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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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216. Thanks for all the fish
This week on Boagworld: Chris Coyier talks CSS and more, we say goodbye to the boagworld podcast and ask what can you listen to now?
215. Web Directions
This week on Boagworld: Emerging trends at Web Direction @Media, playful web design and death to design by committee.
214. When to hire a web designer
This week on Boagworld: When to hire a web agency, user testing on disposable websites and a need for speed.
213. Getting all emotional
This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos.
212. More skills to learn
This week on Boagworld: 5 new skills every web designer needs to know and how to be inspired while maintaining focus.

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You’re a failure: Deal with it

Posted in Usability on the 24-08-2010 | 5 Comments

Every website has points of failure. It is inevitable. The question is do you know what they are and are you doing something about them?

Web Design News 26/07/10

Posted in News on the 23-07-2010 | 3 Comments

This week: Why the fold doesn’t matter, big wins with quick changes and what’s the best size for a search box?

Lou Rosenfeld on Search Analytics

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Usability on the 07-07-2010 | No Comments

Lou Rosenfeld shares how the search terms used on our websites can reveal a lot about our users.

Why I don’t get SEO

Posted in Marketing on the 22-03-2010 | 109 Comments

I don’t get why people invest in SEO. I am not trying to start an argument. I just want to explain my doubts so somebody can correct me.

Does Google personalised listings affect your ranking?

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Marketing on the 11-03-2010 | 10 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?

199. Time to generalise

Posted in Podcast on the 05-02-2010 | 14 Comments

This week on Boagworld: The changing role of web designers, Colin Firth on content and Becky Jones talks about the changes at Google.

Google is changing and it will affect your site

Posted in Marketing on the 25-01-2010 | 36 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.

Lessons to be learnt from the new Google homepage

Posted in Design on the 06-01-2010 | 29 Comments

Have you noticed the new Google homepage? It is now the simplest it has ever been. I believe there is a lot we can learn not only from this simplicity but also to how Google has achieved it.

There is a disturbance in the force

Posted in on the 23-04-2009 | Comments Off

When to outsource web work

Posted in Web strategy on the 09-04-2009 | 14 Comments

Your in charge of your organisations website. It has become moderately successful and now you have a decision. Do you hire a full time web designer or outsource to a web design agency?

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.

159. Special Guest

Posted in Podcast on the 01-04-2009 | 16 Comments

On this week’s show: The northerners are back with special guest host Sarah Parmenter. We answer your questions on how to quote for projects and whether using off-the-shelf software is wrong and we have a chat with Sarah on her experiences in the industry and the difference between developing for clients and developing for yourself.

Everything we have ever written

Posted in on the 10-03-2009 | No Comments

This is a complete archive of everything written on Boagworld. Use the filter function, search, or the category listings to find a specific post

About Boagworld

Posted in on the 05-03-2009 | Comments Off

10 criteria for selecting a CMS

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Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?

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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.

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