Do you have control of your domain?
Woohoo! After a 10 MONTH, er, “dance”, we’ve finally gained control of the domain for the Pacific County Economic Development Council! It had been held hostage by a previous webmaster who had gone MIA. As soon as ducks are in a row to launch their site (that’s been in a…
Google warns some content won’t rank come November 1st
Avoid your web pages being banished from mobile search when the new rules kick in. Use Google’s Mobile Friendly Test and Mobile Usability now to identify any pages on your site that fall foul of the updated guidelines: Mobile Friendly Test: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ Mobile Usability: If your site is connected to…
A Book For All Ages
Wesley is enjoying “Web Design for Babies 2.0 Geeked Out Lift-theFlap Edition” Board book by John Vanden-Heuvel. I was surprised, when first reading this gem, at how great a book it is for all ages. I shared it with a number of adults with varying degrees of geekdom (or lack…
Have you seen the Autumn Panda?
Google’s “Panda” update has been rolling out in phases for 3 years now, with each new release refining the algorithm to improve the overall search quality. Panda is a query based algorithm that’s supposed to remove redundant, irrelevant content and spam from Google’s index. Last week, Panda 4.1 made its…
Custom Photo Contest Plug-in
Vote your faves or Enter (cash prizes!), but do stop by the FWNWR photo contest. We did some tweaking to a photo contest plugin to give them just the experience they wanted for their annual Fall Photo Contest.
WordPress 4.0, aka “Benny” was released today.
This is a recommended update for all our WordPress site owners. We’ll take care of the update for you if you have a maintenance plan with us. If not, it should be safe to update yourself; we don’t expect any conflict issues. More info: https://wordpress.org/news/2014/09/benny/
An easy ‘bump’ for those of you focused on SEO for your sites
Google recently announced they would provide SEO (Search Engine Optimization) benefits to websites using HTTPS (SSL, or “secure” certificates). Basic certificates are available for as little as $99/year; even less if you purchase multiple years at once. The earliest adopters will get the most benefit out of this significant change…
Attn: WordPress & Drupal Site Owners
A moderately critical vulnerability was discovered in the way Drupal and WordPress implement XMLRPC. This vulnerability can lead to your website being disabled via a method known as Denial of Service. If you are taking advantage of our beachdog.com Maintenance Plans your website(s) have been proactively patched and you are…
Do you need courtesy or Business Class email?
What? There’s a difference? That’s the most typical answer we get when we talk with clients about their email options. Today we’re going to dive into types of email accounts. Personal vs. Professional Email Accounts Most of us benefit from having one of each type of account for reasons of…
Recent DDoS Attacks
We’ve made it through the most recent bashing of DoS Attacks! The most common question we’ve gotten this past couple of weeks, in one form or another, is “What is a D0S Attack and why do I care?” SHORT ANSWER: your website goes from normal traffic to hundreds of times…
