Posts by Tristan Whittaker
The Importance of Updating WordPress Plugins
How often do you update your plugins? For many of us, this is a task that gets pushed down our list of priorities. It is too easy to think we’ll do it later when we get more time, isn’t it? Yet this task is more important than you may realise. Plugin updates are not merely…
Read MoreThe Importance of a Blog on Your Website
A blog may not seem like the most important thing to include on your website. However, it possesses more power than you might think. One of the most important perks of maintaining a blog is that it enables you to provide an expert level of knowledge about your subject matter. This could be anything from…
Read MoreAre You Advertising Your Business on Social Media?
Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus… it’s hard to go online nowadays and not trip over one or more social media sites. For business owners, that’s a good thing. If you have a social media presence, you have one or more ways to get in touch with your intended audience. Of course, if you don’t yet have…
Read More“Not Secure” Warning Coming October 2017
Are you ready? I’ve mentioned this before, but the date is looming for you to make sure your website is compliant with the new guidelines. All websites that require visitors to input any kind of text will require an SSL certificate. This will ensure the address bar does not display a “not secure” warning. This…
Read MoreHow to Tell if Your WordPress Site is Hacked
WordPress is one of the best and most user-friendly platforms to use when you want to build a blog or website. But as with any other website, it can be hacked. The trick is in knowing when this has occurred, so you can quickly do something about it. There are some signs to watch for…
Read MoreIs It Time For A New Website?
How do you know if your website has had its best days? It is generally agreed that every website needs an overhaul every now and then, but how often is ‘every now and then’? The average lifespan of a website is around two to three years. However, there may be indicators that point to the…
Read MoreThe Problem with Referral Spam and How to Stop It
We all know how annoying spam can be. But it goes further than getting irritating emails. Referral spam uses the same principle, but instead of targeting email accounts, it targets the search engines. The idea is that someone uses fake referrals to hijack your Google Analytics account and send lots of traffic to their site…
Read MoreThe Importance of Landing Pages: What Makes a Good One?
Landing pages – even the term is enough to send some people into a cold sweat. The term applies to a page people will land on when they arrive on your website. You want them to hang around rather than leaving for somewhere else, so it makes sense to create a landing page capable of…
Read MoreDo You Need a WordPress Care Plan?
Plenty of people use WordPress to power their website or blog, and it makes sense to do so. However, it is only as good as your efforts to maintain and monitor it. If you find it a struggle to back up and update your site as often as you should, you may well benefit from…
Read MoreSuperiority of Managed WordPress Hosting Over Regular
When it comes to hosting your WordPress website, you have a choice between different types of hosting. Most people will choose regular or “shared” hosting over managed hosting. Shared hosting means that one physical server hosts multiple websites and the resources of that server are shared among many websites. This sharing of resources is the…
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