Website Traffic Edition Of The Newsletter

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It’s been a while since he last edition of the Miriadz Cyber Times Newsletter was published. However today’s issue is ready to read online.

The main subject today is “Website Traffic”!

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Don’t Call Me Dimdim!

Don’t Call Me Dimdim…

Following on from my post on some of the Internet’s popular web based conference rooms. I have another “Meeting Room” resource, Dimdim. Don’t ask me why or how they came up with that name but it does the job.
Currently you can host a 20 people meeting for free. For a larger number of attendees you can upgrade.
Share your Desktop, Power Point presentations, PDF files and more.

“Dimdim Features

Dimdim is easy, affordable and open web collaboration software with a robust set of powerful features that just keeps getting better. Dimdim scales to thousands of meeting attendees, provides up to world class availability and comes in multiple hosted and onsite configurations including downloadable open source and a free hosted version. Dimdim does not require attendees to install any software and is the easiest way to share documents and desktops, chat, talk and view others online.”

Dimdim Advantages

No software to download before logging in which is typical of HotConference.
Only the host has to download a small file
No learning curve. Easy to use
Choose webcam or audio only for your presentation
Shows your desktop but ONLY your file you select to open
No phone calls required. Save on long distance call charges and invite people worldwide
Open source version available to technical people
Added flexibility of free hosted and self hosted versions available upon request.
Pro and Enterprise versions offer 2-way video chat interface
Schedule Meetings that can be set as 1 time only or at regular intervals using the calendar

Dimdim Disadvantages

Pricing for larger attendees may be out of reach for some home based businesses.
No function to record the webinar. This will probably be a future development as user feedback highlight theses and other features as a major priority.

So don’t be fooled by the odd name I’ve used Dimdim and it rocks!

Beside it uses Flash which most people already have installed on their computers and takes up much less bandwidth and CPU speed like than other web based meeting rooms.

Overall Dimdim is a pleasure to work with. Unlike my favorite webinar software HotConference attendees do not have to install software to join scheduled meetings and to gather instant feedback from polls is two features that will greatly enhance Dimdim and make it a more viable choice for online webinar presentations.

Other meeting room software mentioned require downloading large software files which is something I would prefer to steer away from. Especially as many Windows Vista users experienced problems installing HotConference. I found out that they need to take certain steps to right click and select “Run as administrator” to complete installation.

I had reports from attendees that the software didn’t work and of course they missed out on my meeting. Yikes!