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    Too Many Intrusive Adverts!

    You don't need to pull the adverts if the site needs the revenue, however, just stoping the page from re-drawing and jiggling about would be excellent
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    Too Many Intrusive Adverts!

    Following on from the original post, the irritating thing for me is that the ads appear after the page structure has loaded and then whilst reading it all shuffles down to load the top advert can you not reserve the screen estate on page load and then drop the ad into the reserved space? This...
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    What on earth is going on !!!

    Would be much better if they were honest about it. I ordered something the other week, choosing the seller who said item located in Bedford and a few days delivery time over the ones with a UK location and long lead time, the thing finally arrived today with a Chinese style customs label.
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    Should a business have the right to choose who they do businees with?

    Where do you draw the line? Taking religion out of the equation (as virtually everyone gets emotive about religion), what about ethical position? Should a web design company have to produce a site for a porn company if they personally don't use or agree with it, or a vegetarian graphic designer...
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    Looking for an advice about IT business.

    Do you need to tell them you are Polish? (Most of the SEO / development spam tends to be "Hello, I'm 'name' from 'country' and we can do ....", perhaps this is why they are not interested? If your work is good, build a portfolio so people can see what they will get and that should do most of...
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    what is the pros and cons of working from home?

    Working from home is excellent for me, we do have a separate office space and the family will only disturb me when it is essential, but the flexibility it gives is really useful. If I'm not in the right frame of mind for software development, I can go and cook, tidy up, do some washing up or so...
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    Is broadband provided along Fibre Optics better than the 'normal' way internet is provided?

    Given the offerings on your website, then surely it should be clear that they can't provide guaranteed connectivity for all customers given the prices they are charging? I guess the average customer won't notice the difference. If you actually want what most ISP's are offering, then anyone in...
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    Is broadband provided along Fibre Optics better than the 'normal' way internet is provided?

    This is just marketing! All providers use fibre as the backbone. The only provider currently offering fibre to the (residential) property (FTTP) is BT and that is only in some new builds. Virgin and BT based providers offering fibre only do to the "street box", it is copper from the cabinet in...
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    Competition now closed - Win a Nokia Lumia 1020

    What is the most important feature of your mobile for your business and why? The phone has to be reliable AND has to work with multiple technologies, a phone that only syncs with Exchange or with Google / Apple is no use. I want the mobile to connect to anything I have, not what the...
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    Shoestring startups

    Make & sell "low risk" foods? You need to register with your local environmental health, most will accept a well maintained domestic kitchen for production, small markets tend to have low stall fees.
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    Domain value

    All depends on the level of interest, domain names are very subjective, some that you think may be good go for peanuts, others that seem obscure go for a fortune. What's the domain worth to your friend? £350 for something that's hardly used seems a nice bit of pocket money. When I sell a...
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    Just resigned with immediate effect

    I got selected for redundancy several years ago, I'd been off sick a long time and so much had changed since going back to the office. We took the decision not to fight it and go out alone. We've not missed a mortgage payment or missed a meal since leaving. I'd definitely take a long serious...
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    Writing off stock

    Scenario I make 20 fresh cream cakes, package them and take to market, I sell 10 and bin the other 10 as they are fresh and won't keep until the next market. For accounting purposes, how do I record the 10 in the bin? I've bought the ingredients and packaging so do I simply record what the...
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    Get into IT without qualification?

    Depends on your school :) I've had many conversations with our kids teachers on this and the computing curriculum is slowly moving away from a Microsoft Office training course to something useful, but progress is slow. Seriously though, if you are prepared to put in the time and effort, then...
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    dedicated ip address for seo required?

    Some say yes others say no, just like most things SEO :) an IP for SEO only is unlikely to pass the justification requirements for an IP address these days as the pool of remaining IPv4 addresses is as good as exhausted now.
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