific merchant, in fact I’ve 1036 listed (so there’s still a few thousand more you can add) and make commissions for over 250 different merchants every month.
