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Upcoming websites for 2012

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Now with the silly season behind us, we turn our attention back towards the websites that we currently have.. read more


Thank you for your support in 2011

On behalf of all of us here at Hodgeman Web & Design, we’d like to thank you for your continued support and business with us in 2011. It was an.. read more


The importance of having a mobile friendly website

With the dramatic increase in smart phone sales and with global usage increasing daily, having a website that displays quickly and effectively on mobile devices will be more and more.. read more


Disabling YouTube link in embedded video

Had an interesting request today from a client wanting to display YouTube videos on their website, but discourage viewers from visiting YouTube in the hope of keeping them safe from.. read more


iOS 5 Software Update – Feature List

The 774.4MB iOS5 update contains over 200 new features, including the following: Notifications Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Center New.. read more


How to: Claim your username for your Facebook business page

If you’ve got a Facebook business page with 25 or more fans (likers) and your page URL still looks like: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Business-Name/123456789012345 Then you can have a vanity URL or custom.. read more


Top 10 benefits of using Google Analytics for your website tracking

More accurate number of actual users By only measuring the number of visits to your site by web browsers, you get a more accurate picture of the number of humans.. read more


Key aspects of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

There are lots of companies out there claiming to guarantee you first page placement in the organic search engine results pages (SERP). It’s not all smoke and mirrors as they.. read more


Top 10 tips on using Google Analytics

The top 10 tips for Google Analytics as outlined by Nick Guebhard, Search Operations Manager from Surefire Search


How to setup Facebook Places for businesses in New Zealand

Facebook rolled out Places in New Zealand on Tuesday March 8, 2011. What this does is allow anyone with a GPS enabled smartphone to ‘Check-in’ to your business, which is.. read more