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Search engines, including Google and Bing, are trying to return useful results to people looking for a business they can trust. A website that is clear, honest and genuinely helpful gives them far better signals than one padded out with pages nobody would choose to read.
On 8th September 1966, television viewers in the United States first boarded the USS Enterprise. Sixty years later, Star Trek remains one of the most recognisable and enduring ideas in popular culture.
We have all seen CAPTCHA checks online. Usually, they ask you to tick a box, identify a few traffic lights or complete a quick puzzle before continuing to a website. A newer scam takes advantage of that familiarity.
A useful, credible website gives you the best chance of doing that, whether somebody finds you through Google, ChatGPT, a recommendation or a good old-fashioned search for your business name.
Google’s latest spam update appears to have hit websites using mass-produced, search-focused AI content. Find out why AI itself is not the problem, what Google is looking for instead, and how to keep your small business website focused on useful, people-first content.
WordPress 7.1, known as “Mary Lou”, was released on 19 August 2026. It is the latest major update to the software that powers millions of websites, including many small business websites across the UK.
