Company News

• IoD committee role for Adido entrepreneur
  Adido Solutions Director, Gary Seneviratne, has recently been recognised for his entrepreneurial success by accepting an exciting role on the committee of the Wessex branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD).

• Special birthday discounts available now!
  Any projects signed off us before the 31st of July 2007 will receive a special discount as part of our fourth birthday celebrations.

• Adido clients make it to the small screen
  Two of the clients of web design agency, Adido Solutions, have been featured on TV in the last few weeks

• New graduate recruitment website goes live
  The Graduate Jobs Southampton project has been set up to help local small to medium sized employers (SMEs) in Southampton and Hampshire to access University graduates.

• Adido nominated for the The Hantsweb Awards 2007
  Our website was lucky enough to be nominated for the Hampshire County Councils Hantsweb Awards for 2007.

• New website for the Youth Cancer Trust
  Last year Adido Solutions Limited was lucky enough to meet one of the Youth Cancer Trusts trustees and ever since YCT has been one of Adidos main charities that they support wherever and whenever possible...

• Beating heart disease together!
  On Sunday 1st April Jenna Law and Kirsty Fawcett ran the Bournemouth 10k bay run while Dave Barker ran the half marathon raising money for the British Heart Foundation.

• Secure New Business through your Website & Local Marketing
  Come away with: • Tips for local press coverage • How to achieve results with special offers • Advice on the look and feel of your website • How to keep the attention of website visitors • Effective targeting for direct mail, newsletters and seminar

• Southampton Office Opens
  2006 saw unprecedented growth for Dorset web design agency, Adido Solutions with new client acquisitions across the country.

• Business South Exhibition competition winners announced
  Adido Solutions Limited exhibited at the Business South Exhibtion and had four Adido branded iPod shuffles to give away. The winners have been announced today!

• Adido wins best e-village stand at exhibition
  On the 7th and 8th of March, the annual Business South exhibition took place at St Mary’s stadium, Southampton. Adido Solutions Limited were awarded ‘Best e-village stand’ by a judging panel.

• Secrets of the Internet Trade Revealed!
  Andy Headington, Marketing Director for web design agency Adido Solutions, will be talking at the Business South exhibition and will be revealing insider’s tips on how to maximise internet use.

• Visit us at the Business South Exhibition
  Adido Solutions will be exhibiting at the Business South Exhibition in Southampton on the 7th and 8th of March 2007.

• E-marketing seminar in Poole
  Adido Solutions will be talking about the best ways for gorwing companies to use e-marketing with Business Link and Bournemouth University.

• Christmas opening hours 2006
  The Adido Solutions office in Bournemouth will be closed from 1pm on Friday the 22nd of December until Tuesday the 2nd of January.

• Office expansion to Bournemouth
  Adido Solutions are proud to announce that their new headquarters will be based in the heart of Bournemouth, Dorset.

• New website launch for worldwide licensing agents
  Adido Solutions are pleased to announce the launch of two websites for worldwide licensing agents, Copyrights Group.

• Adido explain benefits of blogging at e-business seminar
  Adido Solutions Limited will be presenting at a series of e-business seminars in association with Business Link Wessex, FSB and Dorset Business in October and November.

• Management training company XLs thanks to Adido
  Management training company XLs thanks to Adido

• Full time web designer required
  Adido Solutions is a growing web design agency and have a full time web design position available at their head quarters in Dorset.

• New recruitment website launches
  Engineering, healthcare and sales recruitment consultancy, Delaney Ditchfield, have rebuilt their website with help from web design agency, Adido Solutions.

• New phone number
  Dorset web design agency, Adido Solutions, have a new office phone number 0845 260 ADIDO (0845 260 23436)

• Adido & Business Link team up again
  Adido Solutions will be presenting at Business LInk Wessex up and coming event entitled 'Going for Growth' this Friday (18/08/06)

• SEO success for web design experts Adido Solutions
  We are pleased to announce that Google still rates us as Adido Solutions as web design experts for Dorset but we are now being recognised on a national level.

• Continued search engine promotion success
  Breeze Volkswagen, one of our clients, have enjoyed recent success with theoir search engine positions including getting on the first page of Google for the word Volkswagen

• Famous companies get 'Web2.0' makeover
  New web companies seem to spring up each day and many of them have a look & brand identity refered to as Web 2.0. We tried our logo to see how we would look as a Web2.0 company

• .NET web developer required
  We have a .NET web developer position available to join our development team

• Adido get it Wright
  Adido Solutions are pleased to announce the launch of the new Wrights Dairies website

• Website accessibility seminars coming to Bournemouth, Dorset!
  Adido Solutions and oi-websolutions will be teaming up on the 6th of June to give a joint presentation about how companies can improve their websites and businesses through making their websites accessible

• Build your brand through blogging
  Adido Solutions will be presenting at a Business Link Wessex breakfast meeting to talk about how to 'Build your brand through blogging'.

• Adido make the top ten for accessibility!
  After months of work, Adido Solutions are pleased to be listed in the top ten of accessible and well promoted websites according to website checker tool Sitescore.

