MiltonSearch.com News

Unique visitors to MiltonSearch.com almost doubled over the course of two months this spring! (April to May 2008)

And you thought the traffic was heavy at 401 and James Snow Parkway over the past few months.

As it turns out, there’s another spot in Milton experiencing a rapid increase in traffic these days, only it doesn’t involve gridlock, pollution or even roads for that matter.

The numbers are in and now that we’ve had a chance to go through them here at MiltonSearch.com, we thought the results were exciting enough to share. In our first ten months of operation (June 2007-March 2008), the traffic to MiltonSearch.com grew steadily at an impressive rate. By all accounts and also based on our goals and projections, things were a humming along — the site was a huge success and we had a strong momentum heading into our second year.

And then something happened this April and May.

Over those two months, our unique visitors (the only web stat that really matters) grew by a whopping 88%!

What does that mean? Well, in the course of two months, the number of unique visitors to MiltonSearch.com almost doubled! Unique visitors are a statistic relevant to site publishers and advertisers as a measure of a site’s true audience size, equivalent to the term “reach” used in other media.* It’s a huge accomplishment we’re obviously very thrilled with around here, validating the hard work the MiltonSearch.com team has and continues to put into the development and upkeep of the site.

It means our advertisers are taking full advantage of our reasonable advertising rates with massive exposure to the Milton and GTA market on Milton’s most popular website.

It means users posting ads on our classifieds are selling those items, whatever they happen to be. Townhomes have been rented, tea sets sold — heck, we’ve even helped sell homes!

This is a great accomplishment and we just wanted to share this with our loyal users, advertisers, members and strategic business partners.

We now head into our second year of operation on one heck of a roll — does it mean our work is done? Of course not. It has shown us at MiltonSearch.com what hard work and vision can accomplish and we’re looking forward to continuing this strong growth in our second year, as we plan some big things, not the least of which is the launch of MiltonSearch.com version 2 coming in late 2008.

Oh yeah, and we thank each and every one of you again, for visiting Milton’s premier online destination, MiltonSearch.com.

– David Brown, Owner, MiltonSearch.com

* courtesy of Wikipedia

MiltonSearch.com is pleased to announce a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton (BBBS Halton).

BBBS of Halton will now be featured monthly on the MiltonSearch.com blog page at miltonsearch.com/blog. The BBBS of Halton is currently looking to find “100 good men” and MiltonSearch.com hopes to be able to help by increasing exposure and awareness to this and all ongoing campaigns.

Articles will range from talking about campaigns such as the “100 good men”, to testimonials, volunteer opportunities, programs, fundraising events and more.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton is a community service dedicated to meeting the emotional, physical and social needs of girls and boys in our community and is a non-profit, registered charity. There is no fee to the Little Brother/Sisters or their family for the Big Brothers Big Sister service. BBBS is an associate member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and a participating United Way Agency. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton has been creating friendships since 1969, starting out matching Big Brothers/Sisters with Little Brothers/Sisters and has grown to include a variety of different programs that serve both boys and girls.

The MiltonSearch.com blog currently contains posts on topics relevant to the Milton Ontario demographic ranging from: Milton: the good, the bad and the ugly, sports, TV and entertainment, technology, homes/real estate, politics and more. MiltonSearch.com is currently in ongoing discussions in an attempt to attract more writers and bloggers to participate in order to further vary the topics and points of view. The goal is that the MiltonSearch.com blog truly becomes that of the community. Future announcements will be made as partnerships are formed.

MiltonSearch.com is pleased to announce this partnership and we look forward to being able to help this most worthwhile cause in our own little way.

June 9, 2008 marked the first anniversary for Milton’s homepage, MiltonSearch.com

On Saturday, June 7, 2008, MiltonSearch.com participated for the second year in a row in the Downtown Milton Street Festival, put on by the Town of Milton and the Milton DBIA, celebrating the site’s first anniversary.

