New Paradigms

Recently I’ve been very impressed by a certain aspect of two businesses – I hope it’s a sign of some companies who are beginning to grasp the power of the Internet, Google, and websites – particularly blogs, review sites and so on – but primarily I guess it comes down to Google.

The first instance involved a company called Game Tart. A while back I wrote two posts about them, as I’d been disappointed by their service once the initial trial period had expired. Anyway, the MD of GameTart obviously checked the Google results for the company name where, lo and behold, d4d™ is at about number 13. And then he left a comment on one of the posts. To me, that’s pretty impressive – I know it doesn’t take a whole load of work, but all the same, it shows a level of effort that, for example, B&Q‘s management have never bothered with.

The second instance occurred last night, and instead relates to Wheres Good. Someone had added a review of Pokeno Pies in Brighton although they’d added in an incorrect price. Again, one of the main people in the company had done a google search, where, yes, Where’s Good comes in at about number 18, had checked the review, and then emailed me to a) thank me for the review, and b) to ask to edit the price. Again, that’s pretty impressive – to me, it’s great to see companies that are getting the idea on this internet stuff, and beginning to realise how much a few simple pieces of effort can reflect positively upon them.