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It Takes More than HTTPS to Make Your Website Secure

October 20, 2017 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

Encryption makes the web more secure
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Checking Up on Your Website

You need HTTPS on your website. It encrypts all data sent to and from your web server, which is especially important if visitors are handing over contact details or payment information. But there’s more to website security than encryption. Continue Reading It Takes More than HTTPS to Make Your Website Secure

Filed Under: Hosting and Servers Tagged With: SSL, Security, WordPress Hosting

How to Tell Bots to Go Crawl Themselves

April 13, 2016 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

padlock and circuitry

Is your site overwhelmed by bots? Add this code to your .htaccess file and tell bots to go crawl themselves: it points all bots but the ones you specify to localhost. Continue Reading How to Tell Bots to Go Crawl Themselves

Filed Under: Hosting and Servers Tagged With: Tutorial, Security

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