websushi blog - websushi - fresh and tasty web solutions The latest lighthearted internet news from websushi http://www.websushi.co.uk/ Copyright (c) 2006 websushi 21st Century Domesday Book British Library and Microsoft have joined forces to compile a 21st Century version of the Domesday Book.

During the Month of May they are asking UK citizens to send an email - either one from your inbox, or one you write yourself to email@emailbritain.co.uk.

The emails they receive will be digitally archived and will serve as a useful snapshot of 21st Century life for our grand-childrens' grand-children.

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E-mail 'Domesday Book' compiled]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#23 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#23 Internet broadband usage on the rise
And for personal users, now over 50% have broadband access at home. Of these broadband users - 63% use it daily, and on average users spend over 9 hours a week on the Internet.

With this type of personal and commercial Internet usage, it is important that sites selling goods and services spend time to ensure their websites display correctly, are easy to use and allow the user to quickly make a buying decision. Otherwise, the customer will simply move on.

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The Communications Market: Broadband]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#22 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#22 How secure are your passwords?
With your password, someone could use it to conduct fraudulent transactions and access personal information about you.

Some guidelines we suggest are:

  • Never use a word for your password which can be found in the dictionary

  • Make your password at least 6 to 8 characters long

  • Use a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as numbers

  • A good idea is to think of a phrase and take the first letter of each word (e.g. iisigt = It Is Snowing In Guildford Today) for part of the password

  • You should also avoid using the same password on all sites.


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Man hijacks 90 eBay accounts]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#21 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#21 Go offline, online! funeral directors in Northern Ireland have taken the innovative step of broadcasting services online.

The optional free service allows friends and relatives who are unable to attend - where distance or infirmity could be a problem - to participate from afar.

This is an incredibly creative yet practical use of the Internet, and whilst all the infrastructure exists - and isn't expensive - this is the first heard of example in the UK.

The Internet is really a powerful tool for bring people together, both in life and death it seems!

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Mourners bid farewell on internet]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#15 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#15 carbon neutral? You should coco!
websushi is doing it's bit for the environment by offsetting it's carbon usage for our webserver we provide for our clients, our mobile phone usage and business mileage.

This is a Carbon Neutral website - you should COCO This is a Carbon Neutral website - you should COCO This is a Carbon Neutral website - you should COCO

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Find carbon neutral websites]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#14 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#14 Information that must appear on your website Companies Act 2006

As of 01 January 2007, companies are required to include certain regulatory information on their website, and within their email footers. This information is required as a statutory instrument of the Companies Act 2006, to implement the First Company Law Amendment EU Directive.


What information is required?


  • The name, email address and geographic address of the individual/company owning the website


    • A PO Box address is unlikely to be sufficient

    • Email and geographic addresses must be included, even if a contact form is present

    • If the company uses a trading name, the relationship must be clear. For example:


    websushi is a trading name of Bonhurst Consulting Limited


  • If a company, the company registration number must be included, along with the place of registration. For example:


    • Bonhurst Consulting Limited is a company registered in England No. 5267177


  • If you are VAT registered, your VAT registration number must appear on your site, even if you are not selling online. For example:


    • VAT Registration number: GB 850 6893 00


  • If the business is a member of a trade or professional body (e.g. ABTA), the membership details (including membership number) must appear on the website


  • If you sell online, you must state whether prices are inclusive/exclusive of tax and/or delivery

The above information is not required on every single page, but must be easily accessible on your website. For example, a suitable place may be on the 'contact us' or 'about us' page.


What will happen if I don't update my website?

Failure to include this information on your website is in breach of Companies Act 2006 and may result in a fine.


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Companies to update websites and email footers before 2007]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#13 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#13 Do you last more than 4 seconds?
This obviously has a huge implication on businesses running online stores, as promoting customer loyalty is seen to be an important factor in growing their business.

Other areas of the research highlighted the importance of a clear, easy to use site - with particular focus on registration and checkouts. Additionally, the more your customer is likely to spend, the more these issues are important to them!

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Akamai and JupiterResearch Identify '4 Seconds' as the New Threshold of Acceptability for Retail Web Page Response Times]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#12 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#12 Battle of the browsers
For IE, the change has been huge - the most obvious feature being the introduction of tabs - so you can have several web pages open at once.

For Firefox, it has been more of a minor release - but with the useful addition of a spell-checker which underlines potentially misspelt words in red.

Both however have beefed up their security - and will warn you if you are on a suspected 'phishing' site (a site that appears to belong to a company - for example, a high street bank, eBay, PayPal - but actually is a fake site attempting to collect your login information).

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Explorer and Firefox duke it out]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#11 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#11 Do you know your RSS from your elbow?
In an age where technology is developing so fast, it is sometimes difficult to keep up with the latest phrases and buzzwords. Therefore, if is up to the suppliers of this technology to make sure their customers know exactly what they are paying for,

At Websushi, We pride ourselves at speaking in plain English - we take the view that how can we really delight our clients, if they don't really know what they're getting!

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Geekspeak still baffles web users]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#10 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#10 Top 30 UK e-commerce sites failing disabled users www.nomensa.com) has demonstrated that some of the biggest shopping sites in the UK don't cater for their disabled users.

The report shows that not a single website investigated meets even the most basic level of accessibility on their homepage.

We're very pleased in websushi that we test each of the sites we design and develop meet at least the second level of accessibility - and specifically address the issues highlighted in the nomensa report.

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Top 30 Online Retailers Research]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#9 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#9 Fed up of queuing at the post office?
Royal Mail have introduced a free service (well - you still need to pay for the postage!) where you work out how much you need in 'virtual stamps', print out a barcode and stick it on your package.

All you need is a PC with an Internet connection, and a printer.

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Royal Mail: Print your postage online]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#8 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#8 Burglars caught in the act - from 1600 miles away!
The advanced security system sent the owner an SMS message to let him know something was wrong. He was able to login to his home security system over the Internet and witness the thieves in the act!

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Caught via the Internet]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#7 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#7 Trend spotting
For example, it appears there are more Manchester United fans in Portsmouth then there are in Manchester. We can also see the growing popularity of MySpace.

Try it out for yourself: Google Trends

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Google: Britney to Caracas what Hoff is to Berlin]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#6 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#6 MySpace and YouTube are cool - official MySpace and YouTube - both of which appear in Time Magazine's 50 coolest websites for 2006.

Unfortunately websushi didn't make it into the top 50, but there's always next year!

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50 coolest websites]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#5 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#5 Britons online 24 hours a week! uswitch.com suggests that the average Briton spends the equivalent of 3 working days a week online - shopping, listening to and downloading music, playing online games and using their internet connection to make telephone calls.

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Britons online '50 days a year']]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#4 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#4 Happy Birthday - the Internet is 15 years old today!
Developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland, the basis of the internet was providing an easy means to share scientific data across the world - without having to deal with the technicalities of programming.

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Tim Berners-Lee
How the web went world wide]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#3 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#3 websushi sponsors Vaclav Zavoral and the Guildford Flames Ice Hockey Team
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Although a new site, the team have many years experience of delivering quality designs, development, copy, marketing and hosting - in the Surrey/Hampshire region.

We welcome our existing clients, and our new site visitors - say hi - we're not that scary!]]> http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#1 http://www.websushi.co.uk/blog.php#1