Website Design

My Website Was Hacked! What Now? (And How to Stop It Happening Again) It’s the nightmare scenario: you visit your website, and something’s not right. Maybe your home page has disappeared. Maybe you’re redirected to some dodgy site. Maybe your inbox is full of strange emails, or worse – your customers are asking what’s going […]

What Does Website Maintenance Actually Include? And Do You Really Need It? You’ve launched your website. It’s live. It looks great. Job done, right? Not quite. Just like a car or a boiler, your website needs regular care to keep it running smoothly. But if you’re like most small business owners I talk to in

How to Keep Your Website Safe, Fast and Google-Friendly (Without Being a Techie) Running a small business is hard enough without having to worry about whether your website’s up to scratch. But here’s the truth: If your website isn’t secure, speedy and Google-friendly – it could be quietly costing you business. You don’t need to

How Long Should It Take to Build a Website? A Plain-English Timeline You’ve decided your business needs a new website. Maybe it’s a redesign. Maybe it’s your first proper online presence. You’re ready to go. But then you ask: “How long will it take?” And you get a very unsatisfying answer: “Well… it depends.” Let’s

DIY Website Builders vs WordPress: When It’s Time to Move Up a Level You’ve had your website for a while. Maybe you built it yourself on Wix, Squarespace, or GoDaddy Builder. It got the job done. It looked decent enough. It was cheap. But now… it’s not keeping up. Maybe it’s slow. Maybe it looks

The Real Reason Your Website Doesn’t Show Up on Google (And How to Fix It) You’ve typed your business name into Google. You’ve searched for your service in your town. And still… nothing. Your website’s live, you paid good money for it, and yet it’s like Google doesn’t even know it exists. If that sounds

Why Web Design Costs More Than You Expected (And What You’re Really Paying For) If you’ve ever asked for a quote for a new website and thought, “Blimey – that’s a bit more than I was expecting,” you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common reactions I get from small businesses in Hampshire and

Where Is Your Website Actually Hosted? Why It Matters More Than You Think If you run a small business in Hampshire or Surrey, there’s a good chance someone built you a website a few years ago, sent you a login, and that was that. Maybe you get an invoice once a year for “hosting”, or

What was the impact of Mobilegeddon? I first heard the term “mobilegeddon” coined back in March last year. Almost as soon as it was uttered, it got marketers all in a flap. But would it be as catastrophic as the name oh-so-subtly implied? This is the quote, from Google’s Webmaster Central Blog, that started the