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How Should You Manage Expired Content?
Handling expired content may be an overwhelming experience for almost any Search engine optimization in control of a dynamic website, whether it be an e-commerce, a classified (example: news post, real estate listings), or a seasonal/promotional (example: Balboa Park December Nights) site. Something as fundamental as glancing in the Google Webmaster Tools accounts for the site can evoke emotions, particularly if the site has amassed millions of 404 errors. Are you supposed to develop a process to manage this? What should the process look like?
Read ArticleHow to block Russian SPAM
Depending on the purpose and features of your website you may find yours bombarded by SPAM from Russia, China or other countries where you do not offer your service or goods. At Intrepid Network we have put together a custom solution for our clients that look something like the following.
Read Article7 Most Significant Eye-Tracking Studies for Websites
The eye-tracking study is the lens all business owners keep firmly in sight; they just love it! After all, it shows how your customers look, browse and spend time on your website. It’s one of the key factors that’s always taken into account when you plan to modify your business appearance and is constantly looked at for improvement. In fact, it takes the lead most of the time and decisions on what’s going on the website and what not are generally based on user behavior. You just don’t have to make guesses on what’s going to work as you have staggering data from eye-tracking software and heat maps to help you in optimizing conversion rates at a rapid pace. We have compiled the most significant eye-tracking studies all marketers should be aware of to give them the idea of user’s browsing behavior, the elements most closely looked at for optimizing the website conversions.
Read ArticleHTTPS encryption on the web
HTTPS helps keep your browsing safe by securely connecting your browser or app with the websites you visit. HTTPS relies on encryption technology—SSL or TLS—to secure these connections. This report provides data on the status of HTTPS adoption and usage at Google and across the web.
Read ArticlePHP 7.2 Performance & Security
On 30 November 2017, the PHP community announced the release of PHP 7.2. More specifically, this is the second feature update to the PHP 7 series. While Drupal 7 does not include support for PHP 7.2 it does support PHP 7.1 which is 250% faster than PHP 5.6. Intrepid Network has been quietly updating select websites from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 and we've been updating select Drupal 7 websites from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.1. Performance tests confirm reporting claims and version 7.1 is indeed much much faster.
Read ArticleEffective July 2018, Google’s Chrome browser will mark non-HTTPS sites as ‘not secure’
After years of pushing for 'secure by default' web sites, Google will identify insecure sites in the Chrome browser beginning mid-Summer. July is shaping up to be a big month for Google. Earlier this month, the company announced its Speed Update set to roll out in July, and today announced it will then also mark all sites that have not migrated to HTTPS as “not secure.” This move will coincide with the release of Chrome 68 and will look like this in a user’s browser:
Read ArticleWhy Open Source Software?
Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) (also abbreviated as FLOSS or FOSS) has risen to great prominence. Briefly, OSS/FS programs are programs whose licenses give users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, to study and modify the program, and to redistribute copies of either the original or modified program (without having to pay royalties to previous developers).
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