A year ago, MiltonSearch.com officially “opened their doors” so to speak at the same event, taking advantage of the exposure to some 15,000 people enjoying the festivities along Main St. that day. The event, along with the launch of three contests/promotions got the site off to a roaring start last June.

That strong start has evolved into a thriving, growing business one year later. MiltonSearch.com has quickly become Milton’s premier online destination with it’s many features geared at enhancing the lives of Miltonians. Milton businesses have also discovered the benefits of joining forces with Milton’s most popular website and MiltonSearch.com now boasts many advertisers and corporate partners. MiltonSearch.com’s creative arm, Orbit Studios has also completed work on several websites and web projects in the past year, most notably for Xerox Canada and the popular Milton restaurant Troy’s Diner.

MiltonSearch.com and Orbit Studios are currently in the process of developing a number of websites to be launched at various times during the second half of 2008. Stay tuned.

Overall, the tremendous success of MiltonSearch.com in twelve months can be attributed to a hard work by founder David Brown and his wife Teri Van Sickle-Brown who own and operate the site. Their passion and drive to continue to improve MiltonSearch.com has brought it to where it is today.

What’s in store for the next year? You’ll see. Up next are a boatload of new, convenient features both big and small accompanied by a new overall, streamlined design for the site due to launch in late 2008.

David and Teri fully expect MiltonSearch.com version 2 will vault the website into one of the most impressive and most visited sites in the GTA, let alone Milton.

But for now, in celebration of the site’s one-year anniversary, MiltonSearch.com is pleased to announce four promotions to run for the duration of the summer. A kids’ colouring contest/draw, a photography contest, a discussion forums contest and a classifieds contest have been launched to both promote MiltonSearch.com and reward users who participate and use this amazing Milton online resource.

Details on the contests can be found on the MiltonSearch.com promotions page.

The MiltonSearch.com booth at the 2008 Downtown Milton Street Festival hosted by the Town of Milton and the Milton DBIA

At this year’s Downtown Milton Street Festival, MiltonSearch.com participated again with an outdoor booth and offered free face-painting with proceeds going to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. MiltonSearch.com’s Sales/Account Manager and Illustrator, Teri Van Sickle-Brown was the face-painter extraordinaire, sending kid after kid home wearing a unique piece of art.

MiltonSearch.com again had a fantastic day — the event was well organized, and fun to participate in. MiltonSearch.com would like to thank everyone for stopping by and to the parents and kids for their patience who waited in sometimes long lines for face-painting. They would also like to thank everyone for their generous donations.

Photos from the event can be viewed in MiltonSearch.com’s photo gallery. General pictures from along Main St. can be found here and a separate gallery of face-painting photos can be found here.

MiltonSearch.com would also like to extend a sincere thank you to all of our advertisers and business partners formed in the past year and invites them to fasten their seat belts for year two — another year of hard work, innovation and passion.

MiltonSearch.com’s impressive booth at the 2008 Milton Chamber of Commerce Biz 2 Biz trade show held at Rattlesnake Point

Back in February, during a minor winter storm — one of many from our harsh winter of 2007/08, the Milton Chamber of Commerce hosted their bi-annual Biz 2 Biz trade show at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club on Highway 25, south of Milton.

MiltonSearch.com attended and participated in the show, with a well-designed booth with the theme of “New Ways to Grow” which is also currently echoed online at the MiltonSearch.com business promotion page.

Owner and founder David Brown and Sales Manager Teri Van Sickle-Brown were on hand to hand out MiltonSearch.com collateral to attendees, including bright green environmentally-friendly shopping bags promoting how MiltonSearch.com can show local companies “new ways to grow their business.”

Also set up was a 20″ Apple iMac so attendees could tour MiltonSearch.com and its many features. Visitors to the booth were able to: instantly access Milton current events with MiltonSearch.com’s community calendar; register for and view many items for sale and local services through MiltonSearch.com’s free online classifieds; read current, relevant articles affecting the lives of Miltonians in the MiltonSearch.com blog; sign up and begin chatting with fellow Miltonians through MiltonSearch.com’s recently launched discussion forums; register to have their businesses listed or find other Milton businesses in Milton’s fastest-growing online business directory, the Green Pages; link to the latest Milton news headlines, updated twice weekly and much, much more.

