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10 things the homepage of your website must succeed at

By Tim Lees 21st March 2018


The front page of a website is more often than not the single most important page when it comes to your website.  The homepage has a difficult job as it needs to do many different jobs; it often draws the most traffic of any single page on your website and to a first time visitor it is usually the first page that is seen so the homepage has to act as a shop window to your service or products, inviting users to convert in the guise of either sign...

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6 signs that your website needs updating

By Ollie Reardon 23rd February 2018


The web moves rapidly. What might have been the hottest trend in web design last year, might be considered out of date by the following year. Therefore, you need to ensure that you are updating your website's look and content regularly. You will never be able to launch a website and then never do any updating again. These are some of the most common signs of an old website. 1. Non-mobile friendly web design One of the most important factors of ...

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HTML 5 Content Tags

By Jordan Hall 28th May 2010


HTML 5 introduces several new tags which focus of defining the content of a page in a machine readable fashion. In today's websites, if a computer program attempts to pick out a particular part of a page, such as the main article, the sidebar or the top navigation, it would have difficulty. This is because every website structures its HTML differently, and most modern websites use <p>, <div> and <span> tags to surround their co...

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Tips

By Jordan Hall 22nd February 2010


The most important search engine optimisation tips can be split up into three main categories. There are content, links and code optimisation. Ensuring your website is well adapted to these three main categories can significantly help with your website's rankings in search engine results. Content - 'Content is king' - ensuring your content has regular, up-to-date and unique quality content is vital for high search engine rankings. Links - Link...

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