Latest Articles
I am gradually working through all my old blog posts that have been collecting dust for years – when I get chance in between working on client projects. I have hundreds of old articles to get through. In the meantime, here’s a few.
If you need help with your own content, get in touch. Creating well researched and optimised content that gets found on Google, Bing and AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc, is what I do.
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Free Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
SEO can get a bit pricey if you are running a tiny website of just a few pages and, in all honestly, can be a bit of a never ending money pit. However, you could give it a go yourself using a free Search Engine…
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The Catch 22 of Website Load Speed
It’s a never-ending challenge trying to get your website to load as fast as possible – ideally in under two seconds. That’s what Google expects now with its ‘mobile first’ approach, and it’s not so much a suggestion as a demand. And to be fair,…
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Time for a Quick Website Optimisation Recap
This is one subject that keeps making noise and that means I can’t shut up about it either because there’s an ongoing dialogue, it seems, practically everywhere in the land of development and website speed freaks. To start this recap, let’s have a reminder of…
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What kind of world have we (or they) built?
I am getting on a bit. Half century long passed.. Old enough to have lived through many promises, targets, grand speeches, and the glossy brochures telling us that we were heading toward a fairer, greener, more sustainable future. And I’m old enough to look back…
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What’s the Deal With Jpeg 2000
I’m all for speed and things getting better, as long as getting better means easy for everyone to achieve the same objective without calling in a rocket scientist! Oh, Quick Update – Ignore this lot and just use WebP But what on earth is the…
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Which WordPress Cache – Or None at all
If there’s one thing the Internet is good for it’s reviews – some of them are actually honest. A million writeups for every subject under the sun but, when you want to know what the best (in your chosen subject) is, a popularity contest or…
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Me Too Without the Microphone – The Pain That Lingers
In Summary: This piece isn’t just about one man’s bruised ego or a careless insult. It’s about how a single thoughtless comment can reopen the wounds of decades-old abuse. I was mocked by someone who knew exactly how fragile I once was, and it sent…
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What GDPR Could Mean to Your Online Business Activities
Well, we made it. We got through all the scaremongering and the what ifs and maybes and we lived through the arrival, the official arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR as we will call it until it’s changed to GDPR-UK or whatever…
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Why You Should Stop Using Animated GIFs for Instructions
Sounds like a rather direct suggestion but I am quite serious on this matter whenever I consult about website design and how to provide help via the web. Although animated GIFs have reduced in size massively thanks to new technology and image compression capabilities, they…
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Stop Blaming Social Media – Parents Need to Parent
What is it with parents, schools, and even government officials banging on about how kids should spend less time staring at screens? Kids should spend less time on social media. We should restrict their access to platforms. We should limit their time on devices. Here’s…
If you need help with your own content, get in touch.
Creating optimised content that gets found on Google, Bing and AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc, is what I do.