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It’s time to stop running your site like it’s still 2012!
Get a peek into my crystal ball about what’s in store for site owners for 2017 and beyond.
Discover what’s happening right NOW with site elements involving security, performance, visibility, SEO, and more, plus what’s coming down the pike.
Tips this week include:
• Last chance to register for the SEO Workshop for Non Geeks
• Free webinar on the Future of WordPress Site Ownership
• GoDaddy acquires Sucuri
• 8 common security mistakes that cost you dearly
• The new WordPress Image Widget you’re going to like
• New PHP level warning in the Yoast SEO plugin
• An op-ed on the demise of DMOZ and the rise of niche content that is a must read
• Longer titles displaying in Google search
• The Medium blogging platform is going to a paid subscription
• StudioPress and CopyBlogger’s Brian Gardner’s chat with Matt Mullenweg
• The top 7 myths about HTTPS site conversion busted
• Google quietly updates Feedburner to accept HTTPS feed links
• Why I won’t be hard coding cron jobs anymore, and what I am hard coding now
Folks who have money and fame take special measures to protect themselves from the prying public. Site owners need to do the same thing to protect themselves from bad bot attacks and hackers too. Let me explain how and why you need to treat your site like a celebrity’s home.
Breaking news and hot site success tips for Feb 2, 2017 – BlogAid Today video
Following is an update to why I yanked VaultPress off my recommended list and why current users do not need to ship just yet.
A new security issue has been found in the PHPMailer used to send emails from your WordPress site.
Following is a brief on the situation and what you need to do.
A sharp increase of bots wanting to break your WordPress login has been reported for Dec 2016. Here’s what you can do to protect your site.
VaultPress is one of the best backup solutions on the planet. But now it’s bundled into JetPack. See why that’s such a big deal and why I have to remove it from my trusted vendor list.
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