How to save thousands of dollars when your website is hacked or infected with viruses
It's panic stations when someone alerts you to the fact your website has been blocked by google. Potential customers trying to get to your site are faced with a big warning basically saying that your website is dodgy and shouldn't be visited. As this is clearly no...
Quoted versus Total Costs – The truth about web hosting pricing in Australia
Buyer beware - web hosting costs aren't what they seem! Earlier this year we had a prospective client approach us about hosting their website and email. They had two major concerns: 1) The poor reliability of their current service and the daily impact it was having on...
4 signs your relationship is going to end badly – tips for online store owners
You've got a "feeling" today. Not sure exactly what it is yet, but you're feeling that the relationship with your website developer isn't how it used to be. Maybe not yet on the rocks. Maybe just a whiff of something undesirable in the air, like when a gas powered bus...
Don’t panic, your website is just infested with worms and porn
If you're reading this article because your website is infected with malware and redirecting to porn websites, you've come to the right place. If you're a business owner and justifiably freaking out about the situation that's presented itself, let's get straight to...
When hacking and malware strike an online store
It's midday and we've been noticing some abnormal activity on a client website the past few hours. The website is "running hot", an internal reference we use, referring to the fact it's being severely throttled because it's continuously hitting the limits of the...
What you need to know about the pitfalls of hosting an ecommerce website
The pains of hosting an ecommerce store are not as straightforward as we'd like them to be, and sometimes the solution is not quite what you'd expect. In this article we explore these challenges. So you've got a brand new online store, or you could have been doing it...
BeerBud.com.au brings craft beer online
Run by three former investment bankers, BeerBud.com.au makes craft beer available online. Andy Williamson, 27, Alex Gale, 30, and Mark Woollcott, 35, all held high-paying positions at investment firm CMB Capital and all three loved trying different beer rather than...
Australian online shopping picks up again
After a brief lull, Australians are back to shopping online again. The NAB Online Retail Sales Index estimates digital sales in Australia at $15.6 billion for the year to July 2014, representing annual growth of 8.6%. This places online shopping at 6.6% of traditional...
