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Before you click that link..

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday July 21, 2006 )

Ever run a search and seen some listings that you’re itching to click on, but something tells you that they could be sites containing malicious code? Perhaps you’ve been caught out before by clicking on a seemingly innocuous link only to find you land on a site that tries to install malware on your computer?

You can take some of the guesswork and danger out of your surfing with a new free online service
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Blogging and accountability

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Thursday July 20, 2006 )

Ah, a keyboard, a blog, half a dozen whiskeys. It’s a recipe for disaster for many bloggers in relation to their employment - and sometimes the whiskey isn’t even required :)
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New “digg this” linking method

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Wednesday July 19, 2006 )

Now that digg, the highly popular user driven social content website, has expanded beyond covering the topics of Technology and added new categories - Science, World & Business, Entertainment, Video, and Gaming; getting “Dugg” is becoming appealing to many more site owners.

What’s the attraction?
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Many businesses still without a site

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Tuesday July 18, 2006 )

If you provide web development or related services, here’s some good news.

I was quite surprised to learn from a recent survey that 30% of small businesses (those with up to 19 employees) still don’t have a web site. It’s the sort of figure I would have expected from
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Domain name renewals - a lesson.

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Monday July 17, 2006 )

A rather costly mistake on my part has spurred me on to write this article in the hope it may save others some serious cash and headaches.

If you own multiple domain names, it can be a bit of a challenge keeping track of when their registration renewals are due. Most registrars provide multiple notifications well in advance which is great; but
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European ecommerce predictions

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Saturday July 15, 2006 )

With 100 million Europeans spending an average of €1000 each in online shopping transactions this year, the European retail ecommerce sector is expected to power past €100 billion by the end of 2006.
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Grups and psychographics

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday July 15, 2006 )

No, I’m not experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs tonight. I’ve been reading up a little more on a group of people that marketers are labelling Grups. Grup is short for “grown up”, but they are adults who haven’t really grown up in the traditional sense of the term - and I don’t mean that in a condescending way.
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Podcast consumption statistics

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday July 14, 2006 )

New research states that just over 9 million online adults in the USA have downloaded an audio podcast and 5.6 million a video podcast during a recent 30 day period.
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Marketing via MySpace

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Thursday July 13, 2006 )

MySpace has eclipsed Yahoo as the most popular single site, accounting for just under 4.5 percent of all U.S. Internet visits during the first week of July, according to HitWise.

It’s been interesting watching the MySpace member counter tick over since the time I signed up a few months ago. It’s been like watching slot machine reels spinning at times. So, the big question: Have I found having a MySpace profile beneficial?
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Poison comments and karma

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Wednesday July 12, 2006 )

It has been unfortunately quite fashionable for bloggers, blog commenters and forum participants to unleash their fury in their writings; often using insults, obscenity and aggression to express an opinion. It may feel pretty good at the time to blow off some steam, but it can really come back to haunt the person.
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