(The blog) · by the neo optic team
Plainly put.
Honest answers to the questions businesses actually ask about the web - AI search, forms and the emails they send, lifespan, maintenance, cost, speed, ownership and the platform question - written in Norwich, in plain English, twice a month.
The PHP security alert: is your website affected?
What the headlines mean for OliveCore clients, how to check your own website, and the questions to put to whoever manages your hosting.
How do you get your business into AI search?
No special files, no guarantees, and one setting that can quietly keep you out. What Google actually says, how AI crawlers differ, and a twenty-minute check for your own site.
Your form works. Does the email arrive?
The thank-you page is not a receipt. Why website enquiries end up in junk or nowhere at all - SPF, DKIM and DMARC in plain English - and a fifteen-minute check for your own site.
Forms, done properly
An invisible space should not cost you an enquiry. How web form validation should handle real names, UK postcodes and useful error messages, plus a ten-minute test for your own form.
How long should a website last?
The design may age in five to eight years. What usually forces the rebuild is less visible: end-of-support dates, a dependency stack that cannot move, or nobody left who knows how the site was built.
What should website maintenance include?
Patches, backups, restore tests, monitoring, renewals and a named response. A free checklist for finding out whether the monthly line item is real maintenance or just reassurance.
Do accessibility widgets actually work?
The little button in the corner and its panel of switches. What an accessibility overlay actually does to your website, what it does not, and where UK law leaves you if you buy one.
Is my WordPress site safe?
A flaw in WordPress core let anonymous attackers take over sites with no login and no plugins installed. What to do today - and the harder question about who patches your site.
Accessible web design in Norwich and Norfolk
What accessible web design actually means, who legally needs WCAG 2.2 AA in Norfolk, and five free checks to tell whether your own site measures up.
How much does a website cost in Norfolk?
The question every business types into Google and almost no agency answers in figures - the real ranges, what moves the number, and where cheap quietly becomes expensive.
Wix vs bespoke: the five-year bill
Wix wins year one, every time. But run the numbers to year five - subscriptions, apps, transaction fees, and the rebuild when you outgrow it - and the cheap option changes name.
Why is my website slow?
Nine times out of ten it is one of five suspects - oversized images, script bloat, crowded hosting, missing caching, or a theme doing too much. Here is how to check yours for free.
Do you actually own your website?
Three things to check before you assume: whose name is on the domain, whether your content can export, and whether your site could ever leave its platform. Many owners fail the first one.
