What 25 Years Reviewing Websites Taught Me
After 25 years in web design, hosting, SEO and development, I have learnt that the prettiest website in the room is not always the smartest one. I have reviewed a lot of websites over the...
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Six things we write about
Where to start
Everything here belongs to one of six subjects. Pick the one closest to your problem rather than scrolling the lot.
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Website strategy
Making better decisions before you spend anything β what a site costs, custom versus template, and why visitors leave without contacting you.
Why visitors leave your website02
Technical excellence
Hosting, speed, accessibility, security, and the maintenance nobody notices until it fails.
What a care plan actually covers03
SEO & AI visibility
Being found, by search engines and increasingly by AI answers. Authority, schema, local SEO and paid search.
Mastering SEO on limited authority04
AI for business
Using these tools in the business rather than being replaced by them β and knowing when the output is worth publishing.
A workflow beyond AI slop05
Thought leadership
Twenty years of opinions, mistakes, and things learnt the hard way.
The SEO lesson I learnt the hard way06
Cairns business insights
What it is actually like running a business in Far North Queensland, written for owners here.
The Cairns hub
The SEO Lesson I Learnt the Hard Way: Why More Content Isn’t Always Better
For a long time I thought I understood keyword cannibalisation. My assumption was simple: if two pages used the same keywords, Google would get confused about which one should rank. So, like a lot of...
Beyond AI Slop: A Strategic Workflow for Building Websites That Actually Perform
Every week a new YouTube video promises “build a website in an hour with AI prompts.” Name the pattern without naming platforms β templated output, stock imagery bolted on, no strategy behind it. Position this...
Cairns Business Owner’s Complete Guide to AI-Enhanced Marketing ROI
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19 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Website Design Agency
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Web Design Cost in Cairns: What Local Businesses Actually Pay
If you’ve started asking around about getting a website built in Cairns, you’ve probably noticed something frustrating: nobody wants to give you a straight answer on price. Comparing website costs for businesses in Cairns is...
Is your website AI searchable? Complete Guide for Small Business
If you’ve noticed that your website traffic has started to shift over the past year or two, even the last month with May’s 2026 Google Core Update, you’re not imagining things. More and more Australians...
What is AEO? Answer Engine Optimisation Explained
Discover how AEO strategies help ambitious entrepreneurs get found by AI-powered search tools and turn visibility into real business growth.
What’s Changing in the Cairns Digital Market in 2026
For many years a website was simply a box businesses had to tick. Homepage, About Us, Contact Us, add your logo and some colours. Buy a domain name, add some photos, write a few paragraphs...
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