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News. What's Happening at Web Equip?
POSTED: 01 March 2010.
Web Equip Proud to Deliver Loving Linda eFlyer
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Web Equip Proud to Deliver Loving Linda eFlyer
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We are proud to have been asked by Lakin McCarthy Entertainment Ltd to deliver the eFlyer for the charity event "Loving Linda". The comedy evening has some major headliners appearing and will be at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, London on Sunday 9th May.
See the full Loving Linda, A Gala Night of Comedy eFlyer.
You can also donate to the Linda Smith Tribute Fund (Targetting Ovarian Cancer) by clicking here.
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POSTED: 26 February 2010.
Web Design Sheffield
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Web Design Sheffield
Web Design Sheffield appears to be the top search term for people looking for a Web Design company in Sheffield. You might not think that's unusual (and according to the search statistics it isn't!), but it highlights the vagaries and confusions that can arise from trying to identify the search terms people will use to find your business,
You might think that "Web Designers in Sheffield" is a more natural search term than "Web Design Sheffield", but last month, 2,900 searches were made for "Web Design Sheffield" and only 73 searches were made for the more natural "Web Designers in Sheffield".
This highlights the importance of making sure your keyword research is thorough. If you're optimising for phrases which are only being used occassionally, then it stands to reason that you're not going to get much traffic from them.
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POSTED: 25 February 2010.
Search Engine Optimisation Package Launched
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Search Engine Optimisation Package Launched
Having listened to a lot of clap-trap about Search Engine Optimisation, and having done successful projects in the past, it's time to launch a complete SEO package!
Check out our new article What To Avoid With SEO which will hopefully save you some money!
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POSTED: 01 February 2010.
Emma Joins Web Equip!
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Emma Joins Web Equip!
Emma is a Marketing graduate who joins us to help out not only with the day to day development of websites, but to help us deliver a structured approach to Search Engine Optimisation (announcement on this shortly).
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POSTED: 15 January 2010.
Web Equip Need a Trainee Web Developer
We're looking for someone with some exposure to x/html and css and maybe even some server side scripting and/or MySql experience who wants to grow into a full Web Developer role, and perhaps even further as the company continues to grow.
We're a friendly and relaxed team but our standards are very high, so if you think you might fit the bill, or you know someone who is looking for full-time employment, has some exposure to web development methods, and wants to learn commercial web development let us know!
Email us at info@webequip.co.uk and we'll get straight back to you!
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Web Equip Need a Trainee Web Developer
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We're looking for someone with some exposure to x/html and css and maybe even some server side scripting and/or MySql experience who wants to grow into a full Web Developer role, and perhaps even further as the company continues to grow.We're a friendly and relaxed team but our standards are very high, so if you think you might fit the bill, or you know someone who is looking for full-time employment, has some exposure to web development methods, and wants to learn commercial web development let us know!
Email us at info@webequip.co.uk and we'll get straight back to you!
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POSTED: 20 December 2009.
More Fasthosts Email Problems
I closed down one of our Fasthosts accounts last Wednesday. The lady on the phone asked me why and I explained it was mostly to do with the email problems they had burdened us all with. She explained that they now had a brand new email platform and I expect that was supposed to fill me with confidence so I would not cancel the account and transfer the 60+ domains that were on that account back in. I cancelled anyway.
We still have 170+ domains on another Fasthosts account though, and guess what happened the very next morning? Yes, their email platform failed again and our phones lit up. So much for the new platform eh? Fortunately our customers seem to have the patience of Job even though some of them rely heavilly on it for their business.
We are now working our way through getting the other domains away from them as fast as we can, but their control panel software (which they wrote themselves) keeps failing with system errors. We were also billed for a domain renewal the other day, not an unusual occurance, except that the domain was nothing to do with us!
Our advice? Avoid Fasthosts!!
