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6 Reasons Slow Load Times Could Harm Your Website

Have you ever abandoned a site just because it took too long to load? Poor load times can have a big negative effect on customer conversion, and there's growing evidence that it can harm your performance in the search engines. So, here are six reasons ... Read >

5 Mistakes Businesses Make When Choosing a Web Design Company

Who can blame businesses if they sometimes choose the wrong designer for the job? After all, there are thousands of web design companies out there. Quite a few of them have very nice looking sites. Yet, time and again, businesses make the wrong choice and... Read >

Why get bespoke software?

It's a question most businesses face at some stage: Rely on off-the-shelf software or commission bespoke tools for the job? Often, it comes down to a matter of cost. But does packaged software really save you money in the long run? Let's take a look at... Read >

Choosing the right website design company in London

Choosing the right website design company in London Sometimes it seems like there are more web designers in London than there are traffic wardens. Yet, it can be harder to find the right agency than it is to grab a decent parking space. So how do y... Read >

What is a robots.txt file and how can it help your website?

It may sound like something out of The Terminator films, but in fact a robots.txt file can help you streamline your site for the search engines. The robots in question are the various programmes that search engines use to crawl and index sites. These ... Read >

How Can a Blog Help You Get More Website Visitors?

How Can a Blog Help You Get More Website Visitors? Is it just a coincidence that a lot of popular websites get loads of traffic and have an active, engaging blog? Blogging is simply self-publishing content. And Google and the search engines are ra... Read >

What is an XML sitemap and why does your website need one?

Imagine you're settling down with a reference book or newspaper. You want to find a particular article. But, in the reference book there are no chapter headings or index. The newspaper has no headlines. You'd probably struggle to find the most relevan... Read >

Training Website Design: Building Online Training Solutions

Training and assessment websites are excellent ways of filtering job candidates, developing staff skills, or offering tutorials for new software systems. But what's the right way to approach training website design? Here are a few things to consider: ... Read >

7 Design Tips for Successful eCommerce Website Development

What makes a successful eCommerce site? No matter what your product or market, some core website development principles apply. Here are 7 tips for seamless eCommerce design: 1) Simplify the checkout process 59.8% of customers abandon shopping cart... Read >

5 Reasons Your Website Might Not Be Legal

Do you know the full website compliance laws, including the 2002 UK eCommerce Regulations? If you're anything like the vast majority of businesses, then the answer is probably "not as well as I should". Yet, thousands of websites are putting themsel... Read >

Using Pay Per Click Advertising to Drive Useful Traffic to Your Website

Pay Per Click advertising (or PPC), can be one of the most powerful and cost effective ways to get traffic to your site. With PPC you bid a small amount for a particular keyword combination. When that phrase is searched for, your text-based advertisem... Read >

Should You Use URL Rewriting On Your Website?

As much of the web continues to move from static to dynamic content, many automatically generated URLs result in clunky strings of numbers and script parameters. URL rewriting is the process of altering a URL so that it makes more semantic sense and ... Read >

Should You Make RSS Feeds Available On Your Business Website?

You've probably seen RSS icons on all kinds of websites, from the BBC to personal blogs. But, have you ever considered how RSS can be used on your own website? RSS can be a great business tool - even if you're not a media portal or news site with endle... Read >

Does it matter if your web design meets W3C standards?

If you could take your website to a virtual mechanic, would it fail its MOT? W3C standards effectively help you measure the "road worthiness" of your website. While you may not face a stiff fine for operating outside W3C guidelines (though there is tha... Read >

Auditing Your Website for Accessibility

Accessibility is one of the big buzzwords of web design. But, how many businesses only pay lip-service to the idea and don't implement standards that make it easier for disabled visitors to use their site? Maybe you're wondering how you go about performin... Read >