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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 look at the continued revolution of online business and
how the festive period is expected to affect retailers around the
world. We also take a look at the encouraging news about the
developments in Virus protection and see how Britain is leading
the way in advertising online.
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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Online business revolution |
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Business organisations CBI and Internet search engine Google
have taken a survey of 500 companies and 500 consumers to
discover the impact of the Internet amongst UK businesses.
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major headline is that 56% of companies surveyed considered
the Internet to have made a ‘substantial’ or ‘revolutionary’
impact on their industry. Are you one of them?
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Christmas shoppers head online |
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Meanwhile, research shows that shoppers are increasingly
turning to the Internet for their Christmas shopping.
E-commerce specialist Zanox says there has been a major change
in consumer shopping habits, with people searching for items
such as shoes as well as the usual electronic items like
laptops and mobile phones. Read more about the online
Christmas boom in the full story.
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Virus writers block |
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Everybody's main fear when using the
internet and their email is viruses. A sigh of relief then that
it appears virus writers have run out of new ideas!
Anti-virus company Kapersky Lab has revealed that new types of
computer viruses are currently rare and largely ineffective,
boasting some are countered within minutes!
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Britain leads the way in online advertising |
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In
2002, Britain was lagging behind the US in the Internet world.
In the States, more people had broadband and more businesses
were getting on the online advertising bandwagon.
How
things have changed in 4 years! Britain is now leading the
way, but are you getting left behind? Read the whole story to
find out.
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