Monthly Archives: September 2009

B2C, Entertainment, Internet, News, Online, Search, Services, Social Networking

Free Lifetime Membership for Dating Service At Lovetropolis.com

Lovetropolis.com, a Bowie Maryland company owned by The Lombard Company, Inc., is offering a free lifetime membership for their dating service. For a limited time, there will be a one-time $17.95 profile approval and activation fee; but after that, there are no monthly or annual user fees of any kind. They are claiming they are the only full-service major market dating site making an offer of this kind in their industry.

Free Lifetime Membership for Dating Service

Lovetropolis.com was launched in February of 2009 and is currently providing dating services in twenty three countries. A company spokesperson describes their site design as “unique” and their goal as, “creating a website that is more user-friendly and offers an experience unlike any other on the web today.” He goes on to say, “We set out to provide a better, safer, and more fulfilling dating experience for users who were tired of the same old thing; and we’ve accomplished that.”

Lovetropolis.com offers ethnic dating options for Christian, Jewish, Asian, Black and Latin patrons. They also have a general pool and provide dating “tips” from a number of experts including Amy Waterman, Christian Carter, Scot McKay and Emily McKay. They add in an online magazine, daily horoscopes and lovescopes, member blogs and a feature called Chef Jay’s Romantic Recipes. The additions set it apart from other paid monthly membership sites that offer only profiles and messaging.

“We implement social networking tools to provide additional functionality for members,” our spokesperson tells us. “Lovetropolis.com members can send emails using the site’s internal delivery system, blog and comment, maintain a list of favorite profiles, upload videos from YouTube and add unique gadgets to personalize their profiles.”

Industry insiders are already raving about the newcomer to their market. “Lovetropolis.com is one of the major online dating sites,” wrote Online Dating Magazine, and it’s “The Next Great Dating Service,” according to AloveLinksPlus. Users are also praising Lovetropolis.com. “The free lifetime membership is just icing on the cake. It’s already a great dating site that any user would be happy to pay a monthly fee for,” claimed one satisfied customer. “I’ll never go anywhere else.”

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Internet, ISPs, Services

Nationwidesatellite, HughesNet HighSpeed Satellite Internet Reseller, Is Playing A Major Role In New Business Developments In The Remote Areas Of Northern Texas

HughesNet HighSpeed Satellite Internet Reseller, Nationwidesatellite, is playing a major role in new business developments in the remote areas of northern Texas and many other states. In this economy internet access is not just for family entertainment and staying in touch, there is a major shift for remote area highspeed internet access to start or run a business where many jobs just don’t exist. HughesNet in Texas is Big business and Hughes Net in Texas is a lot of small businesses.

Retirement funds for many have fallen short of their original projections, many retirees that re-located to remote areas for either peace of mind or lower cost of living are now looking for ways to generate an income. Hughes Net highspeed internet for a small business start-up is one of the lowest costs of an online business, compared to creating a website and promoting it to get it in the top of the search engines results page for what your business is offering for sale.

Hughesnet authorized resellers like Nationwidesatellite have been facilitating the changes for many business owners from their physical store fronts to their new frontier; their Website store. Because Hughesnet can service any area in the nation, there are significant advantages of partnering with Hughesnet. Authorized Resellers like Nationwidesatellite, provide Internet access to business owners who are planning on running both a physical store and a web based store, or, just their web based store. In either case, they can be run from any place in the world, and remote access is where resellers like nationwidesatellite excel. HughesNet internet service for remote areas is the least economic way of capturing the best of both worlds; family entertainment and business.

Nationwidesatellite offers the best small business Hughesnet starter plan there is, the “ProPlus”. Nationwidesatellite offers high value Hughesnet deals to help the small business start-up. Lease it for the lowest upfront costs and, for a limited time, get their standard installation free, or, own it at the lowest cost available and get a $100.00 mail in Rebate.

Nationwidesatellite goes even farther with their relationships, they offer every customer a $100.00 Referral Reward. When someone from a referral by one of our customers has Hughesnet installed, they get paid $100. Hughenet authorized resellers like nationwidesatellite have their own stimulus package for small business owners, and it’s all satisfaction guaranteed for 30 days.

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B2b, Dedicated Servers, Domain Names, E-mail, Hosting, Internet, Secure Hosting, Services

Report Says That Firms Are Not Measuring If Their Website Is Working

Fasthosts, a leading web hosting provider and domain name registrar, reports that 43 per cent of UK companies admit that they have no quantifiable method of measuring whether their website is effective, according to recently released research released.

