Changes

There have been a lot of changes introduce by Google recently and specifically in the last few weeks. At this point I haven't really got to grips with exactly what changes have taken place, but there will be an impact, it seems, on paid posts and articles.
From what I have seen so far, there seems to be an implication that Google will 'require' paid posts to somehow be easily distinguishable as 'adverts' rather than unsolicited opinion. On the other hand, programs promoting paid posts have always preferred posts to NOT be specifically identified as paid adverts.

Now, it's worth noting that Google are not the Police, and have no rights to tell anybody how they should behave on the internet, however, they are allowed (currently) to discriminate against your website in terms of how it appears in their own search results - and it just so happens that Google is quite a big player in this field!!
I am not sure how this impacts on other search engines as most of them tend to follow Google anyway, but I will be interested to explore some new search engines, and I will be looking closely at the impact of the changes and reporting my findings on this blog.

Update

I feel like I have been neglecting my blogging somewhat recently, but I can announce that I have started a new cider review blog recently as I quite enjoy my ciders, and I am enjoying writing about the different taste experiences. I am hoping that others may find the reviews interesting and useful.
I am not sure where I am going with the new blog, but I have stopped adding posts to a couple of older blogs lately, so the new one will be taking up some of that 'slack'.
I am employing some new tactics on this blog, and wondered if I should have done it as a Wordpress format, but blogspot is so easy to get up and running, I opted for yet another one...

Drawer slides

Making good use of the loft-space at home is going to be my Summer project this year. For a while I have recognised the need to have the roof re-done. One half was done probably about 20 years ago, but the other side (the front) is ancient, anything up to about 90 years old (when the house was built). I have various shelves up there with random items of varying degrees of usefulness that I just can't seem to get rid of. My idea is to (when we can afford it) get the roof completely done and have a big window fitted, and at the same time make it more like a room than a dumping ground. I have picked up old wooden drawers that are stored up there from a place I once worked - they are solid hard-wood, and with the addition of some hettich drawer slides and some sort of cabinet to house them, they would be a neat solution to some of the storage problems in the loft.