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Discounted Occupational First Aid Course run by Synergy Risk Management for Gorey Chambers

 Gorey Chamber, Training  2 Responses »
Jan 292010
 

Synergy Risk Management will be running a 3 day Occupational First Aid Course in Gorey Town on February 2nd, 9th and 23rd. This course normally costs €275 per person and we are delighted to offer it to Chamber members for €200 per person.

Spaces are limited to 8 in total so immediate booking is recommended.

All employers should look at their need for at least one member of staff (or themselves) to be  trained in this important area.

Further details and bookings are available at 9481445 or by mail to declan@worksafe.ie.

Do Local Online Business Directories deliver Value for Money?

 Blogs, Business Advice, Directory, Internet, Search Engines, Uncategorized  No Responses »
Jan 292010
 

The basic answer is yes, but it comes with the usual health warning, BUYER BEWARE!

I was recently contacted by a sales person for a local business directory here in Gorey, GoreyBiz, who wanted me to pay €300 exVAT to be listed. The first point he made to me was, that the cost of the annual listing in the online business directory was comparable  to the cost of one ad in the local newspapers. While this is very true, it only represents value for money if your business can be found on the Internet. So the first thing I did was get on to Google and type in “computers gorey” to see how effective the directory was. Now I had expected GoreyBiz to show on at least the first page, but to my surprise GoreyBiz still had not appeared after 10 pages, at which point I gave up. I then typed in “accounts gorey” and GoreyBiz only showed up on page 4.

So I would not regard paying €300 ex VAT for a directory entry that cannot be found on the first 4 pages of Google, at best, as good value for money.

While I was doing these searches on Google I noticed that in all cases another online business directory, GoreyLinks, always came up in either 1st or 2nd place. When I checked the price, I discovered that a listing on GoreyLinks cost €40 ex VAT annually.

Now €40 exVAT for a listing on GoreyLinks, that always shows up in 1st or 2nd place on Google, IS great value for money.

The most important point is that, if you are going to spend money getting listed on an Online Business Directory, then check out their claims before you part with any money. If you are unsure, then contact your local Independent Computer Services provider.

“AIB Internet Banking – IMPORTANT: Your are required to confirm your email address” Phishing Attack

 Email, Phishing, Security  No Responses »
Jan 272010
 

If you get an email from AIB Internet Banking with a subject of IMPORTANT: Your are required to confirm your email address, then  DO NOT REPLY IT IS A PHISHING ATTACK trying to get hold of your password.

For more info on Phishing and Security attacks check out http://blog.glasgorman.com/2009/11/security-alert-gone-phishing/?preview=true&preview_id=21&preview_nonce=0f82c23354

Internet Traffic, The Recent Cold Spell and School Children

 Bad Weather, Broadband, Children, Internet  No Responses »
Jan 122010
 

In 1982 for the last “Big Snow” everybody, particularly school children spent most of their time outside enjoying the fantastic snowy conditions that are so rare Ireland. Mind you, at that time there were no XBox’s, PS3′s, WII’s or for that matter the Internet.

Today things are very different. While walking the dog twice a day over this last cold spell, I very rarely saw children playing in the snow. It was only when I was talking to a collegue in Alpha Broadband (a fixed wireless broadband provider in North Wexford), that I realised what they were all up to.

He proceded to show me the traffic graphs and the traffic rose by over 60% for the period of the cold snap. There was also a corresponding drop in traffic today when the kids went back to school.  He did also note that based on his graphs most school children don’t get up until at least 12:00.

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