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Archive for February, 2008

The internet - rated PG

Friday, February 29th, 2008

We are all familiar with the film rating system, we all know what to expect from bbc1 pre-watershed but how do we know what to expect from internet content?
UK broadcasters and the internet big guns (Google, AOL, etc.) have signed up to a rating system for online content in an effort to enable users to [...]

a phone … iPhone … gPhone

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Never being one to be left out of the club Googles move into the mobile phone market is coming to fruition with the alpha release of the Android open source phone operating system.
Everyone knows about the [expensive] iPhone and the mobile enthusiasts amongst you will be familiar with Windows Mobile and the Symbian OSs, [...]

PayPal alternatives

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

According to CNN and Fortune magazine, eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) intends to implement a controversial new policy that will entail holding payments sent through PayPal for up to 21 days for certain “high-risk transactions.”
Cite have implemented PayPal payment options for a number of websites including Italian Heaven, the Calabria investment property specialists. This solution works [...]

Internet Ad Revenue Exceeds $21B in 2007

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

By most accounts, the Internet represents less than 10 percent of all U.S. ad spending, meaning there’s room for a lot more growth. There’s some interesting information about the subject here and here.

Why a have lock when you give away the key?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

What happens when aspects of security are overlooked and the very thing that is meant to protect you becomes a liability in itself?
Computer security is a cold war, always has been, always will be … each development by the opposing side spurs the other on to overcoming it wether they are the hackers or the [...]

SEO - a few interesting statistics

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Here are a few Search Engine Optimisation statistics giving an insight into user behavious when seeking out products or services online…

SEO stat 1: Natural search results are viewed 98% more often than pay per click ads
SEO stat 2: 72% of people only look on the first page
SEO stat 3: Fewer than 8% of people [...]

The evolution of the search engine …

Monday, February 18th, 2008

In the beginning there were your search engines, you would type in a term and the most relevant information would come up. Then there was the introduction of search engine advertising such as Google’s ‘AdWords’ and Yahoo’s ‘Search Marketing’. This made it a little more difficult to understand how to get to the top of [...]

Neighbourhood Watch e-commerce store launched

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Today marks our latest e-commerce website launch, this time for the Neighbourhood Watch. ‘Stay safe with Helix‘ arrives in partnership with the charitable trust to provide a range of Helix security products for their members. We facilitated the ecommerce web site following a series of other online projects for Helix prompting the UK Marketing Director [...]

Mobile web goes from strength to strength

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Experts and pundits predict an increasingly sophisticated mobile web experience. Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s N96 and N78, Sony Ericsson took the opportunity to announce their Windows Mobile enabled Xperia X1 ‘arc slider’ at the Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson last night. Dubbed Xperia, the series’ flagship smartphone is the [...]

Retreat Company store - open for business

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Our friends at The Retreat Company have launched an e-commerce store, specialising in well being products and gifts, to inspire and relax you. Choose from a wealth of books and CDs for yoga, health and lifestyle improvement.Treat yourself today at: www.theretreatcompany.com/store