News & Insights
Ideas, guides and news from the team: web design, AI, marketing and the business of software.
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5 Reasons Your Business Website Should Include a Blog
A blog gives your website more ways to be found and more reasons to be trusted. Here are five reasons it still earns its place, and how to…
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How to Recover Your Website From a Google Penalty
A sudden drop in Google traffic is either a manual action or an algorithm change. Here’s how to tell which, and the steps to recover from each.
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Why Is My Website Slow? Five Common Causes and How to Fix Them
Most slow business websites come down to the same five causes: heavy images, weak hosting, too many plugins, a bloated theme and missing caching. Here’s how to find…
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5 Reasons Your Website Gets Traffic but No Enquiries (and How to Fix Them)
Plenty of visitors and hardly any enquiries usually comes down to five fixable problems. Here’s how to find which ones apply to your site and what to change…
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The Pros and Cons of Using Python for Web Development
Python is a strong choice for data-heavy web applications and anything involving AI. It’s a weaker fit for a simple content site. Here’s how to tell which one…
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WordPress Security: How to Stop Your Business Website Getting Hacked
Most hacked WordPress sites are broken into the same few ways. Here’s how to close those doors, how to tell if someone has already got in, and what…
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How to Use Google Search Console to Find and Fix Website Problems
Google Search Console is free and tells you exactly where Google is struggling with your site. Here are the reports worth checking and what to do about what…
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How to Choose a Web Design Agency (and the Questions to Ask First)
Choosing a web design agency is mostly about asking the right questions before you sign. Here’s what to look for, what to ask, what a fair price looks…
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Mark Francis, Blue Flamingo Founder, on Differentiators, Guilty Pleasures and Building an Agency
Our founder Mark Francis joined Planable CEO Xenia Muntean on the People of Marketing podcast to talk about leaving the corporate world to build Blue Flamingo.
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Blue Flamingo Delivers the Website for IPSX, the World’s First Regulated Commercial Real Estate Exchange
We built the website for IPSX, the first regulated exchange for commercial property, bringing live trading data and property information from several providers onto one site.
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Tap Targets: How Big Buttons and Links Should Be on Mobile
A tap target is anything on a page someone taps: a button, a link, a form field. Here’s how big they need to be, what WCAG 2.2 requires,…
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What Is Responsive Web Design? The 3 Features of a Responsive Website
A responsive website rearranges itself to fit any screen, from a phone to a wide monitor. Here are the three features that make it work, how it differs…
