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9 Website Improvement Tips that cost nothing but will significantly improve your website performance


9 Website Improvement Tips that cost nothing but will significantly improve your website performance

Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:10pm by admin

Every day we come into contact with a lot of websites, either whilst browsing or looking for design inspiration for a client website. It’s surprising to see just how many websites are out there, that still don’t follow the most basic principles of web design that will ensure conversion levels are high and website abandonment…

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Questions to ask your potential Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Company


Questions to ask your potential Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Company

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:58pm by admin

If you are considering using a SEO Services company for your website, we think its important for you to know that the methods and techniques that will be used to optimize your website are safe and can deliver sustainable rankings. SEO can be an extremely cost-effective and valuable tool in helping you grow your business…

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E commerce SEO – 7 ways to help you get a better return


E commerce SEO – 7 ways to help you get a better return

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 1:00pm by admin

Most online retailers take a two-dimensional approach to Search Engine Optimization for eCommerce : optimize the home page for the most relevant search terms and a few products from the most lucrative product range. However, with a little bit of extra effort and implementing best-practices when you add new products, you can significantly increase not…

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10 SEO Facts you must know in 2012!


10 SEO Facts you must know in 2012!

Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:43pm by admin

  We have been providing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services for over 4 years now and in this time, I have found there are some common misconceptions about what works in SEO and that using certain techniques will “guarantee” page one rankings. A few of these worked until not so long ago. However, with the…

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How much time does your website visitor spend on your website?


How much time does your website visitor spend on your website?

Posted on December 30, 2011 at 10:08am by admin

If you have a website, chances are, you have some sort of analytics tool such as Google Analytics which gives you insights into what your website visitors do whilst on your website (and if you don’t, then I suggest you stop reading and get this installed on your site immediately!).  Most analytics tools can give…

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Stock or real photos for your new website?


Stock or real photos for your new website?

Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:10am by admin

When we’re building a new webiste, quite often, we have had clients ask us whether we reccomend using real photos on their website or stock photos which can be purchased from a website like www.istockphoto.com.  So, we decided to make a list of the pros and cons of using real photos on your website compared…

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Starting an Ecommerce website for fashion?


Starting an Ecommerce website for fashion?

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 2:18pm by admin

In most cases, the technical requirements of your Ecommerce platform will be slightly different to online retailers selling hardware, Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or other, standardardized items. Whilst any decent ecommerce platform is fully customizable nowadays, it does’nt hurt to have an idea about the technical requirements and capabilities your chosen platform should have. Here,…

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How to avoid any negative impact on SEO when redesigning your website


How to avoid any negative impact on SEO when redesigning your website

Posted on December 23, 2011 at 4:48pm by admin

If your current website’s look/feel hasn’t been updated for a while or you feel it doesn’t accurately represent your brand, then a new website can help your users connect with your brand better. However, if your current website has good or in fact any search engine rankings, there are 2 things that we take quite…

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Selling Electronics online? Forget using manufacturer’s product descriptions


Selling Electronics online? Forget using manufacturer’s product descriptions

Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:25pm by admin

We have been creating a few E Commerce websites for online retailers of electronics and one thing we have found  repeatedly is the use of product descriptions that goes alongside the products to be the one given by the manufacturers.  This seems to be quite common and it saves the retailer time from having to…

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Beware of the ‘Disable search engines’ feature in WordPress!


Beware of the ‘Disable search engines’ feature in WordPress!

Posted on December 14, 2011 at 4:42pm by admin

We have been building quite a few websites in WordPress lately and found that WordPress comes enabled by default, with a feature to not allow search engines to cache your website. In other words, this means that your website will be made completely invisible to all the search engines so no matter how good your…

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