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Google Apps our transition experience

Google Apps LogoWe recently received our notification that important changes were happening to Google Apps. This means our Google Apps accounts are being transitioned to Google Account infrastructure.

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User experience matters: 3 tips that will improve yours

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Understanding the way in which your Customers or users interact with your website is vital. If a user has an average or negative experience when using your website it can have serious implications for your business.

Monitoring what people do on your website allows you to identify and make the improvements that matter to your Customers. Here are three practical things that you can do, for free, today:

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7 things your company MUST have on it’s website

Is your company a private limited company based in the United Kingdom? Do you know what information your company MUST display on your website?

Whilst putting together our new screen designs with Adam from Remote Location we thought it would be best to check what company information you must have on your website according to UK Regulations.

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How Google works, a fantastic infographic

When I first joined Border Crossing Media I spent quite a lot of time familiarising myself with the way that Google and other search engines operate.  Whilst it is not an overly difficult concept to grasp I really wish that I had access to this fantastic graphic designed by PPC Blog team.

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Kids, work & websites

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Judging by our website you wouldn’t know it but we’ve been flat out over the last couple of months. We’ve had babies, deployed several websites and undertaken more consultancy work than we’ve done since starting out in 2006.

It’s been great and well worth all of the hard work. However, our website has been very much been relegated to an afterthought during this time. We planned on overhauling it in November but due to a lack of hours in the day we just haven’t been able to do this.

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Google releases updated SEO starter guide

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Google have updated their SEO starter guide. We always recommend that clients familiarise themselves with this document as it provides a comprehensive and perhaps more importantly free overview of how best to approach search engine optimisation (SEO) from Google itself.

This updated version is certainly an improvement on the last thanks to the addition of a glossary of terms and increased usage of images throughout the document. But this update isn’t just superficial it also includes a much needed and new section on SEO for Mobile Phones.

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3 best practices for blogging

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Here at Border Crossing Media we always try something before we recommend it.  This month I have signed myself up for the HubSpot Inbound Marketing University. I hope that after my 16 hours of lectures and homework assignments I’ll get a nice shiney badge and will have picked up some useful information along the way.

My first lecture has been ‘How to Blog Effectively for Business’ and my homework is to write a blog piece about 3 best practices for blogging.  So I have watched the video, listened to the questions and even printed out and scrawled all over the slides.  But was it interesting?

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Must Read: The 10 do’s & don’ts of web development

FatDux Company LogoThis article has to be shared and promoted. Written by the always inspiring Eric Reiss of The FatDUX Group, this is a must read if you are commissioning or project managing the development of a website.

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