We’re using Wix as an example, but you could substitute a number of other big name Free website advertisers, like Web.com for a lot of this information. Where there’s an important difference we’ll include that as well. We chose Wix because a client of ours was considering using their free service for a new website…
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Have you been locked out of an account due to entering the wrong password too many times? That was rhetorical; unless your password is “password” (and it better not be) everyone has managed to lock themselves out. Even someone using “password” can manage it if they don’t realize Caps Lock is on. But here’s the…
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Today we did an experiment with an Internet Tech Support Scam that is reportedly being found online by many in the Reno Sparks area. Below is a screenshot of what first appears when you happen upon the website at online-system-scan.net. More than likely you were redirected here by a malicious advertisement on another website or…
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Apparently one of the Ransomware developers has almost grown a conscience. His or her name is Tox and Tox claims on Pastebin.com that his / her “brilliant idea” has become “too hot for me to handle” so he / she’s getting out of the Ransomware business, although Tox is willing to sell his / her…
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Late last year Google made an important change in their ranking system that has received relatively little coverage. Google has added to their search ranking algorithm a query to determine if a site is being served over HTTP or HTTPS. If a site is being served over HTTPS it ranks higher. Here’s an example of…
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