Archive for the ‘Funny stuff’ Category

As some of you may know UK2Group beta-launched our VPS cloud at www.vps.net a few days ago. We only allowed around 80 users in the initial betatest, but we’ve since had literally hundreds of requests from users who wants to try this new technology. We have room for around 10 users more in the first beta-user session.

Carlos Rego from UK2Group came up with the idea to let the beta-requester’s write a poem speaking of their undying affection for the VPS Cloud

I really had my doubts - this would never work, I thought. But - - I was proved quite wrong.
Take a look at the wonderful poems here - or read a few snipplets below:

By “arbet”:

I just want to tell you why I love VPS.net
because failover keeps my site always on the internet
and multiple VPS clouds make it load fast

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For the second Christmas running UK2 took over Somerset House ice skating rink, 30 of us took to the ice for some Ice Skating fun!

Everyone fell into 1 of two categories, those that can and those that can’t. I am pleased to say that I fell in to the ‘those that can’ camp, this did not seem to be the case for a lot of my lovely UK2 collegues!

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Hi everyone,

Great news!

Here at UK2 we have taken the plunge into the world that is social networking, and are now on Facebook and Twitter!
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Hiya everyone,

It’s the 1st of December so you know what that means … the UK2 Christmas Competition is now open!!!

All you have to do to enter is visit the UK2 Advent Calendar and click on the snowflake with today’s date, then choose an answer from the options available.

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Hey - Nominet has written this great guide with tips for increasing traffic to your web site. I thought I’d pass it on to you for inspiration. Let us know how it works for you, and if you have other good tips!

You’ve got your new web site up and running. How do you
get maximum exposure for it and ensure that you get a constant
flow of traffic to it? There are a number of fairly simple things you
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Hey - Having gone through Top tips for marketing your web site and Top tips for registering a domain name this time I’d like to take you through Nominets guide on “How .uk works - and the basics of registering .uk domain names”

Take a read though - and go register your own .uk domain with us, its easy, fast and only costs £2.99!

Choosing a second level domain
If you are registering a .uk domain name through us you will have a contract with us
and a contract with Nominet, the registry that manages domain names ending in .uk
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Hi all,

It’s St. Swithun’s Day and no rain is forecast in London - woohoo! (although it is really cloudy)

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Hey - hope you are all enjoying this wonderful summer day, they say it’s the last sunny day for quite some time

Anyway, as some of you may have noticed UK2 has launched a new e-commerce product, well - we’ve had an e-commerce package for quite some time, but we have totally redone it and now that our new product is online and live I’d like to tell you a bit about it. (more…)

Hi guys,

Euro 2008 is now over, and the winners were SPAIN! Congratulations guys!!!

Voucher values for the last 3 games are -
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