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Richard mentioned a new scam that is targetting Irish business. No sooner had I read his post than our postman came by with not one but five of these letters!! The letter is very slick, so I can see how it might fool people Here's a sample one that I made earlier :) The scary thing is that these guys are charging nearly €1000 for the "listing"! … [Read more...] about Heads Up! – Internet Register Ireland

Customer service is a topic that comes up on blogs often. Unfortunately most bloggers complain about bad service instead of talking about great service, but that's probably inevitable. I don't want to sound like a whining blogger, but I am more than a little annoyed with EA Games. Challenge Everything? Maybe their customer service department is a little challenged. They … [Read more...] about Do EA Games Care About Customers?

It looks like there maybe another Bar Camp early next year, but this one will be in Waterford. Keith has setup a blog to cover it As it's only a short drive for me I've put my name down. The Cork Bar Camp was good fun and I got to meet a number of really interesting people, so the opportunity to go to another one in Waterford would be cool by me :) However I think this time … [Read more...] about BarCamp Waterford

This will be a multi-episode blog posting, as I won't be able to upload photos etc., until I get my camera out of my car find the usb cable for my camera ..... In any case the Net Visionary Awards were on the other night.. ... The event kicked off at 7 with a drinks reception downstairs, however quite a few of us were in the main bar of the hotel, so it kind of spread across … [Read more...] about Net Visionary Awards 2006 – part 1

From the team behind Text Link Ads comes a new monetisation offering for bloggers and a new advertising channel for marketers - Review Me. The idea behind the system is simple. Bloggers write about websites and get paid. What they write about and how much they get paid will depend on various metrics, such as the blog's popularity, page rank etc., The advertiser pays X to … [Read more...] about Reviewme – Earn Money Blogging