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A warning to be cautious what you click
29/03/2012
Tags: Cybercrime, Online safety, Search engines

Simply misspelling your favourite web address could be an expensive mistake according to the regulator of premium rate phone numbers.

PhonepayPlus say consumers are getting caught out by a practice known as typosquatting where malicious websites have addresses very similar to those of popular sites, often with a difference of only one or two letters. 

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Top search terms for 2011 should prompt businesses to check their ranking
15/12/2011
Tags: Business website, Search engines

The royal wedding tops a list of new searches for 2011 according to Google’s annual ‘zeitgeist’ that gives an insight into the type of information that we have been looking for on the web this year. 

This latest survey shows how important search has become in helping us find our way around the web. This means it is important for a business to consider search engine optimisation as part of their web site strategy to make sure customers can find them online.

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