Welcome to the O’Brien Media Insider – Your Go-To for Digital Insights and Business Know-How
The O’Brien Media Insider is your behind-the-scenes look at all things digital, creative, and business-focused. From web design trends and SEO tips to small business insights and local Swindon highlights, our blog covers a bit of everything – just like we do at O’Brien Media.
Whether you’re a client, collaborator, or curious visitor, this is the place to catch up on the latest from our team, explore practical advice, and get inspired to grow your digital presence. Dive in and see what’s new!
For small business owners, the message is clear: investing in people to create meaningful and engaging content is not just a marketing strategy; it’s an essential component of maintaining relevance and authenticity amidst increasing digital clutter.
Autism Awareness Month takes place from April 1st to April 30th and aims to promote understanding, acceptance and inclusion of individuals with autism within communities worldwide. It’s a key time to recognise the strengths and challenges faced by individuals on the autism spectrum.
We have made a small change to the way we handle emails coming into our helpdesk via our general email addresses (for sales, support, billing, and general enquiries). From 11th April 2024, we will no longer accept emails generated using marketing systems into our helpdesk when we can identify that these emails have an “unsubscribe” process.
As a steadfast partner in your online business journey, O’Brien Media is committed to keeping you in the loop with the latest developments from the world of WooCommerce. Today, we bring an important update directly from the WooCommerce team that may affect many of our clients and readers.
Take your site-building experience further with WordPress 6.5. Explore more avenues to make it your own, with new features and enhancements that will help fine-tune your creative work. Discover the latest additions to the developer experience, with fresh foundational tools poised to transform the future of blocks.
In a recent revelation that’s sent shockwaves through the WordPress community, a significant security vulnerability has been discovered in the Astra theme, affecting over a million websites.
WooCommerce 8.7 has arrived! This new version introduces a wide range of updates, including a rendering engine for printing order receipts, Product Collection block enhancements, an experimental additional fields API for checkout, and more.
In the digital era, your website often forms the first impression potential clients have of your business. It’s your digital shop front, a salesperson that works tirelessly, and
The introduction of changes in response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) signals a new chapter for shopping searches within the European Economic Area (EEA), demonstrating Google’s commitment to promoting fair competition and transparency.
In March 2024, Google implemented a significant update to its Core Web Vitals, shifting from the First Input Delay (FID) metric to the new Interaction to Next Paint (INP). This move, aimed at refining how user interactions and website responsiveness are measured, marks a pivotal change in the landscape of search engine optimisation and website performance evaluation.
