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There are several key points to consider when blogging: Write about something you care about and is important to you. Share your ideas and thoughts. Try not to just re-share what others have written. It’s good to see what your competition is writing about but in the end, only YOU know what questions your customers […]

Before we consider the 7 things mentioned in the title, let’s start with several questions to help you decide if you even need to continue thinking about making a Facebook page. If you are not able to answer any of these questions with a resounding yes, then you should not consider a Facebook page as

We all know keeping your website secure is critical! The days of building a website and not having to worry about updating it have long passed. The majority of websites today are being built in CMS platforms, and just like the operating software (example – Windows) on your computer needs to be updated to the newest

There’s a new deadline in town, and it is April 21, 2015. Many of you have heard and read about Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithms. While these are significant updates, they still seem kind of ambiguous because Google has kept their ranking criteria vague on purpose. The new Mobile-Friendly Ranking Algorithm is anything but ambiguous.

Most people do not realize that their WordPress website is at risk of being hacked on a daily basis. According to WordPress, they currently run more than 20% of the web, and that number is growing daily. The sheer size of WordPress makes it an attractive target for attacks. What motivates people to attack sites?

You may have already been one of the many millions of Americans effected by overseas hacking via…Target, Home Depot, Gmail, Sony, JP Morgan Chase,eBay, AT&T, etc…. What does this mean to you? It means this threat is not only NOT going away, it’s going to get bigger. These attacks are not reserved for only bigger

Early this afternoon, the U.S. Central Command suspended its Twitter and YouTube accounts after a group claiming to be “CyberCaliphate” hacked into the CENTCOM accounts. They released a series of threatening tweets stating that they had gained access to classified information and documents and knew, “everything about military wives, children and families,” including home addresses.

In mid December 2014, a major security threat to WordPress.com sites as well as sites hosting WordPress was discovered. The malware (or malicious software) called RevSlider continues to insert its code into sites which then attack visitors’ computers. The security vulnerability stems from a popular WordPress plugin called Slider Revolution. Many times it is bundled

Everyone who has used a smart phone at one point or another has experienced this. You search for something online and find what appears to be a great website. Then you click on the link. Suddenly you feel like you need reading glasses because the text is so small. You have to swipe your screen

Anyone who uses the internet on their smartphone has run into this error message when wanting to watch a video “A plugin is needed to display this content”. This annoying error is because Adobe Flash is not installed on your phone. And it shouldn’t be! The Flash Player is dead. It bugs out, requires constant

When surfing the web, you may have noticed in the address bar that sometimes it changes from http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com. The addition of the “S” in the URL means that the site is secure (encrypted) so that any personal information you enter cannot be exploited. This can be anything from an account password to a

Although this list has been out for a few months, it bears repeating that people are still using these easily hackable passwords. If your password is on the list of the 10 worst passwords from last year, it’s a really good time to change your password to something more secure. Choosing a password that you

This is the month that Facebook forces all of its users to switch over to its Messenger application. Many are concerned about the app because of the horror stories they’ve heard about how invasive it will be to their privacy. Just recently, however, many of these concerns have been debunked. While it’s true that the

With the amount of security threats happening these days, it’s important to have passwords that are difficult to hack. It’s pretty easy to create them, the hard part is being able to remember them. Well, it’s not as difficult as you might think. Before creating your passwords, you need to know some of the best

On Saturday the Microsoft Security TechCenter published a bulletin about a vulnerability with Internet Explorer versions 6 – 11. In a report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment), an attacker may be