Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday December 4th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 23:24
All things being equal .co.uk with a UK IP is better not only from an
SEO perspective but also a customer experience one.
On 4 Dec 2006, at 23:58, Mike A wrote:
>
> John Morrison wrote:
>> Yes,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 23:20
John Morrison wrote:
> Yes, but that also means US sites can buy .co.uk sites and rank just
> as high in google ?
>
> Think again.
>
> If your a co.uk better have a UK IP if you want good rankings.
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: TLD's
date posted 4th December 2006 23:14
Makes little difference for SEO as google and others will pick it up
as duplicate content.
Best to have each an alias for the main.
John
On 4 Dec 2006, at 23:48, Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote...
Re: FN-FORUM: TLD's
date posted 4th December 2006 23:12
Sam,
Have all domains aliased to the main domain. Any webhost can do this
for you easily, though some may charge.
As I understand it, 301 redirects aren't seen as the "correct" way to
do forwarding...
FN-FORUM: TLD's
date posted 4th December 2006 23:10
Some advice if you can guys.
I have registered a bunch of domain extensions for a new domain for a new
project. I have
.com, .co.uk, .com.au and .it
Now the question, would it be better
1. to h...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 23:03
Yes, but that also means US sites can buy .co.uk sites and rank just
as high in google ?
Think again.
If your a co.uk better have a UK IP if you want good rankings.
Google has quite a few ways t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 22:55
On Monday 04 Dec 2006 10:26 pm, John Morrison wrote:
> It makes sense to give a little *extra* to uk IP's as they are more
> relevant to uk searches.
*Only* if you can't figure out the "location" of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 22:06
in general uk searches want uk sites and content
On 4 Dec 2006, at 22:34, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> Why are they more relevant to UK searches though? The same...
FN-FORUM: Cost-effective Ltd accounting
date posted 4th December 2006 22:00
Hi all - thought this would be a useful discussion for the forum, as =
well as
needing the advice myself!
I'm in the process of setting up a new Private Limited company (Ltd) and =
am
considering ho...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 21:56
Why are they more relevant to UK searches though? The same information is
served to the browser wherever the server is.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 21:47
It makes sense to give a little *extra* to uk IP's as they are more
relevant to uk searches.
Common sense really.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 21:30
> "Google uses a geo-location look up on the web-server IP address"
I would have thought that it wouldn't matter if your server is in the US,
because Google would know that a lot of UK-specific websi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 21:13
On 4 Dec 2006, at 21:08, Dom Latter wrote:
>> Google they do a lookup on the IP and find out the location.
>
> You think google.co.uk runs off a separate database to google.com?
I was under the same...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 21:05
>>> You'll find it hard to get into google.co.uk with a no-uk ip, notice
>>> hard - not impossible ;-)
>>
>> You think google.co.uk runs off a separate database to google.com?
>
> You won't find it ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 20:52
Dom Latter wrote:
> On Monday 04 Dec 2006 6:58 pm, John Morrison wrote:
>> Google they do a lookup on the IP and find out the location.
>>
>> It then gets put in that search engine
>>
>> You'll find i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 20:33
Google uses many many databases...
On 4 Dec 2006, at 21:08, Dom Latter wrote:
>
> On Monday 04 Dec 2006 6:58 pm, John Morrison wrote:
>> Google they do a lookup on the IP and find out the location...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 20:30
On Monday 04 Dec 2006 6:58 pm, John Morrison wrote:
> Google they do a lookup on the IP and find out the location.
>
> It then gets put in that search engine
>
> You'll find it hard to get into google...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:28
Thanks for this - I did eventually manage to get someone to tell me this
from HG, but it was not before 36 hours had passed, and me receiving
questions from at least 5-6 different support staff...
I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:19
Google they do a lookup on the IP and find out the location.
It then gets put in that search engine
You'll find it hard to get into google.co.uk with a no-uk ip, notice
hard - not impossible ;-)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:18
Alex Libby wrote:
> I fully agree - it makes me wonder how the heck Hostgator manage to make any
> money! I know that they do not have their own servers, but use others stored
> elsewhere in the US, w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:14
On Monday 04 Dec 2006 6:23 pm, Leigh Jepson wrote:
> Personally, if you're based in the UK, i wouldn't touch a US server.
> Okay, it might be a bit cheaper, but it won't help when the server goes
> d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:10
> Personally, if you're based in the UK, i wouldn't touch a US server.
> Okay, it might be a bit cheaper, but it won't help when the server goes
> down and there are 10 hours difference between you...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:07
I think you'll find hostgator isn't making any money yet ;-)
You need personal support, only ever dealing with one support =20
individual.
Thats what we offer at http://www.clustered.net ;-)
John...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:06
Hehe - support? Flakey?? Aie - you haven't seen my emails...all 20-25 of
them!!
