Archive for September, 2010

…Unless you take security seriously. Full stop. Often times, it’s not a matter of “if”, but rather “when”. We are doing all that we can to ensure the server remains secure, but we need you to do your part as well.

Here are 5 basic steps to prevent your site from being hacked: Read the rest of this entry »

For all of the Saints supporters out there, this is for you.

Why don’t St. Kilda players get drunk?
They only have one cup to use.

Why did St. Kilda lose last year’s Grand Final?
Because they refused to play Luke Ball. Read the rest of this entry »

Brian enjoyed speaking on Saturday 14th at the Melbourne PC User Group Affiliate Marketing monthly meeting on the topic of how to build a WordPress site quickly and easily. He covered points such as what a CMS is, Why choose WordPress, how to actually setup up a WordPress site, and some things to watch out for once you have the blog setup. Read the rest of this entry »

How to tell the difference between Good, Bad, and downright Dangerous.

We sometimes have clients contacting us in desperation when it comes to SEO – either because they have no idea who to trust, or worse, because they’ve been ripped off by what’s know as ‘black hat’ SEO fly-by-nighters. Black hat means they are the ‘dodgy brothers’ of the SEO game and best avoided.

But how do you know who’s honest Joe? And who’s going not only rip you off, but may also get your site black banned on Google, or worse, destroy your good name and leave your online reputation in tatters? Read the rest of this entry »

Not if, but when, Collingwood win the flag this year, we’ll give you 10% off any web development work during the month of October if you sing the Collingwood club song “Good old Collingwood forever…” in its entirety to Haleemon.

If you’re not a Collingwood supporter, you must sing it with gusto…twice !

Go the PIES!

In this age of the internet, where much business is transacted or promoted over the internet, keeping your domain names safe can be absolutely vital, with some big domain names changing hands for multi-million dollar sums in recent years.

We had a recent upsetting case of a well-established owner, with a business name like somebusiness.com, finding to her dismay that one of her competitors had registered a .au domain of the same name – somebusiness.com.au.  Understandably she felt that her competitor, a much smaller business with lower quality standards, was trying to trade off her good name.  At the time she’d set her website up, we remember suggesting she consider registered the .com.au domain, and now she’s in a difficult position, with little chance of recourse. Read the rest of this entry »