A primary goal of most websites is to encourage visitors to get in touch. This would typically be through a combination of contact forms, comment forms, raw email addresses and telephone numbers. If it’s not clear how to contact you, or if the methods don’t work, your website may be largely ineffective.
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A selection of articles to help website owners and developers
A Happy Birthday WordPress
As website platforms go, WordPress has stood the test of time, and has gone from strength to strength as competitors have struggled to keep up. So what does WordPress have that the others don’t? Read on to find out.
10 website housekeeping tasks to do during a quiet period
Treating your website to a spring clean is a great idea. Rinse and repeat regularly for sustained growth in traffic and engagement. Here are some quick tips for improving your website.
2 minute test to make sure all versions of your website work
Do all of your website variants work? This quick 2-minute check can help you spot issues with different versions of your website – so, www and non-www, http and https, and mobile and desktop. Don’t risk lost traffic and SEO penalties.
5 Top Website Resolutions for 2018
Not taken a look at your website for a while? Check out our 5 top website resolutions to help you punch above your weight when competing for traffic and engagement.
How do I choose the right blog post topic?
Trouble finding the right blog post topic for your audience? Stop! Don’t just start writing…
Take a look at our ideas on how to generate worthy topics for your blog first
25 things to do every time you write a new blog post – your blog post checklist
Do your blog posts achieve your goals? Do you need more search traffic, more comments, or more conversions?
Whatever your objective – here’s a blog post checklist to help you get there.
Website Speed – How Fast Is Your Website?
Many businesses spend thousands building their websites, and then forget to optimise them to get the best speed possible for their budgets.
Find out how fast your website is and let us know if you want it even faster.
What’s the cost of owning a website?
Many website owners underestimate the cost of owning their website. Once launched, you need to regularly update your site, keep things fresh, secure it, host it, and build traffic organically and (possibly) via paid routes.
Here’s our guide on the cost of owning a website.
Should my website ABOUT US page really be ABOUT ME?
Your website about us page might be better as an ‘about me’ page instead, getting more engagement from your visitors.
Here are our guidelines on whether your website should have an ‘about us’ or ‘about me’ page