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More Fasthosts Email Problems
I closed down one of our Fasthosts accounts last Wednesday. The lady on the phone asked me why and I explained it was mostly to do with the email problems they had burdened us all with. She explained that they now had a brand new email platform and I expect that was supposed to fill me with confidence so I would not cancel the account and transfer the 60+ domains that were on that account back in. I cancelled anyway.
We still have 170+ domains on another Fasthosts account though, and guess what happened the very next morning? Yes, their email platform failed again and our phones lit up. So much for the new platform eh? Fortunately our customers seem to have the patience of Job even though some of them rely heavilly on it for their business.
We are now working our way through getting the other domains away from them as fast as we can, but their control panel software (which they wrote themselves) keeps failing with system errors. We were also billed for a domain renewal the other day, not an unusual occurance, except that the domain was nothing to do with us!
Our advice? Avoid Fasthosts!!
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POSTED: 16 December 2009.
How Time Flies!!
Is it really almost 3 months since we last posted any news?? Well it's all happening down here. We have never been so busy. Another big (national) customer on board with specialist requirements relating to writing on pdf documents from form data entry, and several other websites we've sent live - which we MUST get round to adding on to our portfolio! Watch this space for news on our new big customer - and some great new shopping cart developments like reviews and so on.
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How Time Flies!!
Is it really almost 3 months since we last posted any news?? Well it's all happening down here. We have never been so busy. Another big (national) customer on board with specialist requirements relating to writing on pdf documents from form data entry, and several other websites we've sent live - which we MUST get round to adding on to our portfolio! Watch this space for news on our new big customer - and some great new shopping cart developments like reviews and so on.
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POSTED: 26 September 2009.
Two more shops in development
A high street retailer on Division Street and a wholesale padlock merchant have taken our shopping cart. You can't get much more diverse than that..!
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Two more shops in development
A high street retailer on Division Street and a wholesale padlock merchant have taken our shopping cart. You can't get much more diverse than that..!
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POSTED: 16 August 2009.
WEB EQUIP ARE NUMBER ONE ON GOOGLE!
Type Web Designers in Sheffield into Google and you'll see us at the top of the listings.
It's particularly difficult for a web designer to get to number 1 because every other web designer is trying to get to the top as well, so it's a bit like winning a gold medal.
This is absolute proof that we know what we're doing when it comes to search engine optimisation. Visit our page on search engine optimisation which details some of the pitfalls as well as describing what it's all about.
WEB EQUIP LTD - NUMBER ONE!
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WEB EQUIP ARE NUMBER ONE ON GOOGLE!
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Type Web Designers in Sheffield into Google and you'll see us at the top of the listings.It's particularly difficult for a web designer to get to number 1 because every other web designer is trying to get to the top as well, so it's a bit like winning a gold medal.
This is absolute proof that we know what we're doing when it comes to search engine optimisation. Visit our page on search engine optimisation which details some of the pitfalls as well as describing what it's all about.
WEB EQUIP LTD - NUMBER ONE!
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POSTED: 02 August 2009.
Domain Transfers in and Transfers Out
All web developers who look after the hosting of the websites they have developed (like us) often deal with requests for domain transfers, so they have domain names coming in and out of their control. Obviously it's better to have more domains coming in than going out, and because of the record number of domains being transferred in to us at the moment we seem to have become experts in domain transfers!
Domain name transfers to and from Web Equip Ltd over the last 3 years:
DOMAINS TRANSFERRED OUT: 2
DOMAINS TRANSFERRED IN: 67
Why were two domains transferred out? We transferred them out and closed the customer account because they had seriously breached our terms and conditions.
Why were 67 domains transferred in? Mostly because we could provide a solution to a problem the customer was experiencing at the time either because of email problems or website functionality. And sometimes because the customer had realised s/he was being significantly overcharged.
