For some time now we have known that website speed affects the conversion of the site, but what about speed across the whole business. How do businesses accommodate modern shoppers and their need for speed? In 2009 Google revealed research to show that just a 0.5s delay in the page load speed of a website [...]

In a guest post from our Director of Service Chris, we take a look at why our Net Promoter Score is so important and why we always ask ‘how can we do better?’ Feedback from our customers is vital to us. It enables us to understand how effective our service delivery is, to spot where [...]

In the latest post in the Webcelerator series, we take a look at the importance of testing your web accelerator to make the most of it. Test, test and test some more. Introducing a cache into your infrastructure can cause some fairly strange problems that might not be apparent when you’re connecting directly to the [...]

In the second of our series delving into Webcelerator web acceleration technology, we take a look at the first steps to take to make your site even faster. You’ve bought a Webcelerator, now what? Let’s assume that your domain – example.com – is currently pointing to a webserver at 198.51.100.10. As part of your expansion [...]

In the first of a series of blogs looking at our web acceleration technology Webcelerator, we break down the basics of what Webcelerator is. A Webcelerator is, at the most basic level, a caching HTTP reverse proxy that sits between your web servers and the internet, intercepting HTTP requests that come to and from your [...]

Here at UKFast, we think that complicated technical jargon is unnecessary. Starting up a business is hard enough without lengthy acronyms and specialist explanations sending your mind into meltdown! To save you the hassle, we’ve decided to go #BackToBasics once more and equip you with a fuss-free guide to internet hosting. In a nutshell… Web [...]

This month there are seven security bulletins in the Microsoft Security Bulletin release: 5 bulletins is rated as Critical 7 bulletins are rated as Important 6 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities that could lead to Remote Code Execution Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software MS13-009 Critical Remote Code Execution Requires restart [...]

Your ability to rank highly in the search engines can be dependent on the server that your company has and the code behind your website. Al Mackin, CEO of specialist search marketing agency theEword, gives the low down on how your web server can impact on your rankings.     Search engines have succeeded, or [...]

Ian Patterson is project director at the newly formed consultancy Discerning Digital, who work with businesses and brands to unlock their online potential. You can follow updates about the new consultancy launch on Twitter @digicoachhouse. The personalised web has taken a huge leap forward with the launch of Facebook’s new Graph Search. This shift in [...]

This month we’re taking the famous UKFast round tables to the Big Smoke once more, offering the chance for experts to share their knowledge and expertise with you. We’ll be hosting two round table events on Wednesday 27th February: 12-3pm – Topic: Best Companies Ahead of the announcement of this year’s Sunday Times Best Companies [...]