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- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Do you really need to urgently change your online banking password, or is that message from a hacker trying to get hold of your login details? It’s not always easy to spot a...
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Is your WordPress website feeling a little… slow? Luckily, a few simple tweaks can make it noticeably faster. A faster site keeps visitors happy, helps you rank better on Google, and makes your...
- 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 123 Reg
- 4 min read
You worked hard building a great website that presents your brand in the best possible light. The navigation is simple. The content is clear and enticing. The images are high quality. If you’ve...
- By 123 Reg
- 11 min read
So you’ve settled on WordPress as your website platform of choice, but you can’t decide which theme you should use. You’ve scrolled through what seems like thousands of choices and you can’t make...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Every small business owner wants their website to be perfect. The truth is no website is perfect. But it can be successful if you put in the work and continuously tweak, polish, test,...
- By Will Stretton
- 2 min read
On 24th and 25th November, we attended Europe’s largest business event at Excel London: The Business Show. With over 25,00 visitors and more than 500 exhibitors, this year was the biggest one yet!...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
A website is often your first chance to impress a potential customer and your first chance to build a lasting relationship with them. But if you’ve had your website for a few years...
- By Will Stretton
- 4 min read
Launched in 2016, TikTok became a tremendous success on the social media scene by offering users the ability to post short-form videos. Far from a short-lived fad or gimmick, TikTok today boasts over...
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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
At the UK Supreme Court some are apparently unhappy with its designated domain name. Apologies for being slightly behind with this story — but then the Sunday Telegraph society gossip page isn’t our...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Two domain extensions dominate the UK market. These are .co.uk and .com. And you probably know why: it’s because those two domain extensions are the ones people in the UK type in first...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Good branding can really help your business. But explaining what branding is and why it’s important can be tricky. For many people, a brand starts and stops with the company logo – yet...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
We mentioned last week that Nominet has released its second annual domain name industry report (PDF, 1MB). These things usually contain a lot of fairly interesting domain name-related data. Fairly interesting, that is,...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Next Wednesday it’s the annual Nominet .uk registrar conference. The conference is being held at Wembley Stadium, and while it’s unlikely to be most exciting event that particular venue has ever hosted, it...
- By 123 Reg
- 4 min read
In July, ICANN (the organisation in overall charge of managing the internet’s domain name system) announced it was going to allow the creation of additional top level domains (TLDs). A top level domain...
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...
Business
Business
- 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 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 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
This month, 123-reg launched its industry-leading website builder, helping all businesses and web professionals to build responsive, personalised websites quickly. The launch will enable all UK businesses to build mobile optimised and dynamic...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
People often start their own business because they’re simply not satisfied with their working life and can envisage a situation where they get to more fully enjoy not just the fruits of their...
- By Nick Leech
- 7 min read
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Travis Kalanick. What do these three have in common? Programming geniuses that grew flourishing businesses because they spotted an opportunity and were able to build a product themselves....
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Sarah Willingham and Touker Suleyman are some of the best known entrepreneurs in the country. Together they make up four-fifths of the panel on Dragons’ Den, and each week...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
Thinking of starting a new business? Make sure you’re prepared as there are numerous problems and roadblocks that can obstruct your route to success. From lack of time and money to getting your...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Running a small business comes with a lot of tasks that are sometimes impossible to handle with a one- or two-person team. So what can you when you don’t have the skillset or...
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 Will Stevens
- 4 min read
If you’ve launched an online business, then you’ll need to market it. There are plenty of ways to do this – from search engine optimisation (SEO) to social media adverts. And there are...
- By Will Stevens
- 7 min read
So you’ve got a passion for writing and you want to use it to make money through blogging. It might seem like an impossible dream, but plenty of people run profitable blogs and...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
For some odd reason, people seem to think that if you’re not selling anything, and you’re only asking people to donate, volunteer or even subscribe to your blog, you don’t need good copywriting....
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
When your potential customers are searching for your business online, what do they see? Is a hate site the number two listing on Google for your business name? Or is a bad review...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
Millennials are a demographic that every business out there wants to charm. But the trick in earning their loyalty involves getting their attention, and keeping it too. This is no easy task considering...
- By Will Stevens
- 14 min read
Picture the scene – you’re sat at your computer, you know exactly what you want to buy – you even have your credit card out ready to make the purchase. You find a...