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Domain Transfers in and Transfers Out
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All web developers who look after the hosting of the websites they have developed (like us) often deal with requests for domain transfers, so they have domain names coming in and out of their control. Obviously it's better to have more domains coming in than going out, and because of the record number of domains being transferred in to us at the moment we seem to have become experts in domain transfers!Domain name transfers to and from Web Equip Ltd over the last 3 years:
DOMAINS TRANSFERRED OUT: 2
DOMAINS TRANSFERRED IN: 67
Why were two domains transferred out? We transferred them out and closed the customer account because they had seriously breached our terms and conditions.
Why were 67 domains transferred in? Mostly because we could provide a solution to a problem the customer was experiencing at the time either because of email problems or website functionality. And sometimes because the customer had realised s/he was being significantly overcharged.
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POSTED: 01 August 2009.
Multiple Domain Discount Introduced
We have introduced, from 1st August 2009, a 10% discount on ALL BILLS for customers who host 4 or more domains with us.
So invoices for all web design or web development work will be discounted by 10%, as well as the annual hosting invoices if the customer hosts 4 or more domains.
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Multiple Domain Discount Introduced
We have introduced, from 1st August 2009, a 10% discount on ALL BILLS for customers who host 4 or more domains with us.
So invoices for all web design or web development work will be discounted by 10%, as well as the annual hosting invoices if the customer hosts 4 or more domains.
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POSTED: 31 July 2009.
WEB EQUIP CREATES DOT COM STUDIOS LTD AND MOVES NEXT DOOR
We have established a new company with our web design partners Phorm Design. It's called Dot Com Studios Ltd and is merely a vehicle for processing revenues from the shopping cart and other "packaged" type products. It does not replace Web Equip Ltd and existing customers will see no difference at all.
In addition, we are moving into a double unit this weekend. We now have a great meeting area and more room for the servers and the drums of course. The bulk of the work has been done today and we were offline for about an hour but we quickly settled and we're now looking forward to swinging a few cats around.
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WEB EQUIP CREATES DOT COM STUDIOS LTD AND MOVES NEXT DOOR
We have established a new company with our web design partners Phorm Design. It's called Dot Com Studios Ltd and is merely a vehicle for processing revenues from the shopping cart and other "packaged" type products. It does not replace Web Equip Ltd and existing customers will see no difference at all.
In addition, we are moving into a double unit this weekend. We now have a great meeting area and more room for the servers and the drums of course. The bulk of the work has been done today and we were offline for about an hour but we quickly settled and we're now looking forward to swinging a few cats around.
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POSTED: 18 July 2009.
THREE New Online Shops to Launch This Week
Three online shops to launch this week with a cumulative total of almost 12,000 products going online.
They are, Creative Home Lighting (Doncater), Tackle2Fish and Hunter Enterprise. Their sectors couldn't be more diverse could they? A lighting retailer, a fishing tackle shop and a hand tools retailer.
Not only that, but two more just came in, Within Reason (a funky goods retailer in Sheffield), and SFL Group Ltd (a machine knives manufacturer also in Sheffield - where else??)
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THREE New Online Shops to Launch This Week
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Three online shops to launch this week with a cumulative total of almost 12,000 products going online.They are, Creative Home Lighting (Doncater), Tackle2Fish and Hunter Enterprise. Their sectors couldn't be more diverse could they? A lighting retailer, a fishing tackle shop and a hand tools retailer.
Not only that, but two more just came in, Within Reason (a funky goods retailer in Sheffield), and SFL Group Ltd (a machine knives manufacturer also in Sheffield - where else??)
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POSTED: 18 July 2009.
MAF Properties Take Full Student Accommodation SEO Package
If there's one business sector which is more difficult to optimise than web design, it's probably the property rental market. There are some big guys with big budgets at the top, and since Google has this fixation with link popularity they are mostly directory sites, so it's not going to be easy.
And we quite like the occassional challenge (only occassionally mind!) so lets go for it! And let's start right here.. MAF Properties are agents for quality student accommodation in Sheffield providing all kinds of properties to let for students and professionals.
