Month: March 2020

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Google says don’t disable your site, even during temporary closure

Andy Smart March 27, 2020 0 Comments
Businesses are continuing to feel the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, with some forced to temporarily shut down. To help business owners preserve their visibility in Google search, Google has published recommendations on how to properly limit your site’s functionality if you need to pause operations. Avoid disabling your whole site. Disabling your site, even for just a few days, can...
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Microsoft: Co-editor chat directly from documents to be retired

Andy Smart March 25, 2020 0 Comments
Microsoft has announced that the ability to initiate a Chat directly with a co-editor of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint document will be retired over several weeks beginning mid-April (across the web, Windows and Mac versions of Office and Office 365). Moving forward, Microsoft suggests that communication with others working in Office documents should be carried out using document Comments when you...
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“Online retail is still open and encouraged” Gov Advice 23/03/2020

Chris O'Brien March 24, 2020 0 Comments
On 23rd March the British Government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and save lives, announcing that non-essential premises must now close. In the documents released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government following the Prime Ministers televised address to the nation, we would like to highlight the following, which will be of interest to some of our...
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How to use Zoom for video conferencing & video meetings

Andy Smart March 21, 2020 0 Comments
Zoom has earned itself a reputation as a reliable, easy-to-use tool that can handle meetings involving up to 100 people. And that's just the free version. If you need to host particularly large online meetings, there are paid-for business packages available that dramatically increases this limit, and also adds new features Add a webcam to your desktop PC, or turn to your webcam-enabled laptop,...
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Google My Business removes features due to Coronavirus

Andy Smart March 20, 2020 0 Comments
Google is temporarily removing some features from Google My Business as a result of limitations caused by the COVID-19 situation. “During the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, we are taking steps to protect the health of our team members and reduce the need for people to come into our offices. As a result, there may be some temporary limitations and delays in support as we prioritize critical...
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