• Written by Simon Parry

The 1995 EU Data Protection Directive was an important initiative, designed to protect an individual’s privacy and prescribe how information about…

• Written by Simon Parry

It’s the time of year when the TUC give out their awards for the best use of communications amongst unions. I’m always interested in the digital…

• Written by Simon Parry

It's been 12 months since I last updated the Trade Union website league table, and so I've complied the latest metrics below (previous results can be…

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One of the latest projects I’ve been involved with has recently gone live: Prospect, the professional’s union, has just launched their new website.

• Written by Simon Parry

If you want to attract more visitors to your website, then one effective approach is “link baiting”. This is where a website features content that is…

• Written by Simon Parry

I do quite a lot of work on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), which is the art of helping websites appear as high as possible in search engine…

• Written by Simon Parry

PHP is a website programming language. It’s the World Wide Web's most popular code, estimated to power over 80% of websites, including the likes of…

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Drupal 8 was released at the end of 2015.  This is a major new version of Drupal, the second most popular website CMS (Content Management System).

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Every November I look at how influential the TUC-affiliated unions are in social media (see results for 2012, 2013 and

• Written by Simon Parry

When Google announced in August 2014 that it is now favouring sites that are entirely encrypted in search results, websites started switching, using…