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It can be challenging to master the art of website design. For many businesses, developing a plan that maximises conversions and revenue continues to be a daunting task. Not only should your website be visually appealing, but it should also generate income.
Until recently, for many, the prospect of switching to a “remote job” was something of a kind of fantasy. But the situation has changed, and those who first encountered such a format faced a dilemma - how to resist the temptation to watch a TV series, flip through social networks or "arrange a raid" on a refrigerator during working hours?
One important aspect of SEO and web development is to regularly check your business website for broken links. Google and other search engines like websites that work correctly and broken links are not good for user interaction.
For the past ten years or so the web designer profession has been quite sought-after and it seems that the trend is here to stay for the next decade as well -employment of web developers and digital designers is projected to grow by approximately 10% by 2029. Although this might not seem like a lot at first glance, it is actually much higher than the average for all professions.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to clone products in WooCommerce. Cloning products in Woocommerce can save lots of data entry time. Once you have a product listing that is 100% correct you can simply clone the product to create more similar products. No additional plugins are required for making a copy of a product in WooCommerce, however, I would suggest installing the free Yoast Duplicate Post plugin, as this plugin will allow you to also duplicate blog posts and general pages on your WordPress website.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to install Keyword Surfer Chrome Plugin for SEO keyword research. Keyword surfer is a free Google Chrome extension that gives you keyword metrics directly in Google Chome search results. If you want to optimise your website for search engine rankings, then it makes sense that you first do proper keyword research to make sure you are optimising your website for relevant keywords.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to make a full website design page screen capture using Google Chrome. If you are a web designer and you want to make a full-screen capture of a website page, then this can be a tedious task having to stitch multiple images together. So to save you some time and headache I have created this article and a video tutorial showing you how you can screen capture a full website page with a simple mouse click.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to install the SEO Quake Chrome plugin for website SEO optimisation. SEO Quake is a free Google Chrome Plugin that allows you to complete some key SEO tasks for on-page search engine optimisation.
How much do you think your data is worth? No matter what is included in your data, it's worth enough to have corporations, governments, and cybercriminals track your online activity and intercept your data at any time. In other words, your data is worth hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Blogs have been around since the advent of the internet. They’ve always served as platforms for expressing thoughts, sharing views and ideas, and connecting with like-minded people. Over the years, they’ve become an integral part of every content marketing strategy, helping businesses across all industries build relationships with customers. But with so many blogs out there, it can be challenging to make yours stand out. Enter quizzes.
Link building is an integral part of SEO. To do it effectively, you'll need to post content on high-quality websites and link back to your site. Google will be able to tell that your business is reputable, as you've got links to websites with a high Domain Authority (DA), increasing your search engine ranking as a result. Although there are plenty of ways to build links, today, we will talk about broken link building. But first, let’s have a deeper understanding of what broken links are.
According to the Animoto report, Social Video Trends: Consumer Insights For 2020, video ads were the number one way that customers learned about brands from which they made a subsequent purchase. In addition to this, in 2019, YouTube outpaced Facebook as the platform most influential over consumer behaviour. At this point, if you haven't been using video marketing, you are losing out on great opportunities to connect with your audience.
Creating amazing content is driven by consumers who demand that their search results produce real value. Users wanted information, education, entertainment, and inspiration, and Google had no choice but to respond with the best content possible. 
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to update your WordPress page title and meta description. Adding correct page titles and meta description to your website can help improve your search engine rankings.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to use the free compress jpeg website for compressing images. Compressing images can help your website search engine rankings. Google and other search engines like websites that load fast, so by simply compressing images on your website pages you can instantly improve the load speed of your website pages.
We find ourselves in the new, globalised marketplace. The marketing strategies have changed in just a couple of decades. The most notable cause of this shift is the advent of the Internet. Learn from these local SEO tips and tricks For business owners and give your online presence a boost.
Sometimes when surfing the internet we find some little website design gems. As a web developer for over 16 years, I find myself still inspired by other talented web designers across the world. In this blog post, I have collected the best 5 websites I could find to inspire you to be as creative as possible.
One of our primary goals for moving up the search engine rankings is to improve our website domain's trust. We should focus on quality backlinks rather than thousands of spammy, low-quality links to our website. There are many different ways to improve your website's TrustRank. In this article, we will focus on creating backlinks from high authority websites.
