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How is your website performing ? Google Analytics

2011-04-29T18:00:00.002+10:00

On Fri 6th May, Web Seven will complete the migration of all clients websites
to its new servers, ensuring that all clients site are housed on the very latest, reliable technology available.

As part of the move, the old server statistics reporting device - AWStats- will no longer be supported.

Web Seven recommends that all clients who do not currently use the Google Analaytics setup to monitor their
site statistics, use this as an opportunity to signup for GA - a solution that allows clients rich insights into their website traffic and marketing effectiveness.

What is Google Analytics ?

Google Analytics (GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website.
GA is the most widely used website statistics service - currently in use on around 57% of the 10,000 most popular websitesin the world.

GA can track visitors from all referrers, including search engines, display advertising, pay-per-click networks, e-mail marketing and digital collateral such as links within PDF documents.

How do I sign up for it ?
Google Analytics is implemented by including what is known as a "page tag".
This is referred to as the Google Analytics Tracking Code (GATC) and is a hidden snippet of code that Web Seven can integrate into each client's website.

To signup for GA, simply visit the following link:

http://www.google.com/analytics/

Once Web Seven clients have signed up for GA, simply send us an email with your GA code, which will then be placed
into your website to access the full range of GA tools to view your website's performance.

Scam Warning

2011-01-06T15:01:00.001+10:00

Web Seven has received several calls from clients in relation to a recent scam involving scammers contacting computer owners, and pretending to be Microsoft support staff.

The scammers, typically based in Indian call centres, cold call people claiming to be Microsoft staff informing them that their computer has a virus on it. They provide bogus evidence of a virus infection and after winning over the victim, convince them to allow the scammer remote access to their computer through an internet website.

The scammers then pretend to fix the machine and ask for a fee that is up to $400. They use a combination of high pressure sales tactics and social engineering to scare the victim into paying the fee and because victims willingly hand over their credit card details, there is little legal recourse.

Please click on the link below to read further details. Web Seven strongly recommends that Web Seven clients NEVER respond to any cold calls (telephone)or email solicitation requiring access to computer or personal details. View Details...

Firefox becomes most popular browser in Europe

2011-01-06T15:00:00.000+10:00

Mozilla’s Firefox browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the leader in Europe, the first time Microsoft’s browser has lost its top spot in a major market, a web analytics firm StatCounter said.

In December, the open-source Firefox took 38.1 percent of European market share, while Internet Explorer’s share slipped to 37.5 percent. Google Chrome saw its share rising to 14.6 percent from just 5.1 percent a year earlier. “This appears to be happening because Google’s Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly maintaining its existing share,” Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter chief executive, said in a statement. “We are probably seeing the impact of the agreement between European Commission competition authorities and Microsoft, to offer EU users a choice and menu of browsers from March last year,” Cullen said.

In December 2009, European Union regulators accepted Microsoft’s pledge to give consumers better access to rival browsers, ending a long antitrust dispute. Since the beginning of March, Microsoft offered Europeans the option to choose from among 12 browsers on the more than 100 million old and new PCs that use its Windows software. Globally, Internet Explorer’s share slipped to 46.9 percent in December, while Firefox was at 30.8 percent and Google was at 14.9 percent, StatCounter said. According to our stats, Firefox is also most popular browser among RLSLOG.net readers with 51%, followed surprisingly by Chrome with 19% and finally Internet Explorer accounting only for 14% share.

Social Media - NEW Web Seven feature

2011-01-06T14:58:00.000+10:00

Web Seven has recently installed the " Add This" feature, allowing all Web Seven clients to easily enable Social Media tools directly for their site shopping cart.

When enabled in the backend, this feature will allow visitors browsing products in the shopping cart to do a number of things - to share the product info with friends via Twitter or Facebook, use the Google Bookmark feature, or even print the product information. A great cross-promotional tool.

Web Seven clients are able to use this feature NOW. Just scroll to " Social Media" in your site backend, under "General Settings" to enable.