debbidoo hearts Google: top tools from the web’s hottest property

Some say that Google owns the Internet. Or at least, that it thinks it does. It’s certainly true that it’s the world’s most popular search engine, with a global market share of almost 90%, and it’s also – apparently – the world’s most valuable brand (by the way, if you’re a business angel looking for your next investment, do let me know if you’d like to cough up $100bn for the debbidoo brand – I’m sure we can talk!)

But what many people don’t realise is just how much more Google is than a search engine.

Petha Caernarfon Things at Facebook

If you’d like to keep up with the latest news from Caernarfon Things, share your photos and videos, and meet other fans of Caernarfon, then join the Caernarfon Things fan page at Facebook.

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Os hoffech chi gadw i fyny efo’r newyddion diweddaraf o Petha Caernarfon, rhannu’ch ffotos a fideos, a siarad efo ffans eraill o Petha Caernarfon, ymunwch â thudalen Petha Caernarfon ar Facebook.

New feature – TripAdvisor button for hotels, restaurants and attractions

If you’re a Caernarfon Things member and you run a hotel/B&B, restaurant or attraction, we can now add a TripAdvisor button to your profile page, showing visitors that you’ve been recommended or rated ‘excellent’ by users of TripAdvisor, the world’s leading travel reviews website. This button will appear on the right hand side of your profile, just above the ‘your images’ area.

Don’t have a Caernarfon Things account yet? Then sign up today! To find out more about our great value advertising packages, visit our advertising page, download our advertising brochure, and register your interest.

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Os rydych chi’n aelod o Petha Caernarfon a rydych chi’n rhedeg gwesty, ty bwyta neu atyniad, gallwn ni atodi botwm TripAdvisor i’ch proffil, i ddangos ymwelwyr bod eich busnes wedi’i argymell neu wedi’i pleidleisio’n ‘ardderchog’ gan aelodau TripAdvisor, gwefan mwyaf y byd ar gyfer adolygiadau teithio. Bydd y botwm hwn yn arddangos uwch ardal ‘eich delweddau’ ar eich proffil.

Dim cyfrif Petha Caernarfon eto? Ymunwch heddiw! I ddarganfod mwy am ein cyfrifon ardderchog hysbysebu, ymwelwch â’n tudalen hysbysebu, lawr-lwythwch ein taflen hysbysebu, a chofrestrwch eich diddordeb.

New member added: Inigo Jones Slate Works

The latest business in the Caernarfon area to join Caernarfon Things is Inigo Jones Slate Works.

Inigo Jones is a well known brand in the local area and it’s great to have them on board. Check out Inigo Jones’ profile at Caernarfon Things to find out more about the company, and download a copy of the menu for their Welsh Rock Cafe.

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Y busnes diweddaraf yn ardal Caernarfon i ymuno â Petha Caernarfon yw Gwaith Llechi Inigo Jones.

Mae Inigo Jones yn brand enwog yn yr ardal, a ‘da ni’n falch iawn i weithio efo nhw. Ymwelwch â phroffil Inigo Jones ar Petha Caernarfon i ddarganfod mwy am y cwmni, a lawr lwytho copi o fwydlen eu caffi Welsh Rock.

New feature: FREE classified ads

We’ve just updated Caernarfon Things and Petha Caernarfon to include FREE classified ads for people living in the Caernarfon area.  Advertising on these pages is completely FREE but there are a few conditions – please see the pages themselves for full details.

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‘Da ni ‘di atodi tudalennau newydd i Petha Caernarfon a Caernarfon Things, sef mân hysbysebion AM DDIM ar gyfer pobol sy’n byw yn ardal Caernarfon. Does dim ffi i hysbysebu ar y tudalennau ‘ma, ond mae gwpwl o rheolau – plîs gwelwch y tudalennau eu hunain am fanylion llawn.

Petha Ltd at Flickr

Today we’ve created a Flickr account for Petha Ltd, which owns and manages Caernarfon Things and Petha Caernarfon. We’ve uploaded the photos from our Caernarfon Things photo gallery, as well as a few more that didn’t make it into the gallery because it was already full. And we’ve included some photos of Clynnog Fawr, which is not far from Caernarfon – and soon, we’ll add photos of other places in the Caernarfon area.