Visitors also learned about MiltonSearch.com’s business promotion services: Creative services handled through MiltonSearch.com’s creative arm, Orbit Studios such as: logo design/brand identity design, web design, graphic design, illustration, photography, retail design, copywriting and more. Internet services such as web hosting and online advertising packages allowing local businesses the ability to connect to the Milton market via Milton’s premier online destination.

Most importantly, visitors learned that MiltonSearch.com is much, much more than a Milton search engine and much more than just a website.

Overall, it was an extremely successful event and MiltonSearch.com was proud to be a part of it.

We invite you to view a gallery of photos from the Milton Chamber of Commerce Biz 2 Biz Trade Show in the MiltonSearch.com photo gallery.

At the Milton Chamber of Commerce Biz 2 Biz Trade Show, MiltonSearch.com launched their @home, @work campaign. Two new brochures separate MiltonSearch.com into two halves: one directed at Milton users, the other at Milton businesses.

This article focuses on the myriad of features available to local businesses as part of MiltonSearch.com’s business promotion services.

New ways to grow: rethink. refresh. relaunch.

As industry experts in design and marketing, we can show you new ways to grow your business. We offer a complete solution from branding to web design to online advertising strategies.

MiltonSearch.com was created by a dynamic husband and wife team. Milton residents David Brown and Teri Van Sickle-Brown, who have over 27 years of combined experience in design and marketing, are the parents of two young children and wanted to get more involved in the community. After discovering how hard it was to find information about Milton businesses both on and off the internet, they conceptualized a website that would help connect the town’s growing population to local information, businesses and services.

Since it’s inception in June 2007, MiltonSearch.com has achieved that and more. Milton’s premier online destination offers a myriad of features to Milton residents and business promotion services to local businesses such as: full branding/creative services, web design, web hosting, ad creation and online advertising strategies.

If your Milton business is in need of a boost, maybe it’s time to start working with people who can provide fresh new solutions to help you promote yourself both online and off.

Rethink

New ways to grow your business
It’s no secret that the town of Milton is growing by leaps and bounds. Every month, thousands of people are relocating here and hundreds of new businesses are opening their doors. Whether you’re starting from scratch or own an existing Milton business, it may be time to rethink your position in the ever-changing Milton marketplace.

With over 27 years of combined experience in design and marketing, MiltonSearch.com can help show you new ways to grow your business. We apply innovate, cooperative, out-of-the-box thinking to the following list of services to promote your business and help you achieve your financial goals.

Our Business Promotion Services include:
• full branding and creative services
• web design and web hosting
• ad creation (online and print)
• online advertising space
• advertising strategy development
• business networking/referrals.

As a small business ourselves, we fully support the Milton business community. Our message to local businesses is this: with a professional image, a strong defined brand, clever advertising that increases awareness and with some targeted networking, you can compete with and even outshine the ‘bigger players’.

Refresh

Brand: The DNA of your business
Your first step should consist of refreshing your brand – both philosophically and visually. Your corporate values and beliefs are important, and will serve to fuel the development of your visual identity.

Site Unseen
Do you have a website? If so, is it in need of updating? These days, everybody is online and everyone expects your business to have some sort of online presence. Talk to us about designing a website suitable for you and your budget. We also offer web hosting and we will register domains on your behalf. Also, websites designed by MiltonSearch.com will receive a free banner ad on MiltonSearch.com for 90 days to help drive traffic to your new home in cyberspace.

