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Find out the latest news from Google
Chris O'Brien

What is the new Google search console?

In early 2018, many website owners began receiving a message from Google about a new version of Google Search Console. This edition is in beta and users can switch back and forth between the old version and the new version while the new version is being tested. It is likely that we will see new features and tweaks to the new version before the “beta” label goes away

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Chris O'Brien 1st February 2018 9:20 pm
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Website Design
Chris O'Brien

Web design trends: 2018 will be about negative space and typography

In 2018 designers will be making greater and greater use of negative space. Particularly on mobile, speedy, light-weight pages are essential. Flashy, gimmicky design is passé and even images are becoming old-school. Everything on the page is there for one purpose: To increase conversions. 

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Chris O'Brien 27th December 2017 1:12 pm
News
Chris O'Brien

We’ve updated our privacy and cookie usage policies

Ahead of the upcoming introduction of the Europe wide General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short) in May 2018 we’ve updated the language in our privacy policy and cookie usage policy. This change is effective from the 28th November 2017.

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Chris O'Brien 27th November 2017 11:27 pm
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Security
Chris O'Brien

Keep your WordPress or Drupal website up-to-date to stay safe from hackers

WordPress & Drupal sites are prime targets for hackers. These hackers don't want to bring you down because they dislike you, in fact most of these hacks originate from bots crawling the web, looking for WordPress and Drupal sites that are vulnerable. If the bots identify your site as a WordPress or Drupal site, they will then set up shop and start looking for vulnerabilities. 

Unfortunately, most people don't take this topic seriously until after their site or sites have been hacked. It is only then that they realize that they may lose days of work just trying to regain control over their sites. More importantly, if Google identifies your site as being compromised, they will down grade your site in the search results

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Chris O'Brien 26th November 2017 6:41 pm
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Website Design
Jenny Howell

Grow your business with a responsive, mobile friendly, website

Responsive websites are viewed comfortably on any device available. Users of these websites should not need to resize or pan in order to make sense of the content they view. The need for scrolling should also be reasonable for such a website. Many organisations serve entirely different versions of their websites to users using mobile devices and desktop computers.

As many people now view web pages on devices other than desktop computers and on a variety of screen sizes, you can increase the number of people who are aware of your business and develop a good impression of it. One reason for the increase in popularity of alternative devices is that they are very convenient.

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Jenny Howell 27th October 2017 12:01 am
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Find out the latest news from Google
Chris O'Brien

Important Google changes that could affect your business

On October 27th, a new version of Google Chrome will be released that will prominently label any site without an SSL Certificate as “non-secure” in the browser bar.

You will be affected by this change if your website contains input fields (such as a contact form), asks for passwords or any other sensitive data, or is visited in incognito browsing mode.

That means it’s now more important than ever to secure your website with SSL if you want to avoid scaring customers away. 

Get in touch today to find out about our SSL enabled hosting services.

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Chris O'Brien 22nd October 2017 3:01 pm
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SEO
Chris O'Brien

5 reasons Google search results may vary dramatically, even for identical searches

Like many people you may be a regular Google search user. Over time you may have noticed a strange phenomenon: Google search results vary, even on the same device, using the same browser and using the same keyword phrase or search term.

Users who are not well-versed in Google’s mysterious and ever-changing search algorithm may attribute this to simple error. However, these changes are actually quite intentional. While occasionally inconvenient for users, these search results variations can prove much more problematic for businesses and marketers.

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Chris O'Brien 25th September 2017 4:00 am