Like and share - why brands need to know Facebook’s rules
We’ve all seen them. A brand’s Facebook page posts a photo showing a prize. “Like our page and share this photo to enter!” proclaims the accompanying blurb. What’s not to like? The answer is: Facebook doesn’t like it. And this type of Facebook competition could get a brand into some trouble.

Andy McGregor, McGregor Media Web Design

My time at Wombat so far
As I've been here for 7 month, my knowledge on how to build websites is ever increasing and becoming more complex. Starting from simple tasks on understanding all the technical terms and tags, to installing the more crafty gadgets that appear within a site.

Nadene Gemson, Wombat Creative

To Klout or not?
A brief look at the notion of Social Media Measurement with Klout and Kred and some linked articles both positive and negative from 2012 and 2013.

Jem Robinson, Ape Red Media - Hampshire

Why you should have a blog
A blog is simply written text on your website. It’s regularly updated, and offers value to readers (in theory at least!) We suggest using it to market yourself and your business.

Luke Rodham, Bear Media

Web trends 2013
This article covers some web trends emerging in 2013

Reactive Graphics, Web Design London

Custard online marketing agency
The wonderfully named Custard online marketing agency has published a nice guide to getting your content read. It starts with a frightening number (which is already massively out of date): your website was just one of 644 million active sites last year. That’s an awful lot of content. Much of that content will be terrible, you’ve probably seen some of it yourself, but some of it will be great but ignored.

Marcus Green, Toolkit Websites

Creativity is the key to social marketing
Mashable has put up a decent guide to social marketing from a food truck that prowls the streets of Tallahassee in Florida. That might seem rather industry-specific, but the lessons our intrepid waffle makers learned can be applied whatever your trade is.

Marcus Green, Toolkit Websites

6 Reasons to use a mate rather than a web designer!
Good web design costs money! Web designers spend years studying all aspects of web design. We have premise, insurance, legitimate software and up to date computer to purchase before we start. Your mate down the road has no overheads as he is most likely working out of this bedroom.

Fraser Hannah, Wombat Creative

Windows 8 could kill the PC, but not yet
Do you use Windows 8? It’s just as controversial as any release from Microsoft, and it’s also very different. It’s the first edition of the world’s dominant operating system designed with tablets in mind. The recent news that Google has become a ‘mobile first’ company further confirms that there is a big swing away from the traditional desktop PC.

Marcus Green, Toolkit Websites

Twitter V1 API Retirement
Twitter announced the retirement of version 1 of the API earlier this year. Today (March 5th) is the first of several "Black out" tests they will run.

Simon Tiplady, Chester Solutions Ltd

SEO - Top 5 Do's and Don'ts of Link Building
So I have read many articles on ways to improve SEO, many of them I am surprised to see, start with "Number 1, Hire a company that specialises in SEO". Well apart from pointing out the obvious what methods are there for those with a tighter budget. I hope I am not obviously repeating what other people have already said but I wanted to put all those little bits from the different articles into one, easy, "Digest" if you will.

Ben Johns, Oldfield Web Design

How To Build A Successful Brand
Red Bull Gives Me… Bleeeuurgghhh!!! Give Zeta director Henry Waterfall-Allen a can of Red Bull, and he’ll probably be sick on your shoes – but he thinks the brand is amazing! Despite feeling queasy at the mere mention of the performance-enhancing potable; he says: “Red Bull tastes disgusting!! – …but anything with the brand behind it; I know I will love.”

Amy Maslin, Zeta

Send your pirate SEO agency to Davy Jones’ Locker!
SEO can be a cut throat industry which is full of so-called experts and gurus who will guarantee you 1st place rankings in Google. Arrrrrr!!

Sam Allen, Zeta

Mobile in Africa: The Winds of Change Have Arrived
Operators, developers, content providers and investors in Africa’s tech industry all gathered together last week for AfricaCom, one of highlights of the tech calendar in Africa. The battle cry ‘The winds of change have arrived”, by Rlabs founder Marlon Parker echoed through the halls.

Susie Goldring, Zeta

Joomla vs Drupal - which is right for you?
Eddie May is director of Fresh Web Services, a Leicestershire web development and content management specialist. We have built many Drupal and Joomla solutions and this is my take on these popular CMS.

Eddie May, Fresh Web Services Ltd

Time to Turn to Mobile
A quick inside to utilise the power of Mobile and why it's a good idea to look at your mobile presence.

Steve Bryant, Qub3 Web Design

The most important panda on the web.
It’s not some viral video of the lazy, cuddly Chinese bears doing something unbearably cute. No, the most important panda on the web lurks somewhere in Google’s HQ in California and has a say in deciding whether browsers find your site or not.

Marcus Green, Toolkit Websites

Websites that work – for you
So much emphasis is being placed on the fast developing digital landscape it often seems hard to keep pace. Game changing devices are constantly bursting onto the market that mean agencies need to reconsider what they had previously thought was best practice.

Richard Lowes, Punch Creative

Starting an online store, E-commerce know-how.
Setting up your own online shop can be hugely exciting and a great way to add to your income, particularly if you already have a physical shop on the high street. However, an e-commerce website is a bit more complex to build than your average ‘brochure’ site and requires plenty of planning and thought as well as thorough execution. Here are just some of the questions you might have before you get started:

OMdeSIGN London, OMdeSIGN London

How to keep your website working for you.
So, you’ve got a beautiful website that perfectly represents your business and is easy as pie to use. Job done, right? No, job started. A static website will soon disappear in cyber space. But keeping your site vital and lively isn’t difficult; it’s a brilliant way to talk to new and existing customers and can even be great fun.

Marcus Green, Toolkit Websites