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- By Thom Harrison
- 13 min read
It’s always exciting, starting an online business — but there are a few important decisions to make before you get going. One of the first is choosing the right business structure: should you...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Isn’t it frustrating when you come up with the perfect name for your business, run a search, and discover the domain is already taken? Worse still, the owner doesn’t even seem to be...
- 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 Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
You’ve got a name in mind for your business, project, or side hustle. The next step is simple: find out if it’s available to register. Checking takes seconds (literally) and even if your...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
From humble origins as a garage startup to a global tech giant, Google has redefined how we access information in the modern age. Near-synonymous with search, Google handles literally billions of queries each...
- By Thom Harrison
- 6 min read
With artificial intelligence taking over the world, it’s no surprise the .AI domain is getting so much attention. It’s a short, snappy, and easy-to-remember TLD that offers brands a modern, tech-forward image. But...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
Hashtags are words or phrases prefixed by the # symbol that help organise social media content into discoverable categories. Anyone looking at a particular hashtag can then discover your posts, extending your reach....
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
Now more than ever, social media is essential for online business success. Studies show that a quarter of UK brands now see socials as their top sales channel, ahead of email marketing and...
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Domains
Domains
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Isn’t it frustrating when you come up with the perfect name for your business, run a search, and discover the domain is already taken? Worse still, the owner doesn’t even seem to be...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
You’ve got a name in mind for your business, project, or side hustle. The next step is simple: find out if it’s available to register. Checking takes seconds (literally) and even if your...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Did you know that when you buy a domain name, it’s often linked to a public record that can show who owns it, when it was registered, and when it expires? That record...
- By 123 Reg
- 11 min read
Domain names are the unique addresses that make websites easy to find online. You can think of them as house names on a virtual street. Not all domain names are created equal, though...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Admit it, you spend the majority of your life online and online drives your life. That’s not a bad thing and you are certainly not alone. So imagine a world where every idea,...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
No matter what your expertise or experience in working the web, if you are in the professional web design, web consultancy or internet services sector you may find it hard standing out from...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
A new domain extension has arrived here at 123-reg and we thought we’d try and pre-empt your queries on this great new international internet address that is a prime choice for personal use....
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
Have you noticed our January sale? There’s a full range of bargains. Whether you are a start-up business or a super-sized techie developer there’s offers to help kick-start your business in 2013. Domain...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
How do you spell Catholic in Chinese? Don’t know? You probably soon will. The latest chapter in the story of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) opened to much applause and a few grins...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
A new domain hits the 123-reg systems very soon, yet it’s strangely familiar. The .it extension is coming soon to 123-reg so you can enjoy the most descriptive computing domain name alongside all...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- 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 123 Reg
- 10 min read
If you’ve bought a domain together with a 123 Reg plan like Website Builder or Managed WordPress Hosting, the chances are it’s already connected — so once you’ve hit publish, it should appear...
- By Thom Harrison
- 6 min read
Google’s new AI restaurant-booking experience is now live in the UK. Built on top of the existing ‘Reserve with Google’ tool, it lets people move from a natural-language search straight to a restaurant...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
Running an online business today, big or small, the chances are many of your customers will be looking for answers from Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT before they ever click through to your...
- 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...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Have you ever heard or read things like: “Your page needs to have a 3% keyword density to rank high in Google’s search results.” Or: “All link building is bad so you need...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
Alright, so you’ve just published a new blog post. But now you can’t expect people to find it on their own (there’s just too much content being published every day on the Internet)....
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Business
Business
- By Thom Harrison
- 13 min read
It’s always exciting, starting an online business — but there are a few important decisions to make before you get going. One of the first is choosing the right business structure: should you...
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
For small-to-medium businesses, social media and your website work best when they work together. Social media grabs attention, and your website gives people somewhere clear to go next. Used well, the two can...
- 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
Google’s new AI restaurant-booking experience is now live in the UK. Built on top of the existing ‘Reserve with Google’ tool, it lets people move from a natural-language search straight to a restaurant...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 8 min read
What do you love to do? Do you enjoy making candles, jewellery, or home décor items? Now, imagine if you could turn that joy and passion into a lucrative business venture. If you...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Microbusinesses are the unsung heroes of the economy. They bring innumerable benefits to communities, regions and nations, but often go unrecogonised. That’s why Microbiz Matters Day exists – it’s a day of recognition,...
- By 123 Reg
- 9 min read
Even if you’ve invested lots of time and resources into building a reputation on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, you may be missing out on one of the fastest growing platforms available. If you’re...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
As a small business owner, there are lots of mistakes you’ll make while trying to start your business. Which is completely normal as there are so many decisions that go into a launch....
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
What do you dream of when you dream of starting your own business? If you said a challenge you can rise to that will provide you with a reward like no other, then...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
Running your own business can be hard, especially if you’re just starting out. It can feel like you have to do everything yourself, and to make matters worse it can feel like you...
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
- 7 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...