Design Militia Rebranded
Posted by Tim on the 24 February in General |

General
Design Militia is 2 years old in May and since the launch of the company back in 2008, our services and portfolio have outgrown our website. Therefore, we have decided to rebrand the company and relaunch the website to reflect our offerings and our simple, beautiful approach to website design.
Like all websites we produce, accessibility and web standards are always in the forefront of our...
Is your business taking advantage of local search?
Posted by Tim on the 21 January in SEO |

SEO
When it comes to SEO, companies are not taking advantage of the power of thinking local. Ofcom (2008) reported that 76% of UK adult Internet users find out about local services online. Since more people search for local businesses online then anywhere else it's crucial to make sure you're found on search results but more importantly - on local search results.
How does local search differ to...
Could your website speed affect your page rank?
Posted by Tim on the 8 December in SEO |

SEO
According to Google, yes. Your website’s performance could soon be a factor of where your website gets listed in Google’s search results. It is not yet known when this new factor will be introduced, however, we expect in early 2010 to coincide with the release of Google Caffeine (real time search results).
Update: Google have announced that site speed will affect search rankings as of 9th...
Putting an end to the META keyword debate
Posted by Tim on the 12 October in SEO |

SEO
We get the question all the time. META Keywords, will they help my search engine ranking? The Official answer from Google is no - Google do not use the meta tag to determine your websites page rank and here is a video from Google confirming it.