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Rick Lomas: a web developer and SEO from the UK

Me and my daughter Madeline in Serre Chevalier

Living in The French Alps
Hi, my name is Rick Lomas, I was born in Newcastle, Staffs, England. I have also lived in Cardiff, Tregaron, Aberystwyth and Borth in Wales. From 1985 to 2001 I was living in Radlett and Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, but in late 2001 My wife Sue and I decided to travel around Europe in a caravan, we went to France, Spain, Andorra and Italy and decided to live in the French Alps.

On 18th February 2004 our daughter Madeline Jeannette Lomas was born, she is growing up so fast it is unbelievable. You can always find photos of Maddy Lomas here.

I started designing web sites in 1998 using Macromedia Dreamweaver v2, I have stayed loyal to Macromedia through Dreamweaver v3, Ultradev v4 and now Dreamweaver 8. I also use Macromedia Fireworks 8 and Macromedia Flash 8. I also use Adobe Photoshop CS3 extensively.

In 1999 I formed a company called Clarior Technologies Ltd with Steve Pritchard who is an excellent VB/ASP programmer and is now living and working in Milton Keynes. We have done some great products recently including:

In 2002 Clarior Technologies Ltd was dissolved and I have set up my own business as ricklomas.com, we can offer web design and development and web hosting - also if you already have a tired looking site I can give it a revamp. Since the beginning of 2001 I have realised the importance of Search engine optimisation (SEO) with web sites - especially when you are dealing with competetive areas such as insurance and finance. Although I claim to be no expert, I am regarded as the SEO guru of Serre Chevalier.

Please get in touch for anything else you may think I can help with
(contact me via ebay)

My sites and making money with the internet

Domain	Set-up	Type of site
1staffiliateprogram.com	19/10/2003	This is the only site you will need if you are a webmaster who fancies making some money using your web skills and marketing ideas, sign up today if this is you! This is a successful site which gets affiliate webmasters to make money by selling a wide range of products, mainly financial products, but also diverse products such as laser eye surgery and golf accessories.
1st-finance-company.co.uk	08/09/2003	A moneysupermarket.com affiliate site, wide range of financial products.
1sthouseportraits.com	06/11/2003	A site for Mary Casserley's artwork, I am disappointed with the perfomance of this site. Mary's work is superb, but I have found it difficult to get the right traffic to make it convert
1stmortgageprotection.com	08/09/2003	as above
british-loans.co.uk	08/09/2003	I need to work on this site, it only really sells secured loans, and unfortunately most people who buy secured loans, don't realise this is what they want (even though the interest rate is generally very much lower than an unsecured loan. I'm pretty sure I can make this a good one, it uses Simon Burgess's 'British' brand which looks pretty good
francepaintingholidays.com	07/05/2003	Sue has decided not to pursue this business since the arrival of our daughter Madeline, however it seems to earn a few quid with the Google Adwords which pays for the hosting at least. I aim to make this into a French painting holiday directory
holidayalps.com	10/03/2004	This is a site selling holidays/hotel accommodation in Alpe d'Huez, stilll early days with this one.
machineplastering.co.uk	08/04/2004	This is a site selling Utiform plastering machines for Lewis Britten of Capital Plastering Machines in Berkhamsted, it's hard to judge how this is doing, it's a real niche market.
mixedfeelings.com	19/02/2001	A nice looking site for Jon Nicholls of the excellent UK band, Mixed Feelings, this is one of the oldest sites I have in my portfolio and consequently not very well SEO'd at the moment. This however doesn't seem to matter too much, Mixed Feelings are very much in demand so the web site just needs to add to the corporate image of the band, rather than convert online.
motorhomesdirect.co.uk	19/03/2004	A site predominantly selling motorhome hire in the UK for Dave Gater of the Largo Caravan Company near Market Drayton. However I am hoping to do other deals for different aspects of motorhomes too. Early days still for this very seasonal business.
personalloandirect.com	30/05/2003	My most successful site to date. I'm delighted with the way this is working it has been steadliy earning more and more money in it's first year. I have learnt more about SEO techniques with this site than anything else i have ever done.
personalloansdirect.com	12/15/2006	I bought this to compliment the site above, I'll be expanding on this when I get the time.
ricklomas.com	18/04/2004	This site, although it should serve as an advert for my work, it is more of a notebook and test bed for different techniques etc. However all products are live on this site.
serrechevalier.org	05/11/2002	This has grown organically over the few years I have lived in Serre Chevalier, it is serving as a good tool to sell accommodation in Serre Chevalier and it seems to make a steady income from Google Adsense
uk-income-protection.com	11/11/2003	My most successful Income Protection Insurance site, doesn't sell too much but with excellent commission it doesn't really have to
uk-insurance-car.com	01/07/2003	Was originally selling Endsleigh Car Insurance, of which I didn't like the product so I am now going to use Virgin Car insurance which I am expecting to perform much better
uk-insurance-online.com	13/09/2002	This site has a lot of traffic, but needs a revamp
uk-insurance-travel.co.uk	13/05/2003	I have good hopes for this now I am using Essential Travel Insurance
uk-mortgage-protection.com	06/06/2003	My most successful Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance site, doesn't sell too much but with excellent commission it doesn't really have to
worldtraveldirect.co.uk	21/04/2004	This is happening slowly but surely.

Favourite Links
Personal Loan Direct: Mortgages, loans & credit cards
Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance
Income Protection Insurance

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