Governments advise against using Internet Explorer

Firefox beating Internet Explorer in browser wars

The French, Australian and German governments have all recently warned that web users should use alternatives to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
The warnings come after Microsoft admitted their browser was used in the recent attack on Google by Chinese hackers. Microsoft’s director of security response Mike Reavey had this to say:
“Based upon our investigations, we [...]

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Taking your web business to the world

Global Market

Ribit Solutions have solid experience in creating truly global websites. Taking an English language site and making it multilingual includes many different challenges, from translating all of the web content and building a structure to deliver it, to making sure the site is listed in the appropriate search engines for every language. Ribit Solutions have [...]

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Google Local Search Accounts Upgraded

Google

Google have just (yesterday) made a big improvement to their local search accounts.
You can now see how many people have viewed your local listing, how many of those people showed interest and how many clicked through to your website. You can also see what searches your listing is being returned for and how many people [...]

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My-Language Redesign complete

My-Language Redesign

The huge My-Language website has been totally redesigned by Ribit Solutions.
The pages were redesigned to add a personal feel to the website and to localise the pages where appropriate i.e. include local images on the ‘Learn German’ page and do the same for each ‘Learn’ a language page.
The site is available for most languages, so the [...]

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RumerMills.com Goes Live

This is the final version with a lighter background and a navy blue highlight colour.

Ribit Solutions latest website RumerMills.com has gone live.
Take a look at the portfolio page here: RumerMills Portfolio page
or visit the site: RumerMills

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5 ways to save your business money

Thunderbird

With the current economic climate, small business owners need to make sure their businesses are running as efficiently as possible. These ideas help ensure that your business is not spending more than is necessary on IT solutions.
1) Email
One of the most popular email clients in use today is Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. But one [...]

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Front page on Google!

Screenshot: Project reaches Google front page

Just one month in and the England’s Best Web Designer project has made the top spot on Google. Ribit Solutions now appears in first place on the front page of Google for the search term “England’s best web designer”! Not just for UK search either, thats the worldwide search from Google.co.uk!

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Save up to 75% on your accountancy bills

FreeAgent sign-up

Accountancy bills can be one of the biggest costs a small business has to face. Often costing close to £1000 a year for simple accountancy services. A new online solution is available for almost a quarter of that price and this article gives you a brief overview.

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How can Local Search help my business?

How can local search help my business?

Local Search is about to undergo a period of rapid growth, as search engine and content providers begin to recognise the value of providing local results to search engine users. How does your site perform when a visitor searches the local area for your services?

Even if your website performs well in search engine results normally, you might be disappointed with your local search results. With a recent Piper Jaffray report stating that approximately 30% of online searches contain a city, county or post code or 2.6 billion local searches performed each month, can you afford to have your website not perfom well in a local search?

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