If you experience any problems using this website, please read the following and if the problem still persists, please contact us and we will try our best to resolve the issue.
Here is a common list of problems:
Problem: Links failing to open, advertisment not shown*, page not found on selected site
Possible reasons: Some web browsers setting and some firewall/antivirus software incorrectly identify these major companies advertisment agencies as spam. Consequenty the opened page will appear not to be found, the advert that should be there will not be shown. These are major reputable agencies working with these major shops, with strict guidelines about your privacy - Unfortunately many firewall applications cannot determine which are safe and which are not, so they block them anyway.
Solution 1:
Try adjusting your browser setting ot firewall setting to accept the cookies. Note - This site does not contain any cookies to log or hold your information. (See the About Us Page for further information). It maybe also be the image settings on your firewall.
Solution 2:
Some websites including this one, require the use of Java. (See foot note for more information on Java) - download the latest version of Java
Solution 3:
Some websites including this one, require the use of Adobe's Flash. (See foot note for more information on Flash) - download the latest version of Flash
*It is also possible that a link may of expired early, or been withdrawn by a company at very short notice - occasionally when this happens, we will try to correct the problem and remove the link as soon as possible.
About Java
Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It's also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing. To date, the Java platform has attracted more than 6.5 million software developers. It's used in every major industry segment and has a presence in a wide range of devices, computers, and networks. Java technology's versatility, efficiency, platform portability, and security make it the ideal technology for network computing. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!
These applications, written in the Java programming language and accessible from your browser, are called "applets". Corporations also use Java applets for intranet applications and other e-business solutions. Java powers more than 4.5 billion devices.
About Flash
Flash Player is a cross-platform browser plug-in that delivers breakthrough Web experiences to over 99% of Internet users (September 2009). Adobe® Flash® Player is the world's most pervasive software platform, used by over 2 million professionals and reaching 99.0% of Internet-enabled desktops in mature markets as well as a wide range of devices.
How many people use the Internet?
It is estimated in a survey in Sepetmber 2009 that over 1.7 billion people worldwide use the internet, out of a estimated population of nearly 6.8 billion, meaning approximately 25% of the worlds population uses the internet. At the time of this survey, Spain, US, Canada, Japan, UK, South Korea all had between 71.8% and 77.3% of their population using the internet. In the last 10 years, computer growth has been 380.3%. In countries such as The Phillippines, Turkey, Brazil, Russia, Indonisia, China, India, Vietnam and Iran the growth over this has been between 1100% and a staggering 12780%.
Information courtersy of www.internetworldstats.com
Despite the current world climate, these figures are set to grow much higher with developing nations, The number of people online around the world is expected to grow to more 2.2 billion users by 2013, with India set to become the third largest online poplation, China and the United States take the two top spots.