http://besupported.co.uk/blog IT Support and Training, Surrey | Software Development Surrey | Computer Support Surrey | BeSupported Ltd Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:01:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who aren't interested or (alternatively) have been living under a pile of snow in your home-made igloo for the last few weeks it may have passed under your radar that Apple have arranged a very special "event" this Wednesday (27th January) to show off their "latest ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/10-must-haves-for-the-new-apple-itablet/ So finally the snow has melted away and it's time to get down to our plans for 2010! We have successfully helped our clients last year to improve their search engine rankings, traffic and ultimately leads and sales by using a number of traditional SEO techniques such as keyword analysis, ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/surrey-search-engine-success/ Grrr. I am annoyed. As I spend many hours working on e-commerce sites for people it really annoys me when an e-commerce site gets it badly wrong. Ordered a dinghy this week from online company http://www.funkycrab.co.uk/ specifying a Friday delivery date in "special instructions"  and after receiving my "order confirmation" ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/e-commerce-woes/ I don't have a swimming pool...and to be honest unless I design the next "must have whizzy thingummy" that revolutionises the modern world (which could be possible I suppose), I don't think I ever will. However, if I was to be in that fortunate position I think I'd definitely be ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/clear-water-revival/ I have recently been working on the website for the former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken, which has been a real honour and joy. For those of you who have either forgotten or are too young to remember Jonathan Aitken's life took quite a dramatic change of direction when he lie ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/jonathan-aitken/ In my attempt to promote and use local companies this year I want to briefly mention PHI Networks. This local company based up the road from me in Headley, Hampshire installs computer cabling for other small local companies and organisations. Now I know, if I start talking to you about ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/phi-networks/ I read recently that Egham in Surrey is the email "spam" capital of Great Britain with each individual receiving (on average) 189 junk emails a day. The article doesn't really offer any reasons why poor Egham holds this dubious honour, however it does say that by contrast Fareham in Hampshire  ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/egham-spam/ When I was a teenager I spent three weeks of my final year in secondary school at a work placement in a local printing company. Don't ask me why I ended up there. I had never expressed an interest in the finer points of printing in any of the chats ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/moo-putting-the-funk-back-into-printing/ I am sure you have all heard somewhere or another (even if you don't quite understand what it means) of RFID (Radio Frequent IDentification) technology. This is the technology which is becoming ever more present in our world today to (predominantly) manage products within a commercial setting. It basically involves ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/tikitag-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem/ Well here it is...my first post...I have had this blog sitting here for a while now and have been looking at it thinking...mmm...what should I write? Anyway, the time has come to stop shilly shallying (as my gran used to say) and just start. I thought I'd start by pointing you ... http://besupported.co.uk/blog/a-good-place-for-a-cup-of-tea/