May 2010

I took myself off on holiday recently and decided use WordPress’ scheduled publishing feature to keep the content flowing on this site while I was lying on the beach. I simply wrote some articles before I left and scheduled them to be published every other day while I was away. It’s such a useful feature [...]

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I just returned from a week in Boracay (Philippines) which I booked entirely online. And the entire experience was superb – a perfect example of simple but effective web design, and flawlessly executed delivery. If you ever feel the need to visit Boracay (and I do recommend it) then you should take a look at [...]

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Last week I wrote about some key points that came out of a website review I completed recently (see it here) One of the things I delivered as part of that review was a set of META tags for each page on the site, so I figured I’d explain how I went about that. A [...]

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Because of the way they work, blogs are ideally suited for news type sites, where yesterday’s news is old hat and no longer interesting. But if you’re operating an information site, then a blog, while it has many, many advantages, also has a major disadvantage: It’s not long before your older posts are buried deep [...]

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I’m just completing an SEO review on the website of a local business, and I thought it may be helpful to talk generally about some of the major points that came out. Don’t fret – total confidentiality is guaranteed! First thing to keep in mind: Search Engine Optimisation is a dynamic environment. The search engines [...]

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A friend of mine talked to me the other day about getting more traffic to his site: how to do it quickly and for free. Unfortunately, quick traffic doesn’t generally come free – you need to pay for that, usually via PPC. But here are 4 ways you can build up a healthy level of [...]

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When you walk into a department store for the first time I’m willing to bet you immediately look for signs telling you where everything is. If you see them you’ll go deeper into the store to find what you’re looking for. If you don’t, you’ll either ask someone or turn round and leave. It’s no [...]

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