I hope businesses take heed of the recent announcement from the Telegraph that its search engine optimisation (SEO) has boosted its online traffic in March.

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With the rapidly increasing number of public contributions to national and local news, YouReportTV has launched the world’s first people’s news site, featuring news generated entirely by the community.

Launched on the 2^nd April 2008, YouReportTV enables consumers to immediately broadcast news items that are of interest to their peers and the wider community. News can be uploaded by mobile device, digital camera, webcam or camcorder and can include videos, text copy and photos.

On-the-ball companies need to take advantage of a fair wind to avoid missing a ‘staggering’ export opportunity, according to a West Midlands business linguistics business.

Anyone wanting the key elements of an information security policy need look no further than the Information Commissioner's website for a neat Guidance Note on the Security of Personal Information. The measures outlined apply equally to other business sensitive information as well as to personal information and it is only an outline so that it can be filled out with your own policies and procedures.

Even if you don't want a full-on security policy, it is useful to check through the lists to make sure you have covered the basics.

You can find it here:

Regards Mandy Webster

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