The study of 430 UK firms (431 UK businesses with a website surveyed via electronic feedback form) by Fasthosts found that whilst the average business has published a website for 3-4 years, a huge number of businesses have no numerical grasp on how well their website is performing, or whether it is leading to sales. One in four owners do not believe their website has potential as a sales channel. A remarkable 77 per cent of firms fail to measure any type of ‘return on investment’ for their websites, and 1 in 3 owners (34 per cent) admit that they have never considered checking the popularity or effectiveness of their website. The research suggests that many companies are failing to analyse and optimise online as diligently as they do other areas of their operation.

Whilst studies show that the majority of business owners today realise the importance of having a presence on the Internet, it appears that a great many do no more than publish their website. Fasthosts’ survey of 430 small local businesses using a website, found that over 40 per cent currently do not use data (such as a graphical web statistics tool to assess whether their website is working to support their business goals. During the first half of 2009, the vast majority of SMEs (83 per cent) have not analysed their websites performance against their business plan.

Despite half of businesses feeling happy with their websites and 43 per cent viewing these as integral to their marketing efforts, it would appear that a great many firms simply do not know whether their website is making the right impact. Only 57 per cent of firms do monitor their website performance by checking an overall traffic volume statistic for their homepage. However, only 40 per cent currently analyse where their website visitors are being referred from, an essential element of effective online marketing. Furthermore, only 33 per cent of owners who do measure their website look at the click-through rates to individual sections of the site.

It is perhaps unsurprising over three quarters of businesses questioned (77 per cent) make no assessment of ‘return on investment’ for their websites. Only 11 per cent of those surveyed, judged the effectiveness of their website in terms of ‘clicks vs. sales’ or ‘web cost per order’. Worryingly, the research would suggest that for a significant number of companies, expectations for their website are rather low. 1 in 4 owners (23 per cent) still do not believe their website has potential to be a sales channel.

However, nowadays easy-to-use tools are available for any business owner to evaluate the effectiveness of their website themselves. For example, Fasthosts provides its hosting customers with a free MatrixStats tool, a graphical web statistics tool that provides an instant snapshot of how well websites and domains are performing.

Steve Holford, CMO Fasthosts Internet Ltd., said: “By taking note of their website statistics and making necessary changes, many companies we work with enjoy a real fiscal impact.”

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B2b, B2C, Database, eCommerce, Online, Search, Searching, Services, Tracing

Tracesmart Won The South Wales Chamber Of Commerce Excellence In eBusiness Award For 2009

The Cardiff based people search specialists, Tracesmart, have won the South Wales Chamber of Commerce Excellence in eBusiness award for 2009. The award was presented to Tracesmart by the distinguished journalist and television personality, John Sergeant at a glittering ceremony and dinner to honour the best in Welsh business. The event was the culmination of the Chamber’s Business Week in Wales.

Following 10 years of growth, investment and continued technical advancement, Tracesmart has developed one of the UK’s leading people tracing facilities. Utilising a range of consumer datasets, including the continuously updated electoral roll, the online resource delivers an intuitive tracing service to the general public.

The web based facility offers, amongst a multitude of functions, an address search feature, affording consumers an easy to use resource to find relatives and friends. The facility has, over the years, helped reunite thousands of families and friends, whose stories have often attracted media attention.

Mike Trezise, Tracesmart’s Managing Director commented, “We are delighted to have won the Chamber of Commerce Excellence in eBusiness award, it’s a notable mark of distinction and a tribute to the work we do at Tracesmart. We constantly strive to develop and improve our online services, and it’s great that our work has been recognised.”

Tracesmart’s Communications Manager, Owen Roberts added, “The South Wales Chamber has built up an excellent reputation within Wales and has firmly established itself as the nation’s most prominent business support organisation. We are proud to be associated with the Chamber and are extremely pleased to have won the award. The company has changed and grown significantly over recent times and we are now reaping the benefits of our hard work.”

Tracesmart will now receive automatic entry to the British Chambers of Commerce national awards.

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Advertising, B2C, Cloud Hosting, Hosting, Internet, Secure Hosting, Video

Rackspace Hosting Announced That Leading Viral Video Advertising Agency, Keta Keta, Will Be Hosting Its Video Portfolio In The Rackspace Cloud

Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, has announced that leading viral video advertising agency, Keta Keta, will be hosting its video portfolio and movie previews in the Rackspace Cloud.

