Coast Radar goes responsive
Praeparo today launched the Beta of Coast Radar, see beta.coastradar.com Coast Radar was faced with a problem that many other websites are also struggling with. The whole idea that visitors are using different sized devices and expect a tailored experience. At first we worked on a main website, mobile website and iphone application but this just became too expensive and complicated to keep in sync. After listening to what the users were saying we decided on a completely new version of the...
Read MoreCoast Radar mobile site launched
Coast Radar had previously invested a lot of time and money into developing an iphone application but then faced with having to cope with Androids, the ever changing apple products (iPad,..) and the standard mobile browsers it was decided better to invest in a single mobile website suitable for all. The Coast Radar mobile website version 1 has been launched today and can be seen at www.coastradar.mobi The site works by discovering the current position and then displaying listings based on this...
Read MoreWhat should I do?
Praeparo are based on the Herts and Bucks border near Aylesbury. If you are local and have a problem with your website or just don’t know what to do to get more website visitors then why not arrange a FREE, no obligation visit. We will sit down with you in front of your website and generally walk through it and answer any of your concerns. So if your business is local in towns like Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Aylesbury, Chesham, Amersham, St. Albans, Watford, Wendover or even ...
Read MoreSite speed now a Google ranking factor
Google have finally announced site speed has been added as a factor to overall search engine ranking – google webmasters article Praeparo thinks this is a good idea as we all should be creating a good user experience. Page load time is critical in a user experience as if we can’t convince the user the site is good in a few seconds they will just bounce. The only area of concern is that some sites to create a good user experience are rich in content that slows the page down. This is...
Read MoreURL address mistakes
More and more business owners are opting for Content Management Systems or eCommerce products. One of the big resulting problems we see more and more is an inadequate URL structure. All too often the URL shown in the address bar has raw parameters, for example www.mydomain.com?prodid=123&opt=2 This technically works but loses you points in the search engine optimisation game. Thus, it is much better to have a human understandable URL, for example www.mydomain.com/menswear/jumpers However,...
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