Category Archives: Internet
European Bank (EBRD) ventures into blogging
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a blog which is described by the bank’s Communications Director Reijo Kemppinen as an opportunity “to build dialogue, share knowledge and exchange lessons learnt in an informal forum.” The first article, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Internet, Marketing
Tagged banks, corporate blogging, ebrd, financial crisis
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Internet Filtering in the United Arab Emirates- What you see if you hit a forbidden site
The full list of prohibited content is here. Removal requests for the UAE firewall can be submitted here. Technorati Tags: censorship, Internet, Media, uae
What to do if your Hotmail account got hacked – the recent spate of attacks on Hotmail accounts
Get SEO Certified and get ahead in your career! Awesome FREE SEO training on Sierra Echo Oscar If your friends and contacts have received an email or IM message from your Hotmail account with wording along the lines of “I … Continue reading
How Google penalises sites with too many of the same URL – Tested!
Last week I got an insight into how Google penalties work if you use a URL too many times in a blog entry. In my recent article, I covered how scammers target Sedo users. The article was included in the … Continue reading
Domain valuation scam targets Sedo users
If you want to skip the background scroll down to my entertaining correspondence with the scammer, as he tries to hook me in. Sedo is a service that allows owners of domain names to sell them in much the same … Continue reading
MFI and Woolworths – websites on the brink
On the day after the two emblematic retail groups Woolworths and MFI had gone under in the UK, their websites showed the signs of disaffected (and potentially jobless) web staff – and who can blame them. At Woolies they couldn’t … Continue reading
eBay Libel Threat After Negative Feedback – When Online Libel Gets Personal
Chris Read, a 42-year-old from Kent, is facing legal action for libel after leaving negative feedback for an item he bought on auction site eBay. On October 3, Read used the feedback facility on eBay and wrote: “Item was scratched, … Continue reading
Understanding Website Statistics – Five Pitfalls to Avoid
Website statistics: what’s wrong with the following statements? 1. My website gets 20,000 hits a month! 2. My website gets three million unique visitors a year! 3. Our statistics show that users spend an average of 30 minutes per visit … Continue reading
Posted in ecommerce, Internet, Marketing, New Media, Technology
Tagged Marketing, roi, Technology, web statistics, websites
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