Ronen Lefler, CEO, Keta Keta said: “Effectively showcasing our viral videos has become a real challenge as the amount of content that we have to stream has grown. Moving to the Rackspace Cloud has enabled us to showcase videos to a global audience without interruption. We chose Rackspace due to its focus on customer service and support, as well as the flexibility and efficiency of The Rackspace Cloud Files solution.”

As the viral video market continues to explode, with traffic increasing 178% over the last 12 months (Source: Econsultancy’s 2009 Internet Statistics report), Keta Keta needed to maximize opportunities across consumer brands by promoting its videos to a global audience. It launched a new corporate website in March 2009 to support this need and turned to Rackspace Hosting to provide a reliable and cost-effective hosting solution to stream multiple movies to over 100 different countries.

Brian Thomson, EMEA Managing Director at Rackspace Hosting said: “Hosting business critical applications in the cloud is something we do on a regular basis and we are delighted that Keta Keta has chosen us to support its corporate awareness drive. We understand the demands placed on websites by streaming rich media content and believe the cloud’s flexible, pay-as-you go structure makes it an ideal choice to meet these new media needs.”

Keta Keta, the viral video partner of ad:tech 2009, is an advertising agency with in-house creative, production, seeding and tracking departments. It has launched hundreds of successful viral video campaigns that have entertained and engaged people around the world for customers including LG, Fiat, MSN, L’Oreal and Orange.

About Rackspace
Rackspace’s portfolio of hosted services includes hosted exchange, managed hosting, dedicated servers, cloud hosting, virtualisation and managed exchange.

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B2C, Events, Free Stuff, Internet, Services, Software

Get CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook For Free With Pass4sure

The competencies required for CCIE R&S v4.0 certification were released on May 5, 2009. Pass4sure is making adjustments according to this update and proposes the “Free CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook” program.

Pass4sure, the world renowned IT certification exam material provider, announced today that it is making adjustment according to the competencies required for CCIE R&S v4.0 certification, and releases the “Free CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook” program.

To reflect the growth of the network as a service platform, Cisco has revised the certification requirements for CCIE Routing & Switching (CCIE R&S)–the expert level certification for network engineers. The new requirements were developed with assistance from Cisco enterprise customers and reflect the expectations of employers across industries.

The competencies required for CCIE R&S v4.0 certification were released on May 5, 2009, and are available on the Cisco Learning Network under the CCIE R&S v4.0 Written Exam topics and CCIE R&S v4.0 Lab Exam topics. Exams based on the new requirements are scheduled for release on October 18, 2009, and will immediately replace the currently available v3.0 exams. Candidates who plan to take their exams on October 18, 2009, or later should prepare using the new v4.0 exam topics.

Pass4sure is paying close attention to this update and proposes the “Free CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook” program.

From now on, if you buy the CCIE R&S Version 3.0 Lab Workbook, you can get the CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook and Open-Ended-Question for free after we release the Version 4.0. This program will expire on October 17, 2009. This is the first time for Pass4sure to take such attempt that is offering the new products to customers for free.

While according to Eliza Jencey, the Marketing Director of Pass4sure, “the Free CCIE R&S Version 4.0 Lab Workbook program is not only a marketing strategy, but a considerate gift to all CCIE candidates.”

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B2b, B2C, Internet, Online, Services, Website Localization

Foreign Translations, Inc. Unveils Its New French Language Website foreigntranslations.fr

This week Foreign Translations, Inc. unveils its new French language website (www.foreigntranslations.fr). The Company has created this new website specifically to offer French translation services for companies throughout Europe. As English slowly becomes less common as the primary business language of the Internet, Foreign Translations, Inc. is keenly aware of consumer interest in conducting business in the native language. In response to this ever increasing demand, Foreign Translations, Inc. is launching this French website on the heels of its Spanish language website.

Website Adapted For French Culture

This newly designed website provides a richer, more informative experience for the French community which is proud of its French language and culture and places great value in the French translation of content into its native language. With research indicating that French is the sixth most popular language on-line and the most widely used in Europe, Foreign Translations, Inc. decided that creating a French language website would allow the French speaking community an easy and verifiable way of connecting with this highly qualified company that assists in international communications and global ventures into new markets. Like its English counterpart, the French website delivers an array of helpful resources. Through the new French language website, Foreign Translations, Inc.’s French clients are given information on its quality assurance and guarantees, the ability to request quotes, and information about its translators, processes, and pricing.

