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Google’s change to the “nofollow” link attribute and what it means

This past week Google announced that after 15 years, they plan to make a change to the way they handle the nofollow attribute on links. If you’re a blogger and you’re participating in affiliate programs or doing sponsored posts, you know that the nofollow attribute allows you to safely link to external sites without losing good standing with Google. Google’s news that it is to start...
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O’Brien Media

We’re always looking for people who are enthusiastic about technology and finding creative solutions to help others.We hire people with a wide range of expertises — from those with no formal academic qualifications or those from fields entirely outside of technology to people with advanced degrees. Skills like methodical thinking and knowledge sharing are just as important to us as education...
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Mobile searches with the qualifier “for me” have grown over 60%

The fact is, people now want, and expect, information and advice relevant to their needs. People have realized that by being more specific in how they search, they can more quickly get to the information they’re looking for. A specialized pair of running shoes is one example. Shampoo for a certain type of hair is another. In fact, mobile searches for “shampoo for ____” are up 130% over the...
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Testimonial – Tony Leeming

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New website launched for SP1 Bookkeeping in Salisbury

We were approached by Tony at SP1 Bookkeeping to give his website a professional touch. Tony had put together a basic homepage for his website but wanted guidance on the best way to mix promoting his bookkeeping business with making sure that his website was easy to use and on the money (pun intended) from a technical perspective. We used WordPress and Elementor Pro to put together an easy to...
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Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Update (13-Sept-2019)

You may have heard about Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), a new requirement under European payment law that, in part, aims to make online and mobile payments more secure. It does so by asking customers to provide additional information to complete their transactions. While SCA will come into effect on 14 September 2019, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently announced it will...
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Small business website for Salisbury based SP1 Bookkeeping

We used WordPress and Elementor Pro to put together an easy to manage, visually pleasing, site based on Tony's initial design and moved the website from Wix.com to WordPress and incorporating the latest 2019 SEO standards to ensure that the new site climbs Google rankings quickly! The new mobile-friendly website, powered by WordPress, simplifies content management and site administration and...
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WordPress plugins gone rogue – compromised plugins creating rogue administrator accounts

A recent malvertising campaign targeting vulnerable plugins is now trying to backdoor sites by creating rogue admin accounts. Back in July when the campaign was first noticed it was attempting to hijack sites to push popup ads, tech support scams, and malicious Android apps. Plugins targeted in July included vulnerable versions of Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode, which followed attacks in...
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WordPress 5.3 will change how it blocks search engines from indexing content

WordPress announced an important change to how it will block search engines from indexing websites. This change abandons the traditional Robots.txt solution in favor of the Robots Meta Tag approach. The change brings WordPress in line with the reason for blocking Google, which is to keep the blocked pages from showing in Google’s search results. This is the Robots Meta Tag that WordPress will...
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