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Emily Smith addressing the group, holding one of her revolutionary hot chocolate dunking devices. That's @suzymiller , host and founder of Buzz Local Networking (and, let's face it, local celebrity) in the far right of the picture with @candidandy (Andrew Downing) in the background centre of pic. Other attendees included Mlke Grenville, Rebecca Lawrence of Innocent Vitamins , Dale Bulbrook of Village Cow and Matthew Knights of wiredthing . Emily with her basket of chocolate wares (with @candidandy in the background) Had a good time today at this month's Buzz Local Networking event at the Swan in Forest Row. On this occasion, it was all about chocolate. Very good timing, what with Easter just around the corner. Emily Smith enlightened us on her yet-to-be-named chocolate company that specialises in hot chocolate with a difference. Instead of powder or syrup, her company sells chocolate on a stick that is dunked into hot milk. She told us the idea was inspired from the wa...

Marc Lyne, co-founder of Brownbook.net Extracted from 4 Feb 2010 article in SearchEngineLand.com by Marc Lyne Many small businesses ask me, ‘how can I get found more online?’ Or, ‘I have a web site but I rank so low that I never get found so I get little traffic’. So you may expect me to answer: ”just list your business on Brownbook.net (the global wiki style directory site that I founded with @daveingram ) and you will be fine,” but that’s NOT where I start. I start like a teacher in a classroom, ‘have you read the Google webmaster guidelines ?’ Even as a person fearful of technology, the basics are listed, they clearly explain many areas that are blown out of proportion by some developers and SEO experts. Sitting down with your webmaster and going through them one by one would be time very well spent, it prevents you from making elementary mistakes and highlights areas that you will need to make a decision on, or test out to see which works best. And there is more; do you subscrib...