Recent Articles
Recent Articles
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
How do you get your business found on Google? It’s a big question for small business owners, and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is a big part of the answer. Search has changed. Google...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Learn how to build an online store with WooCommerce and WordPress, hosted on 123 Reg Managed Hosting for WordPress. This step-by-step tutorial shows beginners how to install WooCommerce, add products, accept payments, set...
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
If you’re looking to get your business started online, the first thing you need is web hosting. This provides you with a place to hold everything that makes up your website — files,...
- By Will Stevens
- 9 min read
Small business owners simply can’t do without a website these days. Your customers are out there online — and they may be looking for a company like your own. But what’s the simplest...
- By Will Stevens
- 6 min read
Registering a domain can feel like a small decision with a lot riding on it. Whether you’re buying a domain name for a new business or registering a domain for a personal project,...
- By Will Stevens
- 3 min read
Choosing a hosting plan for your website can be confusing. With so many options to pick from, it can feel like you’re at risk of getting things wrong. One of the most confusing...
- By Will Stevens
- 22 min read
Want to know how to start an online business? This guide is packed with everything you need to know about getting a business online, from the idea phase to online marketing. No two...
- By Will Stevens
- 4 min read
When the pandemic hit, Joe Birchley found it was the ideal time to level up his lifelong interest in carpentry and build a business. Starting small and taking on local projects, he expanded...
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Domains
Domains
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By 123 Reg
- 8 min read
Your domain name is the first impression you give online, and often the start of everything else: your website, your brand, and a professional email that customers will trust. It’s free to check...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
So you’ve registered your domain? Congrats! That’s a big first step towards getting your idea, business or brand online. You’ve got everything you need to point your domain wherever you want it to...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
As a result of the weekend’s problems, we received lots of feedback about how you’d like to be able to manage your nameserver settings. Our dev team has been working to make sure...
- By 123 Reg
- 2 min read
Have you ever thought up a great domain name, punched it into our domain search tool and found – to your surprise – that it’s available? If so, I’ve a cautionary tale for...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Chat in the office yesterday turned to the subject of how much domain names are worth. Bundle of laughs, us lot. Anyway, a quick bit of work on Google revealed that the most...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Our .mobi domains have been reduced from £11.99 to £4.99 per year which means you save a whopping £7 for every domain you register. And when you buy domains in bulk – it...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
So far we have launched an iGoogle domain search tool and a Microsoft Vista Sidebar domain search widget . To add to these we have now added a Google desktop domain search plug...
- By 123 Reg
- < 1 min read
Following on from the launch of our iGoogle domain name plug in to search for your domain name from your Google home page, we have now launched a domain name search bar widget...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- By Thom Harrison
- 8 min read
How do you get your business found on Google? It’s a big question for small business owners, and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is a big part of the answer. Search has changed. Google...
- By Thom Harrison
- 11 min read
If you own a local business, your Google Business Profile might be the first thing customers see, even before your domain name and website. It’s the listing that shows up on Google Maps...
- 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 Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
What is Google Search Console? Google Search Console is a free tool from Google that helps you understand how your website appears in Google Search. It can show you which searches are bringing...
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Business
Business
- By 123 Reg
- 6 min read
Artificial intelligence is moving fast. But what’s next? Superintelligence is already a big talking point in tech, and .si is a domain extension with a name that fits the conversation. Short, sharp and...
- By Thom Harrison
- 7 min read
Somewhere in the UK right now, a potential customer is searching Google for exactly what you offer. Are they finding your business, or are they heading straight to the competitor down the road?...
- By Thom Harrison
- 14 min read
One of the world’s leading e-commerce platforms, WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that gives your website everything it needs to become an online shop. You can add products, accept payments and manage...
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
Starting an online business today? It’s easier than it’s ever been. You can get your own domain in a few clicks, have a website live by the afternoon, and, for many business starters,...
- By Will Stevens
- 5 min read
For people of all ages self-employment can be the key to a new lease of life. Here, two entrepreneurs who launched their own businesses after leaving work explain how they achieved both success...
- By Nick Leech
- 4 min read
Have you got a business idea that you think could form the basis of a successful company? In this video I’ll take you through the basic steps of testing your idea to see...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
In this, the first in a series of posts, Barry Adams of marketing agency Polemic Digital explains why he decided to take the plunge and start his own business. In the coming months,...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Being able to avoid the lengthy commute, especially on days when the weather is at its extremes, or you have work-life balance commitments to keep is an incredible productivity enhancer. However, working from...
- By Tim Fuell
- < 1 min read
From Monday (30th June 2014) new flexible working rights come into effect which could have a massive impact on the way we work and even our view of what constitutes work is. The...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
Your brand value forms the basis of your customer’s belief in your company. What it does, how it does it and often why it does it too. It is about what you stand...
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
- 6 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...