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Microsoft To Offer Free Security Software For Small Businesses

Microsoft said today that beginning in early October, it will offer Microsoft Security Essentials for free to small businesses with up to 10 PCs. “Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials. “We talk to lots of small-business customers every day, and we understand that security is a top priority.”

Microsoft Relays Small Biz Anti-Bounce Tips

Few things are more frustrating than a high bounce rate.  That rate means a whole lot of people visited a site - imagine a crowd of shoppers entering a store - but quickly left without purchasing anything.  Fortunately, Microsoft, which has quite a lot of experience with online matters, saw fit to pass on some tips about reducing bounce rates.

Microsoft Upgrades Small Business Centre

Courtesy of Microsoft, a number of fresh online resources have become available to small business owners.  The company's been reorganizing its "Small Business Centre," and today, many upgrades were put on display.

Microsoft Releases SEO Toolkit

Even if you've already accepted the importance of SEO, think hard for a moment: when was the last time you clicked past the first page of search results?  Odds are, your answer confirms the need for optimization, and Microsoft wants to help with an SEO toolkit.

Prioritizing IT Can Lead to Increased Revenue

Microsoft has released some research that suggests a direct correlation between IT usage and business growth for small and midsize businesses. According to the company's findings, businesses using hosted services have better financial performance.

More Local Business Things to Keep Track of

We've been discussing local search a lot lately, and that's because a lot of new things keep happening in this space, and as you know it's a very important element of small business marketing and general visibility to customers. A lot of what we have focused on relates to things that Google has been doing.

Microsoft Issues Money-Saving Tips

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Intuit, Microsoft Team Up On Small Biz Applications

Small business owners might see some interesting new tools coming their way in the near future courtesy of Intuit and Microsoft.  The two corporations have teamed up to create applications for small businesses, and it appears that they could put a lot of energy into the process.

Bing Outage Teaches About Uptime, Accessibility

Recently, Microsoft's search engine, Bing, went offline.  Bloggers and Twitter users immediately began to whine about it as if the world were ending, and even after the outage ended (roughly 30 minutes later), the flood of complaints continued.  This should serve as a lesson about the importance of uptime and accessibility.

Microsoft Offers Security Assessment Tool

Security consultants aren't cheap, and online guides are often written by people of questionable expertise.  So if you're curious about how your business is doing on the online security front, an inexpensive and reliable - if slightly biased - option has been provided by Microsoft.