Are You Facebook Blank?
Are You Facebook Blank? Do you ever get a blank box when you post your website to Facebook…annoying isn’t it?…after all images attract attention far more than just the words of your URL…. This is normally due to og:properties not being pulled correctly or Facebook not pulling a default image, however, there is a great debug
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The Importance of Web Page Load Times
The Importance of Web Page Load Times Does your site take more than 4 seconds to load? Well Google Penalises slow pages and ranks them lower, also users or potential buyers are less likely to view your website if the page takes too long to load. You might want to consider implementing some of the
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Top 10 Reasons your Home WI-FI or Network isn’t working for you!
Top 10 Reasons your Home WI-FI or Network isn’t working for you! Portal Home > Blog > Top 10 Reasons your Home WI-FI or Network isn’t working for you! #10 The mistake: Failing to determine a network’s needs before buying a router. Most people buying networking gear (especially wireless equipment) are just looking to provide Internet access for a
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Is VPS Hosting Right for Me?
Is VPS Hosting Right for Me? A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a simulation of hardware by a host operating system that allows another operating system to run on it. Each virtual server is isolated from the others (or “Private”), and access to hardware resources (RAM, CPU, Disk Space, Network throughput) is managed by the
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LinkedIn hackers
LinkedIn hackers Portal Home > Blog > LinkedIn hackers Recently a Hacker listed up to 167 million LinkedIn passwords for sale: LinkedIn suffered a data breach in 2012, with what was believed to be 6.5 million user account passwords posted online. However, four years later, the cyber-attack has come back to haunt LinkedIn with hackers selling data belonging to
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Lets stop the hackers in their tracks
Lets stop the hackers in their tracks Portal Home > Blog > Lets stop the hackers in their tracks As you know wordpress is a vastly used web tool across the world, the only issue is that alot of users are not updating their plugins or core system, due to this, its creating large security holes in websites and
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Do You Own Your Domain Name?
Do You Own Your Domain Name? Portal Home > Blog > Do You Own Your Domain Name? It’s advisable to make sure you are the registered owner of your domain name and not your web developer/company – for a couple of reasons. Should you (heaven forbid) fall out with your web developer it’s a lot easier to get your
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Digital disruption has hit journalism pretty hard
Digital disruption has hit journalism pretty hard Portal Home > Blog > Digital disruption has hit journalism pretty hard Before the internet democratised writing, journalism was something of a closed shop. Without an NUJ membership card and a huge collection of phone numbers, there were very few opportunities for outsiders to join the huddles of sports-jacketed journalists in the
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Why Usability is Vital to Your Online Store
Why Usability is Vital to Your Online Store Portal Home > Blog > Why Usability is Vital to Your Online Store There’s more to online business than uploading your products and pressing “sell”! The benefits of having an online store for your business are plentiful. Increased visibility, a worldwide market and no “closed” hours thanks to around-the-clock trading are
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6 Reasons You Should Understand The Basics of SEO
6 Reasons You Should Understand The Basics of SEO Portal Home > Blog > 6 Reasons You Should Understand The Basics of SEO Your online visibility is important to your business; learning the ins and outs of SEO will help boost your site. SEO (or search engine optimisation) is one of the hottest digital topics, with more and more
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