We’re also thinking about creating a public group at Flickr, so that visitors can add their own photos to our photo stream. Is this something you’d use, if we created it? We could also create a group at YouTube, so that visitors can upload their own Caernarfon videos and have discussions with other group members. Again, if it’s something that visitors would like to use, we’re happy to do it – please get in touch and let us know!

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Heddiw ‘da ni ‘di creu cyfrif Flickr ar gyfer Petha Cyf, sydd yn biau a rheoli Petha Caernarfon a Caernarfon Things. ‘Da ni ‘di lan-lwytho’r ffotos o oriel ffotograffau Petha Caernarfon, a ‘chydig mwy sy ddim yn yr oriel achos mae hi’n llawn yn barod. A ‘da ni ‘di cynnwys ffotos o Glynnog Fawr, sy ddim yn bell o Gaernarfon – ac yn fuan, wnawn ni lan-lwytho ffotos o lefydd eraill yn ardal Caernarfon.

Hefyd, ‘da ni’n meddwl o greu grwp cyhoeddus ar Flickr, er mwyn i ymwelwyr rhannu eu ffotos yn ein ‘photostream’. Fyddech chi’n defnyddio hwn? Gallen ni greu grwp ar YouTube hefyd, er mwyn i ymwelwyr rhannu eu fideos o Gaernarfon a siarad efo aelodau eraill y grwp. Eto, os mae hwn yn rhywbeth y hoffai ymwelwyr ddefnyddio, byddwn ni’n hapus i’w neud o – plis gadewch i ni wybod!

Using Twitter for business

Twitter is a great tool for business – and that’s why, when Wyn and I came up with the idea of Petha, we always knew that Twitter functionality would be included from the word go.

It’s really catching on, both with businesses and social users – but there are still many businesses that haven’t yet caught on to how Twitter can help them promote themselves for free, to a potentially vast audience.

So I’m going to share something with you: a link to a website which is all about using Twitter for business. Make sure you bookmark it – it’s definitely one to keep going back to!

Here’s the link: Business on Twitter

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Mae Twitter yn offeryn ardderchog ar gyfer busnes – a dyna pam, pan ddaeth Wyn a fi i fyny efo’r syniad o Petha, o’n ni’n gwybod y byddai nodweddion Twitter ar gael o’r dechrau.

Mae poblogrwydd Twitter yn tyfu’n cyflym, efo defnyddwyr busnes a chymdeithasol – ond mae lot o busnesau sydd ddim wedi darganfod eto sut all Twitter helpu nhw i hyrwyddo eu hunain am ddim, i audience enfawr.

So dyma rhywbeth y hoffwn i rhannu efo chi i gyd:  dolen i wefan sydd yn canolbwyntio ar ddefnyddio Twitter ar gyfer Busnes. Gwnewch yn siwr i’w bookmarkio hi – dyma wefan sydd yn haeddu ymweliadau cyson!

Dyma’r ddolen: Business on Twitter

Great value advertising

Our advertising packages are feature-packed – you’re not just a page on a business directory… you get to do some serious online marketing without paying a penny extra!

If you opt for our premium account you get all these fantastic benefits:

• Create a web presence if you don’t already have a website
• …if you do, use Petha Caernarfon Things to promote it
• Profiles on both sites – one in Welsh, one in English. Be found by local residents as well as visitors
• Links to your websites’ home pages
• Additional keywords, for SEO value to your website
• Downloadable documents – give visitors the opportunity to view your price lists, brochures and menus before they buy or book
• Add unlimited events to our ‘Caernarfon events‘ page
• Your own account at this blog, so that you can add articles and promote your business as often as you like
• Broadcast your news in our customer newsletter up to 12 times a year at no additional cost
• If you have a video on YouTube or a similar video hosting service, we can embed this on your profiles
• You can include your company logo and up to five images on your profile
• A Google map,  showing visitors how to find you (if you have a Google Local Business ad, we’ll include this too)
• Twitter functionality: “follow me” link, “Tweet this page” link, and “latest Tweet” feed

And remember – for a limited period only, we’re giving away premium profiles for the price of basic profiles – that’s a saving of £200! If you have more than one business that you’d like to advertise with Petha Caernarfon Things, get in touch and we’ll be happy to talk about further discounts.

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Mae ein pecynnau hysbysebu yn llawn o fuddion – nid jyst tudalen ar gyfeiriadur busnes ydych chi… gallwch chi hyrwyddo’ch busnes ar y wê heb dalu ceiniog ychwanegol!

