Mar 05
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 is loud and clear: social media shouldn’t be your only lifeline!
Jan 30
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.
Nov 14
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:
May 21
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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 One of the alerts I seem to be seeing quite a bit lately is ‘Outdated SQL Server’. Site Health goes on to explain, “The SQL server is a required piece of software for the database WordPress uses to store all your site’s content and settings. For optimal performance and security reasons, you should consider running MySQL version 8.0 or higher. Contact your web hosting company to correct this.”
Mar 28
I’m a long-time reader of the business insights articles a results-driven online marketing agency sends me excerpts from via email. Today, I clicked through to read the full content of an article about fake Google reviews. The article was an informative, easy read. I enjoyed it most of the way through, but toward the end discovered a suggestion that concerned me. The article advised its readers to offer incentives like discounts or coupons to their customers in exchange for their reviews. This is actually not allowed by Google.
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