WordPress now powers over 40% of the world’s websites

The world's most popular CMS continues to grow and new data from W3Techs has revealed that 40 percent of the web or two out of every five websites now use WordPress. While there are plenty of WordPress alternatives including Shopify and Squarespace, WordPress is still in a league of its own. This is because, in addition to the sites powered by WordPress, an ecosystem has been built up around...
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Does duplicate content affect SEO on Google?

There is a common misconception that having duplicate content on a website can negatively affect search results. However, Google’s John Mueller has confirmed this is not the case. This blog post will explain all about what he has revealed about Google and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Duplicate content is normal Mueller has stated that having duplicate content should not have “a negative...
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Responsive WordPress website for Cirencester Scrap and Recycling

Working from page content and site structure retrieved from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org) we managed to reconstruct the barebones of a previous version of the Cirencester Scrap and Recycling website after a lapse in the renewal of the website hosting resulted in a loss of the website. We created a fresh new website using WordPress and rewrote the website content, from the original...
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Userguide: Cisco IP Phone 7970G

This guide provides operating instructions and feature descriptions for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G. The Cisco Unified IP phone 7970G is a multiline touch screen phone. About your Cisco 7970G Phone Your Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G provides touch-screen access, in addition to soft keys and dedicated buttons, allowing you to place and receive phone calls, put calls on hold, transfer calls,...
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Support for the original Microsoft Edge, based on Internet Explorer, ends on the 9th March

On the 9th March 2021, Microsoft will be dropping their support for the original version of Microsoft Edge. This blog post will explain what this means for you. Why are Microsoft doing this and what to do now? Microsoft have released a new version of their Edge browser based on Chromium. You can read about it here and also download it. There is an easy way to identify which version of Microsoft...
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Website support costs and charges relating to website changes and service cancellations

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How is Brexit affecting ecommerce – import and export charges

E-commerce allows customers and businesses to buy and sell easily to locations all around the world. However, one new consequence of Brexit that many people are still unaware of, is new customer charges on the receiving end when buying/selling between the UK and EU. This blog post will tell you all the key information you need to know. What is the issue? Now that the UK has left the EU, custom...
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O’Brien Media awarded Agency Partner status with BigCommerce

Here at O’Brien Media, we are proud to announce that we have been awarded Agency Partner status with BigCommerce. What is BigCommerce? BigCommerce is a leading ecommerce provider that helps deliver solutions for small and enterprise businesses, along with B2B organisation, which will enable them to meet their retail and ecommerce goals. BigCommerce offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform...
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What you need to know about Google “mobile-first” changes coming in March 2021

Google have confirmed that from March 2021 they will definitely be using ‘mobile-first indexing’ after pushing forward the deadline from September 2020. This blog post will tell you all the key things you need to know about this change. What is mobile first indexing? This is where Google will predominantly use the mobile version for indexing and ranking of content. This is compared to...
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WooCommerce: Combating Spam Order Bots

In November of 2020, we shared an advisory for WooCommerce store owners encouraging them to update to the latest version of WooCommerce due to a vulnerability the WooCommerce team had recently addressed in the account creation flow. The WooCommerce core team discovered this vulnerability as a result of an attack from a bot that was creating spam orders and, by way of the aforementioned...
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