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New domain names for Australians

If you are in Australia, you have until the 20th of September to reserve a new style of domain name, which may, in the future, become the dominant URL address style for websites in Australia. The new domain name does

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Novels I read last year.

It has been a while since I posted anything. I was too busy last year to post regularly (I started a web design business on March 19 –Wangaratta Website Design Services – and before that, I did a six-week intensive NEIS

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What to Include on an Author Website.

In the lead-up to starting Wangaratta Website Design Services, I did an online survey of writers/authors asking what they wanted in an author’s website. Twenty-three people responded, which isn’t a lot, but I still found their responses informative. Advantages of

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Online spammers, scammers and rip-offs.

Since starting my business, I have been surprised by the amount of spam and attempted scams I have received. Domain Registration Rip-off The rip-offs and scams started straight after I registered my business when I received a letter from www.registry.com.au

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How to get to the top of Google search results

Google is the most popular search engine. According to Statscounter, nearly 95% of web searches are conducted using it. When a search is conducted on Google, the results page (SERP) includes different types of results.  For the search “Website Design

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Can customers easily find your business?

I enjoy walking around Wangaratta: clean air, exercise, time to let my mind wander. But often, my thoughts are interrupted when a car pulls up and one of its occupants asks for directions to a particular business, service, or event.

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Questions a web designer might ask you.

Hi all, When a potential client contacts me, these are some of the preliminary questions I am likely to ask. 1. What does your business do? 2. How long has it been operating? 3. Do you currently have a Website?

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Review of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments

Unless you only get your news from a Donald Trump-authorised news source, you would know that The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s recently released sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. I loved The Handmaid’s Tale when I first read it a few decades ago.

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Review of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity.

Although this blog is mainly about science fiction, I sometimes read non-genre literature to see what the other side is up to. Jonathon Franzen is one of my favourite non-genre authors. This is a review of Purity, the fourth of

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