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Posted at 11:00h in Web Design

More often than not, images are going to be the main reason why your website is producing poor results when it comes to speed. I’ve tested many sites and images are often the priority in speed testers. Most of the time, images can be optimised to save a few kilobytes of data. However, occasionally I’ve found a single image to be over 1MB, and as the recommended size of the page itself is around 3MB, this can have a huge effect on the speed of your website as the user will have to wait much longer for an image which doesn’t...

Posted at 11:00h in SEO, Web Design

In a nutshell - fast, reliable web hosting is very critically important for SEO. Slow hosting can hold you back and negatively impact your SEO in more ways than one. Fast, reliable hosting can help you get an advantage over the competition - at a far better cost and return than by simply bumping up your SEO budget in other areas.   Hosting Is Your Website's Home On The Web A whole lot of money is spent on website design and development. And even more is spent on SEO, PPC, and digital marketing to drive customers to your website. Yet, in our experience, hosting is...

Posted at 11:30h in Web Design

If you are looking at moving into or improving your eCommerce capability you will likely have come across the Shopify platform. In this post, I am going to give you an overview of what Shopify is and the feature set so you can make a decision if Shopify is the right eCommerce platform for your business. If you have any questions, drop me a line or leave a comment below the article - at Bowler Hat, we are always happy to help!   So, What is Shopify? Shopify is a cloud-based eCommerce platform that simplifies setting up and operating an online store. Standard features...

Posted at 11:00h in Web Design, WordPress

So you own a small business. You don’t want to fork out a small fortune for a website, and you don’t necessarily want to spend the next 6 years building your site. Well, lucky for you, there are many different weapons of choice at your disposal. The only variables you need to consider are pricing, time, and functionality. So you’re looking into forging a new site or simply re-building your old one, but you don’t know what to use. The short answer is, it all falls down to what type of business you own. If you run a pilates studio, then you’re...

Posted at 11:00h in Web Design

As a small business, your website is often the most important component of your digital marketing. Your website is the modern day shop window. Therefore, if your website does not look the part and perform, then all other digital marketing efforts will suffer. Suffice to say, who you work with to build and market your website is a key decision that can be the difference between success or failure in the modern, hypercompetitive online landscape. In this article, we take a look at the website design offerings from Yell.com and, in particular, the problems that often make Yell a poor choice for...

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