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- 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
- 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 Will Stevens
- 4 min read
If you need a website for your business, your main options are: Pay a web designer to create one for you, build one yourself using WordPress or a website builder tool or code...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
If you’re completely new to WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system (CMS) this is the post for you. We’ll look at how to log into WordPress, how to write your first...
- 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...
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Domains
Domains
- 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
- 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
- 2 min read
We might be in the midst of a deep financial crisis, but clearly there are still a few companies out there with deep pockets. The evidence? At the end of last week, Toys...
- 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...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- 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 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Getting your website noticed in search results starts with strong first impressions. Title Tags and Meta Descriptions are small but powerful elements that help search engines understand your pages — and persuade users...
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 Will Stevens
- < 1 min read
This week 123-reg has been at the Business Startup Show which took place in the London Olympia. Over the course of two days, experts from 123-reg delivered a series of Masterclasses aimed at...
- By Nick Leech
- 8 min read
I do quite a lot of public speaking these days, often at the events we hold with Enterprise Nation. In the “about me” section of my presentation I talk about my experiences of...
- 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...
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 123 Reg
- 6 min read
So you’re running your business website or blog on WordPress.org and want to give it that little something extra. Enter: plugins! The opportunities are limitless as there’s a plugin for just about anything,...
- 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...