cheap two page websites only £59

Yes Folks, you got it; I'm currently offering start up websites for only £59 and I think that deserves an exclamation mark!

If you're starting up a new business, or want to take the leap and get a web presence for your existing business then this is for you without a doubt. You'll get a home page where you can introduce yourself and what you do, perhaps add some pictures of some products, list some services etc. and there will be a contact page. It is entirely up to you though, you can have whatever you want, it's your website after all.

So, two page web site design for £59 with no hidden extras or add ons, unless you want them that is.

Contact Waterfall Web Design direct via our contacts page

Observando : Cable Clips

Great idea and virtually free (from the store cupboard)!

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Facebook Connect Privacy Issues

So, correct me if I am wrong...
You may or may not know that you can now log into various sites via your facbook with 'facebook connect' , it'll be rolled out across the web soon enough as Mark Zuckerberg tries to become the web, if you will.

This means that all your open data ie. everything except your account details will be shared with an unlimited amount of other websites. So, let's say you post a meet or whatever on your wall or someone else posts a pic of you, that data will be available to anyone who is part of the FacebookConnect scheme.

What you need to do is go to your Privacy Settings then Applications and Websites and then to What Your Friends Can Share About You.  Un-tick everything and save.

This will stop other websites getting information about you via your friends' profiles because even if you don't sign in to a website via facebook, they can get info via your friends who do login. There are an abundance of plops who will do anything facebook tells them to do, so protect yourself.

Basically, the way I see it is that Facebook want to build a massive data base of who likes what so that they and their partners can bombard you with stuff they think you will buy.

Any questions, just ask.

Cheers

Google Faces Tax Protest In The UK

Politician Lord David Puttnam takes issue with practice of channeling revenues through Ireland, by Doug Caverly.
This whole affair began about one year ago, when an accountant hired by the Sunday Times found that over 90 percent of Google's UK tax revenues were channeled through Ireland in 2007, saving the company something like $160 million due to differences in tax rates.

A later report determined that Google managed to avoid paying $725 million in 2008, too.

The SEO customer is always right

"The customer is always right", no they are not but they are paying so, what the heck. SEO companies everywhere should read this article over at Search Engine Watch, it might not help but at least you can start the day knowing that there is more than one in your boat.

Kevin Gibbons' article highlights some common client hurdles that SEO's come across now and again and way by which you can work with them to help them understand a bit more about what you are doing for them, and what they can realistically expect their website to achieve.

So, if you are currently working with the Impatient Client, the Amateur SEO Client or the Down Right Hostile Client, take five to check the article out, take a deep breath and then get back in there and get them on the right track.

If you are a potential client of an SEO company with questions about search engine optimisation, read on.

Floppy Disc Art by Nick Gentry

Art by Nick Gentry that I found via from Koikoi.

You can visit Nick's site here.

Getting English language sites found on Baidu

China has been in the 'search engineering' news recently as Google decide they are no longer willing to regulate/censor searches performed by their mainland Chinese users. The Chinese authorities say that Google has broken their agreement...Google in the opposite corner are standing by and defending the decision citing allegations that attempted (sophisticated) hacks aimed at Google in February were traced back to China, aswell as the YouTube block...blah blah blah.

It's seems like much a do about nothing to me because even though Google are now redirecting and providing users with uncensored search results (openly available) in Hong Kong, the Chinese firewall blocks/censors everything they don't want citizens to see when the results are fired back down the line to the end user. So, what's the problem?

Control.



So, some clients with business interests in China and Hong Kong have asked this week if these developments will now hinder chances of their websites (in English) appearing or performing in the Google.cn, Baidu and Tencent SERPs. The answer is no.

If you are new to Chinese search engine results, know this; getting found on a Chinese engine with a site's copy written in English is a big waste of time, period! That is not to say that there are no English written sites on Baidu, there are, but in our experience getting a site in is akin to sculpting an intricate model of the Eiffel Tower out of Mt. Everest with a pair of safety scissors that you got from a Christmas cracker.

So, if you really want to get found on a Chinese engine I would advise:

Get your site translated to Chinese
Get it hosted in China
Look at a PPC campaign

Finally, don't take my word for it I just made all that up from my own experience, find a Chinese engine specialist and ask them about it.