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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 123 Reg
- 12 min read
Looking to launch and market your own online business but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place. In this webinar, you’ll learn how you can get a business website...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Do you have a friend who’s starting their own online shop? Or maybe you know a keen writer who is looking to start their own blog? If you do, you and your friend...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Customers are going to Google to find products and services near them. Stats show that 46% of all searches on Google are local and almost 29% of customers search for local businesses at...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
Many small business owners dismiss paid advertising as something they don’t need to worry about when they’re getting started. Why? Because most believe it’s too expensive for their tight budget. They feel they...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Every website needs to be hosted so it can be accessed online. That’s what hosting does – it provides a ‘home’ to hold everything that makes up your website (that is, files, code,...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
How do you know if people are talking about your brand on social media? If they tagged your brand in their posts, you can simply check your notifications to see what they’re writing...
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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
- < 1 min read
As reported over on the Nominet news pages, the seven millionth .uk domain has recently been registered. That’s another milestone for the .uk registry, which is still growing at a fairly impressive rate...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
I’ve mentioned a few domain name disputes here in the last few months. Another has just caught my eye. It involves that online behemoth, Google, and a chap called Jan Jeltes from Eden...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Watching Dragons’ Den on BBC2 last night, I found myself literally shouting at the TV at one of the prospective investments. It was a website that has video recipes for people to watch...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
The dotCYM campaign has been running for a little while now. The aim of the campaign is to get Wales its own domain extension – .cym If successful, websites would be able to...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Back in December, Google announced something new called Knol. It’s a sort of competitor to Wikipedia. They opened it to everyone this week, so now you and I can log on and write...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Over on the Wired website they’re reporting that today marks 25 years since the automated Domain Name System (DNS) was first tested. The Domain Name System is one of the crucial elements of...
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 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 Tim Fuell
- 7 min read
It’s no coincidence that with the number of people starting up their own business rising, so the number of alternative finance options is expanding. Last year, a government report cited a lack of...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
So you’ve got an idea for a new business, but what’s next? Setting up your own business can be a long and complex journey. With so many things to do it can be...
- By Tim Fuell
- 7 min read
So you’ve started your own company – or you are thinking of doing so – that’s brilliant, just remember that with furthering your idea comes responsibilities and many of those are legal responsibilities...
- By Nick Leech
- 7 min read
I started Euston Digital (now Barracuda Digital) with a colleague back in 2000, and we were ahead of the curve. But by the time I left in 2012, some competitors were five times...
- By Tim Fuell
- 6 min read
Starting a business is the easy bit. Working out where your empire is heading and where your role will end is probably the hardest part. Whether you are just starting up your business...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
In the latest in a series of posts on going it alone Barry Adams of SEO consultancy Polemic Digital looks at one of the toughest issues faced by successful small businesses – how...
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 123 Reg
- 3 min read
Hello! In our latest Swift 6 video, we’ll be looking at a crucial aspect of online marketing for many small businesses – local search engine optimisation (SEO). If you’ve never heard of local...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
So you’ve set up your ecommerce site and you’ve started to make a few sales. At this point, there’s probably a temptation to think your website is finished and focus on other aspects...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
The problem is as old as business itself – someone has a need, you can meet it but the potential customer doesn’t know you exist. Advertising used to be the only solution to...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
So, you’ve decided you want to start a blog. Perhaps you’re running a business and want to give content marketing a try. Or maybe you’re keen to write about your passion and share...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 8 min read
What if instead of paying hundreds or thousands of pounds to promote your business, your customers did it for you for free? What if they happily shared your content and their positive experience...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
Data protection rules across Europe are set to change, and if your small business collects personal data from customers, then you need to know what’s happening. The new set of rules is called...