After some healthy debate amongst the local business community about bulk email, here’s some pertinent information for complying with the UK Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. It is not comprehensive, but covers the main issues:
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Choosing a domain name
Choosing a domain is a very important business decision so here is some advice on making the best choice:
1. The domain name should include or be your business name
Sounds obvious but the domain should be as close as possible to your business name otherwise you risk confusing your customers. Failing that, the domain name you choose should reflect your services. For example the UK DIY chain B&Q use www.diy.com as their main website with variants of www.bandq.com pointing at their main page (also the `&` is a banned character for domain names).
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Microsoft forced to offer choice of browsers, our quick guide to IE alternatives
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 »
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.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3210429&
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 »
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 »