According to an article published on Out-law.com, online shoppers are willing to pay more if they feel their privacy is being respected. I wonder has anyone mentioned this to Irish website owners? While editing search.ie and armchair.ie I've had to visit thousands of Irish websites. The number of them that either don't have privacy policies or have incredibly vague and … [Read more...] about Privacy Pays?
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Alternatives To Skytel?
We've been using Skytel for the last couple of years to handle all our voice traffic including our 1850 number. Unfortunately the level of service has been declining and is no longer reliable (Our 1850 number has been offline for the last two days!!) Can anyone suggest any alternatives? … [Read more...] about Alternatives To Skytel?
Don’t Make Price Promises Unless You Can Keep Them
One of my pet peeves is misleading advertising. In some cases it's a matter of reading the fine print. In other cases it's simply a matter of the advertiser "chancing their arm". At present this site, and several others I run, are displaying adds from a particular company that claim to offer "the best", "the cheapest" etc., etc. Of course they don't, but it does make you wonder … [Read more...] about Don’t Make Price Promises Unless You Can Keep Them
Kilkenny CEB Embraces Blogs
Kilkenny County Enterprise Board's blog is the latest addition to IrishBlogs.info. It's nice to see semi-states / official bodies getting online, even if they are using a free blog hosting solution. Maybe, once they're feeling comfortable, they'll move it over to either its own domain or make it part of their existing site... … [Read more...] about Kilkenny CEB Embraces Blogs
Irish Hosting and Domain Pricing Compared
Following on from a recent discussion on the Enterprise Ireland e-Business mailing list about hosting and domains I offered to draw up a comparison list. The list, which is available here, is of the top 10 or so companies as listed by WebHosting.info. The pricing listed is for the following items: IE domain registration - there maybe a lower cost for a transfer, but this is … [Read more...] about Irish Hosting and Domain Pricing Compared