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The O’Brien Media Digital Insider Blog

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News
Andy Smart

Want more website exposure? Get set up with Google My Business

You’ll notice when you “Google” a shop or restaurant, you’re often presented with a map showing results in your local area. What you might not know, is that this is entirely free – and is a way of advertising your business quickly and easily to people searching. It’s not only for people with something physical to sell, either!

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Website Design
Andy Smart

Why use a web designer (in Swindon) over a DIY web builder

One of the questions we’re regularly asked when engaging in new projects is what makes us different from so-called “website builders” – web-based software that allow you to create your own website yourself.  What sets O’Brien Media apart?  Why spend the extra money (we don’t deny that yes, we may well be more expensive). 

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Alex Swabey

Back to business – What does post-lockdown business look like?

It has been over two months since the government asked us all to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With restrictions beginning to ease, businesses up and down the country are trying to figure out how to start welcoming customers again while minimising risk to themselves or their patrons.

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Microsoft
Chris Grant (he/him)

Bing Webmaster Tools to be fully revamped by July

While a lot of attention is paid to Google and their Search Console service for webmasters, Bing still deserves a look in – after all Bing powers Yahoo search results as well as a lot of other smaller search engines so it’s 2 for 1 on the big names when it comes to managing your site’s ranking on Microsoft’s Bing search engine.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Andy Smart

One eye to the future for small business, post Covid-19

It seems at the moment the world is moving at lightspeed.  The news every day is changing and, whilst some of the lockdown restrictions are being eased, we’re still very, very far from “normal”.  I for one long for the days when Microsoft Teams was a bit of an irritation when I turned my computer on – here at O’Brien Media it’s now become central to the way we work together! 

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