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SciVisum in the News 2005
Q4 2005
BBC
News Online Give Mac Explorer to the people
23/12/05
BBC
News Online End nears for Mac version of IE
19/12/05
Microsoft has advised Mac users of Internet Explorer (IE) to switch to
rival browsers such as Apple's Safari.
netimperative
- Brits spurn high street for eBay at Xmas 28/11/05
Nearly nine in ten (89%) of UK shoppers are preparing to flock online
in search of Christmas presents, with 44% planning to scoop bargains on
eBay, according to new research
Webuser
- Brits to spend £4bn on online gifts 25/11/05
Almost 60 per cent of consumers will buy Christmas gifts online this year,
it is estimated
VNUNet
- UK Xmas shoppers flock to the web 25/11/05
Almost 90 per cent of consumers plan to shop online for Christmas presents
this year, with 44 per cent preparing to scoop bargains on eBay
The
Register - Xmas set for ecommerce boom 24/11/05
UK high-street retailers are looking forward to a gloomy Christmas, as
shoppers this season turn to the 'Net for their needs
Macworld
UK - Analysts predict online boom, offline gloom
this Christmas 24/11/05
Webuser
- 'Most-wanted' website crashes under strain 17/11/05
The new website that tracks the UK's most wanted crime suspects has collapsed
after 250,000 people visited it on its first day
VNUNet
- HP to ship Netscape browser 06/10/05
SciVisum in the News Q3 2005
Times
Online - Who is going to eat who's
TV dinner…the Ashes Test cricket series illustrated the
shift in viewing habits 15/9/05
Revolution
(Print) - Three quarters web marketing campaigns are
hampered by web site failures 30/08/05
cnet
news.com - Firefox makes an inroad in the U.K.
25//08/05
silicon.com
- DWP gets all Firefox friendly 25//08/05
zdnet
UK - UK government wakes up to Firefox 25//08/05
Techworld.com
- Microsoft take first step in web design standards... 12/08/05
New
Media Age (Print) - One in ten online
ad campaigns wrecked by Web site failures 11/08/05
Net4now
- IE7 will not support W3 standards 08/08/05
Computer
Weekly (Print) - Online marketing teams keep it to
themselves 09/08/05
Marketingvox
USA - Most Online Campaigns Confront Site Glitches
05/08/05
VNUnet
- VNU Website failures often marketing-inflicted
05/08/05
Net4now
- 75% of internet marketing impacted by web failures 05/08/05
What
PC? - Website failures often marketing-inflicted
05/08/05
Computing
Computing - Website failures often marketing-inflicted 05/08/05
IT
Week - Website failures often marketing-inflicted
05/08/05
The
Register - Marketing dept to blame for website crashes:
official 04/08/05
Netimperative
- Most Web campaigns hit by site failures 04/08/05
ITSecurity
- Quarter of Website Failures Self-Inflicted, SciVisum Finds
04/08/05
SciVisum in the News Q2 2005
BBC
News Online - Websites alienate Firefox users 23/06/05
VNUnet
- Tenth of sites trip up browsers 28/06/2005
IT Week
(Print) - Tenth of sites trip up browsers
27/06/2005
WebUser
- Firefox users alienated 24/06/2005
Infomatics
- Top websites shun Firefox users 24/06/2005
Bit-tech.net
- Short straw for Firefox users? 24/06/2005
Netimperative
- One in ten sites discriminate against Firefox [4/06/2005
Pocket-lint
Firefox users still blocked by some sites 24/06/2005
CIO
Today Top UK Web Sites Shun Firefox Users 24/06/2005
Top
Tech News Top UK Web Sites Shun Firefox Users
24/06/2005
Newsfactor
Top UK Web Sites Shun Firefox Users 24/06/2005
ABC
Money Study says some UK sites are Firefox incompatible 24/06/2005
IT
Web Firefox users alienated 24/06/2005
ENN Electric
News Websites disregard alternative browsers 27/06/2005
IT
Toolbox.com Top websites shun Firefox users
24/06/2005
Information
Security Bulletin One in Ten Websites Alienate Browser
Users 23/06/2005
BBC
News Online - Websites alienate Firefox users 23/06/05
SciVisum study shows that a tenth of UK websites are
causing problems for people using the open source Firefox web browser
PC
Pro - The Internet remains easier for Explorer 23/06/2005
