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Keeping your Website Simple!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:05:43 GMT

If we have one piece of advice to anyone thinking of getting their website re-designed, it is to keep it simple! As simple as possible in fact!

Ikea's Recent Facebook Campaign

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:24 GMT

Successful use of Social Media is still quite rare, but Swedish furniture company, Ikea, have recently completed a very innovative campaign, according to Social Media website Mashable. The campaign involved promoting the new Ikea store in Malmo. They chose facebook to get people to promote their store for them.

Google Analytics - 3 Great New Features

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:39:22 GMT

Google Analytics have launched 3 great new features to help website owners get more understanding of their website visitors.

Irish Businesses Using Twitter

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:07:09 GMT

I recently read a study released by 3 network on "Irish Businesses use of Twitter". The main findings are that:

The Importance of Website Goals

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:17:33 GMT

The success or otherwise of any areas of your organisation should be quantifiable by some measure. And yet, very few website managers/owners seem to set goals for their website. The companies that do, generally sell online and goals are a vital part of their monthly reporting. But most companies don't set goals and without them it is difficult to get a through measure of how well your website is working and what areas need to be improved on.

Setting up your online business

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:19:02 GMT

Judging from the volume of sales calls we have getting here of late, there seems to be a lot of people out there just looking to get their entrepreneurial feet wet! Some have been recently let go, others have had their salaries reduced...whatever the reason many are using this opportunity to get that business idea up and running.

Google and the Wonder Wheel

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:09:19 GMT

When the results come back from a Google search there is now a link called Show Options… which appears in the top-left of the results page. If you click on this, a new left-hand column of options appears.

Facebook Usernames and URLs up for grabs

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:09:14 GMT

Facebook have announced that registered users can now have a more personalised Facebook URL (or username) on their accounts, e.g. www.facebook.com/webtrade. Facebook's idea is to make user profiles much more user friendly to type in, remember, and find.

How Google Adwords Calculates Costs for Pay Per Clicks

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:53:14 GMT

Ever wonder exactly how Google calculates the cost for each click on your Google PPC adverts? Common belief by many people is that it's simply a case of 'The more you bid for a click on a key phrase, then the higher you get listed', in much the same was as an auction where the winner is he who pays most. Not the case with Google!

Website Costs Debunked

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:35:31 GMT

Website Design Costs

Looking at getting a website designed? Got lots of ideas for the website but haven't got a clue how much it will cost to get the website designed?

Search Engine Optimisation Tips

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:10:37 GMT

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) techniques are many and varied but the point of this article is to give an overview of the importance of SEO and to highlight a few quick and simple methods that you should keep in mind when adding web pages to your website.

What makes a good website design

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:46:39 GMT

Website design is such a subjective area that it is impossible to definitively say what makes a good design or not. However, there are golden rules that must be adhered.