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AI is taking website user experience and SEO to a new level
AI has revolutionized the way we approach website design and SEO (search engine optimization), taking user experience (UX) to a whole new level. The integration of Artificial Intelligence tools in web development has rapidly become a prevailing trend in the industry....
The Basics of How Search Engine Indexing Works
What Is Search Engine Indexing?Search engine indexing refers to the process where a search engine (such as Google) organizes and stores online content in a central database (its index). The search engine can then analyze and understand the content, and serve it to...
Introducing .au Direct
Australia will be the newest country with an international domain name (IDN), .au! As advised by auDA (the organisation that develops and administers the rules for domain names in the .au country code Top Level Domain), the .au direct domain will launch on 24 March...
Publishing – Book Publicity
Article appeared in the March Edition of the NZ Printer Magazine about our book: Takeaway - The Sale of the Government Printing Office.The aftermath following the sale of this New Zealand Crown asset in the early 1990s saw a Commission of Inquiry conducted due to the...
Publishing – New Book Launched
This month we published the ebook version of Takeaway - the Sale of the Government Printing Office which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the first Government Asset Sale in New Zealand when on January 24, 1990, the Crown and Graeme Hart of the Rank...
Are Hackers Secretly Recording You?
There seems to be an alarming number of scam email attempts going around lately, and a few of them in particular have people extremely concerned. Scam emails are nothing new, but we have had people contact us regarding a specific type of email that has been doing the...
Allow Your Website Visitors to Request a Callback
For any online business, figuring out ways to stay in touch with your visitors is key to increasing conversions. Phone calls strike a perfect balance between convenience and personalisation, but it can be difficult to convince people to provide their phone numbers. A...
Upcoming Changes To The .AU Space
On the 1st of July, Australia’s online space will be going through its first big shakeup in more than a decade, changing the way we register, renew, and manage Australian domain names (.COM.AU, .ID.AU, etc). The Registry Operator Is Changing After more than 15 years...
Privacy Policy – should your website have one?
You might have noticed that many business websites now contain a privacy policy. As most websites contain a contact form or an online store you may want to consider having a privacy policy on your website that lets customers know how you deal with their personal...
Simple ways to Optimize your Website for SEO
IF YOU ASK most business owners what the best way to generate website traffic is they will pretty much always talk about SEO. There are plenty of other channels available, such as referrals and social media, but nothing really compares to search engines. The problem...
Guide To Understanding Common Web Hosting Terms
With so much technical jargon surrounding web hosting, it can be difficult to know what all the various terms mean. The following are some of the most common web hosting phrases used and a brief explanation of their meaning: Bandwidth Bandwidth is the amount of data...
Public WiFi
You check your phone, tablet or laptop and identify a free public WiFi hotspot, jackpot right? Well if you’re overseas or out of mobile data and need internet it may be, giving you a free trip to the internet super highway… but it’s not nearly as safe as you think it...
Keeping your website ahead of the curve
When was the last time your website had a new lick of paint, giving it a fresh new look to keep up with the latest trends? When was the last time you tried something new to penetrate new markets? In the online world it’s important to stay ahead of the curve, and...
App Development
Apps - how they fit within your business website ... With the continued growth of apps being used on mobile phones to access webpage content and also provide many other functions and with newly developed plugins greatly reducing the cost, the following is...
Print Media
Print media continues its strong presence within global communication despite the competition created from the advent of tablets and phones streaming in data as well as its other traditional competitors. dande1st.com can provide full management of your print project –...