Graeme Pollock Pavilion MyZA

The news that EP Cricket was to rename the Centenary Pavilion to the Graeme Pollock Pavilion was sent out as a press release by the hard working Leigh Deyzel yesterday at 3:35 pm.

Emblazoned in her e-mail and in the release (in thick red CAPITAL letters) was a polite request for an embargo on the article until 6:00 am this morning.

EMBARGOED TO WEDNESDAY 06:00AM PLEASE NOTE THE EMBARGO INCLUDES ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

Of course the desire to publish immediately is great, especially for local publishers who have been rooting for the great man to be honoured with the Graeme Pollock Pavilion. But, the internet is a small place and one wants to show respect to EP Cricket.

Unfortunately one publisher slipped up – I see now that the ‘early release’ has subsequently been deleted, though.

See the image below of results for a search on Google for the Search Term ‘Graeme Pollock Pavilion’ at 7:09 am this morning take note of:

MyPE is in FIRST position after publishing the article at 6:00 am (see the 1 hour ago note)
There is one web site that published the article at 5:00 pm yesterday
BUT – MyPE went racing past it to Pole Position

Of course the results are pretty dynamic and change as time goes by – click here: Graeme Pollock Pavilion to see the latest results.

Word to the wise and trigger happy: Any half decent Content Management System (like WordPress) will have a facility allowing you to schedule articles – Use it and that will save you future embarrassment.