BF Internet - Established 1996

Leading UK web design & hosting company, BF Internet is getting ready to open their new offices in Sandside, Cumbria.

May 28th, 2010, by Paul Zanelli

Web design and hosting company, BF Internet are soon to be moving to their brand new offices in Sandside.

Located only a mile away from the existing office in Milthorpe, these new offices at Shoreline Business Park not only provide more space for the expanding needs of the company but will also have a new, professional interior for the programming and design teams.

The interior of the new building is being designed from scratch and will provide better laid out office space as well as reception and meeting areas for clients if required.
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Free image editors – Prepare images for your website

May 28th, 2010, by Chris Ward

If you run a website with updatable content areas, such as an e-commerce platform or content management system, the chances are you’ve been called upon to edit or enhance your own images in order to make them ‘web friendly’. Although Adobe Photoshop has long been the industry standard for image manipulation among professionals, its costly nature and feature-laden interface are generally a turn-off for casual users – however, there are a plethora of free and useful alternatives available for download, a selection of which are outlined in this article.

These free image editors can be divided into two categories:

• Downloadable Image Editing Software
• Web-Based Image Editors

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Black Hat SEO, What to Watch out for

May 28th, 2010, by Paul Zanelli

Back in the early days of search engine optimisation it was more a case of everyone for themselves since search engine algorithms were nowhere near as complicated and sophisticated as they are today.  There were many tactics that were commonplace to help improve websites rankings that are now frowned upon by the search engines and SEO’s alike.

Like in any industry, there are always some people who want to try and cheat the system or fast track their website to the top of the rankings.  Short term they may achieve good results but eventually these techniques will always be found out by the major search engines and it is then that your site may start to suffer.  ‘Black Hat’ search engine optimisation as it is known should be avoided so let’s take a look at what to watch out for when considering online marketing.
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4 ways to help your customers this christmas…

December 11th, 2009, by Paul Zanelli

Every e-commerce website, no matter what its size or focus, could benefit from an increase in activity over the busy and highly competitive Christmas period. According to research conducted by eBay advertising, 85% of consumers intend to maintain or increase their festive online shopping for 2009, and it’s estimated that online retailers will see an overall spend of £8.9 billion this Christmas. We’ve just passed “ Cyber Monday” – the busiest Internet shopping day of the year, which typically falls on the first Monday of December (7^th December for 2009).

• Add a Christmas Gift Section
• Provide Extra Delivery Options & Notify Customers of Dates
• Focus on Email Marketing
• Offer a Gift Wrapping Service

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New additions to our portfolio

September 21st, 2009, by Chris Ward

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  Freeride Snowboards Freeride Snowboards stock an extensive range of boards, boots, bindings and clothing from all of the top brands in the snowboarding industry. All product information is fully synchronized with an in-store EPOS till system.
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  Solway Dory sailing canoes provide exhilarating sailing, yet are still easy to paddle when the wind drops. We created this beautiful brochure website where you can learn about the canoes available.

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