The Victorian e-businessguide website provides information and resources about e-business for small businesses in Australia and for those who advise them. It is an initiative of the Australian Government.

The links below will direct you to some useful information

		Understanding - the jargon, the benefits and how to get started
		Planning - the possibilities and how to write your e-business plan
		Building - creating your website and working with web developers
		Protecting - security issues and how to deal with them
		Managing - maintaining and promoting your e-business
		Improving - evaluating your website and maximising your use of the Internet

From: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/21/2397063.htm

Business leaders demand faster broadband: survey

Posted 2 hours 18 minutes ago

A survey of business leaders has found nearly three quarters of companies want a faster national broadband network.

The Australian Industry Group survey of more than 500 chief executives indicates demand is greatest in regional areas.

Reliability and pricing were identified as the most important elements of a new national network.

The survey also found two-thirds of executives believe their business will benefit from a faster broadband network.

The AI Group's Heather Ridout says the global financial crisis should not deter the Federal Government from pressing ahead with improving broadband services.

"We do need it, and the idea that it could be deferred, delayed, argued about again, that is probably not warranted," she said.

"We need to move ahead with some urgency and I think everyone should accept that."

Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says it is a good time for the Government to be investing in improving the broadband network.

"Broadband is a key part of the Rudd Government's national infrastructure agenda because improved broadband productivity means improved national productivity," he said.

"Investing now will help Australia weather the current global economic climate."

Mr Conroy said the Government is quickly on overhauling broadband infrastructure.

"The deadline for submission of proposals to build and operate the national broadband network is November 26," he said.

"In just five weeks time, the Government will begin the evaluation to determine which proposals offer the best solutions for Australia's high speed broadband future."

From: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/21/2397063.htm

Business leaders demand faster broadband: survey

Posted 2 hours 18 minutes ago

A survey of business leaders has found nearly three quarters of companies want a faster national broadband network.

The Australian Industry Group survey of more than 500 chief executives indicates demand is greatest in regional areas.

Reliability and pricing were identified as the most important elements of a new national network.

The survey also found two-thirds of executives believe their business will benefit from a faster broadband network.

The AI Group's Heather Ridout says the global financial crisis should not deter the Federal Government from pressing ahead with improving broadband services.

"We do need it, and the idea that it could be deferred, delayed, argued about again, that is probably not warranted," she said.

"We need to move ahead with some urgency and I think everyone should accept that."

Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says it is a good time for the Government to be investing in improving the broadband network.

"Broadband is a key part of the Rudd Government's national infrastructure agenda because improved broadband productivity means improved national productivity," he said.

"Investing now will help Australia weather the current global economic climate."

Mr Conroy said the Government is quickly on overhauling broadband infrastructure.

"The deadline for submission of proposals to build and operate the national broadband network is November 26," he said.

"In just five weeks time, the Government will begin the evaluation to determine which proposals offer the best solutions for Australia's high speed broadband future."

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Search Engine Optimisation

below is a useful bit of search engine information from http://www.businessol.com/seo-blog/ by a guy called  Ray Comstock.

http://www.businessol.com/seo-blog/2008/06/single-most-important-seo-strategy-for.html for article


"Once you publish content, don't move it! What I mean is, don't change the URL where the content lives. I have recently had a client who has an internal content management and production system that causes URLs to move (change) after a certain amount if time. They couldn't understand why their search listings kept fluctuating so much. They have since developed a migration strategy for their content (which consists of setting up a 301 redirect from the old URL to the new one) in the event they have to change their URLs.

The point is though, changing your URLs disconnects your link connectivity unless you implement 301 redirects. Search engine rankings, especially those of Google are hugely dependent on links, especially relevant external links. But moving the content means that any links that you might have had, are no longer seen unless you implement a redirect. And even though 301 redirects work, they take time to do so and can quickly become tedious, if not difficult to manage. But make sure you use a 301 redirect (permanent) which passes Page Rank versus a 302 redirect (temporary and bad for SEO) which does not pass Page Rank. If you don't know what kind of redirect you have, use this http header check function on your URL with the redirect to find out.

The best idea though, is not changing the location of your content once its published.

Update: Please note that we are not saying that all missing pages should 301 to a certain page. Pages that do not really exist should still have error 404s and not 301s. Only moved pages that existed in an old URL should 301 to a new URL."