The word Joomla is being banded about the Internet at a rate these days but what is it?

Joomla is an award winning content management system (CMS), which enables users to build websites and online applications.  As Joomla is an open source solution it is a free project.

Joomla can be used to build:

• Corporate websites or portals
• Corporate intranets and extranets
• Online magazines, newspapers and publications
• E-commerce and online reservations
• Government applications
• Small business websites
• Non-profit and organisational websites
• Community-based portals
• School and church websites
• Personal or family homepages

We have jumped on the Joomla bandwagon and our Development Team is currently incorporating the Joomla interface as a tool that our clients can use to manage their websites.

We are very excited by this development, and look forward to offering our clients even more management solutions.

Watch this space for updates and our Joomla launch.

Getting an online presence is essential for all businesses but it is not always affordable if you are just starting out.  The perfect solution is a ready-made website, where the design has already been produced and is simply waiting for content and images.  

Recently we were approached by AZFaces, who needed a website but only had a very small budget. They were relieved to see the large range of designs available to them and settled on a very bright and cheerful one that complemented their business. AZFaces simply provided us with text and pictures and were delighted to be online within a week.

For only £99+VAT, your business can be online with:

• 5 page HTML page website
• 1 contact form
• full web hosting facilities
• FREE .co.uk domain name
• online technical support
• no monthly fees

View our ready-made designs here.

We were recently asked what our SEO strategy is. This is a very straightforward question and one we were happy to answer.  We certainly do not take umbrage in being questioned nor do we mind telling people the facts – unlike others who like to bamboozle clients with fancy language in the hope it will tie them in knots so they don’t go on asking any more questions!

So what do we do?  

Firstly we do not give anyone the impression that there are quick fixes.  We estimate the time to achieve first page rankings is Google: 2-6 months, MSN: 1-2 months, Yahoo: 2-4 months.

We perform SEO on between 30 to 300 keywords per month.   After careful selection of these relevant keyword and keyword phrases, we construct search engine friendly HTML code, including page unique Titles, META Descriptions, ALT Tags, and Navigation and Link Structures, which include:

• Examination of internal linking structure, including the selection of link names and titles.
• Proper site navigation, including linking strategies such as addition or modification of a sitemap.
• File and page name structuring.

Once started, we: 

• Deliver a baseline ranking report within 2 days of the project starting.
• Complete on-site optimization within 7 days of the project starting.
• Start link building from the very first day.
• Send ranking/progress report every 30 days.

And our techniques?

On-site Optimisation

• Keyword research and selection 
• Title tag generation 
• Meta tag optimisation 
• ALT tag optimisation 
• Hyperlink optimisation 
• Sitemap generation 
• XML sitemap in Google, Yahoo, MSN
• Proper linking structure
• W3C validation of home page
• Right keyword density
• Making dynamic pages search engine friendly 

Off-site Optimisation

• Link Generation by one way linking
• Analysis and reporting

So what do the clients have to do?

All we require from clients is their FTP information and keyword input.

How simple is that?

It has taken me 2 weeks to control my embarrassment to admit that The Gurdian’ April’s fools day joke, well and truly fooled me – red cheeked as I’m writing this.

I’m referring to my post here http://www.nottinghill.biz/blog/has-the-gurdian-newspaper-gone-mad-or-can-they-see-the-future/.

Enough said, back to Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training.

Their headline reads “Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink“

I was very surprised to find out that The Guardian newspaper are switching to Twitter.

From the archive
Highlights from the Guardian’s Twitterised news archive

1927
OMG first successful transatlantic air flight wow, pretty cool! Boring day
otherwise *sigh*
1940
W Churchill giving speech NOW – “we shall fight on the beaches … we shall never surrender” check YouTube later for the rest
1961
Listening 2 new band “The Beatles”
1989
Berlin Wall falls! Majority view of Twitterers = it’s a historic moment! What do you think??? Have your say
1997
RT@mohammedalfayed: FYI NeilHamilton, Harrods boss offering £££ 4 questions in House of Commons! Check it out

Today marks the passing of the first quarter of the year – a year that is proving difficult for all businesses.

No one can afford to sit back, expecting their online business to simply perform for them.

So when was the last time you looked hard at your website, through the eyes of a potential customer? Would you see the correct messages, quickly?  Is there an immediate call to action? Would you be able to move around your site quickly and efficiently?

It may be that you are too close to your own website to be able to answer these questions objectively.

This is where we can help.

We can review your website – for free.

Our review will be a full, objective and honest one of your website – offering constructive suggestions, both as a positive and a critique.

But this isn’t a one-sided process. There will be four reviewers of your website – and one of them will be you, the website owner.

Plus – your online business will get three pages on our website.

Click HERE for more details – can you afford not to?