The South Yorkshire Homepage -
Just another million pixel site?
Well yes, it is. However, the South Yorkshire homepage is
dedicated to businesses and services available in South Yorkshire
region (Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and
Doncaster). After success of the milliondollarhomepage I
decided to create my own site aimed at a specific region, which
would allow businesses to aim their advertising at a specific
set of people. I was hoping that Night Clubs, Bars,
Internet Service Providers (ISP), Internet Shopping
Sites, Local Web Developers, Solicitors,
Sports Centers, Gyms, and all other businesses
that rely on the Internet for increasing their revenue.
Why will this help them generate extra traffic to
their site? Well, generating traffic to your site can
be a very time consuming or expensive activity to perform, so
I was hoping to make that a little easier for each regional
business. If I can make my site appear high in the list on the
common search engines like Google based upon keywords relating
to the South Yorkshire region, then I would be creating an
advertising bill-board for business to direct their advertising
campaign at local people looking for local products and services.
How is it working so far? Well as of today,
it's not going too well. However, my marketing campaign has only
just started, and Google has not yet trawled my site since going live.
Once my marketing campaign is underway I hope to have a very high
Google rating. Hopefully my page will appear on the first
page of results on several key words relating to the South
Yorkshire region.
What does my site offer over sites like the
milliondollarhomepage? Well, I see the key improvement
being the fact that you can choose your pixels, upload your
picture and pay for your advertisement instantly! No need to
send any emails, no chance of several email exchanges and
lengthy delays due to the webmaster being too busy to respond
in a reasonable time. It's quick and maintainable with little
interaction.
Tell me more about South Yorkshire… South
Yorkshire is located in the North of England. The region
is surrounded by Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire,
West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and East
Riding of Yorkshire (Humberside). The region
compromises of four towns, those being Sheffield,
Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley.
The region is very rich in history through the various ages.
More recently the region was world renowned for its Steel
and coal producing industries. However, many of
the existing factories and mines have now closed to make way
for a regeneration scheme that is set to give the region a
more cosmopolitan look and feel.
The region is also famous for its various sports teams,
including Sheffield Wednesday (The Owls), Sheffield
United (The Blades), Rotherham United (Millers),
and Doncaster Rovers (The Rovers). Each of the teams
draw large crows on a weekly basis.
Is there anybody famous from South Yorkshire?
Of course! Robin Hood is the most famous
person known to have spent most of his time around Doncaster
and Sheffield. In addition to that, there is… Sean Bean (Actor),
Prince Naseem Hamed (Boxer), Def Leapord (Rock Group), Human
League (Pop Group), Jarvis Cocker (from Pulp), Joe Cocker (Singer),
Michael Palin (Actor), Kevin Keegan (Footballer), Sebastian Coe
(athlete and politician) and many, many more!