Why can’t I see my new web page ?
I originally wrote this post back in 2012 but decided to update a couple of things in it as it is still true, perhaps more so today, as caching is being used more widely to speed up websites these days.…
The need for speed in your website
Back in 2020, Google announced that they would be making User Experience (UX) more important in ranking search results and that they were introducing some new ranking factors to support this. Google generally are quite secretive about what they use…
No more .eu domains after Brexit
If you read my earlier articles on this topic ( Does your website use a .eu domain ? and Maybe you can keep your .eu domain names after Brexit ) you will remember that there was some uncertainty as to…
Maybe you can keep your .eu domain names after Brexit
You might have read my article "Does your website use a .eu domain ?" on my blog back in April 2018. At the time it puzzled the Internet industry and thoughts were, "is this actually legal?" The UK government's Department…
GDPR is coming, you can’t ignore it
How are your preparations for GDPR compliance going ? Hopefully you are well under way with this now as the deadline of 25th May 2018 is fast approaching. Research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in the UK in…
Are you wondering what “Not secure” means in the address box of your web browser ?
[Updated 22-6-2018] Unfortunately, this is not a simple question to answer so grab a coffee and let's get explaining. To some extent there is an element of "scaremongery" occurring around this issue at present in order to try and get…
Does your website use a .eu domain ?
I bet you are, like most British people these days, fed up with hearing about Brexit but as the time for us to leave gets closer, I'm sure there will be many other items we haven’t thought about that come…
How search is changing…
How many searches ? 3.5 million searches per minute are being performed on Google in 2017. This has grown by more than 45% in just the last year and continues to grow steadily. At the time of writing, there are…
The importance of on-line reviews & recommendations
A recent report based on 2016 data collected from a number of reputable sources*, concluded that despite a 2% drop year on year since 2014, "word of mouth" is still the most popular method of recommendation for consumers. The next…
Some Website and Internet Marketing top tips for small businesses
Those of you that attended the Business Builders breakfast networking meeting a few weeks ago will (hopefully) remember my presentation on some Website and Internet Marketing top tips for small businesses. Well, I finally found time to turn it into…