September 2018 - Page 2 of 2 - Precise Online Management

Can Fiverr Really Provide Your Business with Quality Results? Yes it Can!

Sep 14, 2018

Searching Google for Fiverr Reviews will immediately leave a bad impression for those wondering about the quality of that service. The highly respected aggregate review websites Trustpilot and Sitejabber each have around 1000 total user reviews that average below 3 stars. The #1 result in Google, thefreelanceeffect.com, has a damning meta description that states you should never use them! Only fools would hire someone for their business needs off Fiverr, right? Not so fast.

Symantec SSL certificates will be distrusted by major browsers in October

Sep 13, 2018

Having a distrusted SSL certificate is much worse than having none at all. While Chrome displays a not secure message for websites still using HTTP, it will all but prevent visitors from viewing websites with broken SSL certificates. A red triangle with an exclamation is shown in the URL address bar and on a blank page with a stern warning. If your website is facing the issue it should be fixed immediately.

European Union approves GDPR-like copyright directive

Sep 12, 2018

Wow.. This is insanity. Many online businesses are still adjusting to being compliant with GDPR. Now the EU drops this on everyone. According to article 11, this very post could be liable for damages as it contains a snippet. So any website that sources information from another (in the EU) could potentially have legal consequences. This goes against the very basics of journalism. I remember in grammar school we were taught to cite our sources, give credit to the author, and place direct information in quotes. Where is the harm in that?

cPanel is preparing to drop support for EasyApache3

Sep 11, 2018

cPanel’s Web Hosting Manager is one of the most robust server administrator applications for (the lack of a better term) managing websites. It’s become so popular that you’d be hard-pressed to find it in a non-acronym form (WHM) on the company’s website. EasyApache is perhaps the most recognizable module of WHM for its ability to make compiling Apache and PHP modules a breeze. In previous versions of EA, watching it build profiles through hundreds of lines of code gave me a sense of deep relief. I’m no expert in server administration and trying to learn all the proper Linux commands for compiling would take me ages!

Google reveals that their algorithm evolves to replace manual actions

Sep 10, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to never have received a manual action penalty for any of my websites. Because of this, it makes me believe that you have to be extremely negligent or deceptive to get one. Although, it’s nice to have Google Search Console report such actions to make them easier to diagnose and resolve just in case.

WordPress administrators targeted with phishing emails

Sep 7, 2018

You should always exercise caution when receiving emails requiring you to submit information or perform an action. Usually, phishing emails are targeting bank accounts or other financial institutions. Even if an email looks legitimate, if there is doubt, always make a phone call to the institution that the email appears to be from.

Old SEO tactics and strategies that should be left in the past

Sep 6, 2018

From the 5 Dino Tactics that Moz listed in their article, the first one I feel is the biggest no-no. The statistics given for the results returned in Google’s Keyword Planner don’t necessarily translate over to organic search. You’re also not given important data associated with those results such as difficulty and the number of results listed for any given search term.

Google’s New Search Console Gives Users a Modern and Slick Interface

Sep 5, 2018

Website administrators should now be seeing an option to display Google Search Console (Google Webmaster Tools) with an updated design. While there are some new features that were added (and other important ones missing), it is this new design that takes the spotlight. You can see the difference from the screenshots below. The old Google Search Console is starting to look a little dated. This new and improved interface is a lot quicker and more appealing! The first thing I noticed in the new version of the Search Analytics section is the removal of the filter checkboxes. Instead, you can...

Niche Dreams – Part 2: Networking, Tools, Link Building, and Content Creation

Sep 4, 2018

Welcome to part 2 of my planned year-long monthly updates reflecting on the progress of my Amazon affiliate niche website. If you haven’t done so already, please read part 1 to understand why I decided to become an affiliate. There’s also some good information on researching other Amazon affiliate websites which will help you build a strategy of your own. In part 2, I’ll go over some tools and people that I trust for guidance on this quest for success. You’ll learn some link building tactics I’ve implemented as well as my content creation strategy. It can be difficult to...

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