Blimey.co.uk
- UK Websites Not Firefox Friendly 23/06/2005
Digital
Media Europe - One in ten UK websites frustrating
alternative browser users [23/06/2005]
The
Register - Firefox users turned away from 10% of
top UK sites 22/06/05
Web-testing firm SciVisum looked at 100 high profile UK sites, including
Jobcentreplus.gov.uk, and the Odeon cinema chain's online presence
Net4nowt
- UK - Firefox unfriendly websites names and shamed 22/06/05
This is the primary finding of research undertaken by web testing specialist
SciVisum, which examined a number of well-known sites using the Firefox
browser
SciVisum in the News Q1 2005
Times
Online - SciVisum tests the search engines[02/02/05]
SciVisum, tests the Search engine contents for over 450
UK organisations, and finds that Google has 3 pages listed for every 2
at MSN and one at yahoo.
SciVisum in the news Q4 2004
The
Register - Web inaccessibility 'creates net underclass'
[20/12/04]
Companies and public bodies are still failing to take accessibility into
account when designing their websites, despite the risk of legal action
under the UK's disability discrimination laws. A test last week of central
government websites uncovered errors on the vast majority of sites, and
even the Disability and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) websites
failed A and AA compliance.
Computing
UK - Two Tier Internet Emerging As Uncivil Web Sites
Restrict Access, Scivisum Warns [16/12/04]
Uncivil web sites enforce "door policy" creating a web underclass.
SciVisum, the web testing firm, today warned that a two-tier internet
is emerging characterised by civil web sites optimised to work on multiple
browsers and uncivil sites designed to work with Internet Explorer 6.0
only.
IT
Security.com - Two Tier Internet Emerging As Uncivil
Web Sites Restrict Access, SciVisum Warns. [16/12/04]
Uncivil web sites enforce "door policy" creating a web underclass.SciVisum,
the web testing firm, today warned that a two-tier internet is emerging
characterised by civil web sites optimised to work on multiple browsers
and uncivil sites designed to work with Internet Explorer 6.0 only.
Bios
Magazine - Two Tier Internet Emerging As Uncivil
Web Sites Restrict Access, SciVisum Warns [14/12/04]
SciVisum, the web testing firm, today warned that a two-tier
internet is emerging characterised by civil web sites optimised to work
on multiple browsers and uncivil sites designed to work with Internet
Explorer 6.0 only.
Internet Works
- (Print) Accessibility Law Ignored [Dec 04]
Most of the UK's top companies are failing to ensure that thier websites
comply with accessibility regulations, Depite the high-profile introduction
of the Disability Discrimination Act in October.
Financial
Sector Technology - (Print) Online
compensation clampdown Security breach at Cahoot and Morgan [02/12/04]
StanleySecurity breach at Cahoot and Morgan Stanley Econsumers who ignore
safety advice and then lose money through online fraud may be denied compensation
in the future. Banks have refunded 4.5 million to nearly 2,000 victims
of online banking scams to date. But according to the Association for
Payment Clearing Services ( APACS ) , compensation could be denied in
future if customers choose to disregard.
IT Week
- (Print) Sites tackle festive test [29/11/04]
Consumers are set to spend a lot more on online shopping this holiday
season, but many firms are not ready to compe with the higher demand,
according to internet application testing firm SciVisum.
Bios
Magazine - (Print) Retailers Need to Oil Shopping
Trolleys Ahead of Christmas Rush, Study Finds [26/11/04]
In the run up to Christmas, UK web sites are not prepared to handle the
predicted surge in demand from consumers. Despite warnings, the majority
of e-retail sites have failed to prepare their infrastructure for the
busiest time in the annual retail calendar and risk losing millions of
pounds in lost sales as a result of consumer frustrations.
