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The O’Brien Media Digital Insider Blog

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Business
Chris Grant (he/him)

A quick refresher about O’Brien Media

We’re an award-winning website design company with offices in Swindon, Wiltshire, and Shoreditch, London. We provide a range of website and web application design and development solutions to businesses and organisations across

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Small Business Spotlight
Chris Grant (he/him)

Small Business Spotlight: MLSPaintings

This issue of Small Business Spotlight focuses on the artwork and business of MLSPaintings, an Etsy based business you will love for the artistic flair of its owner, Morag.

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SEO
Chris Grant (he/him)

Google confirms guest posts, whether paid or free, should use nofollow links

Back in 2017, Google’s John Mueller said, according to SEO Roundtable, that all guest posts on blogs, no matter how often you contribute, should have all links set to “nofollow”. This past week he added, even if those links are not paid for – as long as those links can potential pass signals – they should also be nofollowed.

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WordPress
Chris Grant (he/him)

WordPress 5.4.2 is now available, upgrade today!

WordPress 5.4.2 is now available to be installed and fixes a small mix of bugs and security issues – so we recommend installing it as soon as you can to keep your site running at its best. For O’Brien Media customers with support agreements, WordPress 5.4.2 will be installed as part of your monthly maintenance service,

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BigCommerce
Andy Smart

Making the move from Blueprint to Stencil based themes in BigCommerce

If you’re using BigCommerce, but are still on the Blueprint theme, you should get in touch with us today to discuss an upgrade.  Built on a rigid codebase, Blueprint is very much a “legacy”, out of date theme.  For instance, not only is Blueprint not fully responsive, but the Stencil upgrade contains many enhancements to configuration so it’s a lot easier to use.

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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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