Category: SWS Blog

WordPress – Is It Time To Update

WordPress - Is It Time To Update WordPress: It Is Extremely Important To Keep Your Site Updated I would estimate that more than 95% of the websites on our servers have WordPress as their CMS (Content Management System). Why not, it is extremely flexible and…

Why You Should Not Do SEO Of Your Website by Yourself

Why You Should Not Do SEO Of Your Website by Yourself Are you thinking about doing your own SEO for your small business? I want to caution you and educate you on how much of a niche and there are so many pitfalls that if…

ADA Compliance SCAM

ADA Compliance SCAM There has been an email floating around for some time now about making sure that your website is ADA-compliant. Before we get into the email itself. I want to first talk about what is ADA Compliance.ADA is referring to the Americans with…

Essential Elements For Online Businesses

Essential Elements For Online Businesses Often business owners face the question of how important is a website for their business. Well, a corporate website should always be considered an investment and is directly related to the revenue that a business generates. A website is a…

Local SEO

Local SEO You've packed up the car and you and your family of four and Fido are heading from Toledo, Ohio to Virginia Beach for a long-deserved vacation. You are behind the wheel of your new 2023 SUV and you are cruising along until you…

WordPress Plugin Ultimate Members

WordPress Plugin Ultimate Members If you are using the Ultimate Members plugin for WordPress, then you really need to get it updated soon. Versions that are lower than 2.6.7 are subjected to a vulnerability that will allow regular users to become admins of the website. This…

New Server

New Server It has been a very bumpy ride, but we are finally at the point where we can announce that the new server is ready.A few months ago, we started down the road to replacing our aging servers. The plan was to have this…

Another LastPass Incident

The popular password manager, LastPass has recently issued a security notification about an incident they experienced. Below are the details: Dear valued customer, In keeping with our commitment to transparency, we wanted to inform you of a security incident that our team is currently investigating.…

VCDPA

VCDPA Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) was signed into law on March 2, 2021. The new law means that some Virginia Businesses will need to give consumers the ability to access and control personal data that the business collects about them. Virginia consumers will…

Site of The Month – October 2022 – Flues-n-Ducts.com

Site of The Month - October 2022 - Flues-n-Ducts.com Site of the month is a regular feature for our blog where we will feature a Simply Web Services customer and their website.The site of the month for October 2022 is Flues-n-Ducts.com.  Flues-n-Ducts.com is the website…