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

Boagworld is the web design blog of Paul (the Wurzel) Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset. He produces a weekly podcast with Marcus (pop star) Lillington on all things relating to building and running websites. They also run 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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Website owners need more than web designers

Posted in Web strategy on the 28-01-2010 | 27 Comments

Why is it many website owners are changing their web designer even when he or she has built them a great looking, usable website? What more are they looking for?

193. Get more from Google Analytics

Posted in Podcast on the 27-11-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul and Marcus are joined by Matt Curry who shares some advanced Google Analytics techniques. We have a review of Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton and Paul goes on endlessly about the Website Owners Manual.

170. Versus

Posted in Podcast on the 17-06-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about the conflicts surrounding design decisions, and Teifion challenges a BBC article that asks “Are the days of the web amateur numbered?”

160. Education, Education, Education

Posted in Podcast on the 08-04-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: We speak to Aarron Walter about teaching web standards. Ryan Carson starts a series on web applications and Paul talks about remote user testing.

10 ways to Battle Site Bureaucracy

Posted in Web strategy on the 17-02-2009 | 8 Comments

Running a large institutional website is frustrating. Your site is often held back by internal politics and bureaucracy. Let me show you 10 ways to cut through the crap and get results.

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?

5 options when website budgets get slashed

Posted in Web strategy on the 30-01-2009 | 10 Comments

Your site is in desperate need of a redesign, content is out of date and the technology is archaic. Unfortunately times are tight and your budget has been cut. What do you do?

150. User Manipulation

Posted in Podcast on the 28-01-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: Liz Danzico talks about user research. Paul explains how to create an effective call to action and we discover how one button cost $300 million in sales

140. Launch

Posted in Podcast on the 22-10-2008 | 5 Comments

In this week’s show GetSignOff has finally launched, we talk about how to use web stats to improve your site and we answer your questions about roles with web design and should you help clients with hosting.

Can Google Chrome topple IE?

Posted in News on the 05-09-2008 | 23 Comments

Without a doubt the biggest story of the week is that Google has launched its own browser called Chrome. At the moment the browser is only available for windows although a mac and linux will follow shortly.

123. Plight

Posted in Podcast on the 25-06-2008 | 5 Comments

In this weeks show we review Textmate and the Top 5 Tips for Web Designers and we discuss the plight of in-house designers.

117. Friendly

Posted in Podcast on the 14-05-2008 | 19 Comments

On this week’s show, we review woopra, a google analytics alternative and we explore why friendly urls are so important and what tools are out there to help you set them up.

Review: Woopra

Posted in Reviews on the 08-05-2008 | 10 Comments

When it comes to website statistics Google Analytics dominates most of our thinking. However, there are some impressive alternatives. One I would like to introduce to you is Woopra.

Show 79: Despise the listener

Posted in Podcast on the 15-05-2007 | 1 Comment

We have a great lineup this week: Paul talks about getting things done in web design and an alternative approach to your reading list. Marcus explains the exciting area of insurance for web designers and we have Andy Clarke on the show to give us an update on CSS 3.

Podcast 21: Working with web stats

Posted in Podcast on the 30-01-2006 | 8 Comments

Are you getting the most from your web stats? Are they helping you identify areas on your site that require improvement? Marcus and Paul look at how web stats can keep you informed about how users interact with your site.

Web Design Podcast (14) – Real World Web 2.0

Posted in Podcast on the 21-11-2005 | 10 Comments

Over the past few weeks, I have written a lot about Web 2.0 on boagworld.com. However, most of what I have written consists of questions rather than answers. In this episode of the boagworld podcast, Marcus Lillington and I try to take the characteristics of Web 2.0 and apply them to real world websites.

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: