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Kirkwoodgolf

Kirkwoodgolf was started by Gillian Kirkwood, pictured right, in April 2002, initially to report on student golf and follow the progress and successes of young Scottish golfers at college in the United States.

Aberdeen-based golf reporter, Colin Farquharson, quickly saw the potential and began contributing, and now the site covers all Ladies, Junior, Senior, Veteran, Student and Amateur golfing news.

The kirkwoodgolf site has a slightly female Scottish bias but nevertheless has a world-wide following of loyal readers of both sexes, many people stumbling on it through Google and becoming firmly hooked by the eclectic mixture of up-to-the-minute golf news, quirky stories and appealing pictures of Gillian's grandchidren. The site acts as a portal to many other golf-related sites of interest, and many readers have it as their home page. The constantly updated diary format and volume of news stories which go up every day ensure a loyal and returning readership of knowledgeable golfers.

We are often asked about the number of hits the site receives. In the winter months we get an average of 30,000 unique visitors per month. We peak in May to August when the total goes over 40,000 per month, and we regularly get more than 1500 unique visitors per day. We had our millionth visitor in 2006, and 2millionth in 2008.

Type "Kirkwood" into Google and the site is the third entry in more than 6,300,000.

ScottishGolfView

ScottishGolfView started in May 2006 with Colin Farquharson, pictured right, as the Editor, and Gillian Kirkwood as the Webmaster.
It is an even more comprehensive golfing website, covering all Scottish golf and golfers and appealing to both men and women.

We orginally envisaged it as a monthly webzine with a HotNews section similar to kirkwoodgolf, but soon realised that the diary/weblog format was its main appeal, and turned it round so that the front page of breaking news is the first thing that the reader sees.

The Editor and main contributor Colin Farquharson provides a huge amount of golfing reports for the site, and his enthusiasm for getting golfing news out to the public has been rewarded by a growing fan-base who are hungry for golf news that they can relate to and which is not satisfied by the conventional press.

ScottishGolfView has built up a regular dedicated following, and now has an even bigger readership than kirkwoodgolf as its successful formula has become better known.

In 2007 we clocked up 451467 unique visitors who looked at 690219 pages.
In 2008 it was even better with very close to 1,000,000 unique visitors! (930,826) See chart below.

Type "Scottish Golf News" into Google and we are the top entry out of 1,390,000

Advertise on kirkwoodgolf and/or scottishgolfview

For £20 per month per site (or £30 per month for both sites) you get a 150x300 pixel space to advertise your product, including a link to your product's website.

The width can't be any more than 150 pixels, but the depth of the ad can be lengthened in 100 pixel steps (£6.50 per 100 pixels per site or £10 per 100 pixels for both sites)

Email your logo, image and text (approx 30-40 words) to Gillian Kirkwood and she will format your advertisement, and send it back for your approval before publishing it on the website.

Where else would you be able to get onto the screens of the most discerning and knowledgeable golfers in Scotland for such a small amount?

It's a bargain!