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Ireland is recognized as a global leader in data hosting and services. We now have more than 80 data centres of various sizes across the country, making us the leading hosts of data centres in Europe. These facilities have been the subject of controversy as their critics say they consume vast amounts of energy and […]
Read more...The first half of 2021 saw a record number of new .ie domain registrations with the number totalling 33,815, according to the latest .IE Domain Profile Report 2021. By the end of June this year, the total number of .ie domains registered had reached 324,074, which equates to a 9.6% increase year-on-year. This trend is […]
Read more...Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS)or Ransom-Based Distributed Denial of Service attacks. (RDDoS) are on the increase and are becoming more aggressive and threatening in their nature. What exactly is a DDoS and a RDDoS and what can we do if we become the target of an attack? Cyber-attacks are on the increase, are […]
Read more...For the first time Google has decided to illustrate and show us exactly what different types of organic website traffic drops look like. Daniel Waisberg, a Search Advocate at Google, provided a detailed illustration showcasing the various types of organic search traffic drops, how to identify them in the performance reports in Google Search Console and […]
Read more...Many workers will be returning to their offices after a prolonged period of working from home. The transition back to the work environment may well present its own challenges. This does not just mean the move from slippers to high heels or from sloppy dressing gown to shirt and tie. Apparently, it takes about 21 […]
Read more...As we emerge from the enforced quiet of the pandemic lockdowns and begin to live our ‘normal’ lives again, the world of retail shopping has opened and we can finally browse the shelves, in person, in a real-life brick and mortar shop. But shopping behaviour has changed over the past 18months. The 21/90 rule of […]
Read more...Rural Small and Medium businesses adapted faster and more efficiently to the digital changes that were needed to survive the Covid-19 effects on trade and employment. This is one of the key findings of a recent Vodafone report which surveyed 500 Irish SMEs operating in rural and urban areas and across a wide range of […]
Read more...New Shopping habits, more selection and a rapid increase in the use of mobile devices mean that the way in which consumers shop is changing, so we must change too. It is no big secret that more and more people are shopping and buying online. Growth in the use of mobile devices, an increase in […]
Read more...The future of content security and our responsibility in keeping it acceptable, clean and decent. When future generations read comments on news pages and social media sites, they will be forgiven for thinking that we were a pretty schizophrenic society with wild opinions ranging from out and out hate speech to schmalzy inspirational quotes. Free […]
Read more...Shopping carts that the buyer wishes they had abandoned. It should not be surprising that online impulse buying has increased during the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, but the extent of that increase is quite surprising. One survey shows that impulse spending is up by 18 to 20% on pre- COVID-19 figures. One in five shoppers […]
Read more...When we consider the comparatively dizzying heights that some retailers enjoyed in December, the cold onslaught of January can feel like a wasteland in terms of sales. There is not optimism in retail for January, particularly with the public health pressure factored in. Yes, it is bleak and when it comes to online ad spend many […]
Read more...Love it or loath it, working remotely is a real fact of life for many Irish employees. At Dmac Media, we look at the joys and the miseries that remote working has brought to our own staff and take a look at the practical aspects of continued working from home, the tax breaks, the isolation […]
Read more...It’s been a little more than a month since the much publicised GPDR Compliance deadline has passed. This latest development in the world of compliance has had its fair share of ups and downs for businesses with a vested interest in the online environment. If this is the first time, you’re hearing about the Irish […]
Read more...If you run an online shop you use a payment processor to handle credit card transactions. Companies like Stripe, Global Payments or Sage Pay are popular options but there are many more in the market. Regardless of which provider you use, you will (or should) have been receiving updates from them with regard to changes in […]
Read more...Social behaviours have changed significantly since the first time we heard that Corona was something much more sinister than a Mexican beer. Way back in a different time that was only few months ago, we thought all meetings were up front, personal and judged on that one firm grip handshake. Now, we chat on Zoom, […]
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