Scam Alert! – Domain Hijacking

Scam Alert: Protect Your Domain Scammers want your Domain Business or Worse - Your Domain Domain hijacking letters, also known as domain hijacking notices or domain transfer confirmation emails, are messages that scammers or malicious actors send to domain owners in an attempt to deceive them into transferring their domain name to the attacker's control. These letters are a form of phishing, where the attackers pretend to be a legitimate entity, such as a domain registrar or official domain authority, to trick the domain owner into giving up their domain credentials or access. The fraudulent domain name invoice looks realistic ...

What is Local SEO?

Why Your Website MUST Have It Local Search Engine Optimization refers to the process of building a website so that it can be seen.  Potential customers are out there searching for the products and services you provide in your area. Quite frankly, without SEO customers will find your competitors instead. Local SEO Can Be a Game-Changer The main goal of local SEO is to increase visibility and drive more traffic to your website.  To achieve this, your web designer or developer needs to ensure that your website is optimized for local search by including relevant ...

Website Security

Protect Your Website Website visitors expect their privacy to be protected Website security refers to the measures taken to protect a website and its users from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information. For Geeks Only There are several ways to secure a website, including the following: Encryption: Data transmitted between the user's device and the website's server can be encrypted to prevent it from being intercepted by unauthorized parties. The most common encryption protocol used on the web is HTTPS (HTTP Secure), which encrypts data using SSL/TLS certificates. Authentication: This is ...

“Google” Keeps Calling – How to Identify Scammers

Google Calling Me? Beware of Scammers At least twice a month, I hear from a customer saying Google keeps calling them. Some are robocalls stating they need to claim their "already claimed" Google My Business listing. Other times, it's a person, promising to get you higher Google rankings. How do you tell a legitimate Google call from one that's a scam? The article below is from Google, by Google, for your inside information. Is Google Calling or is it a Scam? Today, you can receive many types of phone calls, including some from automated ...