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Practical writing on web design, digital marketing, and SEO. No vanity metrics.
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14/09/2026
Answer Engine Optimisation Audit: The 2026 UK Checklist
How to run an answer engine optimisation audit in six checks, from citation baseline to entity consistency, with no paid tools required.
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11/09/2026
New Website SEO Checklist: Launch Day and the First Month
A new website SEO checklist for the fortnight before launch, launch day itself and the first month afterwards.
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11/09/2026
Technical SEO Checklist: A 2026 UK Guide
A technical SEO checklist in dependency order, plus which items you can do yourself and which genuinely need a developer.
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11/09/2026
Local SEO Checklist: The 2026 UK Small Business Guide
An ordered local SEO checklist for UK small businesses, from Google Business Profile through to measurement, with the items worth ignoring.
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11/09/2026
Conversion Rate Optimisation Audit: A 2026 UK Guide
How to run a conversion rate optimisation audit that produces a ranked, testable queue rather than a list of best practice suggestions.
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09/09/2026
Shopify Variants Now Hold Up to 20 Barcodes
Shopify variants can now hold up to 20 typed barcodes. What changes for UK merchants, and why the first barcode still decides your Shopping…
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07/09/2026
AEO vs SEO: What UK Businesses Actually Need to Change in 2026
AEO vs SEO is not a budget choice: here is what answer engine optimisation genuinely changes for UK businesses, and what is simply good…
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04/09/2026
WooCommerce 11.1 Makes Variation Galleries Native
WooCommerce 11.1 makes variation image galleries native, retires the Additional Variation Images extension and speeds up Store API requests.
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31/08/2026
Shopify Payments Activity Report: What It Shows
Shopify's new Payments activity report ties starting balance, fees and payouts into one document. What it shows and how UK merchants should use it.
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31/08/2026
Website Migration SEO: How to Move a Site Without Losing Rankings
Website migration SEO is what stops a replatform, redesign or domain change from wiping out your rankings. Here is the phased checklist we use…
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29/08/2026
Google Site Reputation Policy: UK Keeps Full Enforcement
Google's site reputation policy now works differently inside and outside the EEA from 30 August. UK sites keep full enforcement. What changed.
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24/08/2026
Shopify Adds DHL Express Labels for UK Merchants
DHL Express is now built into Shopify Shipping for UK merchants. Buy domestic and international labels in the admin, no app and no monthly…
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24/08/2026
Ecommerce SEO: A 2026 UK Guide for Online Stores
A practical ecommerce SEO guide for UK online stores, covering category pages, product data, faceted navigation, platform traps and realistic timelines.
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22/08/2026
Google Ads Removes Language Targeting in September
Google removes campaign-level language targeting from Search campaigns in late September 2026. What changes for UK advertisers, and what to check.
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21/08/2026
WordPress 7.1 Mary Lou: What Changes for Site Owners
WordPress 7.1 brings responsive styling without CSS, browser-side image processing and a fully iframed post editor. What UK site owners need to know.
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17/08/2026
How Much Does an Ecommerce Website Cost in the UK? (2026 Guide)
A straight answer on ecommerce website cost in the UK for 2026, including build prices, platform and payment fees, and a three year total…
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16/08/2026
Shopify Managed Markets Ends DDU Support on 24 August
Shopify Managed Markets drops DDU on 24 August 2026. International customers pay duties at checkout instead of on delivery. What UK merchants must do.
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14/08/2026
WordPress 7.0.4 Patches an Author-Level RCE Flaw
WordPress 7.0.4 patches CVE-2026-65640, an Author-level remote code execution flaw on servers using Imagick and Ghostscript. What UK site owners must do.
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13/08/2026
Google Ads Auto-Migrates Campaigns to AI Max in September
From 1 September 2026 Google Ads auto-upgrades campaign-level broad match and automatically created assets to AI Max. What UK advertisers must check.
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12/08/2026
WooCommerce 11.0.1 Ships 12 Security Hardening Fixes
WooCommerce 11.0.1 is flagged a security update: 12 hardening fixes across the Store API, checkout blocks and admin capabilities. What UK stores do now.
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10/08/2026
Meta Conversions API vs the Meta Pixel: A 2026 UK Guide
The Meta Conversions API sends conversion events server-side so UK advertisers stop losing sales to ad blockers and browser privacy limits.