Having your own website is such a great feeling!

It's just that it becomes a pain when you have to update it regularly (and apparently laziness isn't a virtue)... The ability to put out fresh content is so important in our Google-obsessed world.

That's why I love the quick results you can get with a content-management system setup on your site. My clients often ask me about these, so below are a summary of the best 3 (please note that they are in no particular order or preference - each have their own merits and quirks):

Joomla - http://www.joomla.org/
Joomla! is one of the best and most widely used CMS applications. It is suitable for creating corporate websites or intranets, online magazines, community-based portals and much more. It has numerous built-in features as well as a large selection of extra modules and components which will enhance the value of your website and will enrich your visitors' experience.

Drupal - http://drupal.org/
With Drupal you can easily build many different types of web pages - from simple web blogs to large online communities. Drupal design is not as fanciful as that of Joomla, but it is very easy to customize, has built-in search tools and search-engine friendly URL's as an extra module, discussion capabilities and news aggregator, as well as much more.

Wordpress - http://wordpress.org/
Wordpress is the most popular blog application on the net. Because of its popularity and enormous community, it has evolved a lot from its original purpose, and now you can use it to manage a complex content-driven website much more easily.

These 3 popular Content Management Systems (CMS) empower users to take more control of their content output.

So when it comes to updating website content - do I prefer plain or managed? I prefer managed wherever possible (although there are some situations where plain is best).

How have you found your journey with CMS websites?

Like it or not, Google is one of the most popular search engines of all time. Using Google search, one begins to see how it has the potential for a diverse range of searches - the limiting factor is often just our knowledge of how to activate more specific searches.

With that in mind, InajarDesign.com has put together a quick reference "cheat sheet" to help you get to grips with Google's more advanced and (perhaps) lesser known search expressions.

The pdf guide can be downloaded and printed.