• Intranet winner announced
  The Business South Exhibition that was held on the 1st and 2nd of March and we ran a competition to win a free Intranet system. We are very pleased to announce the winner as...

• Dorset Junior Chamber website launch
  Adido Solutions are pleased to announce the launch of the new Dorset Junior Chamber website, designed and developed by the Adido Solutions team.

• New websites for Dorset & Hampshire businesses
  We are pleased to announce the following websites which have launched for Hampshire and Dorset based businesses, some of which have been through the Dorset Xpand funding initiative.

• Adido to exhibit at Business South Exhibtion
  On the 1st and 2nd of March, Adido Solutions will be exhibiting at the Business South Exhibition as part of the Business Link Evillage.

• Adido website wins national award!
  In December 2005, volunteering website The Hub, developed by Adido Solution, won the 'Outstanding Project Award' at the HEACF National awards

• Tell Adido what you think!
  We have added a new feature to our website to allow visitors to our website to comment on our news stories

• Google rates Adido as Dorsets web design experts
  Adido Solutions are pleased to announce that Google has placed www.adido-solutions.com at number one for a number of web design phrases through some recent search engine optimisation (SEO) work carried out by the inhouse online promotion team.

• Top Sitescore for web design agency Adido Solutions
  The new Adido Solutions website has been voted in the top 25 accessible websites by website checker Sitescore

• Web systems developer needed now
  As part of our ongoing growth, Adido Solutions require an experienced Microsoft .NET and SQL server systems developer to join our development team.

• Business Link and Adido in cooperation
  On Friday the 16th of December, Adido Solutions will be presenting at the Business Link Xchange creative cooperation event.

• Christmas 2005 opening hours
  Adido Solutions will close on the 22nd of December 2005 and reopen on Tuesday the 3rd 2006.

• New website launch!
  December 2005 sees the launch of the brand new website for Dorset web design company, Adido Solutions.

• Still room to Xpand in Dorset
  Despite the initial rush of companies looking to improve online using the Xpand funding, many can still apply

• .eu domain names on the way
  Companies will soon be able to apply for the new .eu domain names

• Adido get ready for start up
  Gary Seneviratne, Director at Adido Solutions, will be talking about how to start a successful business to entrepreneurs in Dorset

• Business Link Creative Co-operation Event
  Adido Solutoins will be presenting as part of the Business Link Creative Co-operation Event

• Google Adwords Offer
  Adido Solutions are offering a 50 pound Google Adwords voucher to businesses who sign up for an Adwords account by the end of July 2005

• Adido Solutions become Google Adwords Professionals
  On June the 30th 2005, Adido Solutions gained Google Adwords Professional accreditation

• Breeze Volkswagen Website Completion
  Adido Solutions are pleased to announce the completion of three websites for Breeze Volkswagen based in Dorset and Hampshire

Tech News

• Google helps burglars steal $12,000
  Two would-be theives had to use Google to understand how to open a lock they had stolen information on

• Googles Pay Per Action to corner online advertising market?
  In another move to corner the online advertising market, Google today announced the launch of its Pay Per Action platform.

• Website updates for 2007
  Companies in the UK must include certain regulatory information on their websites

• Wikipedia man heads for search
  The creator of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, is targetting search for his next user based project.

• MySpace more popular than Yahoo?
  Social networking website MySpace overtook Yahoo in page views for the first time this November

• 97% of websites fail the disabled
  A new study conducted by accessibility agency Nomensa has discovered the 97% of websites fail to provide even minimum levels of accessibility

• Top Searches of 2006
  Yahoo have released the annual list of the top search terms of 2006

• TIME Magazines Best Inventions of 2006
  TIME magazine have release there annual best inventions of 2006 list

• Website owners beware: IE7 may cause you problems!
  This week sees the launch of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) to the world, five years after the launch of IE6. What will be the impact to website owners?

• World Usability Day 2006
  Make yourself useful on the 14th of November 2006. Celebrate usability around the world.

• Carphone Warehouse buys AOL UK
  Carphone Warehouse has won the auction to buy AOL UK for £370m

• Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
  Google buys video-sharing website YouTube for $1.65bn in shares after days of speculation.

• Tesco moving into the software market
  Tesco is planning on release its own brand software including office software, security systems and a photo editing tool.

• Research reveals the oldest domain names in the world
  A recent blog posting has listed the twenty oldest website names in the world.

• Google web hosting on the horizion?
  Search engine giant, Google, have recently purchased a new web domain which could indicate that they are about to enter into the web hosting arena.

• iTunes sells $1mill in movie downloads in first week
  iTunes have announced over $1million in Disney movie downloads in their first week of trading.

• 50 Coolest Websites of 2006
  Time.com has recently publised it's list of the 50 coolest websites of 2006.

• AOL 'screw up' jeopardises user privacy
  A blunder by AOL earlier this week published over 20 million search queries by 650,000 of its users

• Google's Accessible Search Engine
  In its continuing quest to create the perfect search engine Google has released an update to it search which will make it easier for those with disabilities to use the Web.

