Recent Articles
Recent Articles
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
How do you get your business found on Google? It’s a big question for small business owners, and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is a big part of the answer. Search has changed. Google...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Learn how to build an online store with WooCommerce and WordPress, hosted on 123 Reg Managed Hosting for WordPress. This step-by-step tutorial shows beginners how to install WooCommerce, add products, accept payments, set...
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
Businesses today all face the challenge of holding onto customers in a fiercely competitive online world. With so many options just a click away, shoppers can easily switch to a rival offering a...
- By Thom Harrison
- 11 min read
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is all about getting your business out there in front of as many customers as possible. The idea is to optimise your website so that it shows up easily...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
From fresh startups to big brands, the threat of cyberattacks looms large for online businesses. Cybercriminals are getting smarter — often targeting websites in ways that small businesses struggle to spot or stop....
- By Thom Harrison
- 4 min read
In a world overflowing with information, the .info domain cuts through the noise. The perfect space from which to inform, educate, and inspire. No need for confusing acronyms or letters — .info speaks...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
A mobile-friendly website is one that’s been designed to work just as well on smartphones as it does on desktops. The idea is simple: visitors should have a great experience, wherever they are....
- By 123 Reg
- 4 min read
Email is still king. Despite billions chatting on social media, the stats show we still turn to email for the important stuff — from running a business and connecting with customers, to job...
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Domains
Domains
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By 123 Reg
- 8 min read
Your domain name is the first impression you give online, and often the start of everything else: your website, your brand, and a professional email that customers will trust. It’s free to check...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
So you’ve registered your domain? Congrats! That’s a big first step towards getting your idea, business or brand online. You’ve got everything you need to point your domain wherever you want it to...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
The Best Domain Name Registration company to Start Your Business – 123-reg We’re not ones to blow our own trumpet that often but our recent award at the Start Your Business Awards event...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
On 29th November 2013, 123-reg hosted a free to attend webinar, examining how new gTLD’s will help small businesses and chaired by Matt Mansell, head of Domain Strategy for 123-reg and the Host...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Today, Nominet has announced its plan to proceed with the shorter .uk domain extension following its second consultation period. The change will be the most significant advancement to the .uk domain market ever...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
How do you get your business found on Google? It’s a big question for small business owners, and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is a big part of the answer. Search has changed. Google...
- By Thom Harrison
- 11 min read
If you own a local business, your Google Business Profile might be the first thing customers see, even before your domain name and website. It’s the listing that shows up on Google Maps...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is all about improving your website so that it appears higher in search engine results when people look for businesses, products, or services like yours. Broadly it’s about making...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
What is Google Search Console? Google Search Console is a free tool from Google that helps you understand how your website appears in Google Search. It can show you which searches are bringing...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
When building a site, webmasters often get carried away with the design, colour scheme, fonts or rankings that they forget about the importance of search engine optimisation (SEO) best practices. These best practices...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
If you’re launching a new site, finding out who your competitors are and understanding what they’re doing online is a must. By knowing what your rivals are doing in the search engine optimisation...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
As a small business you know the importance of proper search engine optimisation (SEO). You’re probably hard at work every day trying to ensure that Google picks up the correct information about your...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
On 24 July, news hit that Google had made changes to its local ranking algorithm. While there was no official announcement from Google, they did confirm the update with Search Engine Land (SEL)...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
So you wake up one day and realise that your site’s rankings have dropped significantly. When you look closer, you find all these spammy links pointing to your site using keywords like Viagra...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Most people automatically think of Google when they hear the term “search engine”. And it makes sense considering Google has around a 69% share of the desktop search market and around 92% of...
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Business
Business
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By Thom Harrison
- 14 min read
One of the world’s leading e-commerce platforms, WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that gives your website everything it needs to become an online shop. You can add products, accept payments and manage...
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
Starting an online business today? It’s easier than it’s ever been. You can get your own domain in a few clicks, have a website live by the afternoon, and, for many business starters,...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
When you run a small business, you’re often pulled in several directions all at once. Not only are you in charge of everyday operations, but you also need to handle anything else that...
- By 123 Reg
- 4 min read
The thought of starting your own business can be overwhelming, scary and can often remain a pipe dream – but for those who take the leap, the chance to create and grow something...
- By Will Stevens
- 7 min read
So you want to start your own business but you’re working full-time. It can be hard to balance the demands of a nine-to-five job with the time and effort required to start something...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
The thought of starting your own business can be overwhelming, scary and often remain a pipe dream – however, for those who take the leap, it is also exciting, exhilarating and liberating to...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
The shakeup of data protection regulations that is GDPR is almost upon us. The new rules will come into force on May 25th. If you haven’t heard of GDPR, or if you have...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
Thanks to technology and the amazing tools at our disposal, anyone can run a business remotely. In theory. In reality, going from “wouldn’t that be nice” to actually running a successful remote business...
Online Marketing
Online Marketing
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
Google Ads is a tool that can put your business in front of customers who are searching for what you offer. By far the world’s leading Pay-Per-Click (PPC) platform, it lets you run...
- By Thom Harrison
- 6 min read
Your domain ending helps set the tone for your website before anyone clicks. It isn’t just a part of your web address — it can influence how professional and trustworthy your business appears...
- By Will Stretton
- 6 min read
No one understands your business like you, but understanding your customers is an entirely different ball game. Even if you have some notion of who they are and how to cater to their...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
Businesses today all face the challenge of holding onto customers in a fiercely competitive online world. With so many options just a click away, shoppers can easily switch to a rival offering a...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
You want authority, qualified traffic, relevant links, motivated leads and sales in your business. Well, guest blogging can give you all of that and so much more. That is if you have a...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
When you start a personal blog, or even when you’ve been blogging for a while, there is a sea of plugins that can help turn your blog from average to awesome. These handy...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
Back in the day, all you had to do as a business was to appear on TV and people would trust you in an instant. Today, it’s much harder. It’s especially hard when...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
You’re doing a great job at getting visitors to your site. But then they leave without buying from you. Why is that and how can you fix it? Here’s the thing: a product...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Do you treat all your customers the same? Do you lump them into one big group regardless of how many times they’ve purchased from you and how much money they spent on your...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Are you creating useful, informative, interesting content yet getting few visitors to your site or blog? Maybe you’re wondering why no one or very few people are clicking on the headline you’re promoting...