[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many clients ask us how to test their page load speed, instead of actually loading their website and timing it (haha!). Load time is extremely important, not only from a search engine ranking perspective, but also for your audience. How long would you wait for a website to load before closing the tab? Google has a reliable tool that tests not only your browser load speed of your website, but also the mobile load speed; which is...
How do you know if your server and/or SSL is vulnerable to the heartbleed OpenSSL flaw, and more importantly, how do you check if your server is vulnerable to heartbleed? The heartbleed flaw in OpenSSL has the world in a panic about the security of their passwords and information. The heartbleed vulnerability refers to a security concern of the OpenSSL library, which is popular open source cryptographic software library used in server security. The flaw in the security...
By NICOLE PERLROTH, New York Times.
April 8, 2014
The tiny padlock next to web addresses that promised to protect our most sensitive information — passwords, stored files, bank details, even Social Security numbers — is broken.
A flaw has been discovered in one of the Internet’s key encryption methods, potentially forcing a wide swath of websites to swap out the virtual keys that generate private connections between the sites and their customers.
On Tuesday afternoon, many organizations were heeding the warning. Companies like Lastpass, the password manager, and Tumblr, the social network owned by Yahoo, said they had issued fixes and warned users to immediately swap out their usernames and passwords.
Today’s the last day that Microsoft will support Windows XP. What does this mean for you?
iPhone email problems have been around for a long time. It seems that with every new release/update for iOS, nothing seems to really improve the reliability of the iPhone mail program. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those anti Apple people; I only use Macs. But when it comes to mobile devices, like my phone and tablet, I only use Samsung devices and more importantly, Android.
Preparing to develop your own app? App development has become big business. More people are looking to develop their own apps, but aren’t sure where to start. My firm offers both native app development and phone gap based app development, both options result in an app, but the main difference is the capability of each technology.
Most people I speak with regarding app development aren’t actually prepared to develop an app, and are confused by the options, costs and responsibilities involved with app development. The point of this article is to help prepare you to speak with a developer regarding your app project, so both you and the developer will be on the same page.
If you have a website, chances are you are tracking how your visitors found you online by using Google Analytics or another statistics program on your server. Have you recently noticed an increasing number of 'not provided' in your keyword list? This isn't an error with your tracking program or Google, it's because Google has stopped keyword tracking by using secure connections. Now you must be scratching your head wondering "why?? why would they do this to...
The term negative keywords can be misleading. Usually when you think of keywords, you're talking about search engine optimization. Keywords are the terms you want to rank for, right? So what exactly is a negative keyword? Negative keywords are keywords that you don't want to rank for. Now you must be thinking 'wait a second, why wouldn't I want to rank for a keyword?? The more rankings the better!' This is not true, because if you start...
Google's Hummingbird update was officially announced on September 26th, which sparked off a series of worried blog activity from search engine optimization strategists. "Oh no, not another algorithm change.." was being yelled across discussion boards. This time though, there's nothing really to worry about. Unlike the 'Panda' and 'Penguin' Google algorithm updates, Hummingbird is not a penalty based update (penalty based updates aim to clean up the search engine results for a query and deliver more...
Improving customers' shopping experiences on ecommerce websites can be difficult to achieve. Most ecommerce websites follow a standard flow in terms of navigation and checkout process, which is important from a programming perspective as well as user experience perspective. Some people are used to a more standard layout and tend get confused when you move things around, which can lead to a higher bounce rate from your ecommerce website. What can you do to improve your...