Search engine optimisation is constantly changing and we need to understand the fundamental principles to ensure we can generate potential buyer traffic to our websites. The goal of this article is to give you those 10 most important SEO tips to make sure your content has the potential to rank high in search engines. Focus on these primary SEO tips and you should see an improvement in the volume of traffic to your business website.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to product tags in your WooCommerce Shop. Products tags in WooComemrce can be used to group selected products. Tags can also be used to denote specific features of a product which are not listed in the product title or description. Often tags can be used to help customers filter a product by colour.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to add categories for products to your WooCommerce Shop. I will show you how to add both main and subcategories for your products.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to set up free shipping in your WooCommerce shop. A free shipping method can be set up in WooCommerce which allows a customer to select free shipping if they have purchased products to a specified value.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to enable a sticky header in your WooCommerce Shop. A sticky header allows the top section of your website to be viewed as a user scroll down a page on both desktop and mobile view. The header section will normally contain your company logo, the search bar and the main navigation.
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to back image fade in your WooCommerce shop category pages. Back image fade on product listings allows a user to hover over a picture and automatically see a different view of the product. At DCP we often use this feature when building a website that contains clothing items. The back image fade can be used on any type of product listing which has more than a single image. 
In this video tutorial, I will show you how to add products variations to your WooCommerce Shop. Product variation is WooComemrce allow you to add custom attributes to a product. The attribute terms are stored in a collection, this allows the collection of attributes to be used on many products in your shop.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add products to WooCommerce shop page. In WooCommerce there are options to add both simple products and product variations. Before you can add products to your e-commerce website, you need to go through the basic WooCommerce setup wizard. Adding products to your WooCommerce website is super simple once you know how to complete this task. A good option is to also install Yoast Duplicate plugin so you can copy an existing product are re-use the base for a new product. This will help speed up the data entry on your website.
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The internet is the place that can make you or break you. You need to be inventive when you have a small business and potentially no advertisement budget. Also, as a consumer, looking for a service, many people naturally Google Search what they need and then look at the site top listings.
A website is the first entry point for a web visitor, and although first impressions count a great deal, the only way to make a lasting impression is to make it more credible in the eyes of your potential customers. Here are some pointers that up the ante on website credibility!
If you running a business then having a clearly placed contact phone number is essential. Have you ever been to a big corporate company website and all you want to find is a contact number, you are already stressed and then you have to trawl through pages to try and find a customer support number, this can be extremely frustrating so give your customers a simple way to find your contact details and improve your visitor experience.
Having entered the hallowed portals of today’s digital world, you have to be able to speak its language if you want to survive and flourish. No matter what your calling is, a web designer, a photographer, a graphic designer or just a casual surfer, you can’t avoid dealing with image files and their formats.
Landing pages are exactly what the words mean - the place that users land on when they are coaxed into visiting your website. Needless to say, they’ve got to be impressive enough to hold their attention and make them want to probe further, stay around and buy.
The technological advancement has brought with it the popularity of certain devices, that couldn’t have been imagined as a channel for web browsing and purchasing, a decade back. But, today if you don’t own this device known as the smartphone, then probably half of your daily life gets affected.
Social media marketing is becoming an important marketing strategy for many businesses. We can think of social media marketing is a way to attract and communicate with your existing and new potential customers.
LinkedIn is the social media site for professionals. It’s where you can post yourself and your achievements, goals, work history, etc. You can also search for jobs and network with like-minded people.
There are two main approaches that are usually found in the content marketing world, one would be the novice approach, while the other is used by veterans. But how do these work and do they bring results? Let’s find out and study them.
So you’re planning on distributing your products to a global consumer market via your e-commerce website. This article is written for UK-based businesses distributing products overseas however this article can be used by businesses in other locations.
The ultimate aim of any business is to convert window shoppers to actual customers. People visit a website, browse its content and you want them to turn into potential customers.
SEO is all about increasing traffic to websites, being ranked higher by search engines and also about making search engine results more relevant to user’s search queries. There is so much of information about SEO that’s doing rounds just now that sometimes it becomes difficult to sift the chaff from the grain. Optimizing pages for SEO is the bane of every website owner- so let’s take a look at how we can do that without being overwhelmed.
If your a new local business it can seem a daunting task to fully understand SEO. Search Engine Optimisation is constantly changing and keeping up with the latest trends can feel like a full-time job.
If you are reading this you are either: researching opening a business, about to launch your website or still in the beta period. The only certainty is that you are looking for advice in creating a successful media strategy, no matter the level of your career, this is something we can help you with.
Are you looking for some great jQuery Plugins which can add some flair to your website or improve your website visitors experience? We’ve made it easy for you and found some of the best jQuery Plugins.
This article is dedicated to restaurants owners who are planning on building a new business website. The article aims to give you a fundamental structure for your restaurant website.
The first point you should consider is understanding what information your business website should contain. In most cases, your website should have at least the following basic structure....
HTML 5 is a markup language which is used for creating structure and presentation of content within a web page. HTML 5 is the fifth version of the HTML markup language.

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