Category: Online Business News

1&1 helps fight misuse of domain names

More and more frequently, imitations of well-known domains are misused for various, sometimes criminal, activities.  The target of the masterminds is primarily companies, and the effect on the victims’ image is often tremendous and can lead to a loss of customer trust. In the fight against the increasing misuse of

Social bookmarking is necessary for your business

Making a website and loading it on the Internet is not enough. It is equally important to advertise it. There are millions of companies pitching for business on the Internet and it is important to ensure that you do not miss out on a pie of this cake. For this

Fasthosts launches new hosting packages

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, has launched a brand new range of premium-quality shared web hosting packages that represent the company’s latest step in its drive to raise the standard of UK web hosting. The new packages combine huge quotas of web space with new professional-quality web

PRWeb Case Study: How One Small Business is Beating the Recession

PRWeb, the online news distribution service of Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS), announced today it has published a new case study about one small business took its sales and marketing online and is beating the recession. Vedante, which sells fashionable super-reflective accessories for people and pets, transformed a bricks-and-mortar business plan into

Online dating explodes as Brits rush to find love for Valentine’s

PEER 1 Hosting , the global online business hosting (http://www.peer1hosting.co.uk/) provider for the world’s largest free dating websites, is predicting the biggest ever peak in online matchmaking as more Brits than ever hit the web to find their Valentine. 92% of Brits plan to go online for the first time

Do-it-Yourself Public Relations for Small Business

PRWeb, the online news distribution service of Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS) today announced it has published a new PR case study (http://www.prweb.com/pr/customer-examples/furnace-mfg.html) on how one small business’ first venture into online marketing began with a news release. Furnace MFG is a 13-year old firm that launched a new line of business

There’s More to an E-Commerce Site than Meets the Eye

InfoShore Software Private Ltd. today announced a campaign to help businesses reach their ecommerce goals by sharing with them the requirements of a successful ecommerce site. There is no doubt that good graphics and templates contribute to the success of any web site. But when it comes to selling products

Broadband Customers Wasting Money on the Wrong Packages

New research from Broadbandchoices.co.uk finds that over half of broadband customers paying for ‘unlimited’ download allowances are not taking full advantage of their download capacity and effectively paying hundreds of pounds a year more than they need to. In response to increased Internet usage and the demand for faster broadband,

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1&1 Internet Launches Dynamic Cloud Server

1&1 Internet Inc., www.1and1.com, the world’s largest Web host by known servers, today announced a new server category with highly flexible configuration options – the Dynamic Cloud Server. RAM, virtual CPU cores and disk space can be individually customized and adapted on-demand. In doing so, users only have to pay

2010 to be the year of the cloud for UK small businesses

This year is set to be the ‘year of the cloud’ for UK SMEs, following a huge change in outlook over the past 15 months, but many are still failing to implement formal strategies to help safeguard their businesses, according to a report released today by business ISP, Easynet Connect,

Top 5 ecommerce trends for 2010

Flixmedia.tv, the online retail specialists, are predicting that 5 key innovations will transform the business of ecommerce in 2010. Flixmedia.tv help power sales for 8 of the top 10 most popular online shops in the UK (based on the IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List from November 2009) – including the top

Actinic Survey of Ecommerce Christmas Sales Shows 2009 Ended on a High Note

A survey conducted by ecommerce specialist Actinic has backed up positive predictions for prosperous online Christmas trading for 2009. In Actinic’s seventh annual Christmas poll of small and medium enterprises (SME) selling online, {{respondents reported an average 51% increase in order volume for November and December 2009 compared with 2008

Average broadband speeds in the UK grow by 22% during 2009

Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that average broadband speeds grew by 22% during 2009. “At the start of the year the average broadband speed test UK wide was 3.667Mbps. At the end of the year this had grown to an average speed of 4.478Mbps, a rise of 22%”

UK shoppers lose their Christmas spirit when shopping online

Almost of all of us will shop online this Christmas. No huge surprise there, but according to research all is not rosy in retailing cyberspace. More than 32 per cent of consumers cite slow loading pages as their biggest pet-hate when shopping online, with a quarter waiting just 10 seconds

Three quarters of smartphone users won’t get a Christmas break

New research of 1,053 smartphone owners by the UK’s leading mobile phone price comparison website has shown that more than 3 in 4 people claim they will not be able to take a proper break from the office this Christmas, as their Blackberry or iPhone handsets will prevent them from

Online Digital PR training course now widely available with government funding

‘Online Digital PR’, the one-day workshop in digital PR and social media techniques from The PR Training Centre, is now available in-house for as little as £1,500. And Government grants available through the Train To Gain scheme means companies can get £1,000 in funding for the workshop. According to principal

Internet Use at Work

The study presented by Entensys (www.entensys.com) was completed in April-June, 2009. The results are based on the analysis of websites visited by 41,200 employees in 1,600 enterprises. In the end of 2008, Entensys released a new version of UserGate Proxy & Firewall that included a content filtering tool. This feature