Date: 8th March 2026
This shift included obituary monitoring and publishing, directory data expansion, news publishing, and website blog updates across multiple platforms including canadianobituaries.com, durhamdirectory.com, allaboutwebservices.com, and arubadirectory.com. Work focused on maintaining obituary updates, expanding business directory data, publishing regional news content, and improving internal reporting documentation.
Jake – Obituary Monitoring & Publishing
🔗 Sites:
https://durhamobituaries.com/
https://canadianobituaries.com/
• Task Description:
Monitor funeral home obituary pages and update obituary posts across the website.
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Checked funeral home obituary pages to identify newly published obituaries.
• Reviewed obituary listings from the following funeral home websites:
https://smithfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/
https://mckinlayfuneralhome.com/tribute/all-services/index.html
https://windsorchapel.com/tribute/all-services/index.html
• Monitored obituary notification emails to identify new obituary submissions.
• Posted 01 Durham obituary on Canadian Obituaries.
• Updated 01 Durham obituary entry with corrected details.
• Published 20 Ontario obituaries on the website.
• Watched a tutorial to understand SureForm application submit mail notification setup.
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lug-cTv1yg4
Maya – Durham Directory Business Research
🔗 Site: https://durhamdirectory.com/
• Task Description:
Research and organize business listings for the Durham Directory.
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Identified business locations in Durham Region using Google Search and Google Maps.
• Verified business information before adding it to the directory data sheet.
• Organized business details in a Google Spreadsheet for structured reference.
• Used ChatGPT to separate addresses into standardized fields including:
• Mailing Address Line 1
• Mailing Address Line 2
• City
• Province
• Postal Code
• Collected missing information for approximately 54 businesses (work in progress).
• Progress Review:
Ben reviewed the work progress.
Riya – Aruba Directory Category Expansion
🔗 Site: https://arubadirectory.com/
• Task Description:
Complete business listings for Aruba directory categories and upload them using bulk listing.
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Completed Bakery Category listings including businesses such as:
Panaderia Pasteleria Del Campo
Old Dutch Bakery Aruba
Artisan Pastries Aruba
La Espiga de Oro Aruba
Gallo Rojo
Bakery & Pastry AliPan
Dolcissimo By Ines
Gelateria Italiana
Cinnabon
Petit Plaisir
Grandma’s Flame
Keshi di Hulanda
and additional bakery listings.
• Uploaded bakery listings using bulk directory upload process.
• Added images, locations, and additional business details for each listing.
Pharmacy Category Listings
• Added pharmacy listings including:
Santa Anna Pharmacy
Botica Di Servicio Eagle
• Uploaded pharmacy listings using the bulk listing method.
• Added images, location details, and updated information in the data sheet.
• Progress Review:
Ben reviewed the current progress.
Sophi – Durham News Publishing & Blog Updates
🔗 Sites:
https://durhamdirectory.com/
https://canadianobituaries.com/
https://allaboutwebservices.com/blog/
• Task Description:
Publish Durham news articles, Ontario obituaries, and update internal blog reports.
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Published 10 Durham Region news articles on Durham Directory.
• Rewrote news content using ChatGPT to ensure clarity, originality, and proper structure.
• Generated appropriate headlines and images for each article to improve presentation.
• Researched obituary sources from funeral home websites including:
https://www.barclayfuneralhome.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?page=1
https://www.arnfuneralhome.ca/
• Published 01 Ontario obituary on Canadian Obituaries.
• Verified obituary details and formatted the content before publishing.
Internal Blog Updates
🔗 Site: https://allaboutwebservices.com/blog/
• Updated 2 Daily Work Summary Blog posts documenting recent staff activities.
Zara – Content Publishing & Google News Optimization
🔗 Sites:
https://allaboutwebservices.com
https://arubanews.ca/
https://canadianobituaries.com/
• Task Description:
Publish internal task summary blog posts, post news articles, update obituaries, and review Google News optimization status.
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Created the All Staff Task Summary blog post for March 07, 2026 and published it on:
https://allaboutwebservices.com
• Published 10 Aruba news articles on:
https://arubanews.ca/
• Edited news cover images by adding the news title to improve presentation.
Obituary Monitoring & Posting
🔗 Site:
https://canadianobituaries.com/
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Searched multiple funeral home websites to identify new obituary posts including:
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries?locationStateFilter=BC
https://www.springfieldfuneralhome.com/obituaries/
• Verified obituary information before publishing.
• Posted 03 new obituaries on Canadian Obituaries.
Google News Evaluation Optimization Rollout
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Checked Google Rich Results status for 10 news articles.
• Verified that the structured data and article formatting were recognized correctly.
Team Coordination & Access Setup
• Action Taken / Outcome:
• Added a new user account to support content management tasks.
• Conducted a meeting with Sophi.
• Shared editing access for blog posts with Sophi.
• Explained the process for posting Daily Task Summary blog posts.
• Shared the draft document template for maintaining consistency in future reports.
