20th
October
by Mother Superior
Rural communities in the UK have come to the end of their tether with broadband providers and their deceptive claims, reports this week say. Broadband firms overstating the ‘speed’ of their packages is not new and the fact the rural communities always seem to feel the most disgruntled is also not new. However the critical [...]
Tags: broadband, e-commerce, Google, hosting, internet, websites
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10th
October
by Mother Superior
The latest figures for online ad spend are an eye opening read. According to the Internet Advertising Bureau, internet advertising expenditure increased by 21% year on year in the first half of 2008, while the total ad market fell by 0.7% in the same period. Now these figures do cover a period before the credit [...]
Tags: advertising, adwords, brand, e-commerce, hosting, internet, marketing
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6th
October
by Mother Superior
An article last week about Princeton University research into the sophistication of cyber attacks reminded me just how important it is for online businesses to take their security seriously. The great strength of the internet is its accessibility but unfortunately the trade off is that this can also be its vulnerability. Providing access to legitimate [...]
Tags: coding, consumer confidence, cybercrime, internet, online fraud, phishing, security
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