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Changing website providers: what do you need from your old supplier?
Changing website providers? Check your domain, email, materials, page addresses and contract before ending the old service.
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Comparing website quotes: what should the price and contract include?
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Redesigning a website: what should you keep, and how should you prepare?
Plan a website redesign without losing what works. Check domains, email, content, redirects and the tests needed before launch.
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Business email on your own domain: what do you need, and what do you pay for?
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A privacy notice for your business website: what do you need to establish?
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Understand domain names, ownership, renewals and DNS, and how your business address connects to a website and email.
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What is hosting? How your website stays online
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How to get your website on Google: a practical business guide
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What should you write on your business website?
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Domain, hosting and email: what is the difference?
Understand domains, hosting, DNS and email, and learn how to keep your existing domain and email service when replacing your website.
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What does website maintenance include?
What does website maintenance cover? Learn about hosting, technical support, GC’s monthly update allowance and separately agreed work.
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