If you operate a website, you’re no doubt familiar with search engine optimization. Now, add “social optimization” to your to-do list. A website that’s optimized for social media sharing typically attracts more traffic and sparks more engagement with customers. But what does social optimization mean exactly? Is it simply a matter of adding social sharing…
Hackers are constantly breaking into innocent websites and using them to infect visitors with malware, lure them to dodgy sites and infiltrate databases to grab sensitive customer information. But you can avoid trouble or eliminate it quickly by taking some relatively simple steps. Each day, Google identifies 9,500 malware-infected websites, about 4,000 of which are…
Internet users across the world have been warned that if they have the “Alureon/ DNS Changer bot” virus on their computers, they will lose their Internet connections July 9. The virus “spoofs” popular websites in an attempt to steal personal information. The software found its way into thousands of computers worldwide last year. It redirect…
Are you really using the power of modern technology to make your business more profitable? Sure, you are using e-mail, you have a web page and you may be reaching your clients and customers with an electronic mailing list, but are you using web and video conferencing to hold virtual meetings with your employees, customers…
Q: How can I manage crash-inducing traffic spikes to my website? A: First off, congratulations–this is a good problem to have. Maybe a new product on your retail website got big media attention. Suddenly your online traffic jumped sevenfold, and 90 minutes later, your site shut down, the victim of too many consumers trying to…