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Website for Newent Dentist

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:50:51 +0000

New website put live this week for local dentist based in Newent, Gloucestershire. Site incorporates strong corporate image and flash movies detailing dental treatments.

Site can be viewed here: Newent Dentist.

Website for Chepstow Offices to Rent

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:40:02 +0000

New website completed this week for Hanley Court Business Centre - a suite of rural offices available to rent near Chepstow which aims to offer the best possible combination of personal service, convenience and security set in attractive rural surroundings.

Website can be viewed here: Chepstow Offices to Let.

Website for Ledbury Electricians

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:24:59 +0000

New website recently completed for MH Electrical (SW) Ltd – Electricians serving Ledbury, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Monmouth and the wider South West, South East Wales and the South Midlands.

Check out the site here: Ledbury Electrician.

SEO success for Gill Parker Bronze Sculptures

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:44:25 +0000

Gill Parker is a World-renowned artist specialising in bronze horse and wildlife sculptures. She also lives near to me and asked me to help her out with some search engine optimisation (SEO) for her website

www.gillparker.co.uk.

The keyphrase I recommended to Gill was ‘bronze sculptures’ - this phrase attracts 4000+ queries a month within UK Google. Gill’s website, prior to me applying SEO, ranked on the tenth page of Google when searching on this keyphrase.

I set to work and within a week I had achieved a #1 ranking for Gill Parker on the first page of Google whilst searching on ‘bronze sculptures’! Gill’s very pleased with the results and has commissioned me to do the same with the keyphrases ‘bronze wildlife sculptures’ and ‘bronze horse sculptures’.

Computacure hits the road!

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:19:48 +0000

Computacure’s proud to announce it’s first branded vehicle! Give us a toot if you see us around the Three Counties or further afield…

IT Support Gloucester

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:27:34 +0000

Okay so I’ve just installed the WordPress SEO All-in-one pack plugin… this is a blatant attempt to see where the title of the post gets me in Google’s rankings! I’ll keep checking over the next few weeks and report back … Continue reading →

How to enable / disable cookies in Internet Explorer 9

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:58:48 +0000

My customers frequently ask me why websites always prompt for username and password when they’ve already entered them previously (and they’ve checked the ‘Remember Me’ box). Here’s how you can resolve:

1. Open Internet Explorer 9
2. Click on the Tools icon on the very right at the top and then on Internet Options:

3. Next, at the top switch to the tab Privacy and click on the Advanced button:

4. Now, you can Allow or Block First-Party Cookies and Third-Party Cookies. Additionally you can always enable Session Cookies.

Recommendations: Block third-party cookies, Accept first-party cookies and Always allow session cookies. Explanations below!

What are First-Party Cookies?

First-party cookies are from website that you are currently visiting. Let’s say you head over to microsoft.com to download the latest updates for Windows then all cookies from microsoft.com are considered first-party cookies because the source of the cookie matches the website that you visited.

What Are Third-Party Cookies?

Following this pattern, if you visit microsoft.com and Microsoft loads some adverts from intel.com because of their partnership with Intel, then all cookies from intel.com will be considered third-party cookies, because they do not match the original source and are loaded from an external party.

Should I Disable First-Party or Third-Party Cookies?

Third-party cookies from spam sites often contain only malware and spyware cookies, so it is recommended to disable third-party cookies and enable first-party cookies. If you also disable first-party cookies you will often have to enter your password and other form data over and over again. Usually, first-party cookies are more safe than third-party cookies, but they can also contain malicious code.

Tip: Enable first-party cookies and disable third-party cookies in IE9!

What Are Session Cookies?

Session cookies are important to store information on your currently opened website, they allow the website to recognize you when you visit another subpage.

Let’s say you visit amazon.com and you add something to your cart, without sessions cookies amazon.com can’t keep track of your current cart (unless you save it) and won’t remember it if you visit a subpage of amazon.com for example amazon.com/shop1. Obviously, there are other mechanisms that Amazon can use to store your cart, but that’s another story.

Tip: Enable session cookies to be recognized within a website!