News Articles from M35 Web Design
Ransomware targeting WordPress websites
Ransomware is now targeting WordPress websites, so if you have a site that’s been built with WordPress, this post is for you.
Ransomware encrypts all your website’s files using strong and unbreakable encryption, then the attackers ask you to pay them to decrypt your files. They usually ask for payment by Bitcoin, although paying doesn’t unlock the files anyway.
There are ways to protect your site from being compromised by Ransomware.
Using numbers, symbols and capital letters in passwords is wr0ng!
In 2003 Bill Burr compiled a report on choosing a secure password, written when he was a mid level manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in the US. Back then, his advice was to use use a mix of numbers, uppercase letters and non-alphabetic symbols, and change passwords often, such as every 90 days.
According to the Wall Street Journal (7th August 2017) Mr Burr now says that he regrets his advice, because such passwords have proved easier to hack.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has now set new guidelines.
Been given a bad or fake review in Google? We might be able to help
Been given a bad or fake review in Google? If your business has been left a bad public review in Google you’ll know how frustrating this is, particularly if it’s unjust, or even fake.
Unfortunately there’s no way to stop someone from leaving you a bad review, and it’s a fact of life that customers are more likely to leave a review when they want to complain, rather than when they’re happy.
Recently, a client of M35 Web Design was left two bad reviews on his Google Business listing in quick succession. A Google Business listing is what you're likely to see on the right-hand side of the search results page if you Google the name of your company.
Adobe to phase out Flash Player plugin by end of 2020
Adobe has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plugin by the end of 2020. Once widely used in games, online radio and animation, much of Flash's functionality has now been replaced by HTML5.
The Power of Blogging Part II – Here’s the Proof!
At the beginning of this month I wrote an article entitled ‘Get ahead of the competition by blogging! The Power of Blogging Part I’
Some people know that in my ‘other life’ I’m a photographer (yes I do sell photos!). My reason for mentioning this is that I’ve achieved some stunning search engine results via the regular blog posts (news stories) that I write on my photography website. What I mean by this is that I routinely see my posts get to the top of Google, Bing and Yahoo – sometimes in a matter of hours. The record was 3 hours from publishing my post to it appearing at the top of Google. More »
Get Ahead of the Competition by Blogging! The Power of Blogging Part I
Did you know that blogging is an easy way to regularly get to the top of Google and other search engines? Yes, it’s true and we can prove it.
No gimmicks, or ‘black hat’ search engine techniques (bad) are used to accomplish this, or huge amounts of money for Google Ads. More »
10% off website build for new clients
Throughout July and August 2017 we’re offering 10% off the final build price to new clients* who have a website built by us.
Contact us to discuss your requirements, then make sure you at least put down a deposit in July (or by the end of August 2017) to receive 10% off the total price.
*Only valid for new clients who have never received a website design quote from us before.
Photo Retouching Service, Poole, Dorset
M35 Web Design, in Poole, Dorset, is pleased to offer a digital photo retouching service.
Perhaps you've found some old negatives or slides in the attic, or photos from years ago that are now faded? If so, we can scan them and restore them to their former glory.
WordPress Attacks – March 2017 Report from Wordfence
Wordfence have just published their March 2017 WordPress Attacks report. This includes the top attacking countries and the most attacked WordPress themes and plugins.
This just proves how important it is to keep your website updated, and with robust security protection in place too.
World’s Biggest Data Breaches, Leaks and Hacks
The world’s biggest data breaches, leaks and hacks are shown in an interesting, interactive infograph from dataisbeautiful.com.
If you start at 2004, at the bottom of the chart, as you scroll up to 2017 it’s clear to see that data breaches of companies and government organisations is increasing.
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