Our Blog

Let's be Friends...

Check us out on your favourite social media channel #mercuryweb

or let us send things direct to your mail box



Page Speed: How it impacts your SEO

Blog Thumbnail

27th Jan 2017In 2010, Google announced that page speed would impact your website ranking. This actually refers to the time a visitor has…
Find out now!

Five festive Social Media tips!

Blog Thumbnail

14th Dec 2016With Christmas less then two weeks away, social media is a fantastic way to promote your business and engage customers,…
Find out now!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Blog Thumbnail

1st Dec 2016If it’s too cold and miserable to go out during your lunch break why not pass some time away with…
Play Now!

Optimising your website for Black Friday

Blog Thumbnail

11th Nov 2016Black Friday is essentially a US phenomenon that takes place the Friday after thanksgiving which has gradually been adopted in…
See our useful tips!

Search Engine Optimisation: On-Page vs Off-Page

Blog Thumbnail

28th Oct 2016When it comes to optimising your website there are many factors that play a major part in helping your website…
Find out more

Five reasons your visitors are leaving!

Blog Thumbnail

22nd Oct 2016Attracting a potential customer is hard, grabbing their attention and retaining them is even more difficult. If you’re having trouble…
Find out why!

The Importance of Responsive Web Design

Blog Thumbnail

20th Oct 2016What is Responsive Web Design? Responsive web design is a framework and approach to web design that is aimed at…
Find out now!

The dangers and risks of cheap Web Hosting

Blog Thumbnail

15th Oct 2016When it comes to choosing a web hosting service, many website owners tend to look for the lowest prices and…
Find out now!

Five essential Twitter tips!

Blog Thumbnail

30th Sep 2016Twitter is a busy place. With it currently having over 316 million monthly active users sharing over 500 million pieces…
Find out now!

Search Engine Optimisation – The do’s and don’ts

Blog Thumbnail

28th Sep 2016Search engines are nothing new, the first one was created in 1990 and called Archie, short for archive. Since then…
See our useful tips!

Do your emails and e-shot campaigns have a responsive design?

Blog Thumbnail

11th Aug 2016For the less technical-savvy, Responsive Email Design is an email or e-shot campaign that has been designed to view perfectly…
Why is it important?

Your Instagram feed is about to change!

Blog Thumbnail

16th Mar 2016In a blog post yesterday (Tuesday, 15th March), Instagram announced they will “soon” be dropping the reverse chronological order currently…
Find out why!

Facebook ‘Reactions’ to launch in a few weeks

Blog Thumbnail

28th Jan 2016Facebook will finally address the demand for a 'Dislike' button by providing five more 'Reactions' for users to choose from.…
Read More...

Goodbye Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10!

Blog Thumbnail

13th Jan 2016As of yesterday (January 12th, 2016), Microsoft will no longer offer support and security updates for several versions of Internet…
Read More...

Seven Web Design trends for 2016

Blog Thumbnail

13th Oct 2015Have you started to consider what your web presence should look like in 2016? If you haven’t updated the design…
Here's what we think!

Periscope, Twitter’s live streaming app

Blog Thumbnail

8th Oct 2015Periscope put simply is a live streaming video platform that allows you transmit a live recording to your Periscope and…
What is Periscope?

Instagram hits 400M monthly active users

Blog Thumbnail

6th Oct 2015Instagram, the photo-sharing network announced on Tuesday (22nd September) that its reached the 400 million monthly active user mark, up…
Find out more

The battle of mobile payment platforms!

Blog Thumbnail

2nd Oct 2015The growth of mobile use and the ever decreasing price of handsets means that there are now record numbers of…
Find out more

Google releases ‘Brotli’ algorithm

Blog Thumbnail

28th Sep 2015Google has recently released a new open source compression algorithm that is far superior to the current compression methods that…
Find out more

Is your website optimised for Windows new browser, Edge?

Blog Thumbnail

24th Jul 2015This week Microsoft officially launches Windows 10, the brand’s newest operating platform which proceeds Windows 8. One of the most…
Prepare your website for Edge

Mercury Web Design Limited launches to offer new answers to digital industry

Blog Thumbnail

23rd Jul 2015Mercury Web Design Limited is breathing fresh life into the digital industry as more businesses look to stand out from…
Come and take a look