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The tortoise and the hare retold in terms of SEO!
We all know the fable well, how the hare dashed off and then became complacent and went to sleep whilst the tortoise plodded on slowly and ended up winning the race? Well, if you are having a Organic Google Campaign being run for you, you are understandably impatient to see results. However, unless you go the PPC route, you are not going to get results perhaps as quickly as you want but, if you... read more »
Access by Design shortlisted at the Observer Business Awards 2016!
We were absolutely thrilled to win the Product Innovation Award at last years Observer Business Awards.We entered again this year because we feel that our new offering, Run Your Own Website is again truly innovative, putting all our of expertise into an affordable, off the shelf product that is AAA accessible and completely Google Friendly! Although it is a brand new product, it is already creating quite a stir,... read more »
Networking really does not have to be difficult!
Networking is one of the oldest and easiest ways of not just growing your business but by improving all aspects of your life! Whether you work for yourself or a part of a large company, it always comes down to people doing business with other people. It’s not difficult to work out that we generally prefer to do business with people we like, know and trust. Not only that, we will tell other people... read more »
Twice bitten...
I met a lady recently I will call Jane. This is not her real name but she has kindly given me permission to tell her story.Jane was setting up a new business, which was providing advice and support to other small businesses. She needed a website and engaged someone to build one for her. The developer took it upon himself to build the website from scratch and charged her £10,000 to do it. Yes... read more »
New fixed rate SEO packages available!
As you may be aware, we have been offering Organic SEO services and Pay Per Click Campaigns, alongside our Website Development expertise, for some years now. As you may have already read on our website, we have got some great examples of how effective it can be. You can read one example by following this link and another example by read more »
Would you like to Run Your Own Website?
We are delighted to announce that Run Your Own Website is now up and running and open for orders! In a nutshell, Run Your Own Website is taking our award-winning bespoke websites and turning it into an off the shelf product! There are colour pickers, a choice of Google fonts, easy drag and drop image resizing and, best of all, it is very Google friendly!Why do we make sure a bold claim? Simple, it... read more »
Access by Design would like to wish you a Happy Christmas!
Accessibility is vital to us, so we have slowed the animation below to under 3 frames per second, which is within the Accessibility Guidelines and should not affect anyone with photo sensitivity.We would like to wish all of our visitors a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Access by Design Christmas Animation read more »
How to choose the best domain for your business
After thinking about a name for your company, the next hardest decision is to choose the right domain. No it is not as simple as sticking your business name and attaching .com or .co.uk, the cleverest domains have been thought through with the end user in mind. Points to remember when choosing a domain Be unique There are so many businesses and websites in the World it is obvious that there will be some duplication but when... read more »
Making Your Website Accessible
The Internet is an invaluable source of information and platform for people to socialise, learn and input their own ideas and thoughts and it should be accessible to everyone accessing on every platform -including users with disabilities.Sadly, however, many disabled users find themselves unable to access and use a range of websites if they are not set up in the correct way. Web accessibility means that users with disabilities can use, understand, navigate and... read more »
It’s not all about the Keywords
Keywords have long been thought of as the key to moving your site up Google's ranking. However, while content does matter, and keywords play their part, there are many aspects including the website design, social media marketing and content marketing that all play a key role in your ranking. Keywords Websites have been around for a long time and have been growing in their structure, design and development all this time. Page ranking is no different.... read more »