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Domain Auction for Haiti generated over $13,000 USD!

We previously wrote on our blog about the domain auction for Haiti that was held by MissDomain after the initiative of Internet Sweden a domain auction. Sales were passed on in full to help the victims of the earthquake disaster in Haiti.

The auction generated around 10 012 EUR (approx .$ 13,600 USD), a total of 217 domains were donated to the auction and 73 were sold. The most expensive domain was IJ.se that went for 2350 EUR (approx $3,200 USD).

Crystone's own donation, webhotell.com, was the domain that generated the largest number of unique bids and the final price ended up at an impressive 900 EUR (about $1,230 USD), which resulted in a bronze place among the domains that were sold.

Here we have listed the 10 most expensive domains:

IJ.se 2350 EUR
forsakringar.nu 1100 EUR
webhotell.com 900 EUR
prylar.nu 850 EUR
uthyres.nu 850 EUR
skidor.nu 800 EUR
festlokaler.nu EUR 325
bytjobb.nu 225 EUR
idol.nu 190 EUR
tippa.nu 176 EUR

Crystone launches NoiQ.com, one of Europe’s biggest poker companies!

We want to highlight the most important things we have, our customers, and thus begins an interview series dedicated to just these. First up is Robin Larsson, CEO of gambling company NoiQ.com , which we are helping with organic search engine optimization and online marketing.

Name: Robin Larsson
Lives: Madliena, Malta
Born: Town, Sweden

What is NoiQ and what are your duties?

We provide games on the internet within Poker, casino and sportsbetting. My job consists mainly of keeping the movement together, and will review all options for expansion of the company.

What is a typical day at NoiQ?

An ordinary day at NoiQ is that we work largely with two different parts. One part is to maintain our current players with the support and VIP services, while the second part is working more with the recruitment of new players.

You recently launched your new website, what are your expectations for this?

With our new website we wanted to simplify navigation between our various products significantly. We expect to have a larger spread between the products, and increase the turnover of the casino and sports betting.

How do you think it has been so far to work with Crystone, which is your SEO provider?

It has worked very well and has been very easy to work with Crystone, which is our SEO provider!

Have we so far lived up to your expectations?

Crystone has certainly lived up to our expectations and we look forward to a long partnership.

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Search Engine Optimization Helps Hotels Thrive

Hotel website optimization is probably one of the most important elements of hotel marketing in these times. More and more people are using the internet to find products and services and this where Search Engine Optimization (SEO) really shines. SEO helps bring users looking for your products or offerings directly to you via a relevant keyword search.

For example, if someone lives in Miami and wants to spend 5 nights in New York at a five-star hotel, where is the first place they will look? I would dare to say that most people will jump on Google, Yahoo, or Bing to research hotels and then find one that fits their needs. Research proves this, so by that theory you must be ranked at the top of search engines if you are going to gain an edge over your competition and boost your revenue.

There are many elements that make up an effective SEO campaign for a hotel or any type of business. You can't simply devise a formula to use and be on top over night. SEO takes time and patience and involves ongoing methods that will get your hotel or business noticed. The algorithms for the search engines are ever changing; you need to make sure your efforts are consistent so that you always remain on top. To truly get the most out of your SEO campaign, hire a professional SEO company that will handle all your online marketing, while you take care of running your hotel.

Crystone Begins Moving Servers to New Data Center in Sweden

We have signed an agreement for the new server hall in Stockholm following the blackout that occurred on the 11th of March. This weekend was the first move of several planned. The decision to move the hall was already in place following the cooling failure that occurred on August 28, 2009.

"The blackout that hit the server hall in Liljeholmen last Thursday was what sped up our planned relocation. “says Murat Yigit, Head of Operations.

The new server hall, which has just been newly built, has a double and completely separate power supply, redundant networks, and extinguishing systems. Also the cooling corridors between the racks makes the cooling more efficient.

Crystone now has two server halls in Stockholm and a unique position to offer full redundancy through these.

"It is important for us to show all of our customers, that through our actions, we are actively taking charge of any situations." continues Murat Yigit.

3 Methods of Organic Search Engine Optimization

There are entire books written on SEO, including organic search engine optimization. Unfortunately, the majority of business websites have yet to implement the techniques, despite the fact that they are very effective. The search engines love good, clean SEO, but still, many people either avoid it completely, or they opt for black hat techniques that cause problems down the road.

It’s a good idea to look at white hat SEO if you want long lasting results and to stay on the good side of the search engines. Here are three excellent methods of doing just that.

Article marketing is one of the most overlooked methods of building links. It’s quite simple, you take articles written with your keywords and a link back to your site and submit them to a number of article directories. Not only do the directories themselves offer a link back to the site this way, but other site owners and bloggers can then use the article, with the link intact, on their own sites, increasing the number of links you have.
Content Delivery via a blog. Blogs are infinitely valuable when it comes to getting Google's attention. With regularly updated content, your site will be ranked higher and pages indexed much faster.
On page optimization is also very important. While having plenty of great backlinks is good, the website itself also needs to contain your keywords, as well as have great content to keep visitors interested.

So remember there are many ways to get your site to rank high in the search engines, but making sure to sick to white hat SEO practices will get you lasting results and keep you in the good graces with the search engines.