Key Words and Google – Does using key words get you higher in Google?

Should you, or should you not include meta key words on your site? Many people assume that if they simply put the right keywords in their headers that they will have great results in Google. But this is not the case, and there is so much more that should be…

Are you making the most of social media?

Social media isn't for every business - and if you're going to bother, then you've got to do it consistently - but there are lots of reasons why it's good to find the time for it.With over 600,000,000 people using Facebook, it's quite likely that some of them are also…

ICANN to make big changes to internet domain suffixes

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers also known as ICANN will increase web domain suffixes. The vote was made by the global internet body to allow for this to happen. Currently there are 22 suffixes including; .com, .gov, .edu and .org. There are also a further 250 country level…

Great book release for our client Nathan Lee Davies

A little while ago we designed and set up a WordPress blog for our client Nathan Lee Davies.We are happy to announce that a book he wrote for as a special guest, has been published and is now available on Amazon! This book is called The Great British Breakfast: In…

Facebook face tagging – and how to turn it off

Facebook have done it again - rolled out a feature and angered people who didn't want it turned on by default. And this latest feature, is more than a little bit creepy!Now, when you upload photos, Facebook will try to recognise if your friends are in any of them, and then…

Gmail autoresponders not working with POP3 email accounts

For years now, I've run my work email through Gmail and never had a problem with people receiving an "out of the office" message when I'm in meetings or on holiday.However, it's just come to my attention that this feature isn't 100% reliable lately, so I've spent this morning investigating...A…

Facebook Like Box not showing faces?!

Have you found that your Facebook Like Box doesn’t appear properly on your website? You get the title but it doesn't seem to pull through any faces?Well the problem is so much simpler than I had imagined!The default height of the box given by Facebook is too short. The code by…

ExploreIrelandTours.com has gone LIVE!!

This is so exciting – it is such a great site. It is a website that lets you can book adventure travels in Ireland. It is a bespoke booking system which allows admin to plot points along a route which visitors can then book, according to where they would like to…

An osCommerce makeover for FoxFittings.co.uk

We did a design makeover for our client FoxFitting on their osCommerce Shop.A new design was created for the site, but we chose to use much of the old layout so that the structure to the website did not have to change. The new site is more modern and streamlined as…

Web browsers – Are you having problems with IE 9?

Since the release of the Microsoft IE9 - 14th March 2011, there have been no major glitches reported. However there have been many reported minor problems. A problem that appears to be more and more common is a troubleshooting problem when you are trying to install Internet Explorer 9. We have seen…

Beta Sage and Sage – A Comparison Of Their Old and Their New Website

Looking at the two Sage Software sites, and not knowing which is the new one and which isn’t is hard to decipher. While the colours are the same (greens and greys)everything else appear different, so much so that if you didn’t know what Sage does then you could be easily…

The new Google Chromebook

So when I first heard of the "Chromebook" I honestly couldn't think what it might be! I thought it was maybe a published document of research from Google. But doh! It's a little netbook (small laptop) that doesn't have anything else than a web browser on it.No desktop (and so…