We use Google Analytics for many of our client’s websites in order to monitor their progress and measure the performance goals set at the very beginning of the website build. It’s a great tool to use and I recently stumbled upon “Google Analytics in Real Life – Online Checkout” a video they made and put up on Youtube – thought it would be good to share as really gets the message across!
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The need for faster broadband speeds!
I was talking to someone the other day about needing faster broadband speeds here in North Devon, why, well for me I transfer quite large files backwards and forwards to clients and whilst I am very happy with my 2.8Mps download speed (most days) the upload speed struggles to be 180Kps.
I know, 2.8Mps is quite fast and is the envy of some people who live in towns, but imagine what we could achieve if we could get 8Mps or even 20Mps, or even 40Mps. Just think how much quicker we would be able to get on with work. One would also hope that with an increase in download speed there would be a corresponding increase in upload speeds as well.
I also access, via VPN networks, client servers and try and process programmes on those servers. I even try and access programme files in the Cloud, and life is very frustrating, often it is easier to phone someone up and get them to do it – not very technologically advanced is it?
So, where and how quickly is this alleged money going to be spent on improving our broadband and bringing so-called superfast speeds to us here in rural Devon. After all, there are many companies here depending on the internet to provide them with a living and bringing much needed income into the local economy.
Come along, can we get a move on please, the longer we wait, the more likely businesses will have to give up, and that is not what we need.
How fast is your broadband, and how fast do you want it?
Google to Stop Supporting Internet Explorer 7
Google has announced that from 1st August this year it will no longer support IE7 in its apps. What does this mean for users? It means that anyone using IE7 or older with a Goggle App like Calendar, Docs and Gmail may find some features missing and eventually the apps may not even work at all. Further to the announcement, Google has said they will also discontinue support for Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3.
Normally, Google apps will only support the two latest versions of a browser, which is a decision justified by Google with the need to move to newer web technologies such as HTML5, which isn’t supported by older browsers.
Whether it’s liked or not, for the best user experience with Google apps browsers will have to be kept somewhat up to date. Google Chrome users, of course, do not have to worry as they are updated automatically. However, this new policy could be a real pain, especially for Internet Explorer users, who do not regularly update their browsers.