The ‘art’ of great business results
MiltonSearch.com offers a full suite of creative services that can help you establish a professional and appropriate image. Our capabilities include:

• Brand/identity/logo design
• Graphic design (brochures, business cards, newsletters, retail displays and more)
• Web design
• Advertising design
• Technical/editorial illustration
• Cartooning
• Copywriting and more…

Relaunch

Command Attention
It’s time to attract some attention to your new look and your new website! Of course we apply applicable search engine
optimization techniques so your new site can be found by using online search engines, but why rely only on Google to increase your traffic. Marketing your website still requires traditional techniques, and that’s where we come in.

Advertising (both online and in print), professional collateral, participation in local events and trade shows and networking are all still required marketing practices if you really want to increase your awareness, visibility and traffic to both your website and business in general.

MiltonSearch.com can help create both online and print advertisements for you. And of course, we offer ad space on our site, providing you with a start-to-finish solution to promote your business. As a small Milton business ourselves, we’ve walked in your shoes. We want to work with you and are open to discussing any ideas you may have. We will also work with you to develop an overall marketing strategy and/or an overall online strategy using the different areas and features on MiltonSearch.com.

Business Profile
A new feature to MiltonSearch.com is our business profile section. Instead of, or in conjunction with an online advertisement on our site, you may also want to submit a written description or story about your business as a unique way to truly re-launch it. This feature gives you the chance to talk in detail about your business, products and services and the differences or advantages over your competition. It’s the perfect vehicle for both brand new, or newly branded businesses to connect to potential customers a little more intimately.

Word-of-mouth
Have you considered joining a business networking organization? One that provides a structured system for the development and exchange of quality business referrals? Talk to us for more information and see just how much word-of-mouth marketing can build your business.

etc.

No budget? No problem.
MiltonSearch.com offers something for everyone. If you don’t have the budget to create a logo, website or advertise online or
offline, we can still help you promote your business. How, you ask?

Go Green
Start by contacting us and listing your business in our Green Pages business directory. All businesses are listed alphabetically by category and include all of your contact information, linking to your email, website and even a map to your location. Users will be able to find your contact information using an online search engine or the Google custom search box on every page within MiltonSearch.com.

Free classifieds
Next, register and post an ad that talks about your business or the service(s) that you offer in our FREE online classifieds. Place your ad in the applicable category inside the ‘Services’ section on the main page. All listings run for 60 days and you can prolong your ads for as long as you like. Our business directory and classifieds are indexed by search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN Live Search regularly, so all the details of your business offerings will be available to Milton (and the world) via the web.

As a business owner, you have a responsibility to make sure your business is listed in as many applicable locations as possible. Start by making sure you’re listed where Miltonians spend their time online: Milton’s homepage, MiltonSearch.com.

Why advertise with MiltonSearch.com?
As Milton’s premier online destination, MiltonSearch.com is not only a great place for Miltonians to visit, but it’s also a great place for local businesses to connect with potential customers.

We drive traffic to our site in many ways:
• MiltonSearch.com ranks highly in relevant internet searches for Milton, Ontario.
• We advertise MiltonSearch.com locally in the community through strategic partnerships and various other means to raise awareness.
• We get out and participate in local events and trade shows, again increasing our visibility by meeting the public face-to-face.
• The functionality of MiltonSearch.com: interactive features such as free classifieds, community calendar, discussion forums, blogs, home & garden and our photo gallery which drives both new and repeat visitors to the site.

Our reasonably-priced advertising rates means that a return on your investment is actually possible – we give you more bang for your advertising buck. And we’re flexible: advertise in 3, 6 or 12 month terms depending on your needs and budget. We’re here to help show you new ways to grow your business!

At the Milton Chamber of Commerce Biz 2 Biz Trade Show, MiltonSearch.com launched their @home, @work campaign. Two new brochures separate MiltonSearch.com into two halves: one directed at Milton users, the other at Milton businesses.

This article focuses on the myriad of features available to users of the site.

Connecting our community: news. views. use.

With the latest Milton news, opinions, events and interactive features like free classifieds, forums and a photo gallery, welcome to Milton, Ontario’s homepage.

