The journal

What we know, written in full

Few articles, but complete ones. Each answers a question our clients genuinely ask us: being found on Google, speeding up a site, no longer landing in spam, holding a brand together. We write what we first apply to our own pages, with no invented figures and no promises, and animated mock-ups show what words describe poorly.

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The volumes

Ten volumes, hand-bound

The articles are shelved by discipline, like the volumes of a workshop library. Choose a section to show only its volumes, or open them in order: they run from the most practical to the broadest.

Web Creation·10 min read

Your website's speed: what Google measures, and what slows you down

What Google measures about a website's speed, the thresholds to aim for, how to check it yourself and what usually slows down a small business website.

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Search·10 min read

Being found on Google Maps: your business profile, step by step

How Google ranks the listings on the map, how to fill in yours field by field, gather honest reviews and keep it up to date.

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Search·10 min read

Title, description, H1: what Google reads first

The title tag, the meta description, the H1, the subheadings, the alt text: what Google reads first on a page, and how to write it for a local business.

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Search·10 min read

Being cited by ChatGPT and the answer engines

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google now answer by citing a few sources. What they read on a page, what to publish to be cited, and what nobody can promise.

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Web Creation·10 min read

Redesigning your website without losing what the old one had earned

Why a redesign so often makes traffic fall, and the method to avoid it: inventory, 301 redirects, launch checks and monitoring.

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Web Creation·10 min read

Measuring your audience without forcing consent

What a tracker is, when consent is required, what a proper cookie window demands, and how to measure your audience without sending anything before the visitor agrees.

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Email·10 min read

SPF, DKIM, DMARC: why your emails end up in spam

Are your quotes and invoices ending up in spam? SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained simply, step-by-step setup, the usual pitfalls, and how to check everything end to end.

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Identity·10 min read

A logo is not a brand: building an identity system that holds everywhere

A logo alone does not make a brand. What an identity system contains, how it is built, the files to receive, and when to evolve it rather than start all over again.

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Social Media·10 min read

An Instagram grid that looks like your business

Profile, grid, highlights and Reels: the simple rules that turn an Instagram account into the faithful shop window of a business, at a pace you can keep.

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Advertising·10 min read

Local advertising on a small budget: precision over reach

The Google Ads auction, area and hours, searches that mean buying, and measuring real enquiries: local advertising when the budget is small.

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