Following an anti-trust ruling by the European Commission, Microsoft will be offering up to 200 million European PC users the option of choosing an alternative web browser. Read more »
Web Growth Consulting Blog
news and views from the Internet coal face
Lastest web design, Global Venue Solutions
After being let down by another web company, Global Venue Solutions asked us to step in and deliver their website. We quickly turned round the development of conference venue search website, Global Venue Solutions which promotes their services.
No 1 on Google for our holiday cottage website
While no credible SEO (search engine optimization) consultant can ever honestly guarantee any particular position, we`re delighted to report the no 1 ranking for one our recent websites for a holiday cottage in East Mayo, Ireland (Mick`s place http://www.tighmhic.com/) Read more »
How to spot a fake website
Thousands of UK consumers have recently been duped into buying fake designer clothing and footwear. The goods were up for sale on focusclothing.co.uk (please DON`T visit) and on outward appearances, the website seemed genuine. It looked professional, customers could track their orders, payments were made securely and Read more »
How the alert on Internet Explorer affects the design of your website
The German Government has taken the unprecedented step of warning its citizens to avoid using Microsoft`s Internet Explorer.
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This was prompted by the publication on the Internet of what is effectively a hacker`s recipe book for malicious websites to install Read more »
Just who is using social media?
We often expect the 18 to 24 age group to be early adopters of new technology, particularly when it comes to the Internet. That trend is being bucked by social media websites where the 25 to 54 age groups are making all the running in driving the growth of Twitter, Facebook and Read more »
The rise of social media and the design of your website
While your website may be up and running, the importance of social media cannot be ignored as it provides a low cost way of generating well qualified web traffic and interest in your business. To us, the term `social media` means Read more »
Google Vs Bing, the battle rages
Microsoft`s new Bing search engine (don`t ask) at http://www.bing.com/ was launched earlier this year in a direct challenge to Google`s current market dominance. While Bing has been generally well received, it still Read more »
False web security software threat increases
There has been an increase in software that appears to be scanning your computer for security but is in fact a nasty piece of Malware that could lock up your computer, Read more »
British hacker extradited to the US
British citizen Gary McKinnon will be extradited to the US to be tried for hacking into 97 US government computers including NASA and Pentagon in 2001 and 2002. Gary has Apserger`s Syndrome Read more »