• PAS78 Specification now free to all
  PAS78, the Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites, is now for free to any business looking to develop accessible websites

• Websites lose out on £80 billion in sales
  A survey conducted in March 2006 has found that 3 in 4 FTSE 100 list company websites fail minimum accessiblity requirements resulting in a loss of over £80 billion in sales

• Users can't 'see' graphic ads on websites
  Recent research suggestes that website users do not see graphic adverts on text heavy websites

• Not in the first three pages of search results?
  A recent study has found that most users of search engines fail to go past page three of search results pages.

• Programmable drinks are just around the corner.
  Ipifini have developed a bottle which allows you to choose the flavour of the drink with just a push of a button.

• Amazon offer cheap and secure online storage
  As part of the ongoing shift in Internet developments (i.e. web 2.0), Amazon has beaten other companies to the race to be the first to offer secure and simple online storage facilities

• Volkswagen and Google develop revolutionary navigation system
  Volkswagen, Google and nVidia are working together to develop a revolutionary new navigation system.

• Google to offer virtual GDrives?
  Rumours are abound that Google are set to offer GDrive, a virtual drive which will allow you to store any information online.

• Mobile surfers look for 'adult' material
  Recent research by Google users testing mobile search technology found that a large percentage of its users searched for porn using the mobile handsets.

• Wikipedia gets millionth article
  Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia which can be add to by any web user, reached its millionth posting recently.

• Sony Ericsson introduces blogging phones
  Sony Ericsson has just released the first two phones in its Cyber-Shot range, allowing for photos taken with the mobile to be uploaded directly to a blog.

• eBay entrepreneurs growing in number
  A recent study by eBay has shown that more and more UK entrepreneurs are using eBay as their primary sales channel.

• Research show AOL has best sales conversions
  Recent research shows that of the big four search engines, AOL has the best conversions when it comes to sales online.

• Target miss out on website accessibility
  Target, one of the largest retailers in the US, are to be sued for having an inaccessible website.

• BMW blacklisted by Google
  Even large multi-nationals can fall foul of Googles guidelines. The BMW main site was recently thrown out of the index after Google found the site to be 'spammed'.

• Firms agree to collaborate to tackle spyware threat
  Five of the top security firms have agreed to collaborate on a common naming system for spyware and will also co-produce tools to remove the malicious software.

• Yahoo's Finds of the Year 2005
  Yahoo UK & Ireland have announced their top finds of last year

• Google rated as the most influential brand
  Google is rated the most influential brand in the world, closely followed by Apple

• Google and US government in privacy battle
  Google and the US governement in a data privacy arguement after, the US govt had asked to see users search historys including queries submitted and websites viewed.

• Photocasting, the Next Big Thing?
  During the keynote speech by Steve Jobs at Macworld he introduced the world to Photocasting, but is it a new technology?

• Google knows what you search for
  In 2005, Google added personalised search as one of it's offerings. Google now offers options to allow you to analyse your own search behaviour.

• Top searches of 2005
  Two of the biggest search engines have recently released their top searches of 2005

• Teen confesses to crime on his blog
  An American teenager who was considered to be an innocent victim by police investigating the car crash death of his friend confessed to the crime on his blog.

• Google buys 5% of AOL for $1bn
  Online search engine Google has confirmed it will invest $1bn to take a 5% stake in Time Warner's AOL unit as part of a major strategic alliance.

• Online shops face last minute rush
  The amount of online shoppers has increased this year, leading to a last minute rush to place orders online.

• Google violates its own Adwords policy
  A searcher has found that Google recently broke it's own rules about Google Adwords advertising policies.

• DDA still not followed through
  Despite updates to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) that came in more than a year ago, research shows that 75% of small businesses are flouting the law.

• Firefox 1.5 released
  The latest version of the popular open source browser is released with plenty of new functionality.

• iTunes becomes top ten music retailer
  A recent survey has shown that iTunes has overtaken traditional music sellers such as Tower Records to become a top ten music retailer in US

• Government sites fail the disabled
  Almost every government website in Europe fails to meet basic standards for accessibility, a study shows.

• Windows Vista may arrive earlier than expected
  Business Week has received a copy of the internal blog of Microsoft executive Chris Jones,which said that he will not get his bonus if Vista is not shipped with high quality and with the 'soul intact' by August 31st, 2006.

• Search Engine Use Continues To Surge
  A study conducted in the US this November has shown that search engine use continues to rise

• Idaho town votes to rename itself Secretsanta.com
  Officials in the northern Idaho town of Santa, Idaho, on Monday voted to rename the 115-person hamlet Secretsanta.com to hype an online gift exchange management service.

• Google shares top $400
  Google share prices hit an all time high this week coming in at over $400 per share

• Firefox passes 10 percent market share
  According to web analysis firm OneStat, the Firefox web browser comprises 11.51 percent of the global browser market. A 2.82 percent increase since April effectively pushed the popular open source browser above the 10 percent mark.