You’re done building your site. It’s beautiful and everything you had envisioned! And it’s time to launch that website to the big unknown that is the WEB. But wait! You’re not quite sure where that is. Depending on what type of hosting you have chosen, it changes things. Confusing? Well, it’s not very very simple or complicated, but here is a little graphic to help you understand exactly WHERE is.
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How to Avoid Domain Verification Phishing Email Scams
Mar 9th, 2016
Debra Carpenter
As Seen in The Hosting News
If you’re concerned about a recent email you’ve received that asks you to confirm personal information or verify your domain, it’s likely a scam. Domain verification phishing emails are often used to obtain login information from unknowing email receivers who don’t want an interruption in their domain service and quickly login to confirm their information without checking into the validity of the email or sender. You need to do your research to verify that an email is legitimate before complying with any request for information via email. We outline the steps to avoiding domain verification phishing email scams below.
How to Avoid Domain Verification Phishing Scams
Be suspicious of the right emails. Look closely at emails that:
- Are sent from an address you don’t recognize, or a spammy address
- Ask you to confirm personal or login information
- Request or demand urgent action
- Provide some type of penalty or consequence of not complying
- Aren’t personalized
These 5 indicators are reason to be highly suspicious of an email and if you notice any of them, you should refrain from sending information until you’ve confirmed that the email is legitimate. You can do this by sending an email to the company the email claims to represent and ask them to confirm, or call customer service and handle their request over the phone. Do not use any phone numbers, links, or email addresses in the suspicious email. Go directly to the company’s website to find your contact information.
Demand security online
Don’t communicate any personal information online though unsecured websites. Look for the green icon in the URL bar when you visit the website. Ensure that the website is secure before proceeding to enter any personal, identifying, or confidential information.
3 ways to browse securely
- Do not click links in emails from unknown senders
- Don’t click links in emails you don’t trust. Go to the website directly from your URL bar
- When in doubt, forward the email to the company it’s claiming to be from and ask for verification
What are the Love Languages of a Website?
Mar 7th, 2016
Benjamin Ehinger
As Seen in The Hosting News
Maybe you’ve heard of the Love Languages book, which explains how your partner and yourself may receive love. It provides five broad love languages for relationships. Did you know, your website also has five love languages? Of course, these are not about your website receiving love, necessarily. however, they are more about providing good feelings to those visiting your website and associating good things with your brand. Here are the five love languages of a website.
Security
Visitors want to know their information is secure and won’t be used in a harmful way. Security is one of the most important love languages of your website and helps to protect your site and visitors from hackers, viruses and malware. Giving your website the right security makes a huge difference. You want to make sure your themes and plugins are always updated, provide SSL certificates and encryption for visitors and provide additional protection. In addition, you should always get rid of any files you don’t need or don’t use anymore. Additional features, such as adding SiteLock or login lockout plugins will help, as well. The more you can do to ensure security to your visitors, the better off you will be for those needing to know your site is secure.
SEO
Another love language of your website is SEO. If you’re not listed high for your search terms, you won’t receive much love from visitors. Very few people go deeper than the first page of the results and the top three spots get the majority of the traffic.You need to provide a high level of SEO to ensure you rank high and receive love. With natural SEO from good content about the services, products and topics your visitors’ value, you will gain the love from higher ranking. This isn’t an easy thing to do, but there are professionals ready to help you gain the best possible SEO. With the right combination of blogging, on page SEO and off page SEO, you can master this love language and give your website plenty of love.
Hosting
Hosting plays an important role for your website. It’s the storage for all your files and with the right hosting, you will show your website and your visitors plenty of love. A bad host means you will see poor performance, increased downtime and other issues. Often, a bad host won’t provide fast and reliable support, either. With great website hosting, your website will load faster, experience less downtime and you will receive support when you need it. Good hosting companies will make sure you have plenty of resources and allow you to increase your traffic without worrying.
Design
Appearances may not be everything, but they are still important. Most people want to be attracted to the person they date or marry and most website visitors want to stay on a website they find attractive. If your site provides a good design, it will be more enjoyable for visitors. This can have a positive impact on your profits and provide a better platform for SEO and marketing. Displaying a clear and concise message on your site allows visitors to understand what they are getting and how to find it on your website. Don’t let your site suffer from the uglies. Instead, make sure you have a great design and give it a makeover, if necessary.
Marketing
The final love language of your website is marketing. With the right marketing, you will attract more visitors and customers. This often means creating excellent content, putting together a good email campaign and doing everything else necessary to gain new visitors. Every website is a bit different, but you will certainly need compelling headlines, content your readers can use and the ability to engage readers on social media. If you want to increase your website visitors and user interaction, focus on these five love languages of websites.