Year: 2025

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Google Says the Disavow Tool Isn’t for Routine Use

Andrei Ghimpu April 09, 2025 0 Comments
Here’s What You Need to Know If you’re regularly disavowing links as part of your SEO maintenance checklist – Google says you might be wasting your time. At the recent Search Central Live event in New York, Google’s John Mueller clarified the role of the Disavow Tool during a Q&A session, and his comments might surprise some in the SEO community. In short: for most website owners, the...
Categories: SEO
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Tea Break Read – Respect Our Feathered Friends: Protecting Wild Birds This Spring and Beyond

Chris Grant (he/him) April 09, 2025 0 Comments
As the days grow longer and the air fills with birdsong, it's clear that spring has arrived—a crucial time for our wild birds. Nesting season is one of the busiest and most vulnerable periods for birdlife across the UK. Here at O'Brien Media, we want to highlight the importance of treading carefully and respecting nature, not just now but throughout the year. Understanding Legal Protections The...
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Why We Use WordPress and Elementor to Build Small Business Websites

Chris Grant (he/him) April 08, 2025 0 Comments
At O'Brien Media, we specialise in building websites that not only look fantastic but also empower our clients to take control of their online presence. For most of the websites we create for small businesses, we use WordPress combined with the powerful Elementor visual editor. This combo gives our customers the freedom to manage and grow their websites without needing to call a developer every...
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How We Use AI at O’Brien Media (and Why It’s a Game-Changer for Our Team and Clients)

Jenny O'Brien April 07, 2025 0 Comments
AI is everywhere these days—from powering the apps we use daily to transforming how businesses operate behind the scenes. At O'Brien Media, we’ve embraced AI not as a buzzword or a replacement for creativity, but as a powerful tool to support our work and enhance the services we provide to our clients. Whether you’re working with us on a web design project, SEO, digital marketing, or...
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Wix vs Google Core Web Vitals: why customisation often means “harder to pass”

Chris Grant (he/him) April 05, 2025 0 Comments
Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV) are the yardstick for real-world user experience on the web. They measure three things that visitors feel straight away: how quickly the main content appears (Largest Contentful Paint, or LCP), how stable the layout is while everything loads (Cumulative Layout Shift, or CLS), and how quickly the page responds to taps and clicks (Interaction to Next Paint, or INP)....
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Fixing Emoji Display Issues in Android Texts: A Quick Guide

Jenny O'Brien April 03, 2025 0 Comments
Emojis are a fun and expressive way to communicate, but what happens when they stop showing up in your Android text messages? Whether you’re seeing blank boxes or missing characters, it can be a bit of a head-scratcher. Here are a few ways to get your emojis working properly again – and they’re all things you can do yourself, no tech wizardry required. 1. Clear Your Messaging App’s Cache...
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