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How to determine your clients browser and why you want to know.
Use the Plugin for WordPress Advanced User Agent or go to Whatsmyuseragent.com on the machine you need to test.

Woo Themes files downloaded via file sharing may contain dangerous code, beware. Short story here.

VOIP should perhaps be avoided in marketing exercises.

Adobe update Flash in an attempt to hold off html5 inline video.

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Ailsa’s Laptop has got fixed but Christmas approaches.

Hosting websites using regional providers as web designers. Regardless of your web designer you should check where and how your site is hosted.

Live video streaming for Louie Prez as part of the Big West Festival.

Vimeo Plus users get great overlay free video to embed on their site. This promo video is a file in 720p HD for Tree Logic.

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Web video as a marketing tool and Ailsa is stuck by the glare of the spotlight. Ailsa stars in the Hotel Claremont Guesthouse video on You Tube and her own promo here.

Some good examples can be seen here.

Blogging as a business has changed over the last few years and we attempt to dissect. Some business blogging mistakes not to make. An example of a blog as a concept, peopleofwalmart.com

Customised applications for Facebook? Not for the fainthearted..

Viewfinder for Mac OSX 10.6 only is a great advance in application based search for  Creative Commons Licensed images from Flickr.

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This week we take a look at a case study. Turlee Station Stay.

Turlee Station have been promoting their accommodation services using various means online.

We take a good look at their stats and attempt to analyze the success with Adwords.

We also offer some advice for generic search and in particular the use of Social Media sites like Flickr and You Tube.

We see that dropbox has finally managed to secure a more appropriate domain than getdropbox.com

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Today, the Vegemite debacle, time management, web design booking, video of Ailsa.

Kraft admits a failure as iSnack 2.0 gets renamed and we debate the marketing worth.

If architects had to work like Web Designers. An article that takes a humorous look at hiring a designer.

Ailsa uploads a corporate video to promote herself as a speaker.

Time management in relation to Social Media, Ailsa’s tip.

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Tales of domain name disaster, Dunbar, image libraries, and other related stuff.

Story about the loss of email due to a company takeover in the domain registration business. We recommend for most small business a domain registration from Melbourne IT.

False positive spam filtering in new systems.

New Zealand is more online by percentage than Australians at 90%. 45 million users at Twitter. Get your user number at Twitter in the source code on your twitter page. Ailsa is user 14,768,344 whilst Phil is user 70,7353. Twitter has grow 1067% since 2009. Twitter gets $100 million as venture funding valuing Twitter at $1 billion.

The Dunbar number that uses mathematics to reference your tipping point in this case Twitter followers or blog subscribers.

The use of stock photos has changed the face of advertising and we offer some alternatives. Some images appear too often as online image consumption has grown. As an alternative look first at Flickr or start with free images like this grunge set from Six Revisions.

Microsoft release free virus protection……

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Facebook advertising gets the final test with it ending in being unplugged.

Microsoft research coins the term Total recall to describe the possibility of being able to recount any moment of your existence by social media content.

Facebook Mom gets it horribly wrong.

Tweetdeck adds MySpace support as social media consumption hots up. Facebook notifications application looks a little like a Twitter client.

@Telstra on Twitter make a slight error in my book.

Search by location and how to get listed. Go to Google Maps and sign up.

Web form builders. A paid system that is a WordPress plugin called Gravity Forms. A free form builder JotForm looks useful. We use Cforms 11 which is a free WordPress plugin.

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A worm is circulating that can post malware and spam to some WordPress sites. We recommend upgrading to the latest version of WordPress to avoid this security problem. The worm does not affect the current version 2.8.4 and the one prior to it.

WIFI security and WPA encryption cracked in under 60 seconds. For those wanting to provide WIFI to clients or if you have WIFI in the business then security that is appropriate should be looked into. WPA2 would be the preferred encryption method and a system for public WIFI that does not allow network sharing.

Domains that expire when the domain manager/owner has left the business can cause problems. Your site will disappear and it could take quite a while to reinstate. Use MelbourneIT for .com.au domain registration.

Ailsa takes a look at website content and the importance of ongoing review of content. Photographic content where important to describe a business needs to be a priority for some. Appropriate text may be more important for others.

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This week is a show dedicated to Social Media, Social Networks.

Should your business get more involved?

What social media site or sites should you go with?

How will it help and who should be adding content?

10 rules of Twitter introduce the terms Twanker and Twidiot at Social Media Today.

Also a small story on Credit Card security Verification for online trading and a response to the recent ABC show on 4 corners regarding general internet security and unencrypted WIFI networks

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This week Ailsa and I discuss Search Engine Optimisation and Google Adwords or other sponsored links.

We dissect in detail what SEO might involve and suggest perhaps the use of a professional for this on your site.

Adwords can be handled personally but again there are advantages in using a trained professional.

Also helpful is a spot of Google Optimisation and a simple A/B testing kit for your site to assess text and call to action styles and text.

If you are wondering if you should DIY or hire for any of these services and you wish to ask Ailsa, use the “Ask Ailsa” link and she will email you back an opinion.

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