Focus is on Targeting French Companies in Europe

As with all of Foreign Translations, Inc.’s ventures, the company completed its due diligence in analyzing the French culture and adapting its French website – www.foreigntranslations.fr, to include services and procedures that complement this target market, research and application of culturally appropriate color schemes as well as Multilingual Search Engine Optimization strategies. According to CEO, Ken Zwerdling, “The roll out of our French language website provides us direct access to French businesses in France, Germany, Spain and Italy as well as the French speaking population located in other regions around the world. French companies now have a more cost effective means of acquiring English to French and French to English Translations. It is another step in the process to expand the Foreign Translations brand worldwide.”

The continuing development of the Foreign Translations, Inc. multilingual website network is part of the company’s strategy to remain at the cutting edge of the highest quality translation services offered to its valued clients.

About Foreign Translations, Inc.

Foreign Translations, Inc. (www.foreigntranslations.com) is an 11- year old foreign language translation, interpreting and website translation firm headquartered in Greenville, SC.

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Advertising, B2b, Events, Internet, News, Online, Search, Searching, SEM, SEO, Web Marketing

Fujitsu Has Chosen bigmouthmedia To Lead Its International PPC Campaign

Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH selected the Edinburgh based search engine optimisation company following a multi-agency pitch. Bigmouthmedia will now lead the company’s paid search advertising campaign in more than 25 countries worldwide, including Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

David Hardy, bigmouthmedia group’s international sales and marketing director, commented on the deal saying: “We’re delighted to be working for such an internationally renowned brand like Fujitsu. One of bigmouthmedia’s key strengths is our international scope, and our demonstrable expertise in running complex multi-language campaigns has been a key factor in winning this account.”

He added: “Over the past 12 years we have established a proven track record in managing big brands across multiple territories, and I am confident we will enjoy similar success with our strategy for what promises to be a challenging and exciting campaign.”

Fujitsu’s digital marketing requirements also included an increase in the profile, turnover and traffic on their international sites as well as the capacity to oversee new product and service launches. Beginning work immediately, bigmouthmedia now develops and manages Fujitsu’s PPC campaigns in more than 25 countries, including Italy, Spain, Turkey, Scandinavia and the Eastern European countries.

About bigmouthmedia
Founded in 1997, bigmouthmedia is Europe’s largest and most experienced digital marketing agency and was rated the UK’s #1 Search agency for Search Engine Optimisation and PPC in the 2009 NMA Marketing Services Guide.

Bigmouthmedia’s 200+ online marketing experts across 12 international offices maximise online brand exposure for our clients by means of integrated digital strategies incorporating SEO, PPC, social media marketing, affiliate marketing, display advertising, online PR and copywriting.

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Advertising, B2b, B2C, Domain Names, E-mail, eCommerce, Events, Hosting, Internet, ISPs, Services, Web

BT Business And Google Today Announced An Agreement To Offer Digital Marketing Services To Small Businesses

The alliance will involve BT Business becoming a Google AdWordsâ„¢ Authorised Reseller. Small businesses can now access Google’s base of millions of UK users and receive professional, full-service AdWords account management, from account setup and activation to ongoing campaign monitoring and optimisation, through BT Business.

More than one million businesses already served by BT Business, including the 350,000 members of BT Tradespace, will benefit from the agreement.

“Small businesses are looking to the internet to compete and grow in these tough economic times,” said Bill Murphy, managing director at BT Business. “Our own research across 700,000 small business websites shows that the majority need help to optimise search and effectively use search engine marketing. They don’t often have the skills internally to manage this and need affordable services and support. Working with Google AdWords will enable us to help smaller companies promote themselves and engage with customers, partners and suppliers online as well as larger businesses.”

The addition of the Google AdWords online advertising platform means BT Business can now offer customers a complete range of digital marketing services to help them promote their businesses effectively on the Web. From setting up a website and managing an online marketing campaign to ensuring they can effectively extend their business relationships through customer management tools and business social networking profiles such as BT Tradespace and other business applications.

Matt Brittin, Managing Director at Google UK & Ireland said: “Many businesses already use Google AdWords to reach new customers locally, across the UK and across the world. BT Business can now offer targeted, accountable and cost effective AdWords advertising to more than a million small businesses in the UK. We look forward to working with BT to help more small businesses get the most out of the online opportunity.”

