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Volume 3.10 Issue 1
AH! News
ArisHost Makes the Move
AH! Trends
Doing the Math
Link Up!
www.cyberatlas.com
Our Site!
The ArisHost site of the week: www.ewokvillage.com
AH! Relief
This is one crazy list from www.allforfree.co.uk
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AH! News
>ArisHost Makes the Move
The tedious task of moving files, uploading all those scripts all over again,
is one of the major hassles of changing web hosts. That's why not every webmaster is
up to switching hosts even if his current services do not live up to expectations.
ArisHost has recently come out with a response to this problem. As an officer puts it,
"We realize that it may not just be an issue of better hosting services. ArisHost knows
that what it offers to its clients is already one of the best deals around. But we also know
that it's a lot of work to change hosts. We just want to make things easier."
Site Mover is the new service from ArisHost. It's a website moving system that leaves the work
of transferring, uploading, and testing files and scripts from your old web host to ArisHost.
It's a great deal for a flat rate of $49.95; and interested clients just need to visit their
control panel and sign up for this service to get their site moved. An ArisHost representative
will contact them within 24 hours to gather all necessary information. Now that's a very
easy way to get into ArisHost!
For more information an all of our services including Site Mover, please visit us
at http://www.arishost.com/products_services
AH! Trends
Doing the Math
Talks about the dotcom bust are hard to ignore sometimes, especially with IT unemployment
on the rise, lesser Internet spending, and with online businesses closing down in droves.
Daunting numbers, maybe, but there are seemingly ignored statistics that may make the difference
in online success.
Foremost is the fact that there are more people online everywhere, especially in the US.
The number of people with Internet access in the US alone was roughly 165 million by late
2000, which is twice as many users as January, 1999. San Francisco, San Diego, Washington
DC, Seattle and Portland are the top Internet penetration sites; and females and those
who are 26 to 35 years old are the top users. Internet advertisement spending, on the
other hand, is on a 1.69% upturn for the first half of 2001 as compared to last year's
first-half revenues.
In addition to that, the growing access of teenagers and seniors should boost e-commerce
in the coming years. New research has pinpointed college students alone as responsible
for a 45 % increase in the online traffic of sites such as Amazon.com, Expedia.com,
Musiccity.com and MTV.com. Online purchases by this age group are expected to grow
with the increasing availability of prepaid cards-a new purchase scheme that allows
online shopping for those unqualified to get credit cards. By 2005, e-commerce revenue
from the teenage set is expected to reach $10.6 Billion in Europe and the US. Senior
citizen access, on the other hand, has increased from 19% in 1997 to 38% in 2000. People
of this age group (50 years old and above) pull in an income of at least $50,000 per year;
51% are not retired; and 31% have average liquid assets of up to $100,000. Their increasing
Internet access can only translate to a marketing clout that has yet to be optimized by dotcoms.
Although forecasts remain cautious and at times even negative, these statistics belie the
current slump in the industry. The dotcom bust may just be symptomatic of an immature
e-commerce system. A recent test by Consumers International, a cooperative of 260 consumer
organizations from 120 countries, reveals that for over 412 online orders, close to 6% are
never delivered, with 9% of online retailers not refunding returned goods and 17%
refunding only after a month's time. Many even fail to give information about
the terms and conditions of purchase; 20% of e-commerce businesses do not show the
total transaction costs, and one third do not show a list of countries with which they do
not do business.
There will be a $156 Billion market out there by 2005, according to eMarketer, a number
based on a projected increase in the online buying population. Dotcoms just need to
do the math, focus on the potentials, and then shape up their systems, until
consumers can trust in them again.
Sources:
GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey (Conducted October 1998)
www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys
Copyright 1998 GTRC
International Survey Shows Internet Shopping Still A Minefield
Consumers International
www.consumersinternational.org/pressrelease.html
Nielsen//NetRatings
www.nielsennetratings.com
CyberAtlas.com
cyberatlas.internet.com
NUA Internet Surveys
Nua.com
www.nua.ie
Link Up!
http://www.cyberatlas.com
This is one of the few refreshingly uncomplicated, user/reader-friendly e-zines,
with very useful articles on the latest in market trends. Although cyberatlas.com is
not particularly attractive to the eyes, it does its work and offers a comprehensive
selection of I.T. related market studies and analyses. From seniors online, Internet in
education, to B-to-B realities-anything under the sun, as long as the topic is
quantifiable, this site is sure to have it.
Our Site
www.ewokvillage.com
Now this is one fun and interesting site! True to its name, the website is much like a
community of Star Wars fans. It's a fine and playful web of online huts, and opened doors
where surfers/Star Wars fans meet. In the Party Hut, you could pound the trooper (chat),
insult ewoks (post messages), and tell a few stories (post fan fiction). You can join
discussion groups, and exchange banners and information about your Star Wars website.
There is an Information Hut, but don't think you'd get the answers from here-not yet
anyway. But do check out the hut and Ask Wicket. Wicket's like your online galaxy far-away
Magic Eight Ball. These, among its other features, make ewokvillage.com a must-surf site!
AH! Relief
Tips to Make Life Simpler
- Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out
the names and addresses of people you don't know.
- Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by
holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving
across the road and mounting the curb.
- Lose weight quickly by eating raw pork and rancid tuna. I found that the
subsequent food poisoning enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.
- Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to fast
wipe whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
- No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt
by simply peeling it off.
- Apply red nail polish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails
will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red
carpet, in which case a contrasting polish should be selected).
- If a person is choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a jug of
boiling water down their throat and presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.
- Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whiskey. The following morning
you can create the effects of hangover by drinking a thimble full of dish washing
liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
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