Google My Business Reviews missing? Google confirms it has been overzealous in removing ‘Fake’ reviews.
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
“In our ongoing efforts to remove fake reviews from Maps, we’ve experienced an increase in reviews being removed from businesses. We are inspecting our tools and systems to ensure that any legitimate reviews are reinstated.”
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Search Engine Optimisation: WordPress Tips- Part 2
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Adding to my last post, here are another 5 tips for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) when you are setting up a WordPress Website. 1. Use Links Correctly You probably know that adding links to posts are crucial, but you may not have been aware of ways to optimize your SEO efforts in reference to links.
Search Engine Optimisation: WordPress Tips- Part 1
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Here are some of my tips for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) when you are setting up a WordPress Website. 1. Set your Permalinks The URLs of your website pages and posts are called Permalinks. In layman’s language, they are what people use in their address bars to reach to your website and view pages. They
WordPress Security: 10 Advanced Tips Part 2
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
As promised, here are the rest of my advanced tips for WordPress security. 1. Change the admin username During your WordPress installation, you should never choose “admin” as the username for your main administrator account. Such an easy-to-guess username is approachable for hackers. All they need to figure out is the password, then your entire
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WordPress Security: 10 Advanced Tips Part 1
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Following up from my last post offering some advice for WordPress security, there are another 10 ways to help keep your website stay safe I would like to share with you- 5 here and another 5 in my next post. 1. Remove your WordPress version number Your current WordPress version number can be found very easily.
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8 WordPress Security Tips for 2019
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
In my last post I tried to debunk some of the myths about WordPress; now I thought I’d share some of my tips on WordPress security. 1. Set up a website lockdown feature and ban users A lockdown feature for failed login attempts can solve the huge problem of continuous brute force attempts. Whenever there
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WordPress Security: Myths and Realities
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
I’ve been building WordPress sites for over 10 years, back in the days when WordPress could legitimately be described as a blogging platform not the all-encompassing internet publishing platform it is today. Even so I will still hear many website owners complain about WordPress security. The thought is that an open source script is vulnerable
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GDPR: Information Commissioner’s Office follows up BA’s record fine with a £99 million fine for Marriott Hotels data security breach.
Monday, 15 July 2019
The ICO found that Marriott had failed to undertake sufficient due diligence when it bought Starwood and should also have done more to secure its hosting and server systems. In the same week as BA’s mega fine, the ICO has issued a notice of its intention to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for infringements of the
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CYBER SECURITY – How British Airways got stung
Saturday, 13 July 2019
The scary part of all this is that the vulnerability in Modernizr is a well-known flaw, yet BA’s system had been waiting seven years for an update. The ICO recently announced it was planning to fine the airline for a massive breach of customer data dating back to summer 2018, when users who booked flights
- Published in Website Design