The sunrise period for the new .tel domain name has begun today (December 3rd).

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Mobile internet usage is gaining traction in the UK, a new white paper from comScore has shown.

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Google has revealed plans to build an add-on facility into its Chrome browser.

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The biggest number of online searches made in 2008 related to pop star Britney Spears, new data from Yahoo! has shown.

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New figures have suggested that the number of retailers in the UK running an e-commerce site has grown significantly in the last year.

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Rules laid down by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are followed by the majority of online ads, according to a new report.

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The internet will become more reliant upon speech as a means of interaction in the next five years, it has been suggested.

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Budgetary concerns and lack of in-house skills are the main obstacles being faced by businesses when it comes to establishing online PR operations, according to a new poll.

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Online marketing is viewed as a particularly important strategy amid the downturn by the majority of European marketers, according to a new survey.

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Google's Chrome web browser is the fastest currently available, technology site ExtremeTech has said.

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This week's pre-Budget report prompted web users to turn to search engines for more information on issues such as tax and VAT, according to Hitwise.

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Opera has announced the launch of its Mini 4.2 browser for use on mobile phones.

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Investment banking group Collins Stewart has revised its forecast for the overall internet advertising industry downwards - but has highlighted certain areas that will continue to see strong growth.

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YouTube has announced that it has changed its video player to show clips in widescreen.

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The majority of UK consumers post online product reviews because they want to help others make good buying decisions, according to a new survey.

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A new report has revealed that UK consumers are more likely to regularly shop online than those in other countries.

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New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that e-commerce sales in the UK rose by 30 per cent to reach £163 billion last year.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly taking to registering country-specific domain names, according to new statistics.

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Microsoft has announced that it will release one more public update of its new Internet Explorer (IE) 8 browser in early 2009.

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A new report from Ofcom has revealed that the internet now contributes a fifth of all advertising revenues in the UK. The research showed that £1 out of every £5 generated through advertising comes from the web, putting the UK ahead of nations like Sweden and the US in terms of the overall proportion of revenues made on the internet. Ofcom's study also indicated that UK consumers are becoming more comfortable with technology, with each web user spending an average of 14 hours a week on the internet and 50 per cent having visited a social networking site in the past. In addition, the UK has the highest digital TV penetration out of all of the 16 countries surveyed, while sales of mobile broadband dongles in the UK have soared in the last year. Recent figures from Point Topic suggested that there will be about 683 million broadband lines worldwide by 2013 compared with 393 million in the 40 biggest broadband nations in 2008.

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Google has enabled Flash content tracking through its Analytics service.

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Growing numbers of Europeans are turning to the web to complete everyday tasks, new research has revealed.

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A new poll has revealed that the majority of British businesses intend to invest more marketing funds in their websites in the next 12 months.

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Adobe has previewed a range of new tools and applications in its Flash rich media range at the Adobe MAX 2008 event.

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Microsoft has launched a new release of its application programming interface (API) for Live Search.

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Google Site Search now offers website owners the opportunity to index their content for internal search within hours, Google has announced.

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Google has announced the launch of a new advertising initiative for its popular video-sharing site, YouTube.

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British consumers are more likely to shop online than their American counterparts, according to a new study.

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Investing in an ecommerce solution can be a minefield as there are many aspects you need to consider; choosing the right company to deliver the solution, having a compelling design, providing user friendly functionality... the list is endless.  However, for me there are two factors that stand out above the rest.  Does your ecommerce solution have a ?hook? that clearly differentiates you from your competitors and do you have a well defined online marketing strategy in place going forward?

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Christmas is a critical time for most ecommerce retailers. It is the time of year when the majority of revenue is generated and hopefully the majority of profits. However, even as this Christmas draws nearer many retailers have issues with maximising on the opportunities due to inadequate planning and infrastructure issues. Therefore, in the spirit of Christmas, here are seven tips to ensure your Christmas goes off with a bang!

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It?s taken an economic downturn for ecommerce companies to finally divert some of their attention from design, build and back-end and focus on the words on their websites.

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In today?s harsh economic climate every company is reviewing its activities to see where savings can be made. During the recession of the early 1990s large swathes were cut through promotion budgets. Traditional advertising was an accountant?s bugbear ? very expensive and difficult to show return on investment. Today all the signs suggest that in this recession the shift from trading on the high street will accelerate as companies opt for the many benefits of e-commerce.  Expensive advertising campaigns will be replaced by more cost-effective product promotion. At Weboptimiser we believe that search advertising and especially our latest innovation, LiveSEM will be key to achieving this.

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Retailers are faced with the costly and time-consuming issue of complying with PCI: DSS regulations. Rohit Patni, EVP Sales and Marketing at YESpay, argues that outsourcing to a payment services provider could save both time and money.

