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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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8 ways we increased ecommerce sales by 10,000%

Posted in Design on the 29-11-2009 | 41 Comments

Discover how Headscape increased the sales of Wiltshire Farm Foods by 10,000% and how you can do the same for your site.

The biggest ecommerce lies and how to avoid them

Posted in Site content on the 06-11-2009 | 28 Comments

I am amazed at some of the advice I read about building successful ecommerce sites. I seriously wonder who writes this stuff! In this post I debunk 5 common myths.

Using web stats for more

Posted in Site content on the 19-10-2008 | 2 Comments

We all use web stat tools like Google Analytics for tracking marketing campaigns. However, they can also be used to improve your site.

131. Version Control

Posted in Podcast on the 20-08-2008 | Comments Off

In this weeks show Ryan and Stanton return to talk about the importance of version control and answer your questions on project  management and invoicing applications, download sizes and page weight.

128. Details

Posted in Podcast on the 30-07-2008 | 11 Comments

On this weeks show, to fill the void left by Paul, I’m accompanied by our Producer Ryan and Researcher Stanton. We Interview Dan Rubin on the Details of Design, and answer your questions on managing a bigger team and terms and conditions.

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.

104. Give us your money

Posted in Podcast on the 12-12-2007 | 9 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares 10 tips for getting designs signed off. Marcus looks at how to present to a prospective client and Michael Slater introduces us to Ruby on Rails.

Silver surfers need to eat

Posted in Reviews on the 28-06-2006 | 21 Comments

I don’t normally sound the fanfare when Headscape launches a new site. In my experience it opens me up to more criticism than I enjoy! However I think for once I will make an exception.

Ecommerce 2.0?

Posted in Web strategy on the 26-11-2005 | 7 Comments

There is a lot of hype surrounding the new generation of websites that are emerging. Collectively they are labelled web 2.0 applications, largely because they behave more like desktop applications than websites. The question is how the underlying principles of web 2.0 will expand beyond the current raft of “web applications” to encompass more traditional websites. For example, how can web 2.0 principles and technologies benefit a typical ecommerce site?

Stuart Langridge on Javascript

Posted in Reviews on the 11-11-2005 | 17 Comments

Yet another live blog from the d.Construct conference here in Brighton UK. I have just been listening to Stuart Langridge speak on DOM scripting and found myself slightly concerned with some of the things he said.

Web Applications

Posted in Tech/Development on the 15-06-2005 | No Comments

Have you seen some of the fascinating new tools coming out of Google recently? Applications such as Google Maps and Google Suggest are the highest profile examples of a growing trend towards application design on the web.

When good shopping sites go bad

Posted in Usability, Web strategy on the 25-05-2005 | 5 Comments

I have just finished reading a fascinating article on the BBC web site about the growth of ecommerce. This comes on the sameday that I have watched one of my clients fail to grasp some of the basics of ecommerce.

Financial benefits of usability

Posted in Usability on the 27-06-2004 | No Comments

In this article I outline exactly why usability testing is worth the effort and how it can translate into real financial gain.

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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: