Our Website Blog
Stay ahead of the curve with the latest insights from Duelling Pixels’ blog. We share valuable tips, industry trends, and best practices in web design, ecommerce, and digital marketing to help you keep your business at the forefront of innovation.
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Edge of Search 2026 and the dog harness that explained modern search
I went to Edge of Search 2026 expecting to learn how SEO changes when people use AI. I came home with a bigger question about where search now happens. Notes on entities, AI crawlers, share of search, and the dog harness that tied it all together.
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New Series – 4 Steps for a Successful Website Project
Does planning your website make you feel like your head’s going to explode? Just don’t know where to start? If you’re going around in circles trying to work out what you need for your new website, and getting confused about the many pieces of the website puzzle, tune in over the next 4 weeks…
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{FAQ} How to Start a Blog
We hear this question a lot, and the simple answer is – there’s no simple answer! There are so many different website platforms and this alone can make the process confusing. It really depends on the following questions: What are your goals with blogging? Where are you in the process? What’s your level of comfort…
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Don’t launch your new website without checking these 7 things
Here’s the short version of our website launch checklist of what you MUST check before you share your new site with the world. Navigation & Menu Structure Check it seems logical; will people understand what each menu option means and be able to find what they’re looking for? Click on every menu option to…
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When Working 9-5 is a Waste of Your Talents
A bit of a soap-box rant from me today, inspired by a conversation with mums from school, on finding part-time work. While we watched our Grade 1’s swimming lessons we were chatting about finding part-time jobs. Jobs for women who may have been out of the workforce for years after growing up their families. Jobs…
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Our Free Website Planning eGuide & Checklist
We’ve created a little something for you: Plan for website success with our 4-step Website Planning eGuide & Checklist. Confused about hosting? Don’t know your DNS from your Domain Name? Totally blocked when it comes to writing your copy? Or just DO NOT KNOW where to start with creating your website? Read the 4 things…
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Free Stock Images
I don’t know about you, but most bloggers I know are ALWAYS on the hunt for good stock images for their website, and FREE always makes them more attractive! Nicholas is always snapping away wherever we go, and we realised that he should make use of his photos more, so we started sending them out…
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{FAQ} Yoast SEO Video Tutorials
Gaining confidence in managing your website search engine optimisation (SEO) settings can be a giant step for most business owners. Here is a bunch of videos that we think do a great job of explaining SEO, as well as using the SEO settings of the Yoast SEO plugin for your WordPress website. This video gives an…
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Creative Spark Interview with Writer, Rakhee Ghelani
Copywriting – such a critical step for our online businesses, but one that can hold up a website project like no other single thing! In this week’s interview I asked my long-time friend Rakhee Ghelani about her copywriting process and tips for getting the best results, whether you are paying someone else to do it,…
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{FAQ} Hosting vs Managed Hosting – What’s the Difference?
I thought I’d answer some of the questions we’re most frequently asked during the website enquiry/sales process, starting with hosting. Hosting your own website can be confusing, and there are so many options out there, which do you choose? Hosting vs Managed Hosting – What’s the Difference? The easiest way to understand the difference between…
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Christmas Gift Guide by Duelling Pixels
Just for fun, I thought I’d do a little Christmas gift guide for you based on the cool and awesome stuff I’ve been finding. Whether you’re looking for the hard-to-buy-for family member, or for client thank you/end of year gifts, hopefully you’ll find some inspiration here. Manly-Man Gifts + Cool & Unusual T-Shirts from Das…