No matter how informative or compelling your website is, if no-one knows it exists it is of no value to your business.
Think of a shop that is sited down a dark alleyway with no passing trade – no matter how wonderful its products, it will be empty if the shop owner does not publicise it.
Remembrance Sunday Nov 11th 2018 marks the 100th Anniversary of the end Of WW1.
We’ve selected 6 beautiful free poppy images from Pixabay – the free image library, that you could use on your website or blog in November.
I’m sure most people think they know how Google works, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people who have a new website, actually don’t know how the search engines work.
This is for SEO newbies.
There are a large number of websites offering FREE high-quality images which you can use on your blog or website without attribution.
Our favourite is Pixabay. Here’s our choice for this month – 6 of the best vivid, brightly-coloured images to download.
Not got a website yet? … Do you think you are such a traditional company you don’t need a web presence?
Are you a “technophobe” who is frightened by the idea of having your own site?
Do you simply think, “Well we’ve managed without one so far”?
Time to rethink these ideas… 5 important reasons why you DO need a business website.
We have previously written in our blog about the changes that are coming into effect regarding the display of websites urls in Google Chrome.
Time is ticking on this now as the date for marking websites that don’t have a valid SSL certificate as “Not Secure” is July 2018.
Working out when is the best time to post on Facebook for your business is every bit as important as deciding what to post.
Get your timings wrong and it won’t matter how engaging your posts are, you’ll still be missing your audience. You need to know when your potential clients will be on social media rather than too busy at work or simply asleep!
The timing of your post matters!
People like websites which load quickly. And so does Google. In fact, Google likes superfast sites so much it now uses page-load speed as part of its ranking algorithm .
While web pages featuring elements such as slideshows and streaming video may help convey your company message, they may affect the page load time.
As the following charts show, a page that takes longer than 3 seconds to load runs a high risk of abandonment.
The concept of responsive website design has existed for decades, but web developers began to recognise its full benefits as more visitors started using mobile devices during the mid-2000s. As web designers spent hours to ensure that their websites displayed correctly on desktop machines, smartphones and tablets, they realised the need for websites that “responded” to users’ devices whatever their size.
Today, more users access the web with mobile devices than with traditional laptops or desktops and if your website is still not responsive and requires visitors to pinch and zoom to view content, then read on to see the stats that show why it’s really time to have a revamp that provides a responsive design.
It is pretty common to find links on web pages on the words “click here”, but you should never, EVER use “click here” for a web link.
Why not? That’s what you want your visitor to do isn’t it?