Website development has changed a lot, even in the last 5 years, and there are two major ways you can save money on your website. The first is re-using existing tools to get some great results; the second is keeping your site safe. Let me expand on these in the following article. The first – […]
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Saving big money by using modular WordPress development concepts
Website development has changed a lot, even in the last 5 years, and there are two major ways you can save money on your website. The first is re-using existing tools to get some great results; the second is keeping your site safe. Let me expand on these in the following article. The first – […]
3 key web trends you need to know about right now
There are three major changes that it’s critical for people with websites to know how to deal with, and this article covers those changes – SSL conversion, site loading time, and the prevalence of hacking. This article is aimed at providing a management-level overview of these three issues so you can address them before they […]
Free https access now available! Secure your site now!
Over the last few years, there has been an evolution in the concept of SSL, with a number of initiatives aimed at making websites everywhere more secure against having their traffic “snooped” by third party organizations whose ethics you might have concerns about in the long term. Or understandably, you might just find the concept […]
Website encryption and the dawn of a new era
Some interesting developments have been emerging in the SSL space, so we wanted to spend a moment to introduce these. They pose some new options for business sites, but also some new potential requirements. This is particularly relevant to you if you’re a business-focused website owner as they can affect your Google ranking as well as […]
Google to use mobile readiness as a ranking measure
Google recently announced it is releasing a new version of it’s ranking system on April 21st which takes account of whether your site is mobile ready. In particular, if your site is mobile-ready it will rank higher on mobile devices. This is a significant acknowledgement from Google of the importance of mobile devices (both phones and […]
Google is now penalizing for over-optimising sites
An interesting development in Google's ranking algorithms is that Google is now checking for Over Optimisation on sites! This means that if you have hired unscrupulous SEO people to optimise your site using unethical techniques (of which you might not even be aware!) you may end up getting penalized in the near future.
Find out what people are saying about you now! with Google Alerts
Ever wanted to know what people are saying about you on the web? The great news is that there is a fantastic and free way. With the advent of Google Caffeine, Google now updates its indexes very fast, with new pages becoming available within days or hours of them being posted on the internet. It […]
Dodgy web development company – 1, unsuspecting client – 0
A client of ours asked us to make a few changes to her website which we of course, obliged. Whist updating her site, I came across a random link that wasn’t part of the normal menu structure which once clicked, takes you to a hidden page of a random, bullet-pointed list of keywords that had […]
Search Engine Optimisation – Choosing an SEO Company
How to tell the difference between Good, Bad, and downright Dangerous. We sometimes have clients contacting us in desperation when it comes to SEO – either because they have no idea who to trust, or worse, because they’ve been ripped off by what’s know as ‘black hat’ SEO fly-by-nighters. Black hat means they are the […]
“We guarantee you’ll be on the 1st page of Google”
A client of ours recently employed the services of an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) company. They sent her a "report" of the work that they had done to date which she sent to us and, as a result, prompted us to do a bit of digging, as the info in the report just wasn't quite […]