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Tough times often require dramatic change and can drive new ways of thinking.  Most companies tighten the belt but others do a bit of that and, importantly, innovate.  They look for the gaps in their business, different ways, and new ways to make money.   Thankfully, clients I have worked with in the e-commerce space, and my company YourAmigo, have been forward thinking and innovators for a long time, so we have been able to hit the ground running in these tough times.

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REDtechnology.com is seeing an emerging trend and business need to target ecommerce website design, content and promotions based on demographics, tastes and location.

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Ecommerce has been one of the boom industries over recent years and online shopping spend is still hitting all-time highs, despite the current economic climate.  For an ecommerce business, usability is key otherwise they will go out of business ? it?s a case of organisational survival.  As people increasingly go online in search of the best deals, website usability is a key factor in whether you can convert your visitors into customers.

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The award-winning Internet World show this week announces its plans for 2009, including a new layout, the first two keynote speakers, brand new features, a new website and more...

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A new website design study has suggested that a significant proportion of web users prefer sites that utilise black text on white backgrounds.

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Google has announced a number of new features and wider access for its Ad Planner application.

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A growing number of UK retailers are using the mobile web to promote their goods and services, according to a new study.

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Microsoft has announced the signing of an agreement with Sun Microsystems to bundle its Live Search toolbar with downloads of the Java Runtime Environment.

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The Financial Times is to relaunch its website this week to make its online offering look more like the newspaper itself.

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British consumers are expected to spend 15 per cent more online during the last three months of 2008 compared with the same period last year.

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The height of the financial crisis saw UK traffic to financial news websites soar by ten per cent in September compared with August, according to new figures.

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British businesses prioritise ease of use when it comes to looking for a new content management system (CMS), according to a new poll.

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A new report has suggested that spending on web analytics will rise by 12 per cent in the UK this year.

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A new experiment to allow disabled Google users to navigate search results just by using their keyboard has been launched.

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The IPTV sector will account for 14 per cent of the overall global pay TV subscriber base in the next five years, according to a new report.

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Traffic to politics websites in the UK rose by 27 per cent during September, buoyed by interest in the US presidential elections.

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Mozilla's Firefox application has seen its share of the web browser market reach more than 20 per cent in the last month.

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About two-thirds of travel companies are planning to increase their search engine optimisation (SEO) budgets, according to a new study.

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Almost 14.5 million people in the UK read at least one online blog during the month of August, new statistics have revealed.

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British businesses will increase internet advertising spending by 31.4 per cent by the end of 2008, a new forecast has predicted.

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Microsoft has announced details of its own entry into the growing cloud computing market.

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Spending on online advertising is likely to continue to grow despite the economic crisis, an expert has said.

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BBC Sport is aiming to cover every moment of every event in the 2012 Beijing Olympics online, according to comments made by head of interactive Ben Gallop at a recent seminar.

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Adobe Systems has announced details of the platform it has developed to allow search engines to index Flash and, potentially, AJAX content more easily.

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Online sales in the UK rose by 14.8 per cent in September, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

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Online retailers wanting to improve the usability of transactional emails such as order and shipping confirmations should concentrate on subject lines and the name of the sender, it has been suggested.

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Yahoo! has made available a new feature for its Sponsored Search service allowing marketers to target ads at users in specific local areas.

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The majority of web users who visit a supermarket website via a search engine do so through pay-per-click (PPC) ads, new statistics have indicated.

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A new tracking search engine could be a "dream come true" for website developers seeking to establish consistent standards for internet sites, Opera Software has asserted.

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A global increase in the number of people using mobile internet has bee recorded between September 2007 and September 2008, according to the most recent AdMob Mobile Metrics Report.

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A study involving websites belong to all of the companies in the FTSE 100 has rated Aviva as the best for information provision and other criteria overall.

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The BBC has confirmed that it is planning to develop an open internet protocol television (IPTV) platform that will see programmes from a range of providers become available for TV viewing over a web connection.

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Search engine optimisation (SEO) is to become more attractive as a marketing strategy as the global economy continues to slow, according to a new survey.

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Adobe Systems has announced the launch of the latest version of its Flash rich media player.

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Expenditure on paid search marketing is rising, according to research findings published in a new report by SearchIgnite.

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Internet World and Protx will be working in partnership to enhance the visitor experience by creating a relaxed and informal area within the show to meet with peers.

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Kids are often more familiar with new technology than their parents, and while that exposes them to certain risks, generally, on balance it is more of a benefit. Parents worry about their children seeing stuff on-line that they shouldn?t, or being at risk of being chatted up by paedophiles in chat rooms. But while these risks are real, they are smaller than the benefits of being able to keep in close contact with friends, make new ones, get support from peer groups and generally have a good time indulging their creativity in virtual worlds such as Second Life, being exposed to other cultures, and being exposed to life generally, from the relative physical safety of their bedroom.

