Over the years we have been asked many a time to create a few mock-up/speculative website designs to present during sale time (and pre sign-up). In the past (and previous positions) we were always made to do it, being told that it could be the deal clincher. I have always had a problem with these for reasons I will go into in a minute but first let me reinforce that when I say mock-ups I actually mean non-charged for/free work (an important point in my argument). Read more…

Web Design design meeting, speculative design, Web Design

Yesterday I was going to write this post but one thing led to another and the post merged into something else altogether. So, today I’m back on track and wondering how much it takes for a company to backtrack over a branding decision.

The reason I was prompted to write this post is in light of the new Ask Jeeves character and how he came about for the second time. Read more…

Branding online branding, Web Design

It can be a hard decision to decide to completely redesign your company website. Sometimes there are several decision makers all vying for their say, maybe your web designers are pushing for a redesign or maybe you just know it’s a little outdated but are unsure whether it’s outdated enough to warrant a new design.

We’ve written a previous post on how to evaluate whether your site needs a facelift and so we won’t go into that again so soon. What we do want to talk about is the difference between a redesign and a revamp, the positives and negatives of each option and a few points to think about to help you evaluate the best option for you (to give you food for thought before your website consultation). Read more…

Web Design accessible web design, Web Design

A week seems to pass incredibly quickly in the PoLR offices and it doesn’t feel like five minutes since we were looking for random words last week for this new blog theme. Well, five minutes have indeed passed (more like 7 days) and it’s time for take two.

This weeks bit of Friday fun comes from Craig Dearden (@thegreenwelly) with the suggestion of ‘serendipity’.

Incidentally, in 2004 serendipity was voted one of the top 10 most difficult to translate English words. So lets see if we can translate it to Geek… Read more…

Random of the week internet marketing, Web Design

In this post I intend to comment on, complain and – dare I say – inform you readers (you know who you are…mum) about some issues and occurrences relating to web design, SEO and other things we’ve come across or know about, using the medium of Partridge!

I’ll freely admit I have a reasonably unhealthy obsession with Alan Partridge. This was reignited after a visit to see Steve Coogan live at the SECC in early December, he was absolutely fantastic with a performance including all of his old favourite characters and then onto the greatly anticipated Partridge after the intermission.

So here we go, 10 Internet related comments inspired by one Mr Alan Partridge: Read more…

Lists and Stuff internet marketing, Web Design

I mentioned the phrase ‘Image Replacement’ in my interview with Blair Millen. A few days later I was asked what this was. So in response to this ‘web wondering’ I will briefly explain what Image replacement is, how it looks on screen and provide links to resources for further reading. Read more…

Web Wonderings accessibility, Web Design