Unlimited can be a bit of a misnomer with HG, as they say you cannot sell
any accounts you create, which go over their...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 18:01
I fully agree - it makes me wonder how the heck Hostgator manage to make =
any
money! I know that they do not have their own servers, but use others =
stored
elsewhere in the US, which are owned by a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:51
Alex Libby wrote:
> I only wish it were $6 a month! Their basic account is $24.95 - I tell ya,
> the problems I have had getting FTP'ed files to show on the Net, and a
> domain registered, would make...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:48
Ok so your paying about =A313 a month.
If you use 10 minutes of support time they are loosing money.
Mass hosting companies see you as a "trouble" customer and will =20
probably just ignore your re...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:44
Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
> Looks like your limited to 1000GB max before you need to pay more which is
> hardly unlimited bandwidth, a 10Mps Lan connection can use 3500GB in a month
> if used f...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:39
I only wish it were $6 a month! Their basic account is $24.95 - I tell =
ya,
the problems I have had getting FTP'ed files to show on the Net, and a
domain registered, would make you cringe; a monkey r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:34
The problem with hosting like hostgator is your not paying enough for =20=
quality support.
Someone who knows what they are doing will command a higher salary =20
than a monkey.
Don't at $6 per m...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:30
If you are OK with using the US, I would not encourage going with =
Hostgator
(www.hostgator.com) though. I signed up with them on Friday last week, =
and
despite some good recommendations, it has unf...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 17:09
Sam M - www.wiredeyes.com wrote:
You can get a lot more for your pound in the US..
>
You can get a "lot more for your pound" too in Asia and Eastern Europe
namely web design, web development, codin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 16:58
Just in case you didn't know, you need Standard Edition to run MS
SQLServer - it won't run on Web Edition.
One of my past cockups!
> Windows 2003 Web Edition to Windows 2003 Standard Edition...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 16:57
Looks like your limited to 1000GB max before you need to pay more which =
is
hardly unlimited bandwidth, a 10Mps Lan connection can use 3500GB in a =
month
if used fully.
If you are not set on using...
FN-FORUM: Hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 16:35
Hi all,
what do we feel about easyspace for hosting?
I'm looking to move hosts and want a dedicated server which they are
doing for £69.99pm plus £15 pm for backups etc.
"We can also provide...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fast & reliable FTP hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 15:58
To pad out your options also try www.interhost.co.uk. Good and nice people
to deal with.
Mike A.
Jeremy Aston wrote:
> Speak to John Morrison (who is on this list btw) at clustered.net.
>
> I canno...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fast & reliable FTP hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 15:40
Speak to John Morrison (who is on this list btw) at clustered.net.
I cannot recommend him and his company highly enough.
Cheers
jez
On 4 Dec 2006, at 15:18, Juraj Seffer wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> J...
Re: FN-FORUM: Indesign to Quark Conversion
date posted 4th December 2006 14:58
Hi Lucy,
That's great, I'm glad you saved the cash. Quark formatting isn't
brilliant for extracting data IME, even tables didn't seem to be stored
as tables, but as separate blocks of text and line...
FN-FORUM: Fast & reliable FTP hosting
date posted 4th December 2006 14:39
Hi all,
Just a quick one. We will need fast and reliable FTP hosting. Approx.
200-300 GB of space on the server. Monthly traffic can be high as
well.
Any recommendations for UK based companies? (con...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 13:56
Carrie wrote:
Whoops
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/110547.
but they are currently out of stock.
not quite as much help
Cheers
Carrie
> Duncan Glendinning wrote:
>>
>>
>> Otherwise, you won't be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 13:44
Duncan Glendinning wrote:
>
>
> Otherwise, you won't be surprised that the compaq offer is from
> flippin PC World, and Dell is direct... if you know of anywhere else I
> should be checking, please le...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Upload Javascript Callback
date posted 4th December 2006 13:20
hmm yes HTTP errors, that should work...
we already created a new method to check the database for the new Item as
confirmation and to grab the ID..
many thanks for that..
n.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Upload Javascript Callback
date posted 4th December 2006 13:12
Yes mate.. but it doesnt just upload a file it creates an associated Item in
the database hence the reason XML is being sent with the upload and the
response XML contains the ID of the new item crea...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Upload Javascript Callback
date posted 4th December 2006 13:05
> I have a Flash 8 uploader working - even got it to work posting an XML
> string to a Gateway and all works fine after we fixed macromedias cock up
> with the Multipart data headers..
>
> Problem: Th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Upload Javascript Callback
date posted 4th December 2006 13:02
N Stratis wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> first time I have needed help for yonks. Any Assistance in the following
> will be greatly appreciated...
