Responsive Design. Making Websites Easy to Use on All Devices

SEO in 2019 – Brian Says It Best

Each year we get new "SEO in 2019" type posts from SEO's around the world. These usually come right at the start of the year, or at the end of the previous year, meaning a lot of them are just clickbait and are more about 'predicting' the future, than the actual state of play. SEO evolves all the time. Reading one of these articles each year doesn't make you an SEO expert, but I always look out for articles by Brian Dean of Backlinko.com. Brian talks ... Read More >

Mobile First Indexing Rolled Out by Google

On Monday 26th March 2018 Google announced, via it's Webmasters blog, that Mobile First Indexing is now being rolled out. What is Mobile First Indexing? In a nutshell, Mobile First Indexing goes like this... Google ranks websites in search based on a number of factors. Without going into too much detail, Google rewards sites which deliver unique, relevant, engaging content, matched with excellent usability. Up until now, Google has used the content from the DESKTOP version of a website when deciding on indexing and ranking pages ... Read More >

Mobile First Indexing

Huge news this week from Google! Your website search performance will now be based on the content from the MOBILE VERSION of your website. What Does This Mean? As we've explained before, the content on your website has a huge impact on where you appear in search results. Previously, Google has used the content from your desktop website to judge how good your site is. Google is now going to be using the content from the mobile version of your site instead. How Does It Affect Me? In ... Read More >

Reflecting on 2015; the year of the ‘mobile-friendly’ Google update

In the first of a series of end-of-year blog entries, I wanted to talk about one of the biggest changes in the history of Google Search - the 'mobile friendly' update. On 21st April 2015, Google made changes to it's search algorithm, which meant web pages that were 'mobile-friendly' were favoured in mobile search results. This meant that Google would look at the code from a web page and identify if it was easy to use on a mobile device, such as a Smartphone. Google uses a number of factors ... Read More >

How Websites Work (Without the technical jargon)

Since the day I started in the web industry, I have come across loads of customers who really don't understand the first thing about how a website works. And why should you? That's my job. Questions like "what is hosting?" "what does a domain name do?" and "how does my website appear on the web?" are all commonplace amongst people who run their own business and want to build a website. So, what I wanted to do was try to explain it all, in a nutshell, without ... Read More >

3 Weeks Left – Are You Mobile Friendly?

April 21st is the day that Google introduces it's new algorithm for 'mobile-friendly' websites. You may have noticed that if you do a Google search from your smart phone, the results now have a new 'mobile-friendly' tag attached to them (if they are mobile friendly that is). At the moment, this doesn't affect a sites ranking in the search results, but as of 21/4/15, it does! So, is your site mobile friendly? Find out using Google's own mobile friendly test. How did it do? All green? Great! ... Read More >

Google – How to Reach the Top (again!)

Hi everyone, Here is the latest installment about SEO and how Google is working in 2015. Despite the (still) widely believed myths that Google rankings are based on cramming keywords into your content and getting as many back-links as you can from wherever you can, that is NOT THE CASE ANY MORE! I can't shout that loud enough! Google in 2015 is very different to the Google of 10 years, 5 years or even 1 year ago. It is more intelligent, more popular and is bigger and ... Read More >

Web Design Trends for 2015

Hi Like with any business, trends and fads come and go. Web Development is no different, and our little Yorkshire based operation is particularly keen on keeping up with the latest trends. We thought you might find this article useful if you are thinking about building/rebuilding a website and need some inspiration. Look out for these new trends being incorporated into our 2015 projects. Web Design Trends 2015 Dan

Responsive Websites

Responsive websites are a must these days. Gone are the days of pinching, scrolling and zooming on our phones and iPads, as a user we expect a website to be easy to view and use, no matter what device we are on. A responsive website should fit any type of device (laptop, tablet, phone) or browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari). We achieve this by using a fluid framework when it comes to building the site, so that elements of the page automatically resize or move position ... Read More >