Cumbria Web Designers Fear - Internet Kill Switch
As Cumbria web designers, you would think that the Internet Kill Switch would really be of no concern to us. You would be wrong, and would be wise to be just as concerned as we are. On the 27th January the Egyptian Government cut off Internet and mobile phone access within Egypt effectively sealing off the country from the outside world, and dramatically limiting the general populations channels of communication. What’s the surprise in that you may ask, after all Egypt is not exactly a democratic country?

Fraser Hannah, Wombat Creative

The importance of a websites homepage
No matter what type of business you run, whether it is retail or if you provide a service; the homepage is very important as it acts as a shop front to your website.

Netbiz Web, Netbiz Group

The importance of good quality content on your website
Setting up your company website can prove to be difficult. You want to include as much information on there, but you don’t want to bore the reader. You might want to be brief and straight to the point but then you want to mention the keywords for SEO purposes.

Netbiz Group, Netbiz Group

How to use social media effectively at Christmas
Christmas can potentially be very profitable for businesses, however it can be difficult to be heard when other businesses can attract customers with a larger marketing spend.

Netbiz Group, Netbiz Group

Video Marketing - Why & Where?
Video marketing is an underused tool, meaning you can grab more attention by getting there first!

Paul Beard, Attain Design

Beginners Guide to SEO (Part 1)
So your new website has just gone online, its perfect the web designers have done a great job and it is just the way you imagined it. But what next, unless it is for your own personal use you will want to attract visitors or customers.

Fraser Hannah, Wombat Creative

Pitching: Getting Back To Basics
A good introduction, or maybe a helpful refresher to the pitching process.

Rene Morency, Browser London

6 Small SEO Steps for You. Six Giant Leaps To Success
Are you frustrated by Google's recent updates? Do you think that it is too difficult to get high rankings on Google? There's a simple six step plan that will bring your website to the top of Google's search result pages.

Chris Wheeler, Metalfrog Ltd.

Transfer a Domain Name
Transfer a Domain Name How to transfer a domain name to DoodleIT. Transferring a domain name needn't be a difficult task if the steps below are followed properly.

DoodleIT, DoodleIT North Wales

POP3 or IMAP?
Whether to choose POP3 or IMAP? All major email clients allow mailboxes to be accessed via either POP3 or IMAP4. These are two different protocols.

DoodleIT, DoodleIT North Wales

Will a Blog Help My Website?
Do you want your website to do better in search results and wondered will a blog help my website? We think it will and we have incorporated enough Google Bloggers into websites to know.

DoodleIT, DoodleIT North Wales

Starting From Scratch
We all know that the success of any website is measured by the amount of targeted quality traffic it receives, and most of us now also know that this involves some degree of search engine optimisation. But what about in the case of a brand new website? What about a new idea, or a new company that wants to compete, but will be doing so for the first time, and on a brand new domain name?

Alex Faiers, Addictivity

Were recruiting for a developer
Were recruiting for a developer. We are a busy fast-paced web-design and online marketing agency, seeking a passionate web developer to join the team. If you are great at what you do and would flourish in a fast-paced, fulfilling environment which offers loads of scope for creativity then come and join us.

Gordon Brown, Outbox4

Easy to implement SEO tips
A few free and easy ways to help improve your websites visibility with some basic search engine optimisation

Paul Daly - SuperSEO.co.uk, Cornwall Domain Agency

7 Things to Improve the Ranking of Your New Website
When your website is finished and live on the Internet, final checks should be made to ensure it is ready for your business and the search engines. It will take some time for a brand new website to rank well on the search engines but abiding to the steps below is likely to cut down this time.

Jason Savage , Wombat Creative

Web Spam - The Facts!
Here is more information about the way Google detects web spam. The most important facts and statements can be found in this article.

Chris Wheeler, Metalfrog Ltd.

Beware of fly-by-nights
Choosing a website design company can be difficult especially when testimonials could easily be fabricated and not true. But one of the most important things is to ensure your domain name is registered in YOUR NAME.

Tracey Clerkin, Artisan Websites

SEO, Branding and a Website for a new business
Have you thought about a website, logo and branding yet? If not you should maybe put this at the top of your agenda. After years for speaking to my clients, the general feedback is that when starting a new business a website is quite a daunting thought especially if you’re not familiar with the internet

Tom Upton, SO Web Designs

The European Cookie Directive
The aim of the “Cookie Law” is to safeguard privacy online and protect web users from unwanted marketing. The law aims to make sure that any company seeking to collect information about a web user must ask for their consent first.

Giant Peach , Giant Peach

What is Search Engine Marketing?
When people ask me what I do for a living, and I respond with “I'm a search engine marketing consultant” people normally glaze over a bit until I respond with “I help people rank well in the search engines”.

David Peach , Giant Peach