scotspirit Archives • dotScot Registry Home of the .scot Domain Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:16:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://static.dot.scot/uploads/2020/04/icon-1-5e935775v1_site_icon-32x32.png scotspirit Archives • dotScot Registry 32 32 Big dotScot welcome to Claire Alexander, our global ambassador in Africa https://dot.scot/blog/2022/big-dotscot-welcome-to-claire-alexander-our-global-ambassador-in-africa/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:16:33 +0000 https://dot.scot/?p=12178/ Claire Alexander is a double business owner, award-winning event producer, guest lecturer, mentor and speaker. A graduate of Strathclyde University’s Business School in Glasgow, Claire hails from Menstrie, a small village on the outskirts of Stirling. She went to Alva…

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]]> dotScot Review of the Year 2021 https://dot.scot/blog/2022/dotscot-review-of-the-year-2021/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:22:11 +0000 https://dot.scot/?p=12064/ 2021 got off to a flyer with the news in January that the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) had migrated its main website to .scot, providing an example for other large organisations to follow and a model for the…

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]]> Optimise Your Website for Improved Search Engine Results (Guest Blog) https://dot.scot/blog/2017/how-to-optimise-your-website-for-improved-search-engine-results/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:02:00 +0000 http://dot.scot/?p=10464 This is our first in a series of Guest Blogs, written by James Cummings. If you have ever run queries on Google.co.uk, Google.co.au, and Google.com (perhaps one after the other), you would have noticed that the results of the queries…

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]]> Meet Our Global Ambassadors: Theresa Mackay https://dot.scot/blog/2017/meet-our-global-ambassadors-theresa-mackay/ Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:59:55 +0000 http://dot.scot/?p=10451 Here at DotScot we aim to reach as many Scots possible, including those across the globe. We have a team of dedicated Global Ambassadors to help spread the word and promote Scotland’s online identity.  Here we introduce Theresa Mackay, who’s recent…

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]]> Top 6 St. Andrew’s Day Events https://dot.scot/blog/2016/top-6-st-andrews-day-events/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:32:43 +0000 http://dot.scot/?p=10353 You certainly won’t be stuck for something to do this St. Andrew’s day as a whole host of events will be celebrating ol’ St. Andrew across the country. From light shows to torchlight parades, there’s more than just a haggis…

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]]> Scottish Business Spotlight: Eden Mill https://dot.scot/blog/2016/scottish-business-spotlight-eden-mill/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:00:08 +0000 http://b9a.27f.myftpupload.com/?p=10221 ‘Scotland has forged an incredible reputation around the world. Rich provenance and alignment with quality has become synonymous with Scotland, and the .scot domain allows this identity to thrive.’ When Paul Miller discovered that the closest distilleries to St. Andrews…

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]]> A History of Scotland and the Internet https://dot.scot/blog/2016/a-history-of-scotland-and-the-internet/ Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:19:50 +0000 http://b9a.27f.myftpupload.com/?p=10070 With the internet being such a regular part in our daily lives it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always hashtags, likes and retweets. Nowadays online communities are formed easily and quickly across various platforms, adapting as the social spaces…

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