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I'm not number 1 in Google

This article has been written in response to a member of the public responding to the 'i want to be number 1 in Google' article written by us a short while back.  The visitor to our site wrote the...

I want to be number 1 on google

I want to be number 1 on Google is probably the most common request we get from potential customers. In response my question is, Why? This may seem a strange response but when you understand how the major...

What Is Hosting?

The term 'hosting', in a website context, refers to the storage, processing power, connectivity and other internet services required to maintain data and render the pages for a website. To understand...

Website Running Costs

As the world wide web grows bigger and wider ever day, it should come as no surprise that we all find ourselves losing precious hours of our time browsing through page after page of information. It...

Why should I change my browser from IE6?

Internet Explorer (IE) is one of the oldest and best known web browsers in the world. This is largely thanks to the popularity of Microsoft software in general and the Windows operating system in particular,...

Website Security

For any company conducting business over the internet, the impact of a security breach can have far-reaching effects. Loss of data, fraud or unauthorised access to confidential information can devastate...

Table Less Design is not the future it's the past - keep up!

In the world of web design, things have changed drastically since the early days of the internet when the online world was the exclusive property of coders and geeks alike. In those days, the aesthetic...

We need this, that and the other

All over the world, businesses deciding to launch an internet website often make the mistake of believing that their website will be easy to set up, and head into the project with very little forethought...

Top 10 Benefits of a Website

We are often contacted by people who have been told that they need a website, but they are not really sure as to why they should get one or what the benefits would be. The following is necessarily...

UK Ecommerce Market Size

Ecommerce is an abbreviation of electronic commerce and embraces the buying and selling of products or services through electronic systems. The 1970's and 1980's saw explosive growth in the popularity...

Maintaining a Website

There is little doubt that creating a website opens up doors for any forward-thinking business, whether it be for e-commerce, web based applications or simply for advertising the company's products....

Top 10 Tips When Considering The Set Up Of An Ecommerce Site

Any business that has yet to develop an online presence is missing out on the strong growth in online spend in the UK, even in the context of the current economic climate. Estimates vary widely but...

Domain Registration Privacy

Everyone wants to keep their information safe and secure online with various organisations constantly reminding us not to give out any personal information to third parties without being safe in the...

Do I Need A Website?

In the context of a credit crunch when businesses rely upon retaining and growing their customer base in order to simply survive, the types of businesses that don't require more direct and widespread...

How much does a Website Cost?

The answer to this question is not a single sum, nor is there a standard equation to determine the costs. However, building a website does not have to be an expensive or time consuming activity and...

sIFR and What it Is

As broadband continues to improve, the internet is becoming ever more a multimedia platform. However, most commercial sites rely primarily on pure text in order to get the message across to users and...

How do I optimise my images for Google?

For companies with an online presence, attracting site visitors is largely about achieving the highest possible ranking position in search engine results through search engine optimisation (SEO). The...

Ecommerce Payment Systems

Millions of consumers use the Internet for banking, shopping and so forth on an everyday basis and are reliant for their security on ecommerce payment systems. An e-commerce payment system is a secure...

Why does my logo not look the same on screen?

No matter how happy you are with the colours and design of your company logo, when it comes to displaying it on screen or printing it out you will always find yourself at the mercy of technology. Unfortunately...

Safe Typography on the Web

Introduction We have all seen websites that look as though they were created by someone with no sense of colour and on which some if not all of the text is barely legible. Most of us tend to spend...