Vince Cable exposes technology problems for your website

The Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable has got into hot water because he told the truth. In a much publicised and secretly recorded conversation, the Liberal Democrat minister told people what be believed in. But it is his honesty that has got him into trouble. According to his …

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Three strange reasons for doing social media

Well it had to happen, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook is the Time Magazine “Person of the Year”. It was inevitable – an estimated 750m people now use Facebook and his struggles to bring the service to life are celebrated in an acclaimed Hollywood movie. Social networking is big …

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20 Things Google Likes On Your Website

20 Things Google Likes On Your Website By Mardy Sitzer Are you seeing what I am seeing? If you are searching on Google the same exact key words that I am searching, chances are NO – you are not seeing what I am seeing. I am in New York City …

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Avoid trying to impress people online

Oprah Winfrey might be in danger. She could be thinking she is better at promoting Australia than the people who live there. In an eight-day visit, likened to a Papal tour, Oprah has just finished filming four episodes of her talk show which will be broadcast in January. They are …

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Boost your website because of snow bound Britain

Britain’s roads are at a standstill with cars and lorries are still stuck in snow and ice. Hundreds of schools are closed, children are happily sledging and skating, and the shops are complaining that people are staying at home. Welcome to winter. People have been stuck in traffic jams for …

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Let the people Tweet

Troops in the USA are being warned that using the likes of Twitter and Facebook could be damaging. Apparently, it could reveal to the enemy the whereabouts of individuals in action. Strangely, it is only a couple of years since the US Military demanded that the troops be allowed to …

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Gist Brings Dynamic Social Profiles to Gmail

Gist, an online service that helps people build stronger professional relationships, today announced the release of an all-new extension for Firefox, which delivers the largest, most dynamic set of professional profiles available today to every Gmail user. Gist for Firefox puts the power of your network at your fingertips right …

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Beating the cognitive load of email

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook (pictured), announced a new messaging system which many are calling a “Gmail Killer“. But in his press conference yesterday, Mr Zuckerberg was actually pointing out his system was not email, nor a replacement for it. Instead, he described his “aha” moment when talking to …

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Big firms teach small businesses an online lesson

Sir John Rose had to square up to the media yesterday in his role as the Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce. His company’s engines had been found to have a fault which led to the explosion on a Qantas flight earlier this month. Sir John admitted that the issue would cause …

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Five things to do today to improve business through Offline Customer Feedback and Social Media

UK businesses are failing to exploit the positive offline feedback they receive, often because they aren’t capturing it in the first place according to Managemycomplaints.com (MMC), the first specialist customer complaint and feedback management application delivered using the Software as a Service(SaaS) model. MMC, whose customers included Middlesborough Football Club, …

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Nominet launches a new, independent educational website to help people stay safe, do more and drive business online

Nominet UK, the not-for-profit organisation responsible for .uk Internet infrastructure, today announces the launch of a new website to support consumers and businesses online, knowthenet.org.uk. As the Internet plays an increasingly huge role in everyday life, consumers and businesses are increasingly looking for help and advice on a range of …

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Social Media Case Study: Blendtec

By Peter Applebaum The acting is wooden, the music is cheesy, but Blendtec’s ‘Will It Blend?’ is deservedly one of the all-time-great viral campaigns… Tom Dickson is an unlikely superstar. He’s chubby and totally unable to act, yet his popularity has reached such levels in the US that ‘Tom Dickson …

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