We’re constantly having to upgrade software, computers, smartphones, and All Things Technology; Including websites. Especially WordPress sites. There are times when doing the required plugin …
What is a Google Blacklist?
Every day Google adds thousands of websites to their blacklist due to malware on the site. Some of these sites were created solely for malicious …
Case Studies: XML-RPC Brute Force Attack and Hacked Website
No website is 100% hack-proof. Nothing on the internet is 100% hack-proof. But that doesn’t mean you should give up and accept the inevitable. There …
Why Upgrade from PHP 5 to PHP 7
The primary reason to upgrade is that PHP version 5 reached end-of-life (EOL) on January 1, 2019. This means that PHP 5 will stop receiving …
No SSL? Google Will Name and Shame!
Earlier this month I restored a hacked website; Not an uncommon task as of late. What made this one unique was that there was no obvious …
Does Your Website Have a Silent Partner?
Earlier this month I restored a hacked website; Not an uncommon task as of late. What made this one unique was that there was no obvious …
Every Text You Send… Every Call You Make…
Mark Zuckerberg and company have been spying on Facebook’s billion-plus users for years. In fact, their entire business model is built on profiting from your …
Video Marketing: The Best Way to Market Your Business, Website and Brand
Traditional advertising methods and/or using Pay-Per-Click ad campaigns on Google or Social Media sites can be costly. If you’re not running a multi-million dollar company …
What is Google’s Mobile-First Indexing?
Shortly before the holidays, Google made a major announcement in regards to the future of search results. In short, Google will be breaking away from …
WordPress Upgrade Messed Up My Website
WordPress 4.7.2 was released on January 26, 2017. This is a security release for all previous versions. Versions 4.7.1 and earlier are affected by three …
7 WordPress Security Tips
A common misconception is that newly launched websites are problem-free, never go offline, and never need an update. Many website owners will ignore required WordPress …
A Website is Not a Product
A lot of people think that what they are paying for when they get a new website is like any other product they buy. If there’s a problem …