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- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is all about improving your website so that it appears higher in search engine results when people look for businesses, products, or services like yours. Broadly it’s about making...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
You’ve got a name in mind for your business, project, or side hustle. The next step is simple: find out if it’s available to register. Checking takes seconds (literally) and even if your...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Did you know that when you buy a domain name, it’s often linked to a public record that can show who owns it, when it was registered, and when it expires? That record...
- By 123 Reg
- 11 min read
Domain names are the unique addresses that make websites easy to find online. You can think of them as house names on a virtual street. Not all domain names are created equal, though...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
Online security can feel like an overwhelming topic for the non-expert. Here are six statistics to help you understand the importance of online security, along with some simple tips to help you protect...
- By 123 Reg
- 10 min read
Blogging has a well-earned place in digital marketing strategy. Whether you’re a startup, an established business or a freelancer, it’s one of the most effective ways to grab the attention of potential customers...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
One day you’re riding high in the Google rankings. The next thing you know, your site seems to have dropped. It can be a major worry, especially if Google drives a significant amount...
- By Will Stretton
- 4 min read
There’s no doubt that search engine optimisation (SEO) can be a challenging technique to master, especially when you’re busy running your own business. While its main purpose is quite simple – to help...
- 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...
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Domains
Domains
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
You’ve got a name in mind for your business, project, or side hustle. The next step is simple: find out if it’s available to register. Checking takes seconds (literally) and even if your...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Did you know that when you buy a domain name, it’s often linked to a public record that can show who owns it, when it was registered, and when it expires? That record...
- By 123 Reg
- 11 min read
Domain names are the unique addresses that make websites easy to find online. You can think of them as house names on a virtual street. Not all domain names are created equal, though...
- By 123 Reg
- 7 min read
Dreaming of starting your own business online but dreading the price tag? Good news: you can get your domain included free for the first year* when you pick the right 123 Reg plan....
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
One of the curses of working in online marketing is that you can’t enjoy a website for it’s own sake, or just look at a pay per click advert or banner without critiquing...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Below are some useful tips to make your domain transfer to 123-reg as easy as possible: Log into your 123-reg control panels’ domain transfer page and check through the following details in order...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
There’s never been a better time to transfer your domain name to 123-reg. We’re the UK’s largest web host, with over 1.5 million domains under our belts – and for a limited period,...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
123-reg has seen rapid take-up for the new .eu domains, launched last month and is being hailed as the most important domain name launch since .com. Many businesses are registering .eu domains to...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is all about improving your website so that it appears higher in search engine results when people look for businesses, products, or services like yours. Broadly it’s about making...
- 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...
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Business
Business
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
For small-to-medium businesses, social media and your website work best when they work together. Social media grabs attention, and your website gives people somewhere clear to go next. Used well, the two can...
- 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 Tim Fuell
- 4 min read
Good things usually come in threes apparently, so here’s three sets of three tips that are simple to implement and get almost instant results. Three Things you can do to appeal to existing...
- By Tim Fuell
- 4 min read
Today sees the start of the football World Cup in Brazil. This 2014 competition is about to become the most digitally connected football event ever. Already several brands – many not even official...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
We recently opened our new Host Europe Group state-of-the art UK data centre, build to meet technical requirements for generations to come. Highly technical, highly specified and highly envied, the new data centre...
- By 123 Reg
- 4 min read
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) it may not be the most glamorous thing you do while running your business, but it can form the basis of some of the most rewarding projects you’ll work...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Small businesses are being urged to take precautionary measures to protect their businesses online. We host over one million websites, and our advice for businesses is to treat these media reports seriously. The...
- By Tim Fuell
- 3 min read
We’ve mentioned before that size isn’t everything in the world of business, but if you do have a sizeable staff base, it pays to make sure they are working together effectively and not...
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 Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Building trust with customers through copywriting has less to do with words or grammar, and everything to do with empathy. That’s because we buy on emotion and justify with logic. So whether it’s...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
One of the best things about recent technological advances is that they’ve allowed small businesses to easily access powerful tools that once would have been far beyond their reach. Software that would have...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
You’re busy running a business, perhaps even more than one business so it’s to be expected that sometimes things fall by the wayside. But if one of the things that you’ve been neglecting...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
No one likes to be forgotten, especially not on Valentine’s Day. So don’t ignore your customers in the run up to Feb 14th. Just the smallest of tweaks to your website can show...
- By Nick Leech
- 8 min read
It starts with the words: “And now we’re going to have a short presentation on paid search from Nick Leech”. Adrenaline floods out of my brain and into my bloodstream. I look down...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 8 min read
Word of mouth is the original marketing channel. Before social media, before email or billboards, there was word of mouth. But this is not just the oldest and cheapest form of marketing but...