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It's called "Us versus Them" advertising. It appeals to our basic human insticts to form packs and defend our own, and it's highly effective. An evening spent watching television will expose a viewer to a range of the "us versus them" advertising, from political commercials to ads that ridicule people who choose a certain brand of crisps over another. It is easier to build a person's brand loyalty if you can simultaneously turn them against alternative options.

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The past few years has seen a substantial growth in the amount of content online. The rise of 'web 2.0' empowered the consumer to write content and share their opinions, from blogs to facebook, podcasts to Twitter, the breadth and scale of the opportunities for content, conversation & opinion continues to grow. From a marketing perspective this active use of the web has resulted in a many new channels and eyeballs to market to. But with this rise in content, and the associated marketing around it, have we forgotten the one major thing? What are people actually saying, or what do people mean?

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I was reminded recently how important it is to employ the basics when designing websites to make them search engine friendly. At Weboptimiser we are focused on delivering advanced search engine marketing to our clients, the foundation for these campaigns is a well-designed website. We have just redesigned our own website and in the absence of a client case study that I am able to share, I will use our experience as an example.

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B2B social networks or Business Social Networks are in essence ?facebook for business? websites.  A place to make connections, share information, network and join communities of interest.

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White label online dating, a simple and easy solution to website revenue generation

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Microsoft has announced a new updated version of its Silverlight platform.

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Internet marketing is still seeing increased investment by UK businesses despite significant cutbacks for other channels.

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UK spending on internet advertising soared by 21 per cent in the six months to June, it has been revealed.

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Popular social network MySpace has announced the launch of its MyAds advertising platform in public beta form in the US.

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Marketers should reconsider the way in which they deploy online video advertising, according to Veoh Networks.

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The international online advertising market is growing at a phenomenal rate, according to a new report.

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Businesses in the UK are increasingly deploying high-speeding broadband, new research has shown.

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The growing trend of integrated SharePoint capabilities among new content management systems (CMS) has brought varying degrees of success for their respective vendors.

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A new web analytics tool has been launched by online services and search company Yahoo!.

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Search giant Google has moved to emphasise the importance of internal link architecture when it comes to improving the user experience.

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A new poll carried out by iPerceptions has found that those who are the most likely to click on online ads can fall into two groups.

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Search engine Ask.com has undergone a redesign in an attempt to offer more relevant results faster and potentially take market share from the likes of Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft.

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Three-quarters of businesses expect to spend more on records management in the next 12 months, a new survey has suggested.

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Users of the Apple iPhone may soon be able to view Flash content on their handsets following confirmation of a Flash player for the device, web design executives may be interested to note.

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E-commerce organisations should do more to refine their category and product pages, as these are common entry points for new website visitors.

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A new PayPal study has suggested that most retailers believe it is essential for e-commerce sites to offer a complete shopping experience for consumers.

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When most people talk about web TV they really mean entertainment, sport or UGC.  Whether on YouTube, watching missed shows on the iPlayer or just watching content on an iPod it?s everywhere in the consumer world. This is being noticed by businesses who are adapting this trend to their own websites and communication strategies.

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I?m nearly ready. I?ve got my bucket and spade. I?ve got my sun-cream or, more realistically, my kagool and I?ve got my train ticket booked to get down to Brighton for Microsoft?s ReMIX UK event which brings together designers and developers to talk about rich user experience and media on the web.

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Talking about digital opportunities, Sir Martin Sorrell (Chief Executive of WPP) recently said mobile is the most overhyped thing that he had ever heard of in the short term but the most under hyped thing that he had ever heard of in the medium term.

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Internet World is excited to announce that Scott Seaborne, Head of Mobile at Ogilvy, will be giving a keynote at the 2009 event next April.

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Passwords...well, we have all had them now in one way or another for some time, whether it?s for our online banking, our emails or even logging into our own computers. Did you know that losing passwords makes up about 40% of helpdesk tickets? Passwords protect us from those people who want to get at our money and personal information.

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London, 29 July 2008. UBM?s Live Media Division, organisers of the Internet World, Technology For Marketing & Advertising and Call Centre Expo exhibitions, is pleased to announce its acquisition today of the International Direct Marketing Fair (IDMF) and Ecommerce & Digital Marketing Expo (ECDM) from Reed Exhibitions.

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Huge exhibitor and visitor numbers prompt move to Olympia for 2009.

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Raffle.it launches in the UK, introducing a totally new style of raffle where everyone wins. The site hosts raffles for good cause, personal gain or commercial awareness, for charities, individuals and high profile companies, uniquely rewarding all their players with relevant vouchers. Essentially everyone?s a winner.

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The growth of card fraud should not deter retailers from expanding their online operations when ways to reduce the risk already exist says Ukash, the leading provider of online cash payment services

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