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Live World Cup news and results on your site.

Everyone wants fresh and interesting content for his or her web site, but very few people have the time to write it unless you have no life like me.

RSS to the rescue!

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Believe your statistics, not your gut feel

Web site statistics are not just about how many hits you’ve had a day. They provide a benchmark for decision making across all aspects of your web site, from conversion rates to information flow and down to the bottom line. Like any other part of your business, if you can’t test and measure performance – then there’s no point.

How do you make decisions when redesigning or modifying your web site?

We often get asked to redevelop an existing website for businesses who are unhappy with their existing ‘brand’ or message. Our first question is “What are your current users doing?” Which is closely followed by “How is your current web site performing?“. Unfortunately, usually the answer is “We have no idea!”

Knowing and understanding your web site’s statistics is the key to building a successful web presence. Running on gut instinct to judge your site’s performance is just bad management! [Read more →]

KND’s New Web Hosting Service

Due to continued frustration with some of the larger hosting companies, KND now have our own hosting service. It’s faster than most hosting packages, with no limits on size or the number of email addresses you can have. If you have a problem, you don’t have to submit a support ticket and wait a day or two for us to get back to you. Just call us and we will sort it out.

What’s the catch?

It’s only for our clients

Hosting is not our core business and we do not wish to become a hosting service. It is simply a means of offering our clients a high performance web server with true 24/7 phone support. It also means we don’t have to deal with a third party who have no interest in either of our businesses.