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The Freelancers Network

Co-founder
Jan '99 - present
 
Freelancers.net is an open database of freelancers, freelance jobs and freelance projects.
 
It is UK-focused, and has a busy email forum used by hundreds of freelancers.
 
FHM

Producer
Jun '98 - Jan '99
 
Yell

Web Designer
Banner Advertising Commercial Officer

May '97 - Jun '98
Recent Sites
Just finished, a new loans site, loans.org.uk, a banking site bank.org.uk, and a mortgage site mortgage.org.uk.
 
Quote Search helps you find various insurance products such as car insurance, travel insurance and home insurance.
 
Sightseeing.co.uk
 
When people visit Sightseeing.co.uk, I want them to be able to just 'see' what to do, rather than having to actually read anything.
 
A MySQL database sits behind the site, and postcodes, part-postcodes, town, city and locality names are fed in. These are geocoded, and then the results are delivered based on proximity. All this happens in a tiny fraction of a second.
 
UKShopSearch.com screen shotUKShopSearch.com screen shot

UKShopSearch.com
 
This site is part of a family websites geared toward the UK Internet user. Other sites within the family focus on UK jobs, UK hotels, UK serviced offices, car insurance and UK TV listings.
 
I built UKShopSearch.com from the ground up using MySQL and Perl for the backend on a Linux platform. I designed the site to be simple and easy to navigate despite the wealth of data it contains.
 
Dan Winchester
Freelancers.net Ltd
60-62 Kings Road
Reading
RG1 3AA
 
0118 9391111
 
dan@freelancers.net