Anyone who is in web design, seo, graphic design etc will totally get this.

Below is MY revised version of the above cartoon…(the irony is too, that the guy in the blue suit is actually standing in a corner)

However the topic of data protection and the consequences of not being legal in the eyes of the law is rarely mentioned in any business seminars where the teachings are mostly based around marketing and the bottom line.

Below is a link to an 80 page PDF detailing the law as seen by the “Agencia Española de Protección de Datos” (Spanish Data Protection Agency)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF FILE – Spanish Data Protection (470kb)

You will notice that the title of this department simply contains “data protection” so we are not talking about solely personal data but also business data.

In the document there are 158 individual articles related to data protection in Spain.

You can find more resources about the data protection agency at https://www.agpd.es

SPANISH COMPANY FINED 30K EUROS FOR SPAMMING
Please see an article below regarding a breach of the law in regards to data protection and unsolicited email (spamming)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF FILE – Spanish Company Fined for Spamming (122KB)

How do I redirect my old wordpress web site to a new domain but maintain all the same pages? I dont want to lose my serps because of the domain change.

Here is a nice seo friendly 301 redirect which will redirect all the old pages on the old domain to the same pages on the new domain.

Create a .htaceess file in the root of oldsite.com with the following code

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://networking.4businessglobal.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Thats all there is to it!

What this script does is take oldsite.com/somepage.php and redirect to newsite.com/somepage.php.

The original post is over here

Enjoy!

My first question was “Do you have internet”.

Client: “No, the send and receive does not work”.

Me: “Actually, to determine if you have internet access, the easiest way is to open your web browser and type a web site name like www.google.com and if the site appears, then you have internet. Can you try that?”

(I can hear typing and mumbling going on over the phone.)

Client: “That does not work and I still cant send and receive email”

Me: “Well I am afraid I cant really help you because I don’t provide your internet access, only the email service itself and you need internet first before you can connect to the service, hence the error when clicking send and receive, becasue you have no internet”

Client: “So what do I do?”

Me: “Check all your cables are connected correctly etc and that your router is on, if you have done all of that and still no internet, then you need to contact the company that provides your ADSL service”

Client: “Contacting the provider is useless, they are slow and take ages and I need my internet now, what other options do I have?”

Me: “You can always find a local IT company to diagnose the issue.”

Client: “Yes but they will charge me for that. As soon as I walk through the dorr they will charge me 25 euros to fix it, in fact even they are going out of business because no-one wants to pay them for fixing their computer issues”.

(I am thinking at this point the client is a bit mental)

Me: “Do you have a friend who is knowledgeable in troubleshooting internet connection issues who can come over and look at your setup?”

Client: “No, and I dont know how to do it myself”

Me: “I am sorry but the only options are the ones I have given you. If you had internet I could probably assist you via remote connection, but without it, I cant do much from here”.

Client: “Okay. I will try and fix it myself and if I have problems I will let you know”

Yeah….ok…….try and call me……thank goodness for call screening!

Its sweeeeeeet!!! Feels real futuristic and “Terminator-ish”. The two piece metal casing made from solid alumium looks great and feels nice to handle. The casing itself is very light due to the aluminium and adds next to no weight to the iphone.

The phone feels alot more sturday now and after dropping my previous 2G model on the marble floor in our apartment, I am pretty sure this casing will take some hard knock.

Sure, it makes the device seems a little bigger but “is that an iphone with an exovault casing in your pocket or you just happy to see me?”

Here are some pictures of my phone now.

ALWAYS sanitise the users inputs otherwise expect your database to be corrupted.

Thanks to XKCD for the clip

See http://xkcd.com/327/

I was invited to be part of the Test Lab Blogging Team and the “stand” was impressive. Lots of new gadgets and gizmos about and lots to write about.

See my short video below. (I am not a video blogger in general but its worth watching for some of the nifty stuff on show)

It was only last week I was discussing with my friend about the future and advancement of TV’s. Just how much better can they get?

I remember the “olden days” when TV’s did not have remote controls and LCD was a thing of the future.

Well Samsung cannot be accused of being slow. At the show I saw TV’s that connect to the internet and can download You Tube content using Yahoo TV widgets, you can even manage your twitter account! I saw TV’s as thin as a slice of bread, I saw TV’s that are so fluid and display such lifelike imagery its difficult to tell at some point what is real and what is not.

However out of all the TV and visual display stuff there was one product on show that just simply took my breath away and answered the question I had raised with my friend earlier.

3D TV. Welcome to the future of visual display!

Yes, this HAS TO BE the next step in the evolution of TV. On display Samsung had a 50 inch TV screen which displays at first what appears to be a blurry image and currently yes, you need to wear some glasses to view the 3D effect.

Sure, I know you are probably saying that have seen this kind of thing before, well so you think.

The quality of this 3D TV is just astounding, its like watching a high quality LCD TV but in 3D, the pictures and images simply pop out at you in astounding quality.

We are not far off from having 3D TV in our living rooms. In the US there is already a growing library of films being shot in 3D such as Up, Beowulf and Polar Express but of course the current LCD displays don’t support it, however with further development I am sure 3D will be coming to a TV showroom near you soon.

I also saw a great interactive whiteboard which is just like a blackboard but white and of course the exception that is that you can draw, play movies, use ms word, run flash movies…well pretty much anything a computer does with the exception that you use your finger or a special pen to manipulate the items on screen.

Content management systems are put in place to provide those with website authority to post, edit, and remove content. There are a lot of choices out in the market, but don’t get distracted by bells and whistles. You have to consider your needs and the level of technicality that you and your colleagues can handle. It is definitely suggested that you seek the opinion of your SEO consultant, as he too could be one of your content authors. Just make sure that your consultant takes your website’s needs into consideration and the different people who will be logging on to your CMS.

Before considering the tools, templates, and all the different options that will make your articles attractive, the most important factor to consider is whether or not your content management system choices are search engine-friendly. Meaning, your CMS should NOT give Google, MSN, and Yahoo a hard time crawling over your content. Here are the top 3 reasons why your chosen CMS should be search engine-friendly, without fail.

1.    You’ll be easier to find
The top 3 search engines rely on search engine spiders to crawl through page after page of web text to pull up information that the user needs. If the platform you choose requires you to load images or complicated file formats, it could dissuade spiders from crawling over any of your pages. Don’t risk being missed by spiders and be considered a spam site with no relevant content.

Good content management systems consider both in-page content and your page title—the bar that appears on top of the window. This area gives a description of your page. You should give this area as much attention as your content because spiders also crawl over page titles. Accessibility to search engine spiders is of high importance.

2.    It will be easier to update content
Search engine-friendly CMSs usually understand how important updated content is for a website’s ranking. This understanding is translated to making their interface easy to navigate, so that everyone in your team will find it easy to update your content.

As a website owner or SEO consultant, it is your job to keep your writers motivated for new content and to help them find the initiative to post updates.

3.    It’s easier to understand code
A simple interface and a simple content-input system no longer require your team to understand complex publication codes. This doesn’t mean that foolproof interfaces won’t give you the option to make your content look good. Like most word processors, they still can.

It’s just a matter of choosing the content management system that merges ease of use with the most relevant functions of your purposes. If you look hard enough, there are some CMSs that also help you with internal links.