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Top 5 Benefits of Having a Website

November 1, 2019

A website not only gives you a digital presence, it also gives you the chance to get ahead of your competitors in search results on Google and Bing. Here are our top 5 benefits of having a website.

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5 Ways to Optimise a Website for Local Search?

October 24, 2019

This article will explain how to optimise and improve local search for your website. It will help your business become more visible to existing and new customers in your local area.

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Our Website Design Process

October 2, 2019

web design by SO approaches any website design and build with four main areas in mind. This is to make sure your website looks great, performs well and is secure, customers find it easy to use and navigate, and finally, making sure your website is visible through search.

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What is SEO?

September 16, 2019

75% of people using Google search never scroll past the first page of search results. So, it is very important to get on that first page of Google search results. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation, a process that is used in digital marketing for improving the organic search engine visibility of a website.