Published Articles on Web Design and SEO

• Dec 31, 2024

  How to Build a Mobile-First Website: A Complete Guide to Success

  Why mobile-first design matters more than ever, and how it affects SEO, user experience and your bottom line.

  Web Design
• Sep 30, 2024

  Why Custom SEO Is Your Business’s Secret Weapon (And Cookie-Cutter Tactics Just Don’t Cut It)

  Why strategies built around your business beat one-size-fits-all SEO packages.

  SEO
• Jan 9, 2023

  What Is Brand Messaging and How to Get Started

  Brand messaging as the foundation of how a business communicates, and how to start writing yours.

  Content
• Sep 8, 2022

  5 Reasons Image Optimization Matters for SEO

  How image size, format and markup affect page speed, rankings and image search.

  SEO
• Mar 11, 2022

  5 Ecommerce SEO Best Practices You Can’t Ignore

  The ecommerce SEO fundamentals that online stores most often get wrong.

  SEO
• Aug 16, 2021

  What You Need to Know About SSL Certificates

  What SSL does, the types of certificates, and how to check that yours is working.

  Security
• Mar 5, 2021

  Website Performance and Page Speed in Modern SEO

  Why page speed is part of every modern SEO strategy, and what to optimize first.

  SEO
• Sep 16, 2020

  What Every Dental Clinic Website Needs to Attract New Patients and Build Trust

  The elements a clinic website needs to earn trust and turn visitors into booked patients.

  Web Design
• May 15, 2020

  What Is SEO Friendly Web Design and Why Is It Important?

  How design decisions made during the build decide how well a site can rank.

  Web Design
• Apr 1, 2019

  Don’t Delay! The Importance of Regularly Updating Your WordPress Themes and Plugins

  Why updates matter for security, bug fixes and features, and how to run them safely.

  WordPress
• Dec 27, 2018

  Web Design SEO Best Practices

  Building SEO into the design stage, as a partnership between design and search. Updated February 2025.

  Web Design

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