Protecting your website
One of my primary roles as a webmaster is to keep the websites of my clients safe from intruders. In this environment of hackers, it is not an easy job.
Recognizing Domain Renewal Scams
Cybercriminals frequently use domain expiration scams to take advantage of website owners and businesses. These scams involve sending emails or letters to website owners, falsely claiming that their domain name is nearing expiration, and offering to renew it for a high fee.
Whats up with WhatsApp and End-to-End Encryption
WhatsApp has been advertising its messaging app touting its use of end-to-end encryption. They imply that they are the only messaging app to use it. Since I had several friends ask me about my recommendation I decided to do some research on the subject. What I found...
Google Search Quality Guideline Changes
Google is changing its guidelines to reduce low-quality and unoriginal content in search results. The changes should help users find the content they are searching for.
Easy Checklist for SEO
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, refers to “organic” search results. This means your efforts to reach your audience without paid advertising. There are many things you can do to improve your website reach and results.
Your website needs your help to send email
Yes, your website sends emails. Most people are unaware that their website sends emails. Of course, if you have form software or an eCommerce system you may have received an email from your website. But, most people are unaware of this need or its requirements.
Improve your website reach by improving your SEO
Nothing can improve your website reach more than you telling people to visit it, but there are things you can do to improve the ability of people to find your page when they are looking for your services using SEO.
The hidden network that makes the internet possible
In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data— that’s 10,000 hours of high-def video— over a fifty-kilometer cable, in a second. This wasn’t just any cable. It was a souped-up version of fiber optics, the hidden network that links our planet and makes the internet possible.
Make your website work for you
So many people put their website together and then just let it sit there. You have spent a lot of time and money to put your website together so make sure it works for you. Every business is different which means that every approach will be different, but here are some ideas to get you started.
How backlinks can help you build trust
Backlinks help Google determine your website’s authority. When you receive a link from a website with a higher ranking than yours it improves your score.
Whats new in the web design field
Ran has some great observations on current web design trends. There are some design trends that will date your website and others that are classy and get the message across, which is what you want to do. You need to balance trends with functionality. The tools we have today are so much better than in the past which put these features in the hands of nearly every web designer.
Ashburn, VA Bots & Facebook is Down
This week we had a couple of interesting things happen on the internet. Well, actually one interesting thing happened and the other interesting thing I just uncovered.
