Name of your website?Look Bulgaria
Your name?
Neil Hodgson
Your Location (city, etc)
Varna
Please give us a short summary of your website?
The Internet's premier Bulgarian business directory designed especially for anybody wanting to buy, invest, move or indeed retire to this wonderful country on the Balkan Peninsula. An invaluable source of information on the people & businesses who can offer goods, services, help and information on all things relating to the country of Bulgaria & it's beautiful Black Sea coast. Look Bulgaria represents an invaluable resource for anybody interested in Bulgaria & provides links to the websites of both organisations & individuals who belive they may be of interest & of use to you.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Having bought property in Bulgaria to renovate and having extreme difficulty in locating, local tradesmen, shops & supplies in order to complete the project.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
This is it.
How did you decide on a name for your website?
We wanted something relevant to it's purpose & easy to remember.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
We only include relevant websites that can be easily navigated and understood by our target audience. The site itself is easy to understand, easy to use and easily searchable.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
To continue to build on it's success.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
We do it for the Love of it!
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
We would carry on as we are only promote it a little more
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Of Course.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
The site was hacked early on for no other reason than to cause disruption. We have since installed various security systems to ensure this is not possible.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Getting the site recognised b the big search engines.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Search engine optimisation.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
It's not as easy as you would think
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
Launched 2 years ago but completely redesigned and relaunched about a month ago. As long as people keep visiting we will continue to run it.
What drives you?
look Bulgaria is a work in progress like my renovations to my bulgarina property. When I need something & find it I will share it with our users.
What is your website address?
Look Bulgaria
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