Web Hosting – the Four Lakes way
An Apology Some time back I promised myself that I would start blogging regularly again. It's a great way to connect with people and keep awareness of your company/service up. It's also good to organise your thoughts properly and present them in a coherent manner. All...
Why DIY Websites are a Bad Idea
What are DIY Websites? When I talk about DIY websites, I'm referring to the service that allow you to choose a template, add a logo, some images and some text, and have a fully-functioning website up and running in minutes. Or at least that's the claim. This type of...
Unlimited Hosting can be Bad for your Business
As someone who actively offers a hosting service for customers, you might think I have an ulterior motive for stating the unlimited hosting can be bad for your business. Bear with me, though, as even if I didn't provide a hosting service I would steer people away from...
Why I Won’t Buy Apple
Apple make beautiful products. Given the title of this article, that statement might surprise you, but it's not difficult to say, because it's true. iPhones, iPads, etc. are very well constructed items that exude an aura of class and quality. Yet I refuse to purchase...
4 Reasons Why You Should Refresh Your Website
Summer is over, holidays have been taken, Olympics and Paralympics have been watched and attended. After my hiatus, I'm back and feeling refreshed and raring to go. I hope you are too? A Triumph of Marketing As I sit here writing this blog, the tech world and many...
New WordPress Support Offer
We're offering a new Wordpress Support option! I don't often blog about particular services we offer, not directly anyway, but I'm very excited about this particular one as it addresses a long-standing niggle. Before I describe the new service, though, let me explain...
EU Cookie Law: Making your Site Compliant
It seems as though the dust is finally settling on the long-running EU Cookie Law saga. Certainly it's a story with enough twists and turns over the last few months to prompt a number of blogs from me on the subject... Cookies & Your Website - 17th Jan Cookie...
Why your website should be mobile-friendly
The case for mobile-friendly Until recently I haven't been strongly recommending that customers make their websites mobile friendly. Then something happened to dramatically change my view. Something I wasn't sure would ever happen. What was this earth-shaking event?...
How a Traditional Business is Succeeding Online
Shopping for Violins As I mentioned in last week's blog, I had originally intended to write about shopping for my daughter's new violin. Perhaps a strange subject for a website mainly focussed on wordpress websites and social media, but bear with me. My daughter is 12...
EU Cookie Law: Implied Consent
EU Cookie Law about face Believe it or not, the ICO have done virtually a complete about face on the EU Cookie Law! The change seems fairly slight at first glance. In a new document providing guidance on the now-enforceable law, the ICO state that it is valid to...
Better Collaboration with Google
As you've probably noticed, I've been raving about Google+, Google's new social network 'glue' across all it's products, for some time now. I've actually been a Google fan for a while - primarily because of the excellent Google Apps service that will host your email,...
Why Google+ is not “just another social network”
Sorry Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of content recently. Easter caused a bit of a hiatus for many people, myself included. During the Easter period my family and I had a short break in Madrid. It was great to get away from rainy old England for a short while...
