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Is Your Website Mobile Friendly?

February 20, 2024
I've been talking about the importance of making your website mobile friendly for years, and now it's becoming more important than ever.  That's because as of 2018, Google has started

Passwords & Website Security

February 20, 2024
Use strong passwords - plumThumb Website Design & Hosting
Have you noticed that more and more websites are asking for "strong passwords" to create an account?  In fact, I can't think of any that don't require at least an

Are Website Sliders Bad for Business?

February 20, 2024
Are website sliders bad?
To slide or not to slide...that is the question.  If you go back several years, website sliders were all the rage for adding "pazzaz" to your website and making it

Shrinking Attention Spans for Websites

February 20, 2024
Are attention spans shrinking?
Thanks to the Internet, the information age continues to evolve, as are humans...even if we don't see it day-to-day.  It's amazing to me that our attention spans seem to be

Pizza with Extra Website Maintenance

February 20, 2024
Pizza with extra website maintenance
March Madness is winding down and with lots of exciting college basketball to watch, we decided to order pizza for delivery. One medium size Hawaiian and a large sausage with

Website Security Starts with YOU

February 20, 2024
Security Risks with Email Attachments - plumThumb website maintenance plans
I know it's hard to believe, but "the news" recently broke away from its 24 x 7 political coverage to shine the light on some very troubling cybersecurity issues involving

Little Green Lock Never Looked Better!

February 20, 2024
Secure Websites - plumThumb Website Design & Hosting
Have you ever noticed the little green lock in your browser before, when you're on certain websites?  Normally, you want to see that green lock on any website where you're

Are Crawl Errors Bad?

February 20, 2024
Fix 404 Errors - plumThumb Website Design & Hosting
Have you ever done a search on something in Google or Bing and then clicked on a link only to find the website is "unavailable" or the page is missing

Is Your Website Using HTTP/2?

February 20, 2024
Http version 2.0 benefits - plumThumb website design and hosting
Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP is what you see when you type out the full path of your website URL (ex:  http://www.somecompany.com).  You might not think much about it when

Website Check Engine Light

February 20, 2024
So, I plead GUILTY for driving around with my Check Engine Light on.  When it first came on, it was alarming, but nothing went wrong and my truck seemed to