As images get larger, videos become more popular, and networks become more congested, delivering a fast website to your users is only getting more difficult. A lot of people are facing this struggle, with sites which hang and load slowly being very easy to find when you search around the web. When a user is…
Have you ever heard of Google mobile first indexing? Surprisingly, most people haven’t heard of it. The digital world is changing at a rapid pace, and the way that businesses interact with their customers is changing in ways you may not anticipate. This means that having an effective mobile website design is more critical than…
WordPress is without a doubt one of the most popular platforms in the world. On a daily basis, it empowers businesses, online stores and bloggers to create the websites that they want and that they can use easily and with minimal fuss – making it the perfect choice even for novices. WPML is a plugin…
When crawling your website prior to indexing, Google use a series of algorithms that take into account “ranking factors” of your website including content (words) on each page, links from other websites, the age of your domain name and MANY others. Search engine optimisation takes time, planning and experience to pull off correctly and is…
False news stories have probably existed since the dawn of time but the term really hit headlines in 2016. Since then, there has barely been a day pass by when the term fake news hasn’t been discussed somewhere in the media. It’s not a new phenomenon Fake news used to be called propaganda and has…
SSL (Secure Socket Layers) certificates encrypt the connection between your website and it’s visitors. You can see an SSL certficate in action right now if you check out our website address. Without an SSL certificate, the full URL would be https://www.pixelcottage.co.uk but with an SSL certificate, this becomes https://www.pixelcottage.co.uk. Depending on the browser you’re using, you’ll also…
After many hours of planning and preparation, we’re pleased to announce the launch of our brand new name and website! IGM Computers was a name that suited our business model back in July 2010 but over the last 6 years, it’s been outgrown. We will, however, been sticking with the original orange and black colour…
Follow our guide on how to boost your WiFi in five very easy steps and start getting a faster connection to your wireless router today. All of these tasks can be carried out at either no cost at all or with very minimal investment. Select a perfect location for your router Try to find the best…
Spam email wastes valuable time, whether you’re using email for personal or business use. The couple of seconds you spend opening, reading and deleting spam email could end up at a couple of hours over the course of a year. The spam you receive could also be part of a dangerous phishing scam, designed to steal…
There are many different content management systems (CMSs) out there, most with their own blogging/news management systems. This post highlights some key points on blogging and how you can make the most of it for your business website. Post consistently After your web master has handed over the keys to your new website, it may…