About BT Business
BT Business understands the challenges that businesses face in the current climate, and supports cost control, improved productivity and winning business with technology including business broadband & internet, domain names and web hosting packages, IT support and mobile services including BlackBerry.

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B2b, B2C, Database, Online, Search, Searching, Services, Tracing

Data Cleansing Experts Shortlisted for Industry Award

Consumer data specialists Tracesmart have been shortlisted for a new industry award. Following the submission of an application into the ‘Best PR/Advertising Campaign’ category of the CSA (Credit Services Association) Awards, the Tracesmart Corporate ‘Nobody home?’ campaign has made the shortlist.The winner is to be announced at the CSA’s annual Gala Dinner, which concludes the CSA & DBSG (Debt Buyers and Sellers Group) Conference in Brighton later this month.

Tracesmart’s ‘Nobody home?’ entry, employs a variety of promotional mediums to communicate its message. The campaign promotes the Tracesmart Corporate data cleansing and debtor tracing services, which can be utilised to verify debtor residency and trace people.

The message which the campaign conveys is that Tracesmart’s services make it simple to confirm whether a debtor is resident or not – a task which is even more pertinent in the current economic climate, as more individuals attempt to avoid paying debt. Commenting on the imagery used to symbolise how difficult it can be to confirm residency, Adam Smith – Tracesmart’s Marketing Manager – commented,

“Our creative brainstorming session led to the idea of a vacant house to symbolise someone who may no longer be resident, however this concept did not deliver the striking imagery we required. It eventually evolved into the more abstract concept of an empty tortoise shell. This image ticked all the boxes; whilst the shell appears empty, it could still have a resident, thus epitomising the problem of confirming debtor residency.”

The concept has clearly worked for Smith’s team as Tracesmart have seen impressive results from the campaign. Commenting on the effectiveness of the ‘Nobody home?’ campaign, Chris Rothwell – Sales Director for Tracesmart – remarked, “The campaign’s creative concept has been well received by the industry and this has been reflected in the campaign results to date.

So far, in comparison to our last financial year, lead generation is up 53% for the sector, which has significantly boosted sales of the services promoted by the campaign. From a brand awareness point of view, this campaign has definitely helped to highlight how we can help debt collection agencies and enforcers verify debtor residency and locate gone aways.”

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B2b, Internet, ISPs, Programming, Security, Services, Software, Web, Web 2.0, Web Design & Development

A Free Trial Security Scanner That Identifies Security Weaknesses In Web Applications

GamaSec has launched a free trial option of its web vulnerability scanner, which allows companies to check for Cross Site Scripting (XSS), SQL injection, Code Inclusion etc.. ) as well as site exposure risk, ranks threat priority, produces highly graphical, intuitive HTML reports, and indicates site security posture by vulnerabilities and threat exposure

Security Scanner

The GamaSec Free trial of Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) is available immediately at: https://www.gamasec.com/gsf/FreeTrial.aspx

According to the Gartner Group, “97% of the over 300 web sites audited were found vulnerable to web application attack,” and “75% of the cyber attacks today are at the application level.”

Everyday there are thousands of new internet users online. Despite the fact that more people all the time are making purchases on the internet, there are a great deal of consumers who remain uneasy about the process and because of that are timid about the internet. Consumers are becoming more and more smarter, more savvy and more guarded about what can put them at risk. Online customers need to be confident that their personal information is safe and that their privacy will be upheld at all times.

“Companies don’t realize the danger their web sites are under and are therefore reluctant to invest in web vulnerability scanners. Consequently, security officers don’t have the tools to protect their websites. The GamaSec free trial scanner will give security officers access to a professional security tests of web applications and detects Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection and other web application vulnerabilities and produces recommended solutions that can fix or provide a viable workaround to the identified vulnerabilities, when you need them, not when it is already too late,” said Avi D.Bartov, GamaSec CEO.

GamaSec vulnerabilities scan requires no installation, no set-up, no hardware purchases, no software development, and no IT security expertise. Customers do not need any special training to use it.

About GamaSec Web Vulnerability Scanner
GamaSec web application scanner crawl the entire website, analyze in-depth each & every file, and display the entire website structure. The GamaSec Scanner built from the ground up on a completely different technology backbone than its competitors; GamaSec goes beyond signature-based tools to find more “real” vulnerabilities.

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