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An official blog exclusively for Google Australia has just been launched -

We were thinking the other day — how is it that Australians can break the 132-year America’s Cup drought, host the world’s best Olympics, win Nobel Prizes and Oscars — and yet not have an official Google Australia Blog?

Too right. So without further ado, consider this oversight fixed.

Welcome to the official Google Australia blog!

The Invoiceplace website front page has been updated:

The phrase ‘Easy Invoicing and Quotes From Anywhere‘ is prominent on the new design and for good reason. Invoiceplace will give you the edge with your billing and help you manage invoicing, quoting and track receipts/payments received no matter where you are and what computer you are using. Use any computer connected to the internet, login to Invoiceplace, create your invoice, print or email directly to your customer and you are done. Simple and professional billing software.

Five important reasons are listed are to why you should use Invoiceplace to manage quotes, invoices and receipts-

1. Take control
2. Sell anything
3. Save time
4. Grow your business
5. Get paid

The benefits and features are listed, and a link to a sample invoice is available:

The five reasons to use Invoiceplace for your billing and invoicing software are accompanied by screenshots:

1. Take control
Take control of your billing – at a glance see what invoices are overdue for payment, what are still due for payment, and what invoices have been paid.

2. Sell anything
Create invoices and quotes for any type of product or service. You can use Invoiceplace no matter what you sell be it paint, jumping castles, hardware supplies, or cell phones.

Similarly if you provide freelance design services, video production, professional photography, cleaning services or car repair then Invoiceplace will also save you time and help you manage your billing.

3. Save time
Email your quote, invoice or receipt directly to your customer.

Your customers will receive an email with a professionally formatted invoice, quote or receipt attachment.

The attachment will be in Microsoft Word© or PDF format.

4. Grow your business
Save time and effort when create quotes / estimates to help you grow your business and keep costs low. Create quotes in minutes, and keep track of your open and expired quotes.

You can also create an invoice from a quote in one simple step.

5. Get paid
Track payments received against your invoices. You can record partial payments and retainers.

According to a 2006 survey by Neilsen Net Ratings, over one fifth of Australian internet users use the free Mozilla Firefox web browser.

In a report detailing Australian internet use in 2006, Nielsen reported that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was still dominant in the market, with 81 per cent. Firefox accounted for 22 per cent of the market, while Apple’s Safari, which shares some open source code with Firefox, was the third most popular at 5 per cent.

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has produced a guide for Australian exporters who wish to sell online in the United States. The current market is big (US$200 billion in e-commerce revenue expected in 2006), and expected to continue to grow dramatically-

Internet Retailer (www.internetretailer.com), a magazine for e-commerce professionals, notes that 7% of all retail sales already occur online in the US and experts predict 15% of all retail sales will take place online in the US by 2010…

There were some interesting facts about internet use in the US-

• More than 200 million internet users – 68% of the entire US population. This represents a fifth of the total number of internet users in the world (Nielsen Research, January 2006).
• A strong home shopping culture – before the Web gained popularity, US consumers were already comfortable placing orders by phone for products they had only seen in catalogues or on television.
• US$200 billion in e-commerce revenue expected in the US alone for 2006 – over the next five years, businessto-consumer e-commerce sales are predicted to grow from US$172 billion in 2005 to US$329 billion in 2010. (Source: Forrester Research, May 2006).

The report (in PDF) can be found here.