WEBMASTER ADVICE
Practical information for website owners and businesses.
You’ll want to tweak these for your business or brand, but ready-made site designs can jump start a new website. Search by layouts and features, such as number of columns, colors, or subjects. Download for free: https://wordpress.org/themes/ The files must be uploaded to your web hosting account. You’ll need WordPress installed. Most hosts now have […]
Q. I want to improve my web page for the search engines. I’ve read about keyword stuffing. Will I be ranked lower if I use the same words in the alt tags for all of the photos on the page? A. The alt tag is meant to help users who need screen readers to navigate […]
Not finding what you want on Google, Bing, or Yahoo? Here are some lesser known search engines worth checking out. DuckDuckGo Our favorite, DuckDuckGo doesn’t track you or share your search habits. Are you noticing ads constantly following you around? That’s partly because Google tracks your searches and hides trackers on millions of websites. The […]
Maybe from your web browser. (I’ve condensed the answers after scouring the web; includes excerpt from article by Uri Raz.) Some sites use methods to extract a surfer’s email address from their browser, sometimes without the surfer noticing it. Using the HTTP_FROM header that browsers send to the server, some browsers pass a header with […]
Wonder if your web content is being ripped off? Our site was brazenly copied and used by another web design company. They copied EVERYTHING; graphics and text. The only unique part of the site was their name and phone number. I’d post the URL, but they’ve since taken it down since we lodged a complaint […]
I’ve been comparing companies on the web that do website repair. One stood out because they advertise an emergency website restore service for $479. They claim: Restoration of Crashed Websites Restoring Hacked Websites Fixing Security Breaches Restoration of Functionality Broken Shopping Carts For only $479. I’m thinking they must first have a copy of […]