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- 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 123 Reg
- 10 min read
Choosing the right hosting is one of the most important early decisions for any business website. The right setup affects everything — from how fast your site loads to how much time you...
- By 123 Reg
- 7 min read
There are thousands of people in the UK and around the world who are working on online side projects. Those extra hours in the evenings or in the weekends can help you to...
- By 123 Reg
- 8 min read
What products do I need to get my business online, and how much will it cost?” is one the first questions you’ll ask yourself if you’re looking to get your own business website....
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
It’s a pretty big deal, choosing a new domain name. If your website is successful, that name you’ve selected might be with you for years — perhaps even decades. Choosing the wrong name...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
Thinking about turning a hobby or a passion into an online side business but don’t know how to make time to dedicate to that extra workload? It’s understandable. With other important commitments like...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
When Teasha Mitchell attended a Martial Arts class with her son, she discovered her inner power. Passionate that self-defence is a lifesaving skill which should be accessible to and affordable for everyone, Teasha...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
123 Reg is Britain’s number one domain and web hosting company. For the past 20 years, we’ve been on a mission to make it simple for Britain’s small business owners to succeed online....
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Domains
Domains
- 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 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Domain names are digital real estate — and some are worth millions. The most expensive web address ever sold was Cars.com, valued at an astounding $872 million. While it’s unlikely that you’ll have...
- 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 Hannah Smith
- 5 min read
Did you know there are more than 1.1 billion websites in the world? And that over 43% of them use a .com domain? While .com may be the most recognisable web address ending...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
You might have noticed that we’ve launched a few new domain name extensions on 123-reg over the last year or so. Most recently, it’s been the turn of .so domains – you’ll be...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
We’ve covered these sorts of stories time and time again and we even suggested it would happen again this year, so you may have thought the chances of a big brand hitting the...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
(Image courtesy of gwire under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.) The start of the year is traditionally a time when bloggers make foolhardy predictions, thus putting themselves at risk of ridicule in the...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Whether it is via Twitter, Facebook, or not even social media, the chances are that already this year you have used a short url service either intentionally or without know it. In a...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
If you are reading this then the chances are you already own a .uk domain name – one of 9 million .uk domain names that have been registered. The 9 millionth .uk domain...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Our support team deals with a whole variety of questions from customers. We’ve probably covered every conceivable query at some point, from changing where a domain name points and managing web hosting to...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- 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 Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
Getting your business found online now means showing up twice: both in traditional search results and in the answers given by AI search assistants. More than ever it’s AI doing the searching on...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 2 min read
Google is constantly trying to improve its search engine results and help users find exactly what they’re looking for and fast. Now it has released a Data Highlighter tool that allows site owners...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
SEO is such an unpredictable domain, constantly changing and putting the website owners’ patience to the test. The optimisation techniques that worked perfectly until yesterday can be considered history today after yet another...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
If content is King, then we can say that SEO is Queen (most of the times, a drama Queen). Everyone knows that article optimisation as well as creating fresh and engaging content can...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 2 min read
SEO is not a set-it-and-forget it process. You can’t just work a few hours on your on-page SEO and then expect your site to climb to the top position on Google. If this...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
If the science of search engine optimisation is too much for you to get your head around and the budget won’t stretch to some expert advice, here’s six top tips to help you...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
You’ve probably seen those rich snippets in Google’s search results that show you not only the name of the author of a blog post but also his picture. This is a really cool...
Business
Business
- 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
- 5 min read
Cybersecurity myths are everywhere — and they can leave small business owners dangerously exposed. Many people assume hackers only care about big corporations or that basic antivirus software is enough to stay safe....
- By 123 Reg
- 11 min read
These days, you can launch a business from your kitchen table with nothing more than a laptop and a few good ideas. You don’t need cash in the bank, expensive gear, or expert...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
Welcome to 2026! If you’re running a small business or growing your own venture, the start of a new year is the perfect time to pause, reflect, and plan your next move. In...
- By Natasha Courtenay-Smith
- 10 min read
I help businesses grow. It’s what I do. I created my own online press agency in 2008, before selling it in 2014. Now I use my online and offline PR skills to boost...
- By Nick Leech
- 8 min read
You may have noticed we’ve got a new website! It launched back in August, thanks to the hard work of our copywriters, designers and developers. We’ve also moved to a new platform too:...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
If you’re running a small business it’s easy to imagine that no one would be interested in hacking your site. After all, there are much bigger companies out there and compared to you...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
Dragging yourself to work on a Monday morning isn’t always fun. And neither is having to sculpt your life around the assumption that you have to be in the office from 9 to...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
So you’ve decided you want to export. It’s a big step and one that can be very profitable if things are done right. But there are also a huge number of pitfalls that...
- By Will Stevens
- 2 min read
Running your own business is hard. There’s so much to do and so much to learn. Often it can feel like you’re all on your own. Or that things would be better if...
Online Marketing
Online Marketing
- 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 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 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
- 7 min read
Email is still an effective way to get the word out about a fundraising campaign. But if you’re only emailing your subscribers to solicit donations, you’re doing it wrong. Driving online donations isn’t...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Let’s face it – visuals have a huge part to play in a successful marketing strategy. The images and video clips that users see have to represent your brand perfectly – after all,...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 8 min read
In this day and age, small businesses can compete on almost every level with big brands. That includes content marketing. Regardless of the size of a business, the goal remains the same: to...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
2017 has been an eventful year, with lots of changes in most aspects of digital marketing. But since we know how challenging it can be to keep up with all this information while...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
If you’re running an ecommerce website, you should always be searching for ways to improve your sales. In this guide, we’ll look through some methods to entice more people to make a purchase...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
Whether you’re fine-tuning your social presence, optimising your website or digging through data, relying on the right tools means saving time and maintaining your sanity at the same time. The problem is there...