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Why size matters with passwords
The recently published list of this year’s most common passwords shows that in these times of increased cyber awareness, there are still millions of people using extremely basic passwords that can be...
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How to (literally) never be lost for words
Yesterday, we looked at the debate over whether it’s better to choose a long password over a complicated one, with many experts pointing out that with each character added to a password, the chances...
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What is a favicon?
The news that Google is to change how it displays search results and ads on desktop machines has brought a word back into the techie lexicon that had gone a little out of fashion in recent times. A...
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Three important steps you can take on Data Privacy Day
Of all the fun and novelty days on the calendar, Data Privacy Day may not be one to set the pulse racing, but with cybercrime growing by the year and a recent report making some damning conclusions...
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What can we expect from a post-Brexit internet?
So, it’s happened. Three and a half years after the 2016 referendum, Britain has left the European Union and now enters what is being called a “transition” period expected to last until the end of...
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Three questions to ask when adding links to your website
Inserting links into your site, whether they direct users to another part of the site or somewhere else entirely, is a neat and modern way to get people where they need to be online. In 2020, it’s...
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Take these two digital marketing steps in response to coronavirus
The link between the COVID-19 pandemic and digital marketing may not seem an obvious one, but with news and advice on the virus changing by the day, there are two digital marketing steps businesses...
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How a website can see your independent store through the lockdown
The restrictions imposed on us as a result of the coronavirus outbreak have had an effect on all businesses, but threaten to be particularly tough on small, village food stores like butchers,...
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Don’t miss out as consumer spending shifts online
Two studies are showing that, perhaps unsurprisingly, consumers are spending more money online as the COVID-19 outbreak takes hold, emphasising the need for businesses to have an online presence. Here...
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Why are desktop searches back on the rise?
It’s now three and a half years since mobile search overtook desktop, and this is a trend that has only increased in the time since. Google has reacted to this, and in late February it advised all...
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How can businesses reach their customers during lockdown?
Safety measures that have been implemented to help combat the coronavirus outbreak, such as social distancing and lockdowns, have had a significant impact on the day-to-day running of many local...
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European call for single coronavirus tracking system
The data protection watchdog for Europe has called for just one coronavirus app to be used throughout the European Union, as opposed to each nation creating its own. Many countries all over the world...
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How your website can help your business “pivot”
With no immediate end to the lockdown in site, most businesses are having to change the way they operate and adapt to the realities of the situation. This means thinking outside of the box, and...
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Three ways to promote your online delivery service
Anyone in doubt over whether the internet is really an essential service must have had their mind made up over the last few weeks. Business have had to adapt to the restrictions quickly, with many now...
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How much more time are we spending online?
With lockdown creating a rise in the number of people working from home, and families keeping themselves entertained indoors by going online, it’s no surprise that internet providers have seen surges...
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Government wants your COVID-19 risk assessment on your website
Yesterday, the Gov.uk website published its latest guidance to employers on getting the country safely back to work. This includes five “key points” employers should address as soon as is practically...
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Four sectors where online sales have soared during lockdown
Yesterday’s news that the UK now faces a “significant recession” will not have been a big surprise to anyone. Amid the doom and gloom though, there are some sectors, and businesses within them, that...
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What could COVID-19 mean for digitalisation?
As we begin to recover from lockdown, and we look at the changes we’ve all had to make, what effects could the post-COVID-19 era have on services, shopping trends and digitalisation? As business...
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Lockdown easing, but online shopping bigger than ever
The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) latest retail report reveals that UK shoppers are continuing to spend a larger portion of their budget online than ever before, even as bricks-and-mortar...
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How is lockdown affecting internet usage?
Even without the effects of COVID-19, new records for internet usage during 2020 are to be expected due to the web becoming available to, and embraced by, more people every year. Nevertheless, stats...
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