>
> I have a Flash 8 uploader working - even got it to wo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 12:58
I have a Sony Vaio which I bought 2 years ago because of the outstanding
screen. However, it can let me down at the most embarrassing times as it
has some Sony oddities. As quite a few manufacturers...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 12:36
I am on Apple and of course Sony Vaio.
Bo
2006-12-04 kl. 12.40 skrev Lee Fogarty:
>
> Julie Hatton - Design Training wrote:
>> Have you looked at Toshiba laptops.
>>
>> My other half works in IT sup...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 12:01
Julie Hatton - Design Training wrote:
> Have you looked at Toshiba laptops.
>
> My other half works in IT support and they now buy Toshiba after finally
> giving up buying Dell laptops which kept goin...
FN-FORUM: Flash Upload Javascript Callback
date posted 4th December 2006 11:56
Hello All,
first time I have needed help for yonks. Any Assistance in the following
will be greatly appreciated...
I have a Flash 8 uploader working - even got it to work posting an XML
string to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 11:54
Have you looked at Toshiba laptops.
My other half works in IT support and they now buy Toshiba after finally
giving up buying Dell laptops which kept going wrong.
I have an old compaq, which is ok,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 11:52
Duncan Glendinning wrote:
>
> Morning all!
>
> Right, am helping out my brother in law to pick a laptop. Basically
> wants it for surfing the web, word processing, watching films, storing
> family p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 11:13
Hi Duncan,
I bought Acer Aspire 1692 WLMi few months ago and I am more than happy
with this budget laptop. Acer has some powerful models for reasonable
money. Maybe worth checking out....
for exampl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 11:08
It's worth looking at Fujitsu Siemens laptops, I researched laptops a while
ago for a friend of mine and the spec:cost ratio was by far the best on one
of them (Amilo Pro I think).
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Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 11:05
Quoting Duncan Glendinning [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> What about this one?
> http://laptops.timeuk.com/pc_specification/power_laptops/17400/61319/TIME_TRAVELLER_M770_17
>
> I thought Time h...
RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:57
What about this one?
http://laptops.timeuk.com/pc_specification/power_laptops/17400/61319/TIME_TR
AVELLER_M770_17
>>>I thought Time had gone bust... what do you guys reckon?
They go bust quite oft...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:31
Hi Duncan,
I bought a laptop from www.ajp.co.uk around a year and a half ago. Great
laptop and comes with everything you'd expect (i.e. Windows CD).
Regards,
Jon
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RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:29
Oh god it's not my day today, I assumed the Dell had the Celeron because
they usually use Intel chips. So I was surprised when (I thought) someone
said the Celeron was better.
Carry on!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:27
Thanks guys,
What about this one?
http://laptops.timeuk.com/pc_specification/power_laptops/17400/61319/TIME_TRAVELLER_M770_17
I thought Time had gone bust... what do you guys reckon?
Thanks,
Dunc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:19
Phil,
There's one universal fact when it comes to laptops.
Celeron = cheap crap. That's how Celeron laptops are so cheap, the
processor isn't worth the silicone it's printed on.
Rich.
On 4 Dec 20...
RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:11
Sorry, I meant "Celeron better than the AMD" - Freudian slip!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 10:10
So is the AMD chip better than the Celeron, or are you going on other stats
as well?
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RE: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 09:55
>I am looking at these with my web developer's hat on, and therefore think the dell is
>worth the money, but for their needs, wouldn't the compaq do just
>fine?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Duncan
I tend to ag...
Re: FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 09:54
Duncan Glendinning wrote:
>
> Morning all!
>
> Right, am helping out my brother in law to pick a laptop. Basically
> wants it for surfing the web, word processing, watching films, storing
> family pho...
FN-FORUM: Laptop Advice please
date posted 4th December 2006 09:41
Morning all!
Right, am helping out my brother in law to pick a laptop. Basically
wants it for surfing the web, word processing, watching films, storing
family photos, etc... nothing too strenuous at...
RE: FN-FORUM: all alone in the big city....
date posted 4th December 2006 07:31
I demand that webmetric [EMAIL REMOVED] may (or may not) have written:
> Oh, one more question - outlook is insisting that "likelihood" is
> spelt like that - is it really correct?
Yes.
Steve
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RE: FN-FORUM: all alone in the big city....
date posted 4th December 2006 00:45
Thanks for all your advice on this, much appreciated - as suggested,
travelling in rush hour is probably too much for an agoraphobe like me, so
I've put the meeting back by two hours. If nothing else...
FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 4th December 2006 00:13
Thank you for contacting our sales department.
Your request is being evaluated.
You will receive a reply shortly....
Re: FN-FORUM: Increasing C Partition size on a Raid Server
date posted 4th December 2006 00:10
I have used the Acronis DiskDirector product on several occasions.. It works
great with modern and dated SCSI / RAID controllers alike. I'd always
suggest backing up your data first, though.
http://w...