Jul
01
Written by Vaughan | Filed under General, Search Engine Optimisation | No Comments
Software giant Adobe has helped both Google and Yahoo reveal previously hidden content from flash files to the search engines. As we know search engine already do index static text within flash file formats.
This technology will enable millions of pre-existing RIAs using flash technology will be searchable without any additional optimisation . Google has by all accounts changed the the method of crawling the flash player to integrate with its search technology, while its rival Yahoo plans to do so shortly.
Web developers and designers alike have always been frustrated with the restrictions search engines had with content within flash files not being seen, the question is will this new flux of content provide a better experience for searchers?
Jun
23
Written by Adam Stafford | Filed under Latest News | No Comments
My Repeats won the Business Development of the Year Award at the Chemist and Druggist Awards last Wednesday evening at the Grosvenor Hotel in London!
Fresh Egg have been instrumental in developing the Online Repeat Prescription Service for My Repeats.
The pilot was launched in Worthing with great success - now receiving up to 3,500 orders per month.
MyRepeats.com has now been launched as a national service offering independent pharmacists the ability to compete online for this new service - giving their customers the opportunity to place their repeat prescriptions online.
Business Development of the Year - Paul Howie and Dave Roberts, photo from www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk
Jun
07
Written by Lee | Filed under General | No Comments
“Can you get me a remote cotrol for a Cello DVD RW”, to which I replied “a what?”.
This is how it started………..
It’s Friday evening, and after getting in and settling down with my dinner the phone is ringing hot.
It’s the father-in-law and he is after me, but why is he after me? Does he want to take me for a beer? Does he want to give me some money to take his daughter out? Was he ringing me to ask if I would like a new 42″ TV? No, no and no!
On this fine Friday evening he wanted me to find a remote control for a DVD ReWriter. Now here’s the problem, we are not talking about any old DVD Rewriter, this was no Sony, Toshiba, Samsung or Panasonic DVD Rewriter. Oh no, that would have been too easy.
No this was a……. wait for it…….
A Cello DVD Rewriter
Say that again?
Yes, you did hear correctly, A Cello DVD Rewriter.
First question, what sort of brand is Cello? I have never even heard of it? It turns out my Father in Law has only been down to our local Co-op where a fire sale had been taking place on electrical equipment after Co-op decided to stop selling electricals.
Here’s the catch, he bought the DVD at such a cheap price it came with no remote control. Now his mate who turns out to be your main man when it comes to TV’s and the like told him flatly that NO universal remote control would work with this particular DVD Rewriter.
Faced with this rather bleak news my Father in Law was on phone to me, “If I can’t find the correct remote control, I’ll have to sling it!” Then he said “If anyone can find one, you will be able to” - No pressure then!
And that was it, conversation ended and there we were again; the trusty trio on another mission - Myself, the laptop and Google
I won’t bore you with my searching habits, but surprise, surprise, within a very short space of time I was in the zone and whittling away the sites which were leading me up the wrong path. My flow when I was interupted and I had to go off and do a few family bits, so I put the quest on the back burner.
A couple of hours later I was back to my mission. I adjusted my search term and bingo, I found one! Excellent, that’s my family inheritance secured.
Once I had completed the order, it really was satisfying to know that in little over 10 minutes I had tracked down a remote control for some obscure Chinese DVD Rewriter.
Visiting your local electrical store
Can you imagine going down to Currys or Comet or even an independent electrical retailer and trying to source one of these controls? Simply put, it ain’t going to happen. Not only that, it is the time required to do so, plus the petrol money and the inconvenience.
Why we love Google and Internet Shopping
And there you have it, at some obscure hour of the morning I was able to find and order a product which by rights should have taken me an absolute age to track down. What baffles me, is why people are still using shops? Why go through all that hassle? Why go through the torture of driving on over-crowded roads and then having to park? Why, why, why?
Delivering the good news
Having just spoken to the Father-in-Law, he was delighted that I had secured a remote control, but then he asked, “Can you get an instruction leaflet?”, Back to the laptop, Google here I come……….
