Expanding Our Website Outreach

One of the biggest motivating factors for us choosing to use a link building service for our website was expanding our website outreach. If you want to be successful in your chosen field online, it is crucial that where possible you consistently work to ensure that where possible your website outreach is widened so that you can reach larger overall audiences. Doing this is one of the many key ways through which you can expand the overall impact your website has online.

One of the main issues that we found with our website was a lack of links. Prior to choosing to use the link building service our website had a distinct lack of links pointing to it. This meant that it had become increasingly difficult for us to expand our website outreach as well as reach large audiences in order for the band to grow. Therefore we called on the services of Spicy Pepper to provide a quality link building service.

What Effects Did The Link Building Service Have?

Overall, there were a number of positive effects that the link building service had on our bands website. One of the main and most noticeable benefits which we took into consideration was an increase in traffic. After several months of using this service we found that there had been a noticeable increase in the amount of traffic that was visiting our website. We found this to also improve overall interactions and shares for our dedicated blog which covers a wide range of different issues.

Ultimately, link building brought about a lot of positive change for our website in terms of search engine optimisation as well as increased traffic levels. Prior to using the link building service we had very little overall knowledge about how the link building service worked and the effect that it could have on our website. Link building is a key way through which SEO can be improved in order to ensure that websites appear higher in the search engine results online. This is something that we had been trying to do previously with little knowledge or experience.

Our Message To Other Artists

Based on our experience of using link building to help shape our online activities, we would urge you to look into using these services. This is because they can really help up and coming bands grow their website to a point where they can see a noticeable improvement in web traffic as well as their website ranking higher in the search results for their band name or related content. SEO is a complex journey but one well worth exploring.

Toby Fenwick

A music journalist and audio archivist, Toby specialises in deep dives into discographies, band evolution, and the production techniques that shaped iconic sounds across decades.

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The Day We Got Blue Light Glasses

The day when the glasses came, we were booked into the studio, so it was a perfect time to whip them out and put them to the test. Two of us sat at the desk for around 6 hours in total, with a lunch break in the middle, and at the end our eyes felt pretty good, certainly not as glazed as they had been feeling previously. We both agreed that something was being done, so we left them on the desk and agreed to wear them for the next month to see if we could feel a difference in the long run. We hoped that the blue light glasses would be able to help our evening sessions in the studio.

Working Nights In The Studio

Some evenings we work nights in the studio if we have things on during the day, and since these clever specs claim to help melatonin production which is blocked by blue light, we thought we should test them out at night. I personally find it tricky to wind down at night when I come home form a big evening session in the studio, and hoped that blue light glasses would help. We had a 5pm till 10pm session one night and wore the glasses the whole time, and both went home feeling tired but not burnt out. I got into bed at around 11:30pm and fell asleep quickly, which is not uncommon for me but unusual. After a few more evening sessions, the results were pretty much the same, and I always got to sleep pretty fast which I thought was amazing. For this reason alone I now wear them any time I am in front of a screen in the evenings and have noticed a big difference.

The Facts

Since the mass adoption of technological devices is so recent, we are only just getting to grips with the effects that they can have on us. A study conducted by scientists at the University of Wisconsin published in 2020, suggests that light can really do some damage to the retinas of the human body. That is not to say that blue light rays are dangerous for the eyes, but rather the damage done could lead to problems. This is especially important if it leads to loss of eyesight, as some people have already discovered.

The Research

The researchers at the University of Wisconsin concluded that blue light can actually change the natural light pattern that we all experience. For instance, if you use a blue light filter when reading or watching TV, the light entering your eyes gets disrupted and can become distorted. The results could also vary depending on how well the person sleeps. However, even if the effects of light go beyond reading and watching TV, it has already been proven that the blue light can actually harm your eyes. In the case of blue light glasses, the problem is compounded because the lens itself may have some blue-based chemicals that will interact with the light and potentially cause damage.

Toby Fenwick

A music journalist and audio archivist, Toby specialises in deep dives into discographies, band evolution, and the production techniques that shaped iconic sounds across decades.

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