MiltonSearch.com was created by a dynamic husband and wife team. Milton residents David Brown and Teri Van Sickle-Brown are the parents of two young children and wanted to get more involved in the community. After discovering how hard it was to find information about Milton businesses both on and off the internet, they conceptualized a website that would help connect the town’s
growing population to local information, businesses and services.

Since it’s inception in June 2007, MiltonSearch.com has achieved that and more. Milton’s premier online destination is updated regularly with the latest Milton and GTA news, sports and weather; opinions, views and features on Milton-related issues; and is a site you can actually use with a Milton business directory, online classifieds, community event calendar, photo gallery, blogs, forums and more.

MiltonSearch.com invites you to visit today and discover what online living in Milton is all about. It’s time to get connected to your community and make your hectic life a little easier – and more fun!

News

MiltonSearch.com News Ticker
Our signature news ticker gives you the latest Milton and GTA news and sports headlines, linking to online sources like: the Milton Canadian Champion, Halton Compass and Toronto Star.

MiltonSearch.com Weather Widget
Forget flipping channels – get the current Milton weather conditions and 7-day forecast according to The Weather Network.

eXWorld® Internet News
Our eXWorld news module automatically updates, linking you to the latest technology, internet and entertainment news. We also feature alternative news headlines, linking to articles about science, physics, the paranormal and more!

Views

MiltonSearch.com Blog
Check out our blog page for weekly posts on a wide variety of topics ranging from Milton news to entertainment to politics to technology to sports. Sometimes we write, other times we scour the web for articles on issues affecting the lives of Miltonians and post them.

Some of our blogs from 2007 were:
• Strawberry fields (not) forever
• Milton covets its own ivory tower
• Should councillors be able to vote themselves a pay increase?
• Traffic lights at Thompson and Yates
• Is NHL hockey coming close to Milton?
• Is the green cart program enough?
• Real life Burlington ghostbusters: probing the paranormal
• Tax increases coming for Milton
• Are smart homes really the way of the future?
• A farewell to farms
• Milton Santa Claus Parade: All welcome! (except politicians)

Do you have an opinion or view you would like to share with Milton? Send it to us and we’ll post it for you. Take the credit or remain anonymous – it’s up to you.

Use

Free Classifieds
Find items for sale, jobs, local activities & events, houses for sale, apartments and office space for rent, financial, creative and automotive services and much, much more. Or register today and set up an account to post an ad. Avoid shipping costs or travelling around the GTA – buy and sell in Milton!

Community Calendar
Keep in touch with what’s going on around town with the MiltonSearch.com Community Calendar. We encourage you to submit your event, whether it’s a garage sale, open house or cooking class using this online tool. Once approved by us, it will appear live online!

Photo Gallery
Register for an account and upload your pictures to share with all of Milton, or password-protect your collection(s) so only friends and family can view them.

Discussion Forums
Our discussion boards are a great way to ask questions or voice your opinion on a variety of topics relevant to your life in Milton. Register and create an account today to start communicating with fellow Miltonians online 24/7.

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The Green Pages Business Directory
MiltonSearch.com’s environmentally friendly business directory is growing daily as businesses request to be listed on The Green Pages. Quickly find Milton and area businesses and link directly to their website, email and a map to their location.

Milton Home and Garden
Milton is Canada’s fastest-growing community over the last five years, with many people moving here from all over the GTA and
elsewhere. Always looking to add to MiltonSearch.com, we thought launching a home & garden section would be a worthwhile venture. Here, we present features on everything from interior design to home renovations to home organization to recipes to help you turn your home into your personal haven.

Some of our articles from 2007 were:
• One-stop Fall home maintenance guide
• Contractor Red Flags: How to spot trouble
• Clearing up the Christmas clutter
• 10 home improvement projects that add value
• 2008 decor and colour trends

Milton Phone Book
It’s the year 2008 – do you really need a big, heavy, cumbersome book to look up local phone numbers? Log on to MiltonSearch.com and click the ‘Milton phone book’ button to find Milton phone numbers quickly and effortlessly.

