Category: Small Business Websites

All Your Eggs in One Basket? Why Facebook’s Outage is a Wake-Up Call for Small Businesses

Social Media Outages: Why Your Small Business Needs a Website

Remember the great social media blackout of 2021? Like a scene from a dystopian novel, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all vanished for several hours. While many scrolled through Twitter in a frenzy (hello, Twitter!), small businesses definitely felt the pinch. Fast forward to the widespread outages in March 2024 and the recent glitches this week—the message …

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Website Rescue Case Study: Why “Core Reinstalls” Aren’t Enough

Website Rescue Case Study: Malware Re-Infection

The Situation: A long-term client’s WordPress site was stuck in a re-infection cycle. The hosting provider had attempted to fix the site – twice – by reinstalling core files. But within hours, the site would crash again or start generating hundreds of spam posts. The client was losing business and credibility.

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Save on Web Hosting with GreenGeeks

Web Hosting Black Friday Deal for Small Business

It’s that time of year when Black Friday deals abound! As many of you know, I’m a huge advocate for using a reliable web host, and my go-to choice for a long time now has been GreenGeeks (remember my rave review?). Here’s a refresher on why I ♥ GreenGeeks:

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Outdated SQL Server Warning and Why GreenGeeks Rocks

Outdated SQL Server Warning and Why GreenGeeks Rocks

  You may or may not have noticed that since WordPress 5.2 – released in 2019 – Site Health has been an included feature of WordPress by default. The tool monitors a site’s health and alerts users to potential issues and suggests improvements. One of the alerts I seem to be seeing quite a bit …

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Managed WordPress: Is It Right for You?

Managed WordPress: Is It Right for You?

If you’re a small business owner just beginning to build your online presence, you may have noticed offerings of both ‘shared hosting’ and ‘Managed WordPress’ (or ‘WordPress hosting’) when searching for a company to host your website.  There are some good things to be said about Managed WordPress: Managed WordPress servers are configured specifically for …

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