A WordPress care plan is an ongoing service that keeps a business website maintained, monitored and supported after launch. It gives someone clear responsibility for routine WordPress work, but exact inclusions vary between providers and plans. I am Neil Patmore, a WordPress specialist with 30 years’ web design and development experience. My own WordPress website […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Despite all of the fuss around content marketing in the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that a huge misconception still remains – people are still under the impression that content marketing = blogging and this just isn’t true. In reality, blogging is only one part of a wider content marketing strategy, which can help
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Ask any brand what position they want to be in on Google’s search result pages, and they’re obviously going to say “number one”. Why wouldn’t they? Ranking in the top positions of Google’s SERPs puts you in the most powerful position, as users are likely to see you before your competitors and choose to click
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