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- By 123 Reg
- 16 min read
WordPress is by far the world’s most popular website platform, and it’s not hard to see why: simple to use, flexible, and endlessly customisable, you get everything you need to create a site...
- By Thom Harrison
- 12 min read
The UK is one of the most digitally connected markets in the world, with millions of consumers searching, shopping, and comparing online every day. For any business, your domain name is where it...
- By Thom Harrison
- 13 min read
It’s always exciting, starting an online business — but there are a few important decisions to make before you get going. One of the first is choosing the right business structure: should you...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Isn’t it frustrating when you come up with the perfect name for your business, run a search, and discover the domain is already taken? Worse still, the owner doesn’t even seem to be...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
When you want an easy way to add functionality to your website, widgets are there to help. You can pick and choose from a huge variety of widgets to improve visitors’ experience on...
- By David Gold
- 4 min read
.gay domains are a new way for LGBTQ people, organisations, businesses, and allies to connect online. Inclusivity and acceptance of LGBTQ people is a sign of advancing civil rights, and it’s also good...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Imagine these scenarios: A prospect visits your website for the first time. They land on your homepage and can’t seem to figure out what your business is about. All they see is a...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 4 min read
A testimonials page is one of the most powerful parts of your website, no matter if you sell plumbing services or online courses. Sure, you can use your homepage to tell visitors about...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 5 min read
Want to make your first website and get online but don’t know which type and design will work best for you? Most people start their research by looking at other websites for inspiration....
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 6 min read
Note: Although this article talks about how to create a plumbing website, the advice applies to any kind of small business. Just pick a relevant template when creating your website. These days, we...
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Domains
Domains
- By Thom Harrison
- 12 min read
The UK is one of the most digitally connected markets in the world, with millions of consumers searching, shopping, and comparing online every day. For any business, your domain name is where it...
- By Alexandra Gavril
- 9 min read
Isn’t it frustrating when you come up with the perfect name for your business, run a search, and discover the domain is already taken? Worse still, the owner doesn’t even seem to be...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
You’ve got a name in mind for your business, project, or side hustle. The next step is simple: find out if it’s available to register. Checking takes seconds (literally) and even if your...
- By 123 Reg
- 5 min read
Did you know that when you buy a domain name, it’s often linked to a public record that can show who owns it, when it was registered, and when it expires? That record...
SEO Advice
SEO Advice
- 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 123 Reg
- 10 min read
If you’ve bought a domain together with a 123 Reg plan like Website Builder or Managed WordPress Hosting, the chances are it’s already connected — so once you’ve hit publish, it should appear...
- By Thom Harrison
- 6 min read
Google’s new AI restaurant-booking experience is now live in the UK. Built on top of the existing ‘Reserve with Google’ tool, it lets people move from a natural-language search straight to a restaurant...
- By Thom Harrison
- 9 min read
Running an online business today, big or small, the chances are many of your customers will be looking for answers from Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT before they ever click through to your...
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Business
Business
- By Thom Harrison
- 13 min read
It’s always exciting, starting an online business — but there are a few important decisions to make before you get going. One of the first is choosing the right business structure: should you...
- By Thom Harrison
- 10 min read
For small-to-medium businesses, social media and your website work best when they work together. Social media grabs attention, and your website gives people somewhere clear to go next. Used well, the two can...
- 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
Google’s new AI restaurant-booking experience is now live in the UK. Built on top of the existing ‘Reserve with Google’ tool, it lets people move from a natural-language search straight to a restaurant...
- By Tim Fuell
- 3 min read
Whether you enjoy meetings or not, the chances are, your working life sees you having far too many, or at least far too many that fail to really develop anything. Probably in many...
- By Tim Fuell
- 3 min read
If you were to select one key element of a successful business it would more often than not be an up-to-date well written business plan. Too many people ignore its status as the...
- By Tim Fuell
- 2 min read
We’ve said it before but will say it again, crowd-funding is changing the face of the creative industries and changing the face of business too. This week it took another leap into the...
- By 123 Reg
- 3 min read
Billions lost, retail chains collapsing, the Eurozone in a deepening recession: Not exactly a party atmosphere is it? However, despite tough trading conditions it’s entirely possible for you to run a successful online...
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
- 7 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 Nick Leech
- 3 min read
In this month’s video, I’ll be taking a look at things you can do to streamline your checkout. The aim here is to make sure people who begin the process of buying from...
- By Tim Fuell
- 4 min read
My smartphone (OK smartphones I have more than one) I carry around with me have 100 times as much storage as my first PC and are more powerful than the most powerful machines...
- By Nick Leech
- 4 min read
In this edition of the 123-reg Swift Six, we’ll be looking at how better user experience (UX) can help you turn more of your website visitors into customers. We start with a brief...
- By Will Stevens
- 2 min read
Running an online business is hard and you need all the help and advice you can get. That’s why over the last few months we’ve been creating a range of online marketing guides...
- By Nick Leech
- 3 min read
Do you worry about boring your readers? In the latest Swift Six video I’ll look at ways you can make sure people who check out your blog stay interested in what you have...
- By Nick Leech
- 4 min read
Hello! In this Swift Six, I’ll be explaining six ways you can get ideas for blog posts (and other content). You’ll find plenty of quick and easy ways to get inspired, so let’s...