Search Engines – Facts & Myths – Updated

This is an update of an article I originally wrote in 2009. Since then, whilst many of the core components affecting search engine positioning have remained the same, search engines, and particularly Google, have become much more sophisticated in ranking websites. In...

Your Website Looks Fantastic But it’s Useless

Spend 5 minutes randomly surfing the net and you will find dozens of fantastic looking websites. But how many of these are great websites? I’ll lay odds that many of them are useless. Why? Because it takes more than a fantastic design to make a great website. Let’s...

10 Ways to Kill a Website Stone Dead

Getting a first class website developed can be an expensive business so you need to make sure that the site is as effective as possible. Below is a list of 10 things that could ruin the effectiveness of your website and turn it into a colossal waste of money. 1. Music...

How Much Should You Pay for a Website?

Silly question? In a way, yes. It’s a bit like asking how much should you pay for a car. The answer of course is, it depends on exactly what you want. But if you ask the car salesman and tell him what you’re looking for he will give you a price. Not so with many web...

Attack of the Clones

In my business I continually come across cases where businesses try to get websites developed on the cheap. The following true story shows what can happen. The business owner concerned ended up considerably out of pocket…. I was recently studying some web statistics...