The rise of the internet and in recent years has placed often unknown risks on businesses. The internet is still a bit like the Wild West with no real regulation or order. In the light of this, how do businesses protect themselves from what is being said about them on line. Recently BP Global had a real on-line PR disaster following the Gulf of Mexico oil slick.
Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
UPDATE – Online reputation management – taming the “Wild West”
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011How to find information on the web easier – 3 top tips for search
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011It has always fascinated me how some people can find information on the internet far quicker than others. Working in a technical team highlights how some people are plugged into searching the internet far better than others but this is even more exaggerated when amongst friends and family. So how do you find information on the web easier?
A useful reminder for this weekend!
Friday, March 25th, 2011Ipad 2 and Tablet PCs – Its not just about the hardware
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011The media and the internet has been sent into a frenzy after Apple’s Steve Jobs announced the release of the iPad 2 at a big media event in San Francisco. A lot of the focus at the event was based around the updated hardware which generally was warmly welcomed. Any device whether it be an iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, PC or Mac is only a platform for what the user can do with it. It is the software on the device that brings it to life.
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Positioning, the art of being different!
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011I watched an episode of Mary Portas: Secret Shopper – first aired on 26th January 2011 on Channel 4 – last night and thought how powerful it was for anyone how realised the business principles she was advocating. She took on the might of the sofa superstores that can be found on the outskirts of most major towns in cities throughout the UK and convinced the Managing Director of CSL Sofas to look at his positioning with the startling outcomes.
10kb Challenge
Friday, January 21st, 2011Back in the nineties, when most of us used dial-up modems to connect to the internet and connection speeds were at best 56kb, there was a competition called the 10kb challenge. Essentially it asked website designers to create lightweight websites working within the bounds of a 1okb for the entire page. These days many designers don’t appear to consider the total page size that effects how long it takes someone to download your website, but with more and more people accessing your website from mobile platforms perhaps it is time to resurrect the “10kb challenge”.
You, the web, your website and eCommerce (Business Continuity) getting it right for 2011
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011“We’re doomed!” but “Don’t panic!”
2010 was a very momentous year in terms of things that could go wrong online this was especially relevant towards the end of the year when virtually the whole country was blanketed in a lovely clean layer of the white stuff. The snow was great for the kids but not so good if you run a business especially if you are either based in Scotland or have clients/suppliers there. This was just one of the potential issues companies faced last year.
Do you use the same password all the time?
Thursday, December 16th, 2010There has been a lot of media coverage recently, after a number of high profile websites – LinkedIn, Twitter, World of Warcraft (online game) and Yahoo – asked users to change their passwords. This was after a series of well published cyber attacks, in sympathy of the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. Security experts have concerns about the wider impact of these attacks as many people still use the same password for all website and email accounts . I am often asked how you are meant to remember so many different passwords, when I tell people they should user different passwords for their systems.
