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- 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 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
- 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...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Adam Blakey and Vicci Small set up Lil Beatz and began offering urban dance classes to under tens in 2018. Since then, they have really got into the rhythm of running a business...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
Picture the scene: You notice your web traffic has fallen away to zero, so you start your investigation by visiting your site only to find it has been replaced by an error message...
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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
- < 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...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
VeriSign has just released its latest Domain Name Industry Brief. You can grab a copy here (PDF, 325KB) and see the previous editions too. This quarterly report takes a look at the domain...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
The UK release of the next Narnia film is just round the corner and, in a handy piece of timing, the domain name narnia.mobi is at the centre of a dispute. As reported...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
I’ve been off on holiday for the last couple of weeks, and as usual my return to the office this morning has resulted in an inbox full of messages and an RSS reader...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Thanks to all our millions of customers we are the first to register one million .uk domains on one tag. To celebrate this, we are now giving away a free .uk domain with...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
I personally don’t register a lot of domain names. The domains I do own tend to those I stumbled across that I can’t believe no one else has already got, or I have...
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...
Business
Business
- 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 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 Hannah Smith
- 3 min read
Finding a VAT number by company name is often easier than it first sounds, but it helps to know where to look. A few simple steps can usually point you in the right...
- 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 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...
- By Tim Fuell
- 4 min read
You’ve made the commitment to run your own business, you are juggling the work / life balance, you may even be holding down a ‘real’ job at the same time. Be warned, it’s...
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 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 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 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...
- By 123 Reg
- 7 min read
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have heard about the photo-sharing social media application, Instagram, and chances are you probably have your own account too. If you run a business,...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
Events are a great way to boost the profile of any organisation. But they can be tough to pull off. In this video, we’ll look at six quick and easy ways to make...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 7 min read
As a small business owner, you probably spend countless hours crafting persuasive content, optimising landing pages for search engines, and engaging with your social media following – all to entice potential customers to...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Good or bad, every one of your customers has an opinion about your business. They judge everything, from how easy it is to navigate through your site and buy a product to how...
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
There are almost 5 billion videos watched on YouTube every single day, making it the perfect platform for promoting your website. It can help you build a following and a community around your...