You may have read about the EU Cookie Directive which comes into effect on the 26th May 2012. It is concerned with protecting user privacy on the internet and all website owners will be required to place a message on their website to inform visitors that cookies are in use.

Channel Computing are therefore pleased to be able to offer solutions for bespoke, Joomla and Word Press websites in order to help website owners respond effectively to this new privacy directive.

Further information on this new European Cookie Directive legislation can also be found at the bottom of this page.

You may have seen these odd square images around the place, here is a little demo of the sort of thing you can do with them.

If you have a smart phone you can download a free "QR code scanner" application, and then scan this image.

QR codes can be printed on web sites or any other advertising or promotional material, and redirect your visitors to a special offer, information, or any other page of your choosing.

Channel are delighted to announce the arrival of Helen Trudgeon who will be focussing on enhancing our digital content and marketing services.

“Channel has always delivered an integrated approach to web development and marketing, and with Helen joining us to work with clients on their search engine optimisation (SEO) and Social media marketing campaigns, we are now able to expand our offering in this area” said Director, Anna Barrington. “Helen is a high calibre individual, and brings us a wealth of experience in on and off line marketing, copywriting and management, so we’re very excited to welcome her to the team.”
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Sorry - You Are Not Really on Page 1 of Google!

I have lost count of the number of times I have been speaking to a client on the phone and while we are reviewing their online rankings what they can see is very different from the results shown on my computer.

This is easily explained and fixed by removing Google Web History, but how many people are actually aware that this feature is enabled on their Google accounts and their computers by default

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