Here are some useful tips to save time on your website’s performance, SEO, and user-friendliness. Having an online presence in the form of a website is extremely crucial today. With new technology and range of build it yourself options, creating your own website seems like a small task. Work with professional web developers Although these website builders might seem easy to use and cost less, you cannot get the level of professional design and expertise that a team of expert developers bring to the table. An expert developer team takes care of the......
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COVID-19 has upended life as we know it, but despite slowing economic and social activity, COVID-19 has led to a boom in the digital economy. According to Inside Australian Online Shopping Update – Dec 2021 by Australia Post “SA, WA, TAS, QLD and NT led the surge in online purchases with increases of more than 30% month-on-month (MOM). All states and territories recorded positive growth YOY with NSW and ACT the strongest performers, both growing over 25%.” (source) As lockdowns became the new normal in down under, consumers turned to online shopping more than ever before.......
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Having a basic website is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity for many businesses of every size. Today, nearly every business has recognised the benefits of having a strong digital presence and with the availability of DIY site builders has led to a proliferation of websites. With the ever-changing digital world of web design and development evolving at the snap of a finger, your customers/clients’ online habits are rapidly changing as well. So, if your website is stuck in the past and is not as visually appealing as your competition then it may......
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Whether you’re a start-up business or been around awhile by now you would be aware of the extensive need for a business website. According to Retailing Today, 2014, ‘when it comes to ecommerce 81% of shoppers conduct online research before making big purchases’. So no I don’t just mean any old website slapped together, I mean a fully functional, well-designed website that portrays your business an d its qualities. According to the Sensis eBusiness Report 2016 61% of small to medium businesses have a website, leaving 39% without this effective tool. There are......
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With the internet being such a crucial part of our day-to-day lives, we have become so reliant on it, that we expect information to be at our fingertips instantly. We all can relate to being frustrated with a slow loading website. So much so that a recent study conducted by Brand Perfect discovered that 67 percent of those surveyed cited a slow-running website as their main reason for deserting an online purchase. WEB HOST LOCATION Your target audience is within the Australian market; however, your website is hosted on a server in America?......
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For some people hiring a professional to create a business website is out of the question. This is when they tend to turn to a free template which allows them to create their own websites. It’s more often than not that we stumble across websites which have been created from a free website builder. Unfortunately for those who use free website templates and build their own website aren’t fully aware of the implications that can cause issues with their website. The idea for a business website is to have an online presence, inform......
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According to the Social Media Senses 2016, 87% of Australians access the internet daily. The same report also discovered that 76% of Australians own a smartphone, surpassing the laptop to become the most commonly owned device. These statistics alone provide reason for any business to ensure they have a responsive website. But first what is a responsive website? 1) WHAT DOES A RESPONSIVE WEBSITE MEAN? A responsive website design enables the website layout and format, to change and adapt as per the size of the screen. For instance on a desktop or laptop, the......
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1. Website Design plays a massive role in user’s attention. Proving what we all suspected, the layout and design of a website is an essential factor to the success of a business. If you didn’t know, now you do – 94% of potential clients/customers base their trust of a business on the design of the website. If a visitor cannot scan and identify significant information promptly, the likeliness of them exiting your page to access someone else’s increases dramatically. As per research undertaken by Neilson Norman Group on ‘how users read the web’,......
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