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MAF Properties Take Full Student Accommodation SEO Package
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If there's one business sector which is more difficult to optimise than web design, it's probably the property rental market. There are some big guys with big budgets at the top, and since Google has this fixation with link popularity they are mostly directory sites, so it's not going to be easy.And we quite like the occassional challenge (only occassionally mind!) so lets go for it! And let's start right here.. MAF Properties are agents for quality student accommodation in Sheffield providing all kinds of properties to let for students and professionals.
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POSTED: 01 July 2009.
Major Announcement Due on 1st August
We shouldn't really say anything, but we're that exited!! We will be announcing something on 1st August which will mark a BIG step forward for Web Equip Ltd. It wont affect our magnificent service, and our existing customers will get the same service from the same people at the same price.. But their comfort zone will expand because we're going to.. no.. no.. you'll have to wait!
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Major Announcement Due on 1st August
We shouldn't really say anything, but we're that exited!! We will be announcing something on 1st August which will mark a BIG step forward for Web Equip Ltd. It wont affect our magnificent service, and our existing customers will get the same service from the same people at the same price.. But their comfort zone will expand because we're going to.. no.. no.. you'll have to wait!
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POSTED: 29 June 2009.
Another Website Ripoff Discovered
We have met with an organisation today who are being charged.. wait for it.. £600 per month for a content management website, and if that isn't bad enough, they can't get into the site to manage their content!!
For a content management website, we would need to recruit 60 new customers to generate that much income, sixty! We can't think what on earth they could be doing for the customer to justify fees of that magnitude. You could virtually employ somebody full-time for that!
Should we increase our fees by a power of ten and work out of swanky London offices, or stay as we are in our cosy office units down Neepsend? I think we'll stay as we are thank you.
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Another Website Ripoff Discovered
We have met with an organisation today who are being charged.. wait for it.. £600 per month for a content management website, and if that isn't bad enough, they can't get into the site to manage their content!!
For a content management website, we would need to recruit 60 new customers to generate that much income, sixty! We can't think what on earth they could be doing for the customer to justify fees of that magnitude. You could virtually employ somebody full-time for that!
Should we increase our fees by a power of ten and work out of swanky London offices, or stay as we are in our cosy office units down Neepsend? I think we'll stay as we are thank you.
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POSTED: 29 June 2009.
Another Website Using US based Hosting
On our website hosting page we talk about the importance of avoiding cheap hosting in the USA because we have seen the terrible effects it has on website performance.
Today, whilst sat with a customer, we discovered another one. We would publish the URL here but we're not sure about the ethics.. If you contact us we'll give you the URL as a perfect example of why you need to ignore the +/- £4 a month saving. It really isn't worth it. Search engine bots wont like it one little bit, and neither will your potential customers, they'll go back to the next one on the list faster than you can say "I might have lost a sale there"!
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Another Website Using US based Hosting
On our website hosting page we talk about the importance of avoiding cheap hosting in the USA because we have seen the terrible effects it has on website performance.
Today, whilst sat with a customer, we discovered another one. We would publish the URL here but we're not sure about the ethics.. If you contact us we'll give you the URL as a perfect example of why you need to ignore the +/- £4 a month saving. It really isn't worth it. Search engine bots wont like it one little bit, and neither will your potential customers, they'll go back to the next one on the list faster than you can say "I might have lost a sale there"!
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POSTED: 25 June 2009.
New Website Launched
This has not been easy. No really. It has taken a very, very long time because we've been seriously busy for at least the last 18 months, and as you'll notice if you fish around it still isn't finished even now.
One of the worst things you can do with a website is put it live when it isn't finished. We wouldn't advise a customer to do it (messes up the SEO and looks bad to visitors), but we did it because...
A) Knowing our website is online and unfinished might enable us to squeeze a few more hours out of somewhere to get it finished, at least to a point where we can start tweaking. Where these hours are going to come from we don't know yet!
