Cite Blog
Archive for February, 2008
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 [...]
Tags: internet regulation
Posted in Industry news | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Tags: Google, Mobile
Posted in Uncategorized, www & technology | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: e-commerce, leicestershire, payment gateway, PayPal
Posted in Cite news, Industry news | No Comments »
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.
Tags: advertising, online advertising
Posted in Industry news | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: security
Posted in Industry news | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Tags: Google, Search Engine Optimisation, SEO, user behaviour
Posted in Industry news, Web marketing | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: AdWords, on-line video advertisements, Search Engine Optimisation
Posted in Development, Industry news | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, Helix, Neighbourhood Watch
Posted in Cite news, Web marketing | No Comments »
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 [...]
Tags: mobile web, smartphone, Sony Ericsson, Xperia X1
Posted in Industry news | 1 Comment »
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
Tags: e-commerce, The Retreat Company
Posted in Cite news | No Comments »