New additions
Our discussion forums are now live, as is our Milton Kids’ page featuring a kids’ activity of the week available for download as well as links to Milton resources for kids, cool websites and a kids’ art showcase.

Coming Soon…
We have several sections of the site still in development. We promise they will be worth the wait when they arrive!

In the very near future, watch for:
• Milton real estate
• Milton parents
• Milton community services
• Ongoing updates to The Green Pages
• New contests/promotions
• A new and improved Milton showtimes page to include the latest new movie reviews and links to movie trailers
• And how’s this for a teaser? A section simply called: Jasper, Sarah & Martin. We’ll keep that one under wraps for now…

Stay tuned – we’ve got a myriad of ideas as to how to make MiltonSearch.com even better. Watch for our new features as they come to life in 2008!

Well, 2007 is officially in the books and here at MiltonSearch.com, it’s time to look ahead to what promises to be a most exciting 2008!

But first, let’s take a quick moment to reflect on a hugely successful 2007:

MiltonSearch.com officially opened its doors on Saturday, June 9th, 2007 - the day of Milton’s all-day street party in celebration of the Town’s 150th anniversary. What a day it was, full of sun, fun, music, food and of course the thousands of people who filled every corner of Main Street downtown for the day. It was the perfect venue to let Miltonians know about our new site and business as we had a chance to connect with Milton residents interested in finding out about MiltonSearch.com’s various features and Milton business owners who also stopped by to talk about what we can do to help promote local businesses online.

That incredible day really did set the tone for the rest of 2007…

Traffic to MiltonSearch.com exceeded our expectations right from the start as Miltonians were eager to dive into a new, valuable online resource. During the summer we were also able to connect with a few key Milton businesses, forming partnerships which went on to increase local exposure and awareness for all parties.

One such partnership was forged with the relatively new, but iconic Milton restaurant Troy’s Diner. MiltonSearch.com participated in the Troy’s Diner-sponsored annual celebration Troy Fest, manning a face-painting booth in exchange for donations towards Milton District Hospital’s CT Scanner Fund on a cold, blustery Autumn afternoon. MiltonSearch.com also handled the re-design of the Troy’s Diner website. Check it out and let us (and Troy) know what you think!

In early September, MiltonSearch.com also participated in the huge MDHS School Reunion weekend, using the celebration to once again raise awareness and introduce promotions to local business owners and residents.

In mid-September, MiltonSearch.com joined the Milton Chamber of Commerce as a way to not only connect to local businesses, but also as a show of support to the Milton business community.

MiltonSearch.com’s “Milton in Bloom” Photography Contest also wrapped up in the Fall. Mike Horning won a $50 Casey’s Gift Certificate with his entry which can be found on our photo gallery page.

In the summer, Katie Wilson was the winner of the Milton Canadian Champion’s “Guess the Logo Contest”. MiltonSearch.com was one of the mystery logos which Katie did indeed guess correctly after she spotted one of our posters at the new A&P location on Thompson Rd. South!

How did our numbers look? Here are some interesting MiltonSearch.com stats from 2007:*

Bookmark/Add to favourites: 79% of all visitors to our site added MiltonSearch.com to their web browser “favourites” and overall 84% of our visitors access MiltonSearch.com through a “bookmark” or “favourite” link.

In order of highest to lowest number of pageloads, our most popular months were: November, October, September, December, July, August, June. In November, we recorded over 70 000 pageloads, equating to over 890 000 hits.*

In order of highest to lowest number of pageloads, our most popular days of the week were: Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Saturday.

Based on number of pageloads, our peak times were: 7:00am - 3:00pm and 7:00pm - 10:00pm

In order of highest to lowest number of pageloads, the most popular pages on MiltonSearch.com were: photo gallery, classifieds, community calendar, blog, MiltonSearch.com news, Green Pages business directory, Milton showtimes, about Milton and home & garden.

