Posts In Category geekpost
It’s not too late to get on the web!
on September 10, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, IT, IT related, geekpost, Comments (0)
There have already been at least two revolutions online in the past 10 years. The first was the introduction of subscription free, pay as you go internet access. The first […]
IT Security – what do the experts think?
on September 8, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
There is a very good discussion on the latest in IT security on this page. A very interesting piece of information we picked up was the gender difference for success […]
What does future technology look like?
on by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, geekpost, Comments (0)
Whatever business you are in, you are always going to be looking for the next big thing. If you are involved with high tech hardware, the most obvious technology growth […]
How to create the perfect website!
on September 4, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
The whole concept of the perfect website is subjective, but the results is going to be based on the concepts of accessability. This is where the site is easy to […]
Picking good passwords
on September 2, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
What password do you use? Regardless of all your other security measures, a password is the last door to your secrets. Pick a poor password and others will see your […]
Office Open XML is an ISO Standard
on September 1, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
It’s official, Office Open XML is an ISO standard ISO have posted the official news to their web site, and the less than inspiring title, “ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology […]
Internet Switched Off in Asia, Middle East and Africa
on August 27, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, geekpost, Comments (0)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many […]
Google Chrome – What is all the fuss about?
on August 25, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in IT, Marketing, geekpost, Comments (0)
Google Chrome, the new browser from Google has been hitting the headlines over the past few days. Google are branching out, creating a stand alone piece of software to rival […]
WordPress Brokened!!
on August 22, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Flintshire, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
GratisGuidance was not working for most of today (October 16) due to a flaw caused within Wordpress. As you may know, this site is being managed using a free piece […]
An Advanced Excel Tip for use in the Office!
on August 21, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in IT, Questions, Training, geekpost, Comments (0)
Counting with PivotTables Summary: Got a slew of data you need to analyze? You can count instances of various pieces of information quite easily using a PivotTable. The way you […]
Welsh Keywords / Geiriau Cymraeg
on August 20, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, Flintshire, IT, Marketing, geekpost, Comments (0)
Following on from a posting earlier this week, we did a little research into Welsh language keywords and Welsh Advertising on the interenet. It was quite depressing! The tool we […]
Why you need to keep your networks secure
on August 19, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
We keep telling people that they need to ensure that they are not allowing people from surfing the web without their permission, but it still seems to happen. We have […]
Are you a Friend of a Friend?
on August 16, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, IT, IT related, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
It is 15 years since the web started working. From those early days of being able to share documents, we are now in a world were people are fooling us […]
What are the Kids doing on the Internet?
on by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, IT related, Marketing, geekpost, Comments (0)
As we have said on several occasions in the past, the internet is more than just about technology. We have had the past 10 years for developing the technology that […]
The future of search: no keywords
on August 13, 2009 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, IT, geekpost, Comments (0)
A new way of delivering search results will make it easier on searchers, but will it eliminate the need for SEO? Matt Kain, A 24/7 Real Media SVP discusses the […]
Website Security – What you Need to Know
on June 6, 2008 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, IT, Questions, geekpost, Comments (0)
When your website gets attacked by hackers, it forces you to ask a few difficult questions. The first is usually “Why?” and “How will I fix this?”. The second question […]
What is an IT job in Flintshire Worth?
on March 19, 2008 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, Flintshire, IT, Jobs, Training, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
We found an interesting website which may be of interest to people working in IT. If you were skilled in Linux, how much would you be worth – and are […]
How to Save Bandwidth Costs
on January 31, 2008 by Oli.Rhys in Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, IT related, Mold, Questions, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
Today, we are celebrating the most popular month ever for Gratis Guidance. However, it did highlight a big potential problem. The more people visiting your site, the more you end […]
Internet tools you can’t live without!
on December 18, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Flintshire, IT, IT related, geekpost, Comments (0)
There are a fair few lists of tools for use on the internet to make your life easy. This page was our inspiration, but here are a few pages with […]
Time to Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox
on November 26, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Flintshire, IT, IT related, geekpost, uk, Comments (1)
This website is highlighting that some readers are risking their systems by running out of date software. Gratisguidance was developed using Firefox, however, we are aware that it works very […]
Software Compatibility: When Computers Go Bad!
on October 17, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Mold, Questions, Shotton, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
Following yesterday’s problem with the site being down, we’ve managed to isolate the problem down to an issue with compatibility. This may not sound interesting, but it really is the […]
Is Microsoft Vista Still Rubbish?
on October 16, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Mold, Questions, Shotton, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
It’s been a long time, relatively, since Microsoft released its latest Operating System, Vista. Microsoft have been trying very hard to make it the only choice the consumer has when […]
Wifi is too safe to be measured!
on September 18, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Mold, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
With the news that Camarthen Council have ignored the facts and decided to remove Wifi for its Schools, it might be useful to have a link of all the facts […]
The universal noticeboard!
on July 2, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Marketing, Mold, Questions, Shotton, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
The big problem with the internet is everyone is shouting and nobody is listening! There is so much choice of information, that it can be difficult to find the information […]
How to be No1 on Google
on June 28, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, Flintshire, IT, Marketing, Mold, Questions, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
We were invited to talk to the businesses in Mold last night. Mold2000 is a forum for small businesses to be able to talk, network and learn about isues which […]
Slowly moving to the new site
on June 27, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Case Studies, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Marketing, Mold, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
You need to visit our new site! The address is http://www.gratisguidance.co.uk/nu/ We are still on target to swap over properly at the end of the month, but we don’t want […]
Where to find relevant keywords
on June 22, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Marketing, Mold, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
When you are looking to market your website on the internet, the proces is all down tot he words you use. If you use the same words as your customers, […]
Spam bots and messing with your visitor numbers
on June 19, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Case Studies, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Marketing, Mold, Questions, Shotton, geekpost, uk, Comments (0)
Anyone who runs a website where visitors have the ability to leave a comment will have had a visit from a spambot. These are little programmes designed to leave little […]
Webdesign Tools
on June 15, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Business News, Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, IT, Mold, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
Although we don’t tend to recommend businesses create their own websites, if you feel that you want to anyway, this may interest you. It is a collection of tools and […]
Background Project – update
on June 11, 2007 by Oli.Rhys in Deeside, Flintshire, Holywell, Mold, Shotton, geekpost, Comments (0)
You may remember a background project being mentioned last week. We are looking to update from this Wordpress CMS site to a Joomla site. Well, we managed to write a […]
