Author: Dave King

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How To Secure a Website – A Complete Guide

Website security is vital. Many businesses focus all their efforts and budget on their site speed and their search engine optimisation efforts, which are both valuable but it’s important to ensure that your website is secure from online threats as well. In this article we are going to go over the reasons why web security is important and what some of the most common threats are. We’re also going to give you a step-by-step guide to securing your website because we believe that when it comes to the internet no one is secure until everyone is secure.

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Functional Web Design – What’s The Cost?

Many of the small businesses we speak to are worried that developing a website will be prohibitively expensive – but it doesn’t have to be!

But that doesn’t mean you should go for the cheapest option available just because you’re trying to save money. A badly designed or broken website will do more damage to your brand than not having one at all.

The best way to save money on a website is to get it right the first time, otherwise you’ll end up paying someone to do it on the cheap and then paying someone else to fix it.

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8 Reasons Why A Local SEO Strategy Matters

Google’s own data tells us that 46% of searches now contain some sort of ‘local intent’. This might be a phrase such as ‘best Italian restaurant near me’ or ‘electricians in Yorkshire’. Phrases like these suggest that the user is searching for specific, locative information about a service or product – this is distinct from a search like ‘best women’s shoes’ or ‘how to fix a broken plate’ which do not have ‘local intent’.