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A podcast for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset (hence the cows). He produces a weekly podcast with UX consultant Marcus Lillington on building and running websites. They also run the web design agency Headscape.

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203. Why your blog fails
This week on boagworld: the secret of successful blogging, will Google personalisation affect your sites ranking and how to help users too busy to read.
202. Rocket Surgery Made Easy
This week on Boagworld: Steve Krug on monthly usability, Steve Marshall talks about form design and Paul rejoices over the new era for browsers in Europe.
201. Are clients stupid?
This week on Boagworld: We review the freelancing book Noded, discover a new web tool called 'Support Details' and Paul tells us all a story.
200. A taste of the show
This week's show gives you a taste of the live 12 hour marathon that took place to celebrate the 200th Boagworld.
199. Time to generalise
This week on Boagworld: The changing role of web designers, Colin Firth on content and Becky Jones talks about the changes at Google.

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Does Google personalised listings affect your ranking?

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Marketing on the 11-03-2010 | 9 Comments

Google has added a number of tools that allow users to personalise the search results they see. The question is – does this affect how you approach SEO?

Google is changing and it will affect your site

Posted in Marketing on the 25-01-2010 | 32 Comments

Google are never one to rest on their laurels, and the past few months have seen a lot of changes to Google’s search pages that you might have easily missed.

How to hire an SEO company

Posted in Marketing on the 17-09-2009 | 12 Comments

It’s one of the puzzles that each and every company considering Search Engine Optimisation (from an extenal compnay) faces. Basically the question is: How do I know which SEO to choose?

10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Blogging

Posted in Marketing, Site content, Web strategy on the 10-08-2009 | 3 Comments

Every company in western civilization seems to have a blog these days. But are they worth it, and why are so many terrible?

Consultancy clinic twitter competition

Posted in Marketing, News on the 05-06-2009 | 2 Comments

Win a 30 minute consultancy clinic conversation with me worth £54.

Tips for a transformed twitter

Posted in Marketing on the 03-02-2009 | 5 Comments

With everybody from Britney to Obama now on Twitter it is safe to say the social networking platform has gone mainstream. But what does this mean for the service and how can we as website owners use it?

Comment spammers – Stop wasting your time

Posted in Marketing on the 31-01-2009 | 23 Comments

So you want to drive traffic using comment posting? Well, there is a right way and a wrong way.

Becoming number one on Google

Posted in Marketing on the 14-01-2009 | 11 Comments

‘Become number one on Google’ – The dream of every website owner and titles like that grab people’s attention. What can you do to help achieve that dream without resorting to black hat techniques?

The stickiness of community

Posted in Marketing on the 29-11-2008 | 2 Comments

For many, the Holy Grail of a successful website is ‘stickiness’. How do I keep users coming back for more?

Don’t get blacklisted by Google

Posted in Marketing on the 25-09-2008 | 13 Comments

There are so many SEO companies and so much advice about how to get ranked highly on Google. How can you tell the good from the bad?

Website feedback mechanisms

Posted in Marketing on the 11-06-2007 | No Comments

For many businesses a website is a lead generation tool. However, although a lot of thought is put into the website itself, very little is put into the gathering of the leads that result from the website.

Solid up-to-date Search engine advice

Posted in Marketing on the 19-10-2005 | No Comments

There is a lot of out of date advice online regarding search engine optimisation. However, there are some underlying principles that remain true.

Report on RSS penetration

Posted in Marketing on the 09-10-2005 | 7 Comments

Yahoo has published the first comprehensive research into RSS take-up. The results have made me reconsider how I present RSS feeds to the end user.

Fact: Users take their time purchasing

Posted in Marketing on the 07-09-2005 | No Comments

There is nothing like cold hard facts. For years, most of us that work with ecommerce sites have known that users do not always purchase on their first visit. Now we have the facts to back it up… enter clever boffin Dr. Alan Rimm-Kaufman.

Getting to know your users

Posted in Marketing on the 05-08-2005 | No Comments

No matter how dedicated you are to producing a user centric website it is all too easy to loose sight of your users needs. One way of keeping them front and centre is to give them a face and a name.

Google Adwords change

Posted in Marketing on the 26-07-2005 | No Comments

As from the 2nd of August, Google will be changing the way Adwords work so if you run a Google Adwords campaign then now is the time to read up on the changes.

RSS web feeds set to explode

Posted in Marketing on the 25-06-2005 | 3 Comments

If you do not know what an RSS feed is or if you have not added one to your site then now is the time to act. Microsoft is the latest in a long line to integrate RSS into their product offerings.

UK Search engine landscape

Posted in Marketing on the 24-06-2005 | 1 Comment

A report released by Hitwise this week reveals some interesting trends in British online searches.

GPS it and they will come

Posted in Marketing on the 16-06-2005 | No Comments

Have you noticed just how many people have satellite navigation systems in their cars these days? Still more have hand held devices that they use while cycling and walking. The majority of these devices allow users to download or manually enter points of interest. Does your organisation have points of interest people should know about?

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Additional Information

Produced by Headscape

Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

  • Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.

  • Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.

  • Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.

  • Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.

  • Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

Paul elsewhere

Paul just can't shut up. He publishes regular audioboos, has a personal blog and is addicted to twitter. He also writes and speaks regularly. Check out the most recent below: