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By Matthew Telfer

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Domain Names

Reasons to go .co

Used by many of the world’s leading brands, including Google, Amazon, Twitter, American Express and Starbucks, .co has been going from strength to strength since its launch in 2010…

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By Jenni Brown

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Your Website

Boost your search rankings with an SSL certificate

Google recently announced that it will be giving preferential treatment to websites that display a valid SSL certificate. This will help to improve security across the web, and also ensures that legitimate websites will find it easier to be ranked more highly.Google recently announced that it will be giving preferential treatment to websites that display a valid SSL certificate. This will help to improve security across the web, and also ensures that legitimate websites will find it easier to be ranked more highly.

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By Jenni Brown

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Misc

UK Pioneers of Technology infographic

Following on from our Proud to be .uk infographic, we’ve turned our post covering the UK’s biggest digital achievements into an infographic to highlight some of the most significant technological contributions to date. From programming to portable hardware to 3D graphics, it’s surprising how far-reaching the UK’s impact has been over the years. Check out our infographic and share or add to your own website.

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By Matthew Wheatley

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Misc

How I became a developer

For some people, writing line upon line of complex and intricate code causes a wave of nausea to come over them. For others, myself included, it induces a feeling of joy bordering on masochistic in nature. With that said, not everyone wants to do it for a living – some individuals prefer to just tinker and dabble, creating the occasional bit of functioning code to make their lives simpler. I was one of those people until the beginning of this year, when I decided I wanted to make a full-time career out of it.

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By Jenni Brown

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Heart Internet

Why we moved to .uk

There’s been a lot of speculation about why we decided to move our website from heartinternet.co.uk to heartinternet.uk, so we thought we’d set the record straight with a blog post.

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By Jenni Brown

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Your Website

How to use semantic markup to improve your SEO

Have you ever wondered why some listings on Google appear to have more information about the page than others? Well mostly this is because of semantic markup and microformats. Find out about the different types you can implement for your website and improve your search listings with this handy post.

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