And lastly, the most popular search engines directing visitors to our site, in order of highest to lowest number of linked visitors were: Google 61%, Yahoo! 13%, Google Images 5%, Windows Live 3.2%, MSN Search 2.6% and others less than 1% each.

What’s in store for 2008?

Well, this is why we use the term ‘blazing a trail.’

At MiltonSearch.com, we plan to continue to think outside of the box in 2008 by not just looking at ourselves as a website, but as a business. A proud, Milton-based, living, breathing business. That means not hiding behind our computer monitors, but getting out and participating in events and trade shows, walking in the same shoes as other Milton businesses we look to offer support to.

As far as Milton websites go, we plan to continue to lead the way, not follow.

First, we have some housekeeping to do in 2008 by finalizing content in some key sections, including finally updating the Green Pages business directory with the hundreds of businesses that have contacted us.

After that, we plan to roll out some new branding at the Biz 2 Biz Trade Show operated by the Chamber of Commerce. MiltonSearch.com will begin to be positioned in two distinct ways which pertain to the home user and to the local business owner separately.

After earlier security issues, our discussion forums will finally go live in January, as we follow our mission to be all things to all people in Milton. Register for our forums today and begin chatting. We’ve started by posting a whole bunch of intriguing main categories and now it’s your turn to choose your specific topics of discussion from there…

There are a few other exciting features rolling out in the first half of 2008 directed to both home users and businesses which will remain top secret for now. These new features will continue to reinforce our mission to provide Miltonians with the best possible online resource, and hence provide Milton businesses the best resource to connect online with their customers.

In closing, it’s been quite a 6-and-a-half month ride! In such a short time, we’ve made huge strides in becoming Milton’s premiere destination on the web. Are we proud of our beginnings? Sure. Do we stop there? Of course not. There is still much to do to not only complete many facets of MiltonSearch.com, but to stay on top of the ever-changing Milton landscape. Whether it’s the latest Milton news headlines, special features relevant to life in Milton, or listing the newest business in town, you will be able to continue to count on MiltonSearch.com.

We wish you a happy and prosperous 2008!

David Brown

Owner, MiltonSearch.com

* Web stats 101: What are “hits” and “pageloads?” IBM’s website defines hits and pageloads as follows:

Hit: A browser request for any one item, such as a page, graphic, or other resource. It may take several hits to bring up a single Web page as displayed in a browser.

Pageload/Pageview: The number of deliberate requests to a given URL. For example, one Web page that contains three frames and 12 artwork files would generate one pageload or pageview, but 15 hits. This calculation is an approximation based on the time, sequence, and referral page from which various resources were requested.

New Additions to MiltonSearch.com’s The Green Pages

MiltonSearch.com would like to announce that the following businesses will be added to The Green Pages on our next update:

• The Halton Compass
• BNI - The Business Referral Organization
• Mill Ridge Family Dental Care
• Amy & Darryl Flowers Real Estate Agents - Royal LePage
• Kal Photocopy Company Ltd.
• Business Edge International
• Hearing for Life
• Goodwin Sports
• Trexor Studios
• Paquette Travers & Deutschmann
• Damon Smith, Investors Group
• Michu’s Folklore
• Storage Solutions
• Dwayne Santos, Insurance Advisor, RBC Insurance
• We Do Window Cleaning
• Meridian Electric
• Pho-Mi Vietnamese Restaurant
• Equilease
• Milton Toastmasters
• Robert J. Rubino, RBC Dominion Securities
• iShutter Photography
• Christine Manchisi, Dominion Lending Centres
• Aaron Cronk, The Co-operators Insurance
• Tish Wilson, The Co-operators Insurance
• Jay’s Ice Cream
• Milton Utility & Truck Repair
• Ufindabiz Ltd.
• Terry-Lynne Causley, Advantage Travel
• Halton Hills Fine Jewellery
• Complete Nails by Lucy N
• Milton Shoes & Leather Centre
• New Home Inc. Inspectors and Consultants
• Pre-paid Legal Services Inc.
• Mr. Greek
• Precision Electric
• Comprehensive Benefit Services Inc.
• Colour Works Printing Inc.

