Gear up now for 2005 and get some branding happening - remind everyone who you are and what you do. One of the best ways to do this is to put your name under their noses using tools such as business cards, pens and fridge magnets (to mention a few).

We have prepared some promotional packs that may suit your business…

Promotional Pack 1 - Value at $595* - save $155

• 1000 Business Cards (full colour gloss celloglazed front and black text reverse)
• 500 Fridge Magnets (full colour - 89mm x 54mm - round corners only)
• 250 Pens (choose from 5 colours - with silver print)

Promotional Pack 2 - Value at $860* - save $265

• 1000 Business Cards (full colour gloss celloglazed front and black text reverse)
• 500 Fridge Magnets (full colour - 89mm x 54mm - round corners only)
• 500 Pens (choose from 5 colours - with silver print)
• 500 Stickers (full colour - 89mm x 54mm)

Promotional Pack 3 - Value at $1295* - save $450

• 1000 Business Cards (full colour gloss celloglazed front and black text reverse)
• 1000 Fridge Magnets (full colour - 89mm x 54mm - round corners only)
• 500 Pens (choose from 5 colours - with silver print)
• 1000 Stickers (full colour - 89mm x 54mm)
• 100 Mouse Mats (full colour)

*Our prices include basic artwork and GST. Local area free delivery. Prices valid until end February 2005.

Google have released their Australian top searches for 2004. The news everyone was waiting for? Shannon Noll was searched for more than Guy Sebastian! (Yep… we all needed to know that!) Also worth a look are the global results.

Worth noting:

• Janet Jackson was more popular than John Kerry (Maybe that explains the result of the US election)
• Searches for cricket made number 8 in the sports list
• The top 4 global searches were all females (Britney, Paris, Christina Aguilera and Pamela Anderson)

Enough useless trivia? Yep!

Search giant Google have released a beta (or test) version of a new product called Google Suggest.

As you type something in the search box, a dropdown list of suggestions appears based on what you’ve entered. You can then use your arrow keys to move up and down the list.

It’s handy if you don’t know exactly how to phrase your search, if you’re lazy (which we all are when it comes to typing!) or if you’re just curious to see what others are searching for.

A recent survey indicates that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is losing market share. Whilst close to 89% might seem like a pretty high figure, that has fallen 5% since May. Another browser, called Mozilla Firefox, has taken up this 5% and is gaining popularity due mainly to extra features and tighter security.

So What?

What this emphasises is the need for proper testing of your website prior to launching it. It might look fine in Internet Explorer, but what about other browsers? Would you turn away 11% of your potential customers over something as simple as checking your website in alternative browsers?

We test our websites in 16 different browsers across 5 different operating systems, giving your website the opportunity to be truly “world-wide”, and not just “Microsoft-wide”.

Does your website give you the same coverage?

Microsoft has release a security update for December.

If you are using Windows XP and have not installed Service Pack 2, then visit Microsoft and install this update. Some older versions of Windows are affected too, so it might be worth checking out just in case.