I often get asked to explain the difference between follow and share buttons on a website. This, understandably, can be a bit confusing as they can look pretty much identical but actually have very different functions. So what is the…
Linkedin have recently (rather quietly) announced that they will be deleting the "Products & Services" tab on the Business Page. This will happen on the 14th April , 2014. You need to take action now. If you have any products…
Nobody likes spam or phishing emails and it is getting increasingly more difficult to work out if they are real or not these days. Perpetrators hit an all-time low recently with a Phishing email, supposedly from NICE (National Institute for…
[Updated November 2022] A topic that seems to keep cropping up from time to time is that of microsites so I thought it might be helpful to try and briefly explain what they are and some of the pros and…
You may have noticed on TV and in the press over the last few months, adverts from Internet service provider 1&1 offering new web domain extensions like .ltd, .london, .wales, .shop etc. These are actually called "Generic Top Level Domain"…
Someone asked me today how to set up his new email account in Windows Live Mail so it prompted me to record it for future use and add it to my growing list of "How to" guides. See "How to…
I attended my favourite local networking / business group this morning, Business Builders Fareham Solent, at the Holiday Inn in Titchfield. One of our members, read out a recent testimonial he had received from one of his clients and it…
Many businesses get a web site built, or do it themselves, but they are not aware that there are many items that they are legally required to include. Failure to comply with these requirements puts a company at risk of…
Not that long ago, one of the biggest challenges to the web industry was browser compatibility. Most of the mainstream browsers (except Internet Explorer) pretty much adhered to the industry standards so web designs displayed very similarly generally (e.g. in…
Last October (2012), I wrote a post on my blog about cold calling tech-support scams entitled "Fighting back against the scammers". I have to say that at that time, I had never experienced it personally however, since I moved into…