Congratulations to the businesses listed above! Listing on MiltonSearch.com means that Miltonians have quick and easy access to your contact information through our site, Milton’s homepage and #1 online resource. MiltonSearch.com is also catalogued regularly by search engines such as Google, and Yahoo! so your company information will also be available to the world via our site. As a business owner, you have a responsibility to have your company listed in as many applicable locations as possible to ensure maximum visibility and exposure.

The Green Pages is Milton, Ontario’s most comprehensive online business directory. Listings on The Green Pages are currently free of charge and include all contact information including hyperlinks to websites, email addresses and location maps.

MiltonSearch.com would like to inform our users and visitors to the site about the status of our Milton business directory, The Green Pages.

The directory has been incomplete for quite awhile now, with new businesses being added to the main page under the ‘new additions’ section.

We would like to apologize for the delay in completing our full directory both to users looking to find local Milton businesses and the hundreds of businesses and business owners who have contacted us over the last few months wishing to become part of The Green Pages.

Why have we fallen behind? Well, it’s actually in no small part due to the popularity of our site…

Since launching our site in June of 2007, MiltonSearch.com has been hired for several web design projects for companies both local and outside of the GTA, including RDI Consulting and Coulter Services Inc. in the London area, and most recently, the popular Troy’s Diner right here in Milton.

As a small company with a huge increase in workload, it’s been hard to keep up and certain areas of our site have remained incomplete for longer than expected. The good news is that we’re finally catching up…

MiltonSearch.com is pleased to announce that our updated directory is set to go live in the week of February 10th, 2008, with a full alphabetized list of Milton Ontario businesses. Each business listing also includes a link to each company’s website and/or email address as well as a Google map if applicable, making The Green Pages truly Milton’s most comprehensive online business directory.

In the coming weeks, we encourage all businesses who have requested a listing to visit our site to ensure:

a) that we have indeed added you to the directory
b) that we have added your business to all applicable categories and
c) that all of your contact information is correct and up-to-date

To new businesses who may be just discovering us for the first time: what are you waiting for?? Contact us right away to have your business listed today! For a limited time, listings on The Green Pages are free of charge.

Listing on MiltonSearch.com means that Miltonians have quick and easy access to your contact information through our site, Milton’s homepage and most popular online resource.

MiltonSearch.com is also indexed regularly by search engines such as Google and Yahoo, so your company information will also be available to the world via our site.

As a business owner, you have a responsibility to have your company listed in as many applicable locations as possible to ensure maximum visibility and exposure. MiltonSearch.com consistently ranks at or near the top in most Milton Ontario-related online searches, which means you do as well.

Again, we thank you for visiting and supporting our site in 2007. We have a lot of new features and improvements in store for 2008, so stay tuned - what you see now is just the beginning!

Stay safe on New Year’s Eve and see you in 2008!

Sincerely,

David Brown,
Owner, MiltonSearch.com

MiltonSearch.com is featured twice in the current November 2007 edition of SNAP Milton.

That’s right. September and October have been busy for us here at MiltonSearch.com.

In September, MiltonSearch.com officially joined the Milton Chamber of Commerce. Owner David Brown attended the Business After Hours meeting held at A Pathway to Wellness, where Mayor Gord Krantz was on hand for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to honour Alice Logan on the 10th Anniversary of A Pathway to Wellness.

The SNAP Milton Business After Hours feature can be found here.

The 2nd Annual Troy Fest was held on Saturday, October 13 and MiltonSearch.com was proud to be involved in the event, offering face-painting and collecting donations to go toward Milton District Hospital’s CT Scanner Fund. Our official press release can be found here and again, SNAP Milton was there to cover the event. Some great pictures were taken of the event overall as well as featuring MiltonSearch.com’s Joseph Lemp and face-painter extraordinaire, Teri Van Sickle-Brown.

The SNAP Milton Troy Fest feature can be found here.