Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

Posted on May 22, 2007 - by John

Be BeBo Careful what you put on the net

A new feature on the social networking website Bebo, is the ability to give the Bebo website access your Address Book on various e-mail systems, it then does a comparison check with your address book against its database of millions of users, and tells you which of your e-mail contacts are using BeBo. While this is a very ‘cool’ feature of the site, it also increases the risk factor of non-friends finding your profile. So what, you might say, but take this example, I was recently working on a professional basis with one particular company, and noticed my contact there had a profile (through the e-mail comparison tool) this girl seemed very professional in my dealings with her, however her BeBo profile told a different story, pictures of nights out rude comments and so on. While all this is of course in good fun, and ‘no harm’ was done, it does bring up the question of being careful on the net.

Do you really want your customers to know this side of you? And I suppose it also begs the question, have I nothing better to do than be on bebo myself?

Just be BeBo careful on the internet!

Posted on May 11, 2007 - by John

Roam 4 Free

Just spotted that Pat is in the Times today

Ostensibly this is the blog of Phelan’s Roam4Free business, which is not waiting around for the EU to tackle mobile phone roaming costs. Instead Roam4Free is working ‘ to provide international travellers with a sim card for their phone which would significantly reduce their roaming charges

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Posted on May 8, 2007 - by John

Google Adsense Referrals Beta launches

Google has now launched Adsense Referrals which means webmasters can now refer products and services for various companies. How you get paid is not per click but based on a sale or sign up. This is in beta, and you need to request access

“With referrals, you’ll be paid when your visitors click through to an advertiser’s site and complete an action defined by your advertisers, such as a sale or sign up. Because these actions are often more involved than a simple click or impression, advertisers pay more for these referrals, which can translate into higher earnings for your site. Further, you’ll see the expected earnings and advertiser performance ahead of time, so you can make the best decisions about what to refer. You can also choose to target the keywords that will ensure you get the highest-paying referrals for your ad space”

Posted on May 8, 2007 - by John

IrishMobilePhone.com launched

Sick of your Mobile Phone network? – Then have your say

Based on articles I have previously written, I have received a lot of feedback from people on their Mobile Phone networks, and issues they have with them. So its payback time, I am launching (still a work in progress) a website called IrishMobilePhone.com ,which is basically a blog on Irish Mobile Phone Networks, but more interestingly I have a section on it where you can ‘Rate My Network’ so get cracking and rate yours!

Also there is discussion forums dedicated to the Irish Mobile Phone Market!

Posted on March 13, 2007 - by John

LinkListing Tuesday

If you had to choose 5 blogging tools that were the only ones you could use for the next 12 months what would they be and why?

What would be your top 5?
Mine are:
Google Reader
Wordpress
Firefox (spellchecker)
Flickr
Akismet

The Blog Herald discusses 29 Traffic Generating Tips From 29 Bloggers.

Entertainment giant Viacom Media has announced that it is going to sue web search engine Google and video sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m).

Oh! Paramount – do us all a favour LEAVE STAR TREK ALONE ,your wrecking it! x

And for you Twits out there – Twitter users ,that is, Alex King has been busy…

Posted on March 6, 2007 - by John

Second Phase of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Pilot

It looks like Digital terrestrial television has begun, lets hope is as good as the UK version, to date, it looks promising, and has an interesting channel line up (see below).

This second phase of the pilot will involve a trial with an initial panel of 500 public participants, who have been drawn from the Dublin and Louth areas. This will rise to 1,000 participants over the lifetime of the trial.

TV Channels include RTÉ 1, RTÉ2, TV3, TG4, Channel 6, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News 24, Sky News, Sky Sports 1, Extreme Sports and UKTV History and radio channels RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2 FM, RTÉ Lyric FM, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and Today FM. Source

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Posted on March 2, 2007 - by John

RTE website – Hit or Miss?

The Irish Indo is reporting today that the new RTE website is a massive hit. And I have to admit, that yes, I do like it, I now find myself checking it daily for News and Business News, as well as the new TV Guide, and of course the Entertainment section (goes without saying). Impressively their list of online videos, including RTE News broadcasts, is becoming more extensive. I reported (well had a screen shot) of the site shortly after its launch here. Some people mailed me to say that they still don’t like it, but if the below figures are anything to go by, RTE are going something right.

THE redesign of RTE’s website has contributed to a massive 78pc increase in traffic, the station claimed yesterday. vFigures show 29 million page impressions registered for the month of February. This represents a lOpc rise on the previous month, and a 78pc increase year-onyear. Over 1.2 million “unique users’ are now accessing the site.

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Posted on March 1, 2007 - by John

Meteor 3G?

 3G has a long way to go – when it comes to proving its worth. Vodafone was the first to offer 3G services, now including mobile television, but are consumers convinced? Well apparently not, but maybe in time they will be… Finally it looks like Irelands last 3G licence has been sold to Eircom, whom we are told will use it for its Meteor mobile network. Irish Daily Mail reports today:

EIRCOM announced yesterday that it would finally take the plunge into the world of 3G.It has decided to buy the country’s last 3G mobile licence for its fast growing Meteor unit.

The licence comes with a price tag of EUR114m and had initially been offered to troubled Smart Telecom.

3G, the third generation of wireless technology, has enhanced video and voice capabilities and led to better roaming, among other innovations.