November 13, 2019
Web Site Maintenance
November 13, 2019

You’ve got better things to do than mess with your website…

We’re sure there are many other things you’d rather be doing with your business day than messing with your website. Keeping your site up to date and secure impacts potential customer confidence (are you really serious about your business?) as well as your Search Engine ranking! Every site needs to have several things: Security hardening to prevent Malware / Hacking Regular backups in case your site needs to be restored after a failure! Regular updates to content to keep the site fresh for Google! Analytics so you know how the site is being visited, and from where! For one affordable […]
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September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019

Why do I need SSL?

SSL stands for “Secured Socket Layer” and provides that cute little padlock on the top of your browser when you visit a website. This means that the browser is encrypting the data sent back and forth between you and the web server.  Why do we care? Well, for one – it means your credit card data is more safe so if someone grabbed that internet signal, they couldn’t see your information and use it fraudulently!  This is important.. for sure. It’s also great however, because Google really likes websites that are SSL secured, and gives them favorable search relevance.  Wanna […]
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September 7, 2019
September 7, 2019

Holiday online selling – it’s around the corner!

We’re into October, and the holiday online selling season is already starting to ramp up! I know a LOT of small business people and practicioners (massage therapists, acupuncture, etc) who love to offer gift certficiates through their websites.  Unfortunately, they know their business well, but know nothing about how to alter their website to offer this one item. Maybe they don’t have a merchant account? Maybe they want hardcopy gift cards that can be used on their website?  There are a LOT of options.. and we want to help them make it happen. Know of a small business person who […]
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September 7, 2019
September 7, 2019

WordPress updated it’s platform… again. [sigh]

WordPress has been pushing out platform updates (versions) left and right lately, and usually that means some kind of security update or patch has been applied. WordPress provides 30% of the websites out in the world today, and it’s a HUGE target for overseas attackers.  Every time a vulnerability is found, WordPress (as an organization) has to update the platform to plug the hole. Same thing goes for the plugins that people install on their WordPress sites!  Those need updating with regularity too so the site is protected against any new windows the hackers find. Consider the very affordable WordPress […]
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