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- 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 Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
Have you ever wanted to start a business without a warehouse and mountains of stock? Dropshipping is a way for solopreneurs to sell products direct from the supplier. You take care of the...
- 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
- 6 min read
It’s a common mistake — even among professionals — to write product descriptions that only list features. Too often, copy ends up reading like a spec sheet rather than a story, leaving customers...
- By Will Stevens
- 8 min read
If you’re just getting started with search engine optimisation (SEO), you might be tempted to go through Google’s ranking factors one by one and create a list of things you need to do...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
In this beginner’s guide to shared hosting, we’ll look at the basics of shared hosting, what makes it different from other types of hosting and how you can decide if shared is the...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
Whether you’re a freelancer who wants to showcase your portfolio online, or a small business looking to sell more on the web, getting your first website live is an important step. The good...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
Earning money from your own blog may seem like a far-fetched idea. But it’s not. You’ve surely stumbled upon at least a few stories of bloggers who started from scratch and later on...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
A good website that’s optimised for search engines is a must for any online business, but did you know that a slow website could undo all your hard work? Site speed can impact...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that is used to create and update a website. Many popular websites are powered by WordPress, including this blog you’re reading right now. In this...
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Domains
Domains
- 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
- 3 min read
We live in a fast-moving digital world where every tap, click, and character counts. Your website address does more than lead people to your site – it shapes how easy it is for...
- By 123 Reg
- 7 min read
Domain forwarding lets you send visitors to your main website, even if they’ve typed in a different address. You can be sure that anyone landing on an old or alternative domain gets directed...
- By 123 Reg
- 4 min read
It’s been more than a decade since the internet saw the launch of its first dedicated adult domain extension: .xxx. What began as a controversial idea in the early 2010s has matured into...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Part of the challenge of buying a domain name is juggling alternative spellings and domain extensions to find a decent one. But imagine if none were taken and you could pick any domain...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
We imagine the people running the online branch of world famous toy shop Hamleys were feeling a little red-faced last week. Just as the whole world’s thoughts were turning to Christmas shopping and...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Big changes are afoot in the world of domain names. By the middle of 2010, the first domains in non-Latin scripts should be up and running. This will make domain names written in...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Interesting little domain name related story in The Guardian last week. The domain name extension .yu, the country code for the now-disintegrated former Yugoslavia, was finally retired last Wednesday. This extension has been...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Every website needs to woo search engines like Google and Yahoo. But forget boxes of chocolates, flowers and expensive dinner dates, search engines are only interested in one thing…optimisation. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- By 123 Reg
- 7 min read
Domain forwarding lets you send visitors to your main website, even if they’ve typed in a different address. You can be sure that anyone landing on an old or alternative domain gets directed...
- By Thom Harrison
- 6 min read
Google AI Mode has landed in the UK, and it’s already changing how people search online. Instead of a long list of website links to scroll through, searches now return answers written by...
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
Ever wondered what the world (or, say, Basingstoke) has been searching for recently? Google Trends has the answer. By reading into popular search terms over time, online business owners can use this tool...
- 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 Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Since Google Penguin at the end of April, the old adage of “Content is King” has taken a whole new giant step. The new ranking algorithm changes sees websites who publish lots of...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 3 min read
Trust builds trust and trust builds authority. Authority is an important factor that helps rise up the rankings, which means that, in terms of SEO, authority has a positive influence on search engine...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
Creating a great website nowadays is child’s play. Getting it indexed by most search engines is where it gets tough. I have a website, now what? Having your website online is not enough....
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Search Engine Optimisation is probably the biggest investment you can make in tweaking your website but if you needed proof that it isn’t a magic wand, take a look at the top search...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
We’ve highlighted the SEO value in YouTube before, as the second largest search engine in the world, you are fool not to be featuring your brand, but it appears few people know about...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- < 1 min read
Google announced recently that it has improved the way sitelinks appear. The newer version is expanded and it’s presented as a column of relevant links. Now when people search for a site they...
Business
Business
- 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 Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
Have you ever wanted to start a business without a warehouse and mountains of stock? Dropshipping is a way for solopreneurs to sell products direct from the supplier. You take care of the...
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
It’s a common mistake — even among professionals — to write product descriptions that only list features. Too often, copy ends up reading like a spec sheet rather than a story, leaving customers...
- By Thom Harrison
- 11 min read
AI is changing the way businesses get things done — and not just for the ‘big tech’ firms. In fact, small-to-medium sized business owners might be the ones set to gain the most...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
What would happen to your business if you lost all of your data? If you don’t know, then the chances are that your company would struggle to recover from a loss of data....
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
Running your own business is in many ways a passport to freedom – the chance to pick your own hours and your own work space. At least that’s the theory. The truth is...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
Planning on starting your own business in 2016 but still haven’t quite got round to taking the plunge? Making the decision to leave something familiar for something new and unknown is never easy....
- By Will Stevens
- 2 min read
At 123-reg, offering great products is only part of what we do. We understand that in order to run a business smoothly, our customers need expert advice on hand to help them make...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
If you run your own business the chances are you’re always on the go. You might be meeting a potential client in a coffee shop one moment and writing up a proposal from...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
The best businesses understand that being online is crucial, no matter what size they are and what business they’re in. Often, people can make the mistake of thinking that websites only work for...
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 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 123 Reg
- 5 min read
According to the latest report from creative agency, We Are Social, 56.2 million of us in the UK are active on social media—that’s 83% of the population! With such a massive audience to...
- By Nick Leech
- 3 min read
Pay-per-click advertising is a great way to drive people to your website. But if you’re not doing it right, it can be expensive. Or perhaps you’re finding that not enough people are actually...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
If your idea of content distribution is to share a link to your newest blog post on Twitter and Facebook, and then give yourself a nice pat on the back and call it...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Marketing isn’t a guessing game. The only way to create content and promotional messaging that truly engages your target audience is by defining your buyer personas first. What’s a buyer persona, you ask?...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
Perhaps you’re starting a new business, or maybe you’re taking an existing business online for the first time. Toy might even be updating the content of an existing business site. Whatever situation you’re...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Whether you’re making a new website or redesigning an existing one for your business, you probably want to let the world know about it the moment it goes live. But how do you...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
Do you worry that your business website isn’t good enough? That its flaws could mean you’re missing out on potential sales? The truth is, even leading businesses are always looking for ways to...