Website Design and Website Support in Wiltshire: What Local Businesses Need to Know

When you are running a business, your website has a lot of work to do. It needs to make the right first impression, explain what you offer, help people trust you, generate enquiries, support existing customers, and keep working reliably in the background while you get on with everything else. For many Wiltshire businesses, that means website design is not just about how a site looks. It is about...
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Google Confirms the May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out

Google has confirmed that its May 2026 core update is now rolling out, which means some websites may see changes in rankings, impressions, clicks and enquiries while the update works its way through Google’s systems. According to the Google Search Status Dashboard, the May 2026 core update began on 21 May 2026, with Google stating that the rollout may take up to two weeks to complete. For small...
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Artificial Intelligence Optimisation: What Small Businesses Need To Know About AIO

People are changing the way they search online, and while that does not mean Google, traditional SEO or well-built websites have suddenly stopped mattering, it does mean that your website now needs to work harder in a slightly different way. For a long time, small business SEO has mostly been about helping people find you when they type something into a search engine, such as “web designer...
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WordPress 7.0 Has Launched: What Small Business Website Owners Need To Know

WordPress 7.0, named “Armstrong”, was officially released on 20 May 2026. It is a major release for the platform, bringing a refreshed admin experience, new design tools, stronger AI foundations, performance improvements, accessibility updates, and a wider set of tools for developers and website teams. As with any major WordPress update, the headline is not simply “update now and forget...
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Has cPanel Had Its Day? Why Website Hosting Needs a Rethink

We should start with a clear reassurance: O’Brien Media does not use cPanel for customer hosting. That matters because cPanel has been in the news recently for some fairly serious security reasons. For many years, cPanel has been one of the most recognisable names in website hosting. For lots of people, it is simply “the hosting control panel”. It gives customers access to email accounts,...
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Why One Website Design Quote Is £800 And Another Is £8,000

If you've ever asked a few web design companies for a quote and wondered why the prices came back wildly different, you're definitely not alone. One business might quote a few hundred pounds. Another might come back with several thousand. A third might ask questions you hadn’t even considered before giving you a price at all. The confusing part is that all of them might genuinely believe...
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