Platformweb

29/09/2015

Great news, this week PlatformWeb is joining forces with the IT support services powerhouse that is NTES. I have worked with Nick Whittome and his team there over the years on many projects and as of Oct 1st I will be NTES's Business Development Manager. My thanks to all of my clients for their ongoing support and custom. See you all soon in the NTES facility in NTP, Plassey. More info here: http://www.ntesitsupport.ie/ntes-blog/platformweb-ntes

We are delighted to announce that David Bourke is joining our team this October bringing with him his clients and expertise from PlatformWeb. This is great news as it further fortifying our team base.

22/09/2015

Some exciting news on the way...

12/08/2015

A busy day has turned into a busy evening at PlatformWeb Central. New site live for www.youghalchamber.ie , a new email service for another client via my old monkey friend at mailchimp, and also a new online form nomination and application process for an event manager.

Welcome to Youghal Chamber, Youghal

31/07/2015

Is it time to revisit the content on your website? We don't distribute out of date brochures, and we should ensure our websites carry our latest message about what we do.

22/07/2015

Great to see the jobs boost of 330 in Pramerica, Letterkenny. Its says a lot about the business environment in when Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) businesses expand upon their existing operations.

09/07/2015

While face book, twitter and other social media are great at pushing out informative updates, websites provide details that browsers are searching for. Its not one or the other, its both

08/07/2015

The keywords you think you might like your website found under may not be what your market place actually use. Ensure your marketing team or SEO expert use a keyword tool to see where the traffic is.

06/07/2015

I got one of my hosting subscriptions delisted from Sorbspam today.That's an email spam blacklist, albeit one of the lesser used ones apparently. After lots of investigation I think it happened because when switching from one hosting subscription to another, an SPF TXT record that was there automatically on original hosting was not on new hosting, so it needed to be added manually...for every domain on that IP address. Important to also note that appearing on one lesser known/used Blacklist may prompt appearance on another more used blacklist...just because its on the other one. Worth using http://mxtoolbox.com to check your website hosts IP

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02/07/2015

SorbsSpam seems to be made deliberately impossible to delist from. Wish it was simple, quick and fair like JustSpam.

24/06/2015

Internet marketing tip: Social media is great. There are so many to choose from, but better to maintain two properly than have a load of empty spaces that ultimately disappoint.Consider if your message suits words or visuals as best media, and think about audience profile. Email [email protected] for more SME and Start Up advice.

16/06/2015

For the rest of the day I will be mostly doing backups of websites. When doing these yourself, be sure to download a copy from your hosting space.

15/05/2015

Search engines can only rank your text, images and design are not ranked or rated by search engines. Have a good text to image balance on your website.