Using local SEO to target customers in your area

If you follow Google guidelines to get a decent amount of traffic on your site, you know one thing for sure and that is SEO changes from time to time. Right? Since Google rolled out Pigeon update in July 2014, Penguin 4.0 during 2016 and more recent updates throughout 2018, local competition has been heating up fiercely. So, if you are on the lookout for a way to target the customers of your area, you should start focusing on your local search rankings.

Chris Grant (he/him) 26th October 2018 9:26 am

Security

How to keep the cyber-criminals out

Cyber-criminals use weaknesses in software and apps to attack your devices and steal your identity. Software updates are designed to fix these weaknesses and installing them as soon as possible will keep your devices & data secure.

Chris Grant (he/him) 25th October 2018 11:23 pm

Drupal

Multiple vulnerabilities patched in October 17th Drupal Core update

It’s been a while since the last Drupal Core update was released (back in April) but it’s now time, once again, to install a Drupal Core update to keep your Drupal websites secure.

Tom Furmanski 18th October 2018 9:04 am

WooCommerce

WooCommerce 3.4.6 released this week, patches security bug

This past week WooCommerce developers have released version 3.4.6. This release patches a security issue for all previous versions and it’s strongly recommended that you to update your WooCommerce sites as soon as possible.

Chris Grant (he/him) 14th October 2018 8:18 am

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Business

There’s plenty of advantages when it comes to webmail (web based email)

As you may know, there are two popular ways to access email – through webmail (such as the webmail service that comes with every website hosting and email hosting package we provide at O’Brien Media) and with email clients such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Windows Mail. Webmail is generally an easier way to get started as there’s nothing to install on your PC, Mac or Smartphone and you don’t need to and learn to use any additional software; you just open your email account with a web browser and off you go!

Chris Grant (he/him) 5th October 2018 9:18 am

Code and Development

Re-Allowing ‘root’ access to PhpMyAdmin in newer versions of MySQL (or MariaDB)

In newer versions of MySQL (or MariaDB) the ‘root’ user can no longer connect remotely to the database server via PhpMyAdmin (and other such tools). After searching and finding a few backwards and complicated solutions there is actually a simpler way, very simple in fact. In just 3 quick steps.

Chris Grant (he/him) 22nd September 2018 10:21 am

Data and Analytics

Just like the crisps in your cupboard, your website has a best before date

Think your website might be outdated? Maybe it is. To continue generating leads and increasing sales it’s important to keep up with popular trends and regularly updating the elements of your website

Chris Grant (he/him) 16th September 2018 8:50 am

Design

What kind of logo do you need for your business?

When clients ask us to design a logo for their business we always start with this discussion of what kind of “logo” they need. A “logo” is often made of a logotype and a logomark. But not every business needs both.

Chris Grant (he/him) 8th September 2018 9:06 am