Blog Posts

Thank you to everyone who visited the Virtual Swanage website in February, we had 108,817 visitors to https://www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/ We would also like to welcome the 17 new accommodation busines

We would like to thank the following local accommodaiton businesses who have started to advertise with us on Virtual Swanage in February 2026. Heathlands Valley View Seaspray Piona Purbeck Escape

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a newly redesigned home page, created to make the website clearer, faster, and easier to use. The updated layout places key information front and centre, helpin

This has been another busy year for us at Virtual Swanage, which is our 29th year of promoting Swanage and Purbeck online. We have spent time working on optimising the website navigation and other pa

Celebrating 30 Years of Virtual Swanage with New Weekly Social Media Features As we celebrate 30 years of Virtual Swanage, we’re excited to launch a fresh series of weekly social media posts designed

Celebrating 30 Years of Virtual Swanage: A Look Back at the Early Web In 2026, Virtual Swanage turns 30 years old, which feels somewhat unbelievable when you consider how different the internet looke

We have seen a steady increase in mobile users visiting the Virtual Swanage website and decline in desktop users over the past few years. In the past we designed the website for a desktop first layou

Since the earliest days of the Virtual Swanage website back in 1996 we have shared our favourite cycling and walking routes online. We are pleased to announce some exciting updates to the cycling and

Google Analytics - Understanding Our Visitors Google Analytics allows us to see how people use the site. It gives us insight into which pages are most popular, how visitors find us, and what devices

Only one more year until the Virtual Swanage website hits the big 30. We celebrate this milestone with other websites also launched in 1996 including Ask Jeeves, Booking.com, Wayback Machine and Yaho

We have been working on changes to our Swanage webcam page with a higher quality and wider view from our roof on the southern side of Swanage near the Black Swan pub which looks North-East over Swanag

We’ve recently completed a round of major updates to the Virtual Swanage website to improve performance, usability, and search engine optimisation. The backend has been rewritten using ASP.NET Core,