As quick as an MTB downhill bike....

I must admit that I could quite easily become a little obsessed with the way the Internet works. (If I'm not already!)

Without a doubt I spend too much time online scanning websites... but don't we all? Well you are here reading this Blog, eh!

I justify my 'habit' to myself in a couple of ways. Firstly I used to spend quite some time every day reading newspapers. Now I rarely pick up a 'rag' as my news is garnered from the net. This allows me to focus more easily on my interests and I can also read from a far wider range of publications.

The other side of this is that my photographic business owes a lot of its success to how the Internet works. Of course my undoubted talent as a photographer has a lot to do with this too!!!!

The web allows a business to 'put itself out there' for very little cost and once a base of followers exists it is possible to reach out to potential customers very easily.... and quickly!

That's the point of the headline of this Blog (and what I find interesting).

I've just finished adding a new picture gallery of today's MTB Downhill racing that took place this morning in Talbot Valley.

Before writing this Blog I added a quick message on Facebook with a few MTB pics and a link to the newly added gallery. For a bit of fun I thought I'd monitor the live website visits using Google Analytics to see what the response would be and how quickly the word would get out.

This is the fun bit. Amazingly in under ten minutes there were 18 people already viewing the gallery and the stats continued to show a constant stream of new visitors. Amazing!

I've got to thank you all for the (speedy) interest in my pics. And thanks to the Internet for the part you play too :-)

Also Sam Clark has to have a special mention as he took a tumble right in front of me (thanks) as 'crash' pics are also guaranteed to generate views!!

If you're interested, the full gallery of today's MTB Downhill racing pics can be viewed here:
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW MTB DOWNHILL RACING PICS