Os byddwch chi’n dewis ein cyfrif premiwm, byddwch chi’n mwynhau’r buddion ffantastig canlynol:

• Creu presenoldeb ar y wê os does dim un gennych yn barod
• …os oes, defnyddiwch Petha Caernarfon Things i hyrwyddo hi
• Proffiliau ar y ddwy wefan – un yn y Gymraeg, un yn Saesneg. Byddwch yn weledig i bobol lleol ac ymwelwyr i gyd
• Dolennau i hafan ei’ch gwefannau
• ‘Keywords’ ychwanegol, i helpu efo SEO eich gwefan
• Dogfennau lawr-lwythiadwy – gadewch i ymwelwyr weld eich rhestr pris, brochure neu fwydlen cyn iddyn nhw prynu neu bwcio
• Atodwch digwyddiadau i’n tudalen ‘digwyddiadau Caernarfon‘ mor aml y hoffwch
• Cyfrif ar y blog ‘ma – cyhoeddwch erthyglau a hyrwyddwch eich busnes mor aml y hoffwch
• Darlledwch eich newyddion yn ein taflen newyddion i gwsmeriaid, hyd at 12 waith y flwyddyn, heb gost ychwanegol
• Os oes gennych fideo ar YouTube neu wasanaeth tebyg sy’n hostio fideos, gallwn ni rhoi hwn ar eich proffiliau
• Gallwch chi gynnwys logo eich cwmni a hyd at 5 delwedd ar eich proffil
• Map Google, yn dangos ymwelwyr sut i ffendio chi (os oes gennych Google Local Business ad, byddan yn cynnwys hyn hefyd))
• Nodweddion Twitter: dolen “dilynwch fi”, dolen “Tweet o’r dudalen hon”, a ‘latest Tweet feed’

A chofiwch – am adeg cyfyngedig yn unig, rydym yn rhoi i ffwrdd proffiliau premiwm am bris proffiliau sylfaenol - disgownt o £200! Oes mae gennych fwy nag un busnes y hoffech hysbysebu efo Petha Caernarfon Things, cysylltwch â ni a byddan yn hapus i drafod am disgowntiau pellach.

Launch special offers

For the first few weeks of our soft launch we’ll be offering businesses in the Caernarfon area not one, but TWO special offers.

1. Premium profile for the price of a basic profile
2. One extra month free – e.g. join in June 2009 and your renewals will start from July 2010

We’re also happy to discuss discounts if you have more than one business to promote – if you’d like to know more, please get in touch.

Click the link to find out more about the benefits and costs of advertising at Caernarfon Things.

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Yn ystod y cwpwl o wythnosau cyntaf o’n ‘soft launch’ byddwn ni’n cynnig busnesau yn ardal Caernarfon nid un, ond DAU cynnig arbennig.

1. Proffil premiwm am bris proffil sylfaenol
2. Mis ychwanegol am ddim – e.e. ymunwch ym mis Mehefin 2009 a bydd eich adnewyddiadau’n dechrau o fis Gorffennaf 2010

Rydym yn hapus i drafod disgowntiau os mae gennych fwy nag un busnes i hyrwyddo – os hoffech wybod mwy, plis cysylltwch â ni.

Cliciwch y ddolen i ddarganfod mwy am y buddion o hysbysebu ar Petha Caernarfon.

Petha Caernarfon and Caernarfon Things – now LIVE!

Without any ceremony, I’ve just pressed the buttons to make Petha Caernarfon and Caernarfon Things go live.

Please feel free to take a look around. There aren’t many member profiles on the sites at the moment – this is really a ‘soft launch’ period, while we populate the site with members, and the proper launch will follow in a few weeks’ time.

So, what do you think of our new babies? We’re pretty proud of them, and we’d love to hear what you think too!

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Heb unrhyw seremoni, dwi jyst ‘di pwyso’r botymau i wneud Petha Caernarfon a Caernarfon Things yn fyw.

Plis teimlwch yn rhydd i edrych o gwmpas. Does dim lot o broffiliau aelodau ar y gwefannau ar y foment – dim ond ‘soft launch’ ydi hyn, tra bod ni’n llenwi’r wefan efo aelodau, a bydd y lawnsiad go iawn yn digwydd mewn cwpwl o wythnosau.

So, be’ ydach chi’n meddwl o’n babanod newydd? Rydym yn eitha falch ohonynt, a hoffen ni glywed be’ ydach chi’n meddwl hefyd!