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Tag Archives: website security
Why Avoiding Third-Party Plugins Makes Your Website Faster, Safer, and Easier to Manage
Many website builders – like WordPress, Shopify, and Wix – rely heavily on third-party plugins to add features and functionality. While plugins can be useful, they often come with trade-offs in speed, security, and maintenance – challenges that can frustrate … Continue reading
Posted in Compare Website Builders, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Design, Website Security
Tagged bloat, easy updates, fast website, hacked, plugin vulnerabilities, plugins, search engine optimization, security risks, seo, Shopify, third party plugins, third-party plugins, user experience, web performance, website builder, website maintenance, website management, website security, website speed, Wix, WordPress, wordpress vulnerabilities
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The Hidden SEO Power of Your Web Hosting Provider
When most people think about search engine optimization (SEO), they focus on keywords, content, and backlinks. But there’s a lesser-known factor that can quietly make or break your rankings: your web hosting provider. Yes – your hosting provider plays a … Continue reading
Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Hosting
Tagged backlinks, boost search rankings, bounce rate, content, crawlability, fast loading times, keywords, rankings, scalability, scalable, search engine bots, search engine optimization, seo, server reliability, server uptime, ssl, user experience, web hosting, website security, website speed
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How to Block Unwanted Visitors? Use .htaccess for IP Blocking on Your Website
Ever felt the need to restrict access to your website from certain visitors? Maybe you’ve been targeted by spammers or bots, or perhaps you want to limit access for security reasons. In such cases, IP blocking with your website’s .htaccess … Continue reading
Lost Your Website? Here’s How to Restore It
Losing access to your website can be a stressful experience. Whether it’s due to accidental deletion, a server glitch, or malicious activity, the good news is that recovery is often possible. In this blog post, we’ll guide you through how … Continue reading
What is the safest way to develop an online shop from scratch with real transactions?
Typically “from scratch” means to write the code from scratch. It could also mean to build it in a way that is customizable and not from a template, As a web developer, my go-to is UltimateWB. It has a built-in … Continue reading
Posted in Ask David!
Tagged e-commerce website builder, online shop, online transactions, ssl, website security
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What are the most important things to consider when setting up security for your website?
Keep your website builder/platform upgraded, have SSL on your web hosting, have strong passwords. I also like to avoid using third party plugins – you can do that easily without being a coder by using UltimateWB. UltimateWB has a lot … Continue reading
PhotoShelter, Zenfolio, Squarespace et al. lack photo and download security
You’re a photographer, artist, or designer. You want to create a website showcasing your work. Perhaps you want to sell digital photo downloads and add some income to your business. What you don’t want is your images being copied/pasted elsewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Compare Website Builders, Website Security
Tagged artist website, artist website builder, batch watermarking, design website builder, designer website, download access, photo security, photo watermarking, photography website, photography website builder, photoshelter, portfolio website builder, secure digital downloads, secure downloads, squarespace, website security, zenfolio, zenfolio vs photoshelter
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How to reduce your website spam with a Contact Form vs Posted Email Address
Spiders are not just the lovable daddy long legs like on “Honey I shrunk the Kids”, or the creepy crawlers that give you the puffed up eye lid morning present. On the internet, they are used to “scrape” emails off … Continue reading
Posted in General, Website Security
Tagged contact form, email address, email scraping, mailing lists, scraping, spam, spammers, spiders, website security
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LinkedIn, eHarmony social networking sites hacked, passwords leaked, poor security
LinkedIn, a popular professional social networking website, and eHarmony, a paid subscription social networking dating site, both confirmed Wednesday their sites have been hacked. The breach in the database security was found when the hacker(s) posted the list of 8 million … Continue reading