Here at Dmac Media, we have always been proud of our reputation as the straight talking web developers. But even we use industry language and web dev specific terms in the course of our daily tasks. Similar to most industries, we freely use a language of short cuts and business terms specifically used to make […]
Read more...Search engines like Google are considering load time to be more and more important when it comes to both search engine optimization and PPC quality scores. File size certainly affects your website’s load time. Image size is a very important factor in determining how well optimised your site is. What this means for you, as […]
Read more...Being a business owner, you might need to wear many hats. You need to stay on top of so many things… the management, accounts, your staff, product supply, deadlines, deliveries… to name just a few. You also need to take care of the digital face of your business portrayed through your online presence. Now that […]
Read more...A key component of a positive user experience is credibility. Thanks to the Web Credibility Project we are beginning to understand the factors that make a website feel credible to visitors. People are more likely to engage with and complete actions on a site that they feel is a credible website. These ten guidelines are […]
Read more...Corporate Social Responsibility is one of the business world’s buzzwords and hot topic policies. But it is also something that most small companies have been doing in one form or another for many years. At Dmac Media, we have embraced our Corporate Social Responisibility since our doors opened some 15 years ago. We just called […]
Read more...How some Big Tech companies fell out of love with working from home and are now calling their employees back to the office The larger tech giants Google, Apple and Twitter are among the many employers who have fallen out of love with their employees working from home. Yes, that did happen rather quickly. We […]
Read more...A picture paints a thousand words. Photography and image representation are an integral part of website design. Many businesses do not have access to high quality industry specific imagery for their new website. So where do they turn? To stock imagery of course! Now if we remove the large amount of cheese from most of […]
Read more...Social Media is taking an ever more prominent place in the customer buying journey and an increasing direct impact on purchasing decisions. With 76% of the Irish population deemed as an active social media user, shoppers are increasingly turning to ‘social’ to discover new brands, products, and services. This is good news for your business […]
Read more...Each country worldwide has its own domain name initials. The technical term is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD). It is essentially, the two or three identifying letters at the end of the web address. These are administered by that country specified and allow the user to know where each company is likely to be […]
Read more...When you decide to invest in website design and development for your business, it’s important to also consider the annual costs that come with running and maintaining the website. Our guide to those annual costs will give you a better idea of what exactly you are paying for and how it contributes to your website […]
Read more...In the last decade we saw the rise of Irish Retail Pharmacies as major eCommerce players. Focusing on Fragrance, Skincare & Makeup they capitalised on an explosion in online interest. However, for local community centred pharmacies that had neither the range of product nor the price competitiveness required this tide did not provide the same […]
Read more...More than ever, schools need to be online, with a clear updateable website and a full presence on social media. In a year where many schools retreated to virtual classrooms and where Microsoft Teams and Zoom were the preferred option for teaching, it became vital for schools to make full use of their school websites. […]
Read more...While the world is adjusting to a new way of life under the restrictions and closures due to the current Covid 19 Pandemic, here at Dmac we have been developing an innovative new package to help business grow their business online, without significant upfront costs. We are acutely aware that successful online business is needed […]
Read more...While businesses have been adapting to restrictions enforced on us by the Covid 19 pandemic, some traders, particularly those in a retail environment, have enjoyed a sudden and welcome upturn in online sales. Many businesses have been working on and establishing an eCommerce arm to their business model have seen sudden and profound volumes of […]
Read more...Don’t have an eCommerce website and want to sell successfully online? There is a grant you don’t want to miss! The Irish Government is offering an eCommerce life line to retailers to upgrade their websites and trade more successfully online. Never before have so many shopped online for so much. The closure and movement restrictions […]
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