Welcome to Saunders Consultants

Saunders Consultants provides Information Technology consultancy, software development and Web design & development services for individuals and organisations of all sizes.

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Our aim is to deliver effective technological solutions, tailored to the specific needs of our clients. We provide comprehensive advice right from the initial (and free) consultation through to the delivery of the final application. We can provide help and guidance in a number of areas:

By fully understanding the needs of our clients, we strive to produce appropriate and robust solutions, geared to produce tangible results.

Our flexible approach to problem solving allows us to adopt solutions that are tried and tested, cutting edge or anywhere in between, the only limit on what we can do is your imagination.

Whatever your requirements we at Saunders Consultants can craft a solution that will suit your needs and your budget.


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The process of launching a new website is, for many entrepreneurs, bloggers and business owners, an uncertain and scary prospect. This is often due to both unanswered questions and incomplete knowledge of which questions to ask. In this post, I'll give my best recommendations for launching a new site from a marketing and metrics setup perspective. This won't just help with SEO, but on traffic generation, accessibility, and your ability to measure and improve everything about your site.

Cross Table Update with MySQL

Using MySQL version 4.0 or higher you can update a table by joining two or more tables together; note that the examples shown in this article are not possible with MySQL 3.23 or earlier. By joining two tables together you can update one table based on fields in associated records in another table.

SEOmoz | SEO Guide: How to Properly Move Domains

Moving domains can have a tremendously negative impact on search engine rankings. This is because the major search engines use metrics on both the domain level and the page level to determine rankings. When a Webmaster decides to switch to a brand new domain, they are resetting their domain metrics to zero whether they know it or not. Luckily, there are steps one can take to minimize and in many cases completely negate the effects of a domain move.

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This article discusses usability findings of research results such as eye-tracking studies, reports, analytics, and usability surveys pertaining to website usability and improvements. You’ll discover that many of these usability tips will be common sense but are further supported with numbers; however, some might surprise you and change your outlook on your current design processes.

SEOmoz | The History of SEOmoz (1981-2010) + Open Q&A

Mixergy's Andrew Warner interviewed me about the founding of SEOmoz and our trajectory to date. It was a very personal interview about the background of the company, but turned out to be a great experience. I've posted it below for those who might want to watch over the weekend and if you prefer, there's also a full text transcript on the Mixergy blog post.