Lollipop Local

All businesses collect and process “personal data” as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998. When you collect people’s personal data, they need to know: Who you are, what the data will be used for and who else is going to see it. It’s not unreasonable when you view it like that. However, it’s the [...]

It was so frustrating. I had embedded a client’s YouTube video onto his website but, when the video finished playing, the customer was being offered the chance to watch a fabulous selection of related videos – most of which belonged to his competitors. So I googled How to stop your embedded YouTube videos from showing [...]

Here we go again, a variation on my previous post about Hong Kong/Chinese domain name fraud but this time it’s a scam about internet copyright dispute and registration in Asia. Sent: 11 April 2012 13:25 To: sales Subject: RE: Urgent Inquire clients name (Trademark Case#1003) Importance: High Dear Principal, We are an organization specialized in [...]

My new clients HandymanPlus.co.uk alerted me to the latest email from Google scam when they sent me a copy of a message they had received that morning and asked if I could explain. The email sender address read “From: GOOGLE update [mailto:Google-update@google.submitwebsitehere.com]” and spoke about the latest Google Algorithm changes and how they could impact [...]

If you want to change domain names from NetNames.co.uk, it can be rather a daunting prospect. However, going onto their site, the process seemed easy enough for a .co.uk domain. I just needed to download a Transfer form, complete the details and then fax it back to Customer Service. But, naturally, there was far more [...]

The upload dialogue box looked the same as normal except for the final line about the images which read Image Full Size (0×0) with a checkmark. It was so frustrating! I had moved my WordPress sites to new hosting and suddenly I could not upload images properly. They would only be uploaded full size, there [...]

The question of paid or free blogging platforms raised its head again recently when a new client was very excited to show me the new blog they had set up. I’m always very pleased with that type of initiative because it is so vital to show Google that you are regularly updating your website’s content [...]

How do I do a screen grab on a Mac? The new client wanted to keep a copy of her existing website as a memento but she was on a Mac. Fortunately Google is always ready to provide that type of information at the click of a button. Screen Grab Mac When asked the question [...]

I had a very tricky job recently involving a WordPress Favicon. If you’re not sure what one is, it’s the little image that appears for each website in the tabs that run along the top of your screen. If you’re like me and have about 20 open, it’s quite a pretty picture. Anyway, one of [...]

It was the lovely Ray who handles IT Support Essex who did a fabulous presentation on how to keep your computer safe from virus threats and, amongst a lot of technical information, the main thing that remained in my head was how to stop a pop up virus from taking hold on your computer. We’ve [...]