New
Media Age - (Print) Poor infrastructure set to cost
etailers 18m [25/11/2004]
Etailers could lose as much 18m over the Christmas period owing to poor
site infrastructure , with the erratic functionality of shopping carts
causing consumer frustration.
Times
newspaper Online - Microsoft v Google - Times Online's
verdict [11/11/2004]
In the 30 minutes Times Online spent test driving Microsoft's long-awaited
search engine, launched today as a test site, it broke down eight times.
Belfast Telegraph - Access internet: Give your shopping
cart the once-over [04/10/04]
This week I want to share some findings from a recent report by the web
testing specialist SciVisum, which monitored the online
buying process, or more specifically the functionality of shopping carts/trolleys
of 51 of the UK retail top retailing web sites, 24/7 for one month.
SciVisum in the news Q3 2004
New
Media Age - Let Everyone In [23/09/04]
In April the Disability Rights Commission found that 81% of 1,000 UK Web
sites it investigated failed to meet even the most basic accessibility
requirements for disabled people. Similarly, in March, Web testing specialist
SciVisum examined the sites of 105 leading UK organisations
and found that 79% failed basic compliance checkpoints.
New
Media Age (print) - Online just another outlet for
shoppers [08/07/04]
The Internet is creating a nation of shopaholics, claims research from
site testing
specialist SciVisum. UK consumers are taking full advantage
of e-commerce, the study reveals, but not just for convenience - they're
shopping online as well as using the high street.
Broadband
World (print) - Hey, big spender - Online shopping
is booming, but are the wheels about to fall off the trolley?
[July 2004]
Computing
- Internet has spawned a nation of full-time shopaholics
[06/07/04]
When UK consumers aren't in stores they're online - SciVisum
study reveals
UK consumers could be suffering from severe 'shopaholicism' as they jump
online to make purchases as soon as high street stores shut their doors
for business or during office hours when they are chained to their desks
- new research has found.
SciVisum in the news Q2 2004
Internet
World (print) - Web visitors off their trolleys
[June 2004]
Retail Solutions
(print) - Online shopping trolleys are a basket case
[25/06/04]
UK e-tailers are losing millions because dodgy electronic shopping carts
leave customers stranded at the checkout
IT Week
(print) - E-trade sites leave buyers in confusion [14/06/04]
Retail web sites in the UK are leaving some frustrated online shoppers
stranded at the checkout due to " erratic functionality" of
e-commerce shopping
carts , according to a recent survey.
Guardian
- Off their trolleys [10/06/04]
Virtual shopping carts on UK websites appear to reflect their real world
counterparts. A survey of 51 sites conducted by SciVisum
found that 80% performed unsatisfactorily.
Out-law
- Even online shopping carts have wonky wheels [07/06/04]
Eighty percent of UK shopping sites are failing their customers because
of unpredictable shopping carts, according to a survey by SciVisum.
The failures are potentially costing the industry millions in lost revenue,
but can be corrected by proper testing.
The
Register - Wobbly shopping carts blight UK e-commerce [04/06/04]
Faulty shopping cart software is leaving consumers stranded at the checkout
of many UK websites.
The majority of shopping carts provide consumers with an unpredictable
and unsatisfactory experience - making Web shopping a lottery, according
to a survey by web testing specialist SciVisum out this week.
ZD
Net - Shopping trolleys are wobbly online, too
[04/06/04]
The majority of UK websites have unreliable shopping carts, according
to a recent survey
Too many online shopping carts are proving as unreliable and erratic as
their real-world counterparts, according to new research. One fifth of
online shopping carts did not function for 12 or more hours in a four-week
period, in a recent test of 51 UK ecommerce Web sites conducted by SciVisum,
a Web testing company.
