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The Google Plus machine is finally moving towards the business user. We now have Google+ Pages, basically a Facebook Fan Page.

"Google's +1 button will not automatically subscribe anyone to a brand page. Rather, Google is introducing a new button that brands or publishers can use to allow visitors to join a circle in one click.

In addition, Google is introducing a new search command that will act as a shortcut to joining a circle, in hopes of making the action as natural as a search query. If users type "+pepsi" into the search box, that command can automatically subscribe them to PepsiCo's Google+ page."
Google+ Is Now Open for Business

Got excited, thought it was Friday, now going to have to lie down

Food for thought, there is more to life than SEO

"Everyone knows that SEO is a necessary component of driving traffic to your site. Likewise, most site owners understand that CO (conversion optimization) is how you ensure more visitors become buyers. Unfortunately, very few understand how the two work together, or what happens when they don

Blimey, have only just seen this one:

Adidas has taken its website content offline after suffering what it described as a "sophisticated, criminal cyber-attack".

The German sportswear maker said it had no evidence that its consumers' data had been impacted, but that it was taking down the affected sites to protect visitors.
BBC News - Adidas websites go offline after hacking cyber-attack

If you go to www.adidas.com (as of 13.20 GMT today) you get a holding page:

"Due to technical difficulties our website is currently not available.
We apologize for any inconveniences caused and thank you for your understanding"

So that's 4 days it been going on, that must be hurting, especially with xmas round the corner!

Poor old Carphones Warehouse and American Electronic Retailer Giant Best Buy, dreams of rolling out 200 electrical stores across the UK ended today, with the announced closure of the first 11 stores after only 18 months

"...the joint venture lost

I'm afraid it's a very woolly question Merissa.

Give Simon

Love the avatar Simon


This is the Stevie Grade Disk Cleansing Utility...

Quite frankly I am very important

I have no idea what you are talking about, too many big words, but I'm sure you speak a lot of sense

Oh dear, moved you over to the rants forum So hows your East European new recruit shaping up?

Wished you covered Warwickshire, looks like our boiler is in need of TLC and a mysterious damp patch has appeared underneath it in the kitchen... ho hum.. no doubt we will be fleeced

Have been chatting to a Voucher Code company, just looking at joint promo things, but their model is even more bizarre.

They specialize in restaurants, but although its a similar set to Groupon, big discounts etc, the Voucher company keeps all the dosh, and the Restaurants make their money by upselling to the customers when they get there, and the hope that they will return.

The argument is that the voucher company is outlaying for all the advertising, and the restaurant wants to attract more bums on seats.

All seems a bit alien to me, but seems to be working. Can't quite see that model working with say plumbers or other businesses though?