B) And to be honest it doesn't matter too much at the moment if it puts the occasional new business enquiry off, we're struggling to meet demand at the moment and should probably take another developer on - we don't even seem to have time for that!
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New Website Launched
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This has not been easy. No really. It has taken a very, very long time because we've been seriously busy for at least the last 18 months, and as you'll notice if you fish around it still isn't finished even now.One of the worst things you can do with a website is put it live when it isn't finished. We wouldn't advise a customer to do it (messes up the SEO and looks bad to visitors), but we did it because...
A) Knowing our website is online and unfinished might enable us to squeeze a few more hours out of somewhere to get it finished, at least to a point where we can start tweaking. Where these hours are going to come from we don't know yet!
B) And to be honest it doesn't matter too much at the moment if it puts the occasional new business enquiry off, we're struggling to meet demand at the moment and should probably take another developer on - we don't even seem to have time for that!
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POSTED: 22 June 2009.
New Print Equipment Arrives
We have made a big investment in some new equipment which allows us to handle much bigger jobs. I should get Haydn to write this because apart from folding paper I haven't got a clue what it all does. All I know is that we all nearly broke our backs getting it into the units, and one of them has it's own generator?!?!
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I am informed that when it comes to print I am an idiot (I can't deny it, it also applies to curtains and DIY) and that the picture is actually of a poster/banner printer. The folding thing is in the other unit with the thing that has it's own engine... ??!!
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New Print Equipment Arrives
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We have made a big investment in some new equipment which allows us to handle much bigger jobs. I should get Haydn to write this because apart from folding paper I haven't got a clue what it all does. All I know is that we all nearly broke our backs getting it into the units, and one of them has it's own generator?!?!-- edit --
I am informed that when it comes to print I am an idiot (I can't deny it, it also applies to curtains and DIY) and that the picture is actually of a poster/banner printer. The folding thing is in the other unit with the thing that has it's own engine... ??!!
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POSTED: 06 June 2009.
Web Obfuscator Installed
After weeks of anticipation, the Web Obfuscator has finally been installed. Until you fully understand what it does, it can be very confusing. The obfuscator is VERY busy 24 hours a day, but it's no good just asking a few quick questions about what it does, the Obfuscator is a prime example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
It currently sits on top of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the servers. It's happy there. To fully understand it, you will need to be a geek who is prepared to take our Managing Director for a pint or four.
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Web Obfuscator Installed
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After weeks of anticipation, the Web Obfuscator has finally been installed. Until you fully understand what it does, it can be very confusing. The obfuscator is VERY busy 24 hours a day, but it's no good just asking a few quick questions about what it does, the Obfuscator is a prime example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. It currently sits on top of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the servers. It's happy there. To fully understand it, you will need to be a geek who is prepared to take our Managing Director for a pint or four.
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Technology News From The BBC
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Internet up for Nobel Peace PrizeWed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:16 GMTThe internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. » more.. |
Mobile phone allows boss to snoopWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:07 GMTMobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan. » more.. |
Facebook calls for 'iconic games'Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:19:13 GMTFacebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network. » more.. |
File-sharing sanctions 'unfair'Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:39:06 GMTIllegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT. » more.. |
Hard drive evolution could hit XPTue, 09 Mar 2010 11:29:38 GMTHard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users. » more.. |
Porn net domain name plan revivedTue, 09 Mar 2010 11:51:07 GMTA plan to create a .xxx net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by internet regulators. » more.. |
Banking fraud 'moves to internet'Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:37 GMTFraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, research suggests. » more.. |
Nanotech 'fuse' for novel batteryTue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:28 GMTA never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers. » more.. |
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Why all News is Good News
If you put an updateable news facility on your website, you are doing your business, your customers, your potential customers and your website a great favour because if you're careful about it, you can do wonders for your sites generic search engine listings.
Even if you're not careful about it, just writing as much news as you can not only benefits your customers (and potential customers), but it is going to be relevant content, and unique, and search engines absolutely love that to bits.
