A Simple PHP Contact Form
Looking for something a bit more clever… See how to build an AJAX contact form here Lets face it, the days of displaying an email address on your website for people to click on and contact you are over. Spambots and general menaces have ruined this for everyone, so it’s now all about contact forms. [...]
Does using URL shorteners affect SEO?
With the rise of social media websites such as Twitter URL shorteners have become increasingly popular for people to use as a way of reducing the amount of characters within their posts. With this in mind Google has now given social media sources more weight in the search engine results. So, does using URL shorteners [...]
Why use Yell for your company website design?
Web design is a skill, an art and something that requires passion. I have seen an increasing number of companies recently who have used the bigboy directory company Yell to build their website. I had heard about a year or so ago that Yell were moving into the website design market, and I must admit [...]
The Easiest Way to Create a Rollover Image
Over the years I have seen many ways of creating a rollover image. Many people still choose to use Javascript, but I personally try to avoid this as it is messy, bloats out your coding and may not work if the user of the website has Javascript turned off. So the first step is to [...]
The Importance of Contact Forms on your Website
Competition within the online market gets more intense every month, with many businesses improving their online marketing to keep up with the fast-paced ratrace to win new customers/clients. With this in mind, it is essential to stand out from the crowd. This doesn’t just mean having a well designed, easy to navigate website site, but [...]
Different ways of marketing your business
Google is a powerful marketing tool for many businesses, and has proven its self to be very powerful at bringing in new customers. Because it works so well, many companies just rely on Google for driving new business and bringing new cusomters but this can be a dangerous game. With the market and economy changing [...]
Keep a close eye on your competitors
Let’s face it, most businesses will have competitors, and if they didn’t business would be easy. Whether they be direct or indirect it is important to keep an eye on competitors operations, product/service offerings and their marketing activities. If these things are not periodically looked at competitors may gain an advantage against your company which [...]