Computing
- Wheels fall off ecommerce shopping carts [04/06/04]
Online shoppers frustrated by 'erratic functionality' of UK retail websites.
The majority of UK retail websites are leaving frustrated online shoppers
stranded at the checkout because of the 'erratic functionality' of e-commerce
shopping carts, a new report has claimed.
Net
Imperative - Online shopping trolleys 'broken' [04/06/04]
Research conducted by web testing company SciVisum has found that 80%
of web sites perform 'inconsistently' with widely varying response times,
timeouts and errors which are causing many consumers to make unsuccessful
purchases.
Channel
Business - Web shopping a lottery, study reveals
[03/06/04]
The majority of UK web sites are guilty of leaving consumers stranded
at the checkout empty handed, according to a study by web testing specialist
SciVisum.
The study reveals that this is due to erratic functionality within shopping
carts, at a critical step in the online purchasing process.
VNUNet
Wheels fall off e-commerce shopping carts [03/06/04]
Online shoppers frustrated by 'erratic functionality' of UK retail websites
Infoconomy
Leading web sites 'still let down disabled' - report
[02/06/04]
Networking
Plus
Glast a no go [29/04/04]
Financial
Director
Leading web sites 'still let down disabled' - report
[29/04/04]
Information
Age
Web Site Accessibility [22/04/2004]
Financial
IT
Survey Criticises Company Web Sites [21/04/2004]
IS
Opportunities
Top UK web sites ignore accessibility [19/04/2004]
Out-Law
Egg decorated for site accessibility in DRC study [15/04/04]
The
Register
Egg decorated for site accessibility in DRC study [15/04/04]
Internet
Magazine (print)
40% of websites sporting a WCAI 1.0 accessibility logo fail to
comply with accessibility guidelines
Internet Works
(print)
Access Denied [01/04/04]
Top UK websites neglect their duties to disabled internet users
Government IT
in Use (print)
Websites failing on accessibility [13/04/04]
SciVisum in the news Q1 2004
Computer Weekly
(print)
UK websites failing basic disability laws [30/03/04]
IT Week
(print)
Web sites break the law [29/03/04]
The
Register
Top UK websites diss disabled [29/03/04]
Four out of five leading British websites fail even the most basic accessibility
compliance standards, testing firm SciVisum claims.
UK
fast
UK’s corporate websites just aren’t up to scratch
[26/03/04]
With the release of a number of damning reports slamming the online presence
of top UK businesses, it’s been a bad month for corporate Britain.
Out-law.com
Are web sites deceiving the disabled on accessibility? [25/03/04]
Tests carried out on 111 web sites of UK organisations that claim to be
compliant with web accessibility standards reveal that 40% of the sites
do not meet the checkpoints for which they claim compliance – and
government sites are the worst offenders.
Computing-uk.co.uk
Top UK Web Sites Ignore Accessibility For Disabled
People Uncovers SciVisum Study
-79% contravene legal requirements; nearly half of UK web sites that claim
compliance also failed tests
IPF
eGovernment signpost
Study finds that top UK websites ignore accessibility - even some
of those that claim they comply [25/03/04]
The majority of the UK’s leading web sites are guilty of contravening
legislation already in place requiring that organisations provide accessible
online services to disabled people.
zdnet
Most UK Web sites break accessibility laws
[23/03/04]
Most UK businesses are failing to meet the government legislation designed
to make Web sites accessible to people with disabilities, according to
new research
Internet
Magazine
Well-intentioned sites still failing accessibility checkpoints
[23/03/04]
Websites sporting an accessibility badge still fail to meet basic standards,
a new report claims
Netimperative
UK fails accessibility test [23/03/04]
Most UK businesses are guilty of contravening legislation that requires
organisations to make online services more accessible for disabled people.
