Website Development

What is the Best Domain

June 4, 2020June 18, 2019 by Martin

One of the myths about domains is that your domain should be part of your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) by using a keyword rich name helps to rank well in Google. It is 100% a myth. Google is not interested in the domain that your website resides on and is only interested in the content …

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Don’t Use Animated GIFs

April 1, 2019 by Martin

Sounds like a rather direct request but I am quite serious on this matter whenever I consult about website design and how to provide help via the web. Although animated GIFs have reduced in size massively thanks to new technology and image compression capabilities, they are still horribly outdated and inefficient. Animated GIFs were originally …

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Designing The Perfect Website

March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 by Martin

Ok, first off, I need to say; “there is no such thing as a perfect website”. No matter how hard you try and no matter ho skilled your website developer is, you can not build the perfect website. You may get close. Sort of. But not for long. You see, the web is constantly changing. …

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The Catch-22 of Website Load Speed

March 11, 2019March 4, 2019 by Martin

It’s a never ending challenge these days to maximise performance of your website and get it loaded on the visitor’s device in as little time as possible; 1 or 2 seconds is what Google expects and is almost demanding of us with their ‘mobile first’ approach.

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Website Optimisation Recap

April 3, 2019February 3, 2019 by Martin

This is one subject that keeps making noise and that means I can’t shut up about it either because there’s an ongoing dialogue, it seems, practially everywhere in the land of development and website speed freaks. To start this recap, let’s have a reminder of why optimising your website matters so much: As well as …

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What’s the deal with JPEG 2000?

March 4, 2019October 9, 2018 by Martin

JPEG vs JPEG 2000 for Website Load Speed

I’m all for speed and things getting better, as long as getting better means easy for everyone to achieve the same objective without calling in a rocket scientist!

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Which WordPress Cache

March 8, 2019September 7, 2018 by Martin

If there’s one thing the Internet is good for it’s reviews. A million writeups for every subject under the sun but, when you want to know what the best (in your chosen subject) is, a popularity contest or a ‘made for ads’ summary page (without any actual opinion) is not going to give you the …

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Get More from Your Website Developer

March 4, 2019November 16, 2017 by Martin

We all want value for money, right? We all want to get the best we can without spending more than we want to spend, don’t we? But sometimes we’re our own worst enemy and website development is one area in which I’ve seen so many businesses settle for less than they wanted or something completely different to what they envisaged.

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Mobile Friendly Website Design is Essential

March 4, 2019October 26, 2016 by Martin

How well does your website display on a small screen? Have you checked? Can all your website visitors, regardless whether they are on a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile phone, all get the same content and ease of use?

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Keyword Research is Not Rocket Science

March 4, 2019September 19, 2016 by Martin

It might seem like rocket science but, trust me, keyword research for your website is quite simple really. You just need to do a lot of it and it never actually ends.

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