We have heard of a number of cases recently where companies have received an unsolicited call from companies trying to sell new domain names at highly inflated prices.

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There has been a lot of publicity recently about ‘click fraud’ on pay-per-click advertising campaigns being run on tools such as Google AdWords and Overture. This involves the action of clicking on a company’s adverts purely to increase their costs and is carried out either by competitors, software ‘bots’, and even in some cases there are reports of Indian companies employing people to click on adverts in return for a small fee.

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Google has just launched a ‘beta’ version of its new desktop search engine that operates at a far greater speed than the standard windows search. This is not a new idea as the Copernic desktop search tool was released in August and also the UK-based Blinkx tool has also received much publicity recently. However, crucially Google has rushed their new tool out ahead of similar concepts expected from Microsoft and Yahoo.

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We’re pleased to announce that the new website for The Web Marketing Workshop is now online. The site showcases the range of services that we can now offer, including online strategy development, website design, a wide range of marketing options, and ways to analyse and improve your website. It also serves as a resource for anyone interested in promoting their business online or developing their website, with lists of issues to consider and resources to use.

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