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Editor's Letter
Welcome to the latest edition of 'On the Pulse' the
e-newsletter brought to you by Sixth Sense ESP. 'On the Pulse'
aims to provide you with genuinely useful information about online
security, promotion and the development of engaging websites with
professional advice from internationally respected sources.
This month we cover the growth of e-commerce sales, heed
warning to all Windows 98 users, slap the wrists of lazy email
writers and reveal the truths on a Search Engine Optimisation term
called 'link exchanging'.
We’ll keep doing our best to make sure we send you genuinely
useful snippets and if you have any comments or suggestions for a
future article, please drop us a line. And don't forget to tell
your friends!
Director, Sixth Sense ESP
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Boost for online traders |
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It's official, us Brits spend more
online than anyone else in Europe. Of course this is great
news for anyone selling through an e-commerce website - you
have more potential customers than ever, and that figure is
expected to increase massively!
If you're not selling online, read the full story for the
facts on why you're missing out.
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Windows 98 shutdown |
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On July 11th, Microsoft finally ended
all support services for the Windows 98 operating system,
although help will be available on the website until further
notice.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft are urging
people to upgrade to the latest XP system. There is however a
very real security risk from carrying on using the outdated, 8
year old operating system on your computer. Worryingly, there
is even a hacking gang that specialises on Windows 98.
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Email Etiquette |
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You may not notice that you're giving a
bad impression by sending short, abrupt messages to your
clients but it seems that they have! New research shows
increasing annoyance in a lack of 'email etiquette'.
It may be easier for you to send email
via your fashionable PDA or Blueberry, but perhaps it's worth
taking out 5 minutes to create a more personal message to the
lucky recipient.
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Exchanging Links: The do's
and don'ts |
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Getting your site to the top of Google
can seem like a frustrating, never ending process. So you
can't blame anyone for trying to save time. Exchanging links
is a quick way to boost the amount of links to your website,
and so improve rankings.
Or is it?
There are in fact potential problems
with exchanging links. Don't get caught out, read this article!
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