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Search Engine Optimisation

In simple terms SEO is the process of improving your website to increase its visibility on search engines like Google or Microsoft Bing.Higher ranked websites will appear at the top as a search result. In this blog I’ll be giving you 10 ways you can boost you websites ranking.   1. Fast Website Loading Speed A study by Neil Patel shows pages that rank at the top of Google’s first page tend to load faster than the ones on the bottom of page 1.    2. Improve Dwell Time If people leave your page quickly, Google will assume that people don’t like your page. This causes them to rank it lowly. One way to prevent people from leaving your page quickly is embedding videos on your page. Pages with video have an 11.2% better bounce rate than those without a video (Dean, 2023).   3. On Page SEO You could also optimise your website’s title tags, meta descriptions and header tags to include your target keywords naturally.    4. Mobile Optimisation  Google considers ...

ERP System Success Stories

  An enterprise application (EA) is a computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organisation by integrating the computer systems that run all phases of an organisation’s operations. Organisations that use EAs are businesses, schools, charities and governments. There are various EAs, in this blog we’ll be focusing on ERP systems. “Think about all the core business processes needed to run a company: finance, HR, manufacturing, supply chain, services, procurement, and others. At its most basic level, ERP systems helps to efficiently manage all these processes in an integrated system” (SAP, 2023). Source: Brightpearl Now that we understand what ERP systems are let’s take a look at three companies that have successfully used them to support their business strategies and models. 1.       National Basketball Association (NBA) The NBA is a professional basketball league in North America comprised of 30 teams featuring the best basketball players in ...

Why Companies Fail to Implement Information Systems

Companies have often struggled with Information Systems Implementation for many reasons, and these challenges can vary depending on the size of the information system , industry and specific requirements an organisation might demand from the information system.  Here are some of the issues companies encounter when attempting to implement Information Systems:   Incompatibility with Existing Systems  Companies may struggle to integrate new systems with existing ones. Many information systems involve complex software and hardware configurations that can be difficult to work with. For example, a company implementing an enterprise resource planning system may face difficulties integrating it with legacy systems. This complexity can lead to technical glitches and delays. Resistance to Change Employees can resist new information systems due to fear of losing their jobs, discomfort with technology or reluctance to change established work processes that they’re used to.  Appl...