Wedding Directory Listing vs Your Own Website: What Your Fee Rents
Wedding directory listing vs your own website: what an annual listing fee really buys, what vanishes when you stop paying, and where couples should land.
·13 min read
Graeme Conkie founded SmartHost in 2020 and has spent years building hosting infrastructure for Irish businesses. He created Web60 after seeing the same problem repeatedly — Irish SMEs paying too much for hosting that underdelivers. He writes about WordPress infrastructure, server security, developer workflows, managed hosting strategy, and the real cost of hosting decisions for Irish business owners.
Areas of Expertise
Managed WordPress hosting infrastructureWordPress performance and Core Web VitalsIrish SME hosting strategyServer security and uptimeHosting platform architectureWordPress staging and deploymentServer-level security hardeningDeveloper tools - SSH, SFTP, WP-CLIDatabase management and phpMyAdmin
Background
- ✓Founder & Managing Director, SmartHost (est. 2020)
- ✓dot.IE accredited domain registrar
- ✓Built and operates Web60 hosting platform
- ✓Acquired AGENT Digital web services division (2022)
- ✓20+ years in Irish hosting infrastructure
Articles by Graeme Conkie
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Website Visitor Numbers: Why Google, Your Analytics and Your Business Profile Never Agree
Website visitor numbers never match across Search Console, Google Analytics and your Business Profile. Why each counts differently, and which to trust.
·14 min read
Short-Term Letting Register: What Changes on Airbnb and on Your Own Website
Ireland's short-term letting register is due to open 1 December. What it changes for Airbnb listings, for your own website, and which channel you control.
·15 min read
Website Dark Mode: Why Your Logo Vanishes on Some Customers' Phones
Phones in dark mode can recolour your website, hiding a dark logo and fading button text. Which browsers do it, what breaks, and a ten-minute check to run.
·15 min read
ClassPass vs Your Own Website: Who Gets Your Studio's Second Visit?
ClassPass vs your own website: studios are not paid for a newcomer's free first class. See where the second visit goes, and how your own site wins it back.
·12 min read
Toxic Backlinks and the Disavow Tool: What Google Actually Says
Got an email warning about toxic backlinks? Google says most sites never need its disavow tool, and using it wrongly can hurt rankings. What to check first.
·13 min read
Website Collaborator Limits: Why Small Teams End Up Sharing One Login
Website collaborator limits push small teams into sharing one login. Compare Wix, Squarespace and WordPress seat caps and what a shared password hands over.
·15 min read
Spam User Registrations on Your Website: Who They Are and How to Stop Them
Strangers signing up to your WordPress site? Spam user registrations can send email in your name and open security holes. Find the settings and close them.
·14 min read
WordPress Error Messages Explained: Read the Screen, Then Ring the Right Person
WordPress error messages explained in plain English: what a critical error, a database connection error or a 503 means, who fixes it, and what to do first.
·18 min read
AI Website Builder Credits: The Meter Nobody Mentions When You Sign Up
AI website builder credits explained: what Wix, GoDaddy and WordPress.com actually meter, what happens when credits run out, and how to pick a fairer deal.
·13 min read
WordPress Updating Failed: Why Your Page Won't Save and How to Fix It
WordPress updating failed or not a valid JSON response? Why your page won't save, how to keep your work safe, and the fixes you can try in five minutes.
·16 min read
Google Search Console Emails: What Each One Means and How Fast to Act
Google Search Console emails range from hacked-site alerts to routine indexing notices. Which ones need you today, which can wait, and who fixes each one.
·13 min read
Google Ads Automated Promotions Turn Your Old Website Offers Into Live Ads
Since 12 October, Google Ads automated promotions copy deals from your website into your ads by default. Why a forgotten sale banner is now a live liability.
·10 min read
Google AI Overviews Opt-Out: Switching It Off Rarely Brings Your Customers Back
Google now lets any website opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search Console. What the switch removes, what it leaves alone, and who should use it.
·11 min read
Photos Won't Upload to Your Website? What the Error Is Telling You
Photos won't upload to your website? What each WordPress upload error means, why iPhone HEIC photos fail, and the quick fixes that get your pictures online.
·13 min read
The Chrome HTTPS Warning Your New Customers See and You Never Will
Chrome now warns new visitors before opening any public site without HTTPS. Find the forgotten HTTP corners of your business website and fix them this week.
·16 min read
Deleting a WordPress Plugin Can Wipe Its Data. Deactivate First, Then Decide.
Deleting a WordPress plugin can wipe its forms, entries and settings; deactivating does not. What popular plugins remove and how to retire one safely.
·12 min read
Pay Monthly Website or Own Your Site? Busting the No-Upfront-Cost Myth
A pay monthly website looks cheap until you read the contract. Minimum terms, who holds your domain, and what you keep when you leave, explained for owners.
·14 min read
Changing Your WordPress Theme: What Breaks, What Survives and How to Switch Safely
Changing your WordPress theme keeps your content but can break menus, widgets and theme-bundled features. How to switch safely, step by step, without surprises.
·15 min read
Google Lens Search: What the New Multimodal Filter Means for Your Business Website
Google Lens now handles billions of camera searches and Search Console tracks them. How to make your business website photos the match Google finds.
·12 min read
Google Sites for Business: What the Free Builder Can and Cannot Do
Google Sites for business is free and simple, but it has no meta descriptions, no shop and no bookings. What it can do, where it stops, and what to use instead.
·15 min read
Google Business Profile Changes: Your Phone Number Is Not Only Yours to Control
Google Business Profile changes in September 2026 let strangers alter your listing and lean on your website as proof. What Irish owners should verify this week.
·9 min read
Viator and GetYourGuide Commission Is Rent, Not Marketing
Viator and GetYourGuide commission takes a fifth to a third of every tour booking, and the customer stays theirs. Why tour operators need their own website.
·14 min read
Meta Pixel on Your Website: What the German Court Rulings Change for Irish Businesses
Meta Pixel GDPR risk after the German court rulings: why your website shares responsibility, how to verify your pixel waits for consent, and when to drop it.
·13 min read
Update Your Business Website From Your Phone: What Works, What to Leave for the Laptop
How to update your business website from your phone: what is safe to edit, browser vs app, photo sizes, login security, and the jobs to leave for a laptop.
·15 min read
The WhatsApp Button on Your Website: Four Myths Worth Dropping
A WhatsApp button on your website is not the free win it looks. Four myths about speed, missed messages, customer data and tracking, and a better setup.
·14 min read
Your Homepage Slider Is Slowing Your Website, and Almost Nobody Clicks It
Your homepage slider is slowing your website and almost nobody clicks past slide one. What the evidence says, and the one-photo fix any owner can deploy.
·11 min read
Domain Name Taken? Buy It, Dispute It or Walk Away
Domain name taken? Compare buying it, disputing it through the .ie or WIPO process, or choosing another address, with real costs and the rules that apply.
·16 min read
Card Testing: When Criminals Use Your Checkout to Try Stolen Cards
Criminals use small shops to find out which stolen card numbers still work. How a card testing attack runs, what it costs you, and the controls that stop it.
·17 min read
How to Track Website Enquiries That Arrive by Phone or Walk-In
Most Irish businesses take enquiries by phone, not at a checkout. How to track website enquiries your analytics never sees, and the numbers worth counting.
·13 min read