This month I have finally managed to take time to go on a couple of experimental video shooting sessions but ended taking a lot of stills instead.

You wouldn’t believe how good it felt to finally be able to play with a camera.  Fatherhood is the biggest blessing I have ever received but it does not come without its sacrifices.

So we went for a drive in the mountain range area near Lisbon called Sintra, it’s a gorgeous  place that has a bit of everything, from dense vegetation to century old magnificent trees. It’s also on the coast line so when you leave the mountain side you can immediately see the shore. 

The first sets of pictures were taken in the mountain side near a fountain, the light wasn’t too grand but it did provide good contrast between the road and the vegetation. 

This second set was taken in a very special place in the top of the mountain, a couple of minutes away from the fountain. I was a bit disappointed with my work, the lighting was superb but I didn’t take the most out of it.

On the way down was able to find a spot where you could see the entire coast line and the mountains above it, the light was exquisite, really enjoyed shooting there.

Feel free to checkout the entire set here.

Google is watching your every move, don't you think you can fool the eyes of the Bot! So buying your way to the top, are we? It's just a matter of time before you get caught. Riiiiiiiiiiight. A little word of advice to the big G, Begin by sorting out your first page results, and then worry about what Webmasters are up to. Search for Web Marketing at Google.pt: (The Red arrow is pointing to my companies website whilst the blue arrow is pointing to the site that is "clustering" the results page). http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&rlz=1T4GGLJ_enPT232PT232&q=web+marketing&meta= Is a simple condition statement too complex for the algorithm to handle? IF RESULTS page 1 already contains Page A should I display Page A twice? What about three times? Heck, why not go all the way and cluster my own search results page with a single website?? that should be fun! I don't have a lot to complain about since my company is leading the SERPS with a single results. But for the love of God, this is becoming ridiculous, to the point where I'm having trouble explaining to my clients that Google is a good reliable system to invest in. Maybe the Adwords Learning Center could add a new Sales pitch tutorial on how to lead with questions like: "why is that site occupying three slots in the first page? Why should I invest in PPC when I can get 30% of the top page slots with my website? Please note that I have nothing against the website's webmaster, I personally know the owner of the company in question and kudos for him for the fantastic results, but it's impossible to stay quiet when you see one of your top business search queries being handled by Goolgle the way it is. Sort it out!

One of the things I love about this industry is that every day you discover people who are willing to test things out, that don't simply take things as they are. Kuddos to them! Shaun Anderson tried to figure out how Google would treat and index a title with 50 terms inside the tag. The results were very surprising to say the least. Hobo SEO UK : “You can put 50 words in your title tag, we’ll read it”