A pages description meta tag gives Google and the other search engines an overview of what the page is all about. The description meta tag can be a sentence or a short paragraph. These tags are important because Google may use them as snippets for your pages when searched by users. Using Meta tags...
Jumping For Joy!
We’re really excited to have been a part of the Jump Xtreme Bolton website launch! After being involved with the project right from the start, developing the brand, website and other marketing collateral we can now finally celebrate it’s grand opening! From start to finish Give The Dog A Bone have worked closely with Jump Xtreme...
Offer quality content and services
Users know good content when they see it and could potentially direct other visitors via blogs, social media, email etc. Creating compelling and useful content and information is likely to influence your website more than many other factors. Consider the words visitors on your page may use – someone with a lot of knowledge...
Make your Site Easier to Navigate
The navigation is key to helping visitors efficiently and quickly find the content that they want/need. Allows the search engine to realise what content on the site is important and what role the page plays in comparison to the whole site. All sites should/do have a ‘home’ page, this is usually the most popular...
Website Checklist: SEO Changes You May Be Unaware Of!
Page Titles A Page Title is one of the most important on-page ranking factors and should be treated with care! Your page title tag shows up in Search Engine result pages. Search engines such as Google Yahoo, and Bing use the title tag for the page results. Page Titles are usually around 50-60 characters...
Design & Content Are Key:
How to make the most out of your website Make sure your site has a clear plan to users with links that point to the most important areas of you website. This makes it easier for visitors. Do not crowd your site up with links; keep them to a reasonable number on each page....
Online Marketing
Email marketing Email is a convenient and cost-effective way to tell existing and potential customers about offers, to respond to queries and provide customer support. Email messages can be used to highlight special offers and new products and can help drive traffic to your website. Email marketing has the benefit of lower costs and...
Improving Customer Engagement via the Mobile Phone
The mobile is a powerful tool: 4.8 billion of the 6 billion people on the planet have one with 90% saying their phone is at arm’s reach for 14 hours of the day. Therefore it makes sense that businesses are seeking ways to utilise this small handheld device in communicating with their customers. Yet,...
Basic Website Mistakes You Could be Making
Basic mistakes are the worst kind of mistakes, don’t you think? Are you fouling foul of these six very basic parts of your website? If so, fear not – they’re easy to fix! In 2015, a successful website can be crucial for your business, but often, people get distracted and neglect their website. In...
5 Tips for Effective Web Design
Simply creating a web presence for your company is easy these days. There are many companies out there offering quick setup, templated websites but for your business to really stand out from your competitors we’d suggest you consider bespoke web design tailored to your company’s needs. There are various aspects of effective web design and depending on what...