Saturday, November 03, 2007

A Very Late SuperZoo Blog Entry - The Claire Thomas Pet Accessory Mascot

I took a picture of this really cute pup at the Claire Thomas booth.  Unfortunately, they didn’t have anything I needed to buy, but the two people at the booth were super nice…and their dog, Baby, was really well-behaved and adorable.  So, this is my better-late-than-never blog entry.  Partially, it was late because I couldn’t remember what booth it was and the search engine optimization for Claire Thomas (I noticed the logo on the dog’s coat) company is abysmal.  Not only is their homepage not correctly named (it’s been named Petlovecnt.com, which isn’t something anyone will be searching for), they have a flash intro that makes things even worse, because search engines can’t tell that it’s a cute little movie with a dog pulling a sign that says “Claire Thomas”.  In fact, the name of the company isn’t mentioned anywhere important on the website.  It’s almost as though they’re trying not to be found.  Their domain name is terrible - tell me what you see in this name:  http://www.petlovecnt.com  I’ll bet it’s nothing good.  What’s wrong with ClaireThomasPet or ClaireThomasPetLuxury…or something that I might think of later, after a little time and a little sleep?  I’ll bet that within a couple of days, I’ll rank in the top two for Claire Thomas Luxury Pet Accessories.  I may possibly even end up first, and there’s no way that I should be.  So, Claire Jing & Thomas G(?), if you’re searching for your product or yourselves, and you come across this blog entry, perhaps we should make a deal.  I have some ideas for you.  Easy to implement and they’ll do wonders for your web presence.  It’s a very nice looking website, it needs some very crucial SEO and translation work.

I just did a little research on the company, and while the above paragraph might sound a little harsh, I think it’s probably something the company needs to hear.  I realize now that I was talking to the owners of the company, and they’re from China.  The site needs to be rewritten a little bit, with some SEO done to it.  In addition, I think a new domain name is in order, with a redirect from their current domain.

That said, here’s adorable Baby, the Shih Tzu, wearing a fancy coat, collar, and leash, and sitting on a fancy bed.  All told, over $1000 worth of doggie accessories.  Whew!  How hard would I cry when Dante chewed that bed to bits?

 

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1. maybe i’m missing my calling, and should design fancy doggie duds and digs.  oh, here’s a thrifty (translate:  cheap!) way to make doggie sweaters if you have a really small dog, such as one of mine.  take one large sock (you know, the old-fashioned kind that are sort of oatmeal-colored with red on the toe?), stretch it a little bit and cut the toe off.  slip the remaining “tube” on your dog and voila! a nice warm dog sweater.  the dog won’t know it’s retro fashion and will gaze upon you adoringly.  or at least that was my experience with Penelope Puppy, who weighs in at about 10 lbs.

   pajamadeen  on  11/03  at  12:52 PM

2. In general, it’s too warm here for doggie sweaters, but also, our smallest weighs about 15lbs and is too big for any socks.  We have put a witch’s hat on her.  And, we’ve put a fez on our 100lb dogs.  Our dogs don’t seem overly fond of anything other than going au naturel.

   Flippy  on  11/04  at  07:59 AM

3. What is SEO?

   Nancy  on  11/04  at  09:31 AM

4. SEO is search engine optimization.  Basically, it’s making a site easier for search engines to find, like when you helped me with the Lauren Groff thing.  You were doing SEO.

   Flippy  on  11/04  at  10:32 AM

5. Cool!  I’ll add it to my resume.

   Nancy  on  11/05  at  12:39 PM

6. definitely add SEO to your resume!  it’s a money-maker term.  prospective employers will love it.  in fact, i sometimes offer strictly SEO services to clueless website owners.  $50 minimum and they have to pay to call me.  so it’s a nice gig, because you get to sit there and get paid to talk on the phone.    i only give them two hours for $50; then they have to pony up more.  actually, that is pretty cheap compared to many firms.

   pajamadeen  on  11/05  at  12:49 PM

7. Yeah, the only probably with adding SEO to your resume is that when someone asks you to do it for them, you have to know how.   Nancy, you could probably get work doing translations to/from Spanish/English for websites.  Have you ever looked into that?

   Flippy  on  11/05  at  08:35 PM

8. hi, this is baby’s mom Claire also the designer of Claire Thomas. Thank you for your suggestion and i will find some computer guy to find a better domain so that dog lovers can find us easier. I also went to San Diego show and that was a success. Hope you will like my baby and my design. I will design more trendy line for everyday pooch like my baby.

   Claire  on  02/19  at  02:33 AM

9. please tell me more about SEO, I am very interested!! thank you

   Claire  on  02/19  at  02:41 AM

10. we just signed up for http://www.clairethomaspet.com
    thank you for your help and hopefully more dog lovers can see us.

    Claire  on  02/19  at  02:48 AM

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