Articles en-us http://www.netregistry.com.au/news N/A http://www.netregistry.com.au/news brf@netregistry.com 20 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/469/1/Scheduled-Ingenico-Maintenance---09102008/Page1.html Netregistry will perform a scheduled upgrade to the Ingenico Payment Gateway on October 09th 2008, between 8:00am to 10.00am AEST.What are the benefits of this maintenance?The Ingenico Payment Gateway will be upgraded to new server hardware in a different data centre to take advantage of our multi-homed internet pipes, thus reducing the possibility of downtime due to a link outage.Important InformationAfter the migration is complete, we recommend customers verify their merchant connection. To do this, simply log in to The Console and click on “Merchant Facilities”. Any payments that appear in the “Transaction Logs” were successfully processed.Any transactions which were not successfully processed during this 2 hours maintenance period will need to be resubmitted by the vendor.If you incur any issues as a result of this upgrade, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team on 1800 78 80 82 or email Support. support@netregistry.com.au (Technical Support) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/483/1/Advertising-Trends-Video-for-Baby-Boomers-Texting-for-Teens/Page1.html New research shows that teenagers and Generation Y consider their mobile phones vital and use them constantly, while baby boomers watch a lot of streaming video online. For Australian business, this new information offers valuable insight as to how these target audiences can be reached through advertising. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/482/1/New-Yahoo-Advertising/Page1.html The new Yahoo advertising platform will enable advertisers and publishers to display advertising across 800 websites for several hundred newspapers and businesses. Called APT, Yahoo will open the advertising up to the public in early 2009. This is exciting news for Australian businesses, who will soon have a large new arena to advertise in through Yahoo. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/481/1/Beware-Big-Brother-IS-Watching/Page1.html If you have been putting off fencing that pool you've had in the backyard for years or haven't gotten around to registering the family Labrador, beware. Several Australian councils are using Google Earth and Google Street View to snap residents who are violating the laws of local government. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/480/1/Save-Yourself-From-Internet-Scams/Page1.html With websites often operating on a global level, it can be difficult to know on whom to pinpoint the responsibility for an internet scam. With no one to place the blame on, consumers are left lost as to how they can reclaim stolen funds. By adhering to the following advice, you can stay safe when shopping online and provide your e-commerce customers with peace of mind. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/479/1/Crackdown-on-Australian-Internet-Scams/Page1.html The internet can be a big, bad, dangerous place sometimes. This week, 141 Australian websites are being investigated for suspected consumer fraud by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). For small business websites, it is vital to remain within the legal guidelines of responsible online trading. As a consumer, it is wise to keep your wits about you and be vigilant when making purchases over the internet. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/477/1/Social-Media-Influences-Purchasing-Decisions/Page1.html Here's yet another reason why you need to get your business networking on social media tools like Twitter and Facebook: nearly 70% of online adults use social media, and often for product research. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/476/1/Telstra-Connects-Northern-Territory/Page1.html In good news for small businesses, the Northern Territory of Australia is soon to be able to operate with speedy broadband connections even in remote areas. Prioritising Broadband connectivity, telecommunications corporation Telstra has helped the Northern Territory government to roll out $34 million worth of fibre optic cable. The cabling will connect the residents of areas such as Jabiru and Nhulunbuy to world-class Australian standard broadband speeds. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/475/1/Make-Your-Website-Mobile-Friendly/Page1.html With the popularity of hand-held devices such as iPhones, BlackBerrys and cell phones with web access, many internet users are now surfing the web via a mobile device. However, if your website is designed to fit on a regular computer screen, it’s going to render differently on a small mobile. Many sites are coming up distorted and difficult to navigate on mobile screens. With figures estimating that mobiles devices outnumber PCs three to one, it looks like mobile browsing is the way of the future. You need to optimise your website for mobile browsers. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.netregistry.com.au/news/articles/474/1/New-Top-Level-Domains-More-Powerful-in-Chrome/Page1.html New top level domains (TLDs) to be released later this year allow websites to have unique one word domains (such as .books instead of www.books.com), expected to be in hot demand once they are available for purchase. But the release of Google's new browser, Chrome, makes these TLDs even more powerful. jazial.crossley@netregistry.com.au (Jazial Crossley) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000