Computer
Shopper
UK business neglect their websites [01/01/04]
SciVisum in the news Q4 2003
RICS
UK companies are running websites blind [22/12/03 ]
According to a website testing specialist company, some 81% of large UK
companies are relying on customer complaints to improve website services
and performance
Call Centre
Focus
Web crashes lose custom [09/12/03]
Lack of web performance monitoring is impacting UK e-commerce arena
Internet
Works
UK online business all mouth and no trousers [December 2003]
Eighty percent of UK companies depend on complaints to unveil
problems with their online services, according to the Web Effectiveness
Report from SciVisum.
Channel
Business November
Businesses run websites 'blind' [November 2003]
Communicate
Businesses run websites 'blind' [November 2003]
A third of UK companies tested never monitor website performance.
Financial
IT
Survey criticises company websites [October 2003]
A recent market survey carried out by SciVisum has found that most companies
are running their websites blind.
Kasei
The value of Tiny Tasks [October 2003}
IT Week this week references the Web Effectiveness Report 2003, which,
amongst other things, reveals that only 19% of web site managers surveyed
review their log files to look for problems with their site.
VNUnet
UK e-commerce sites running blind [07/10/03]
Management support for internet strategies 'all mouth and no trousers'
UK corporates are running their e-commerce websites blind, with over 80
per cent relying primarily on customer complaints to reveal problems with
services and performance degradation, recent research has claimed.
By Robert Jaques
This story also covered in:-
Network News
WebActive
'What PC' Magazine
'PC World' magazine
Infomatics
PC Magazine
Accountancy
Age.com
Majority of UK ecommerce sites run 'blind'
UK corporates are running their ecommerce websites blind, with over 80%
relying primarily on customer complaints to reveal problems with services
and performance degradation, new research claims.
IT
Week website and IT
Week print version
e-Traders fail Web Test [13/10/03]
Research says firms neglect sites, until complaints come in
According to new research, many firms are presenting customers with faulty
web sites, because they do not test them adequately. Worryingly, it was
found that most firms do not remove errors until customers draw attention
to them - by which time business may have been lost.
By David Neal
This story also covered in 'Computing'
Magazine
Newsletter
Computergram
[13/10/03]
SciVisum launches web monitoring service
New Media
Age print version and New
Media Age website
UK Firms wait for customer complaints on Web errors [16/10/03]
By Sara Davies
Computerwire
SciVisum Launches Web Monitoring Service [13/10/03]
Web application testing company SciVisum Ltd has announced a new web systems
monitoring service that can be used to assess web site performance and
ease of use.
Microscope
magazine
Web Management Lacking [13/10/03]
Enterprise
Content Management
'Blind' e-commerce website management rife, survey says [13/10/03]
Findings of a new study of UK website service management by website testing
specialist SciVisum reveals UK corporations are running their websites
'blind'.
New
Zealand PC World
Study: UK businesses ignore website effectiveness
Despite the importance many companies place on websites for attracting
new business and developing a company image, a massive 81% of corporations
rely solely on customer complaints to assess their website's effectiveness,
according to a study.
Channel
Business October
Businesses run websites blind [10/10/03]
PC
Advisor
Websites are not Important [09/10/03]
Organisations put online maintenance at the bottom of the list
Despite the importance many companies place on websites for attracting
new business and developing a company image, a massive 81 percent of corporates
rely solely on customer complaints to assess the effectiveness of the
their website.
By Wendy Brewer
Financial
Director
Majority of UK ecommerce sites run 'blind' [07/10/2003]
UK corporates are running their ecommerce websites blind, with over 80%
relying primarily on customer complaints to reveal problems with services
and performance degradation, new research claims.
By Robert Jaques
Above story also in Management
Consultancy
Essex
e-Business Club
New site monitoring service launches [October 2003]
ITSecurity.com
Scivisum launches Web Application Monitoring service to improve UK e-Commerce
Performance [30/09/03]
Despite the UK having the highest and fastest growing use of e-commerce
in Europe, UK corporates are running their websites blind, with 81 per
cent relying primarily on customer complaints to reveal problems with
services and performance degradation.
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