Your WordPress Site and the Five-Hour Window
Attackers now exploit newly disclosed WordPress flaws within hours, and most of the risk lives in plugins. Here’s what that means for your site, and the questions to ask whoever maintains it.
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How Bots Run Up Your Bills, and How to Stop Them
Bots can abuse your website’s forms, texts, and calls to run up large bills or get your email paused. Here’s how these attacks work, and five safeguards that stop them.
Read →When AI Agents Pay by the Request: What x402 Means for Local Experts
A new open payment standard, x402, lets AI agents pay a few cents at a time for data and expertise. Here’s where it’s headed, and how lawyers, data holders, and other specialists could take part.
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Protecting Your Business from Predatory Legal Solicitations
Running a business website comes with numerous challenges, including an increasingly common threat: predatory legal solicitations targeting small business owners through intimidating emails and urgent warnings. These unsolicited…
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Accessibility Mills: What Business Owners Need to Know About Predatory Accessibility Lawsuits
In recent years, the rise of “accessibility mills” has become a significant concern for website owners. These firms specialize in sending demand letters or filing lawsuits alleging website non-compliance with the Americans with…
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Accessibility Obligations for Government Agencies: A Quick Guide for Organizational Leaders
Accessibility in government services is more than a legal requirement—it’s a moral imperative and a cornerstone of equitable governance. Government agencies must ensure that all citizens, including those with disabilities, can access…
Read →Receiving Important Notifications from Your Web Server
Or how I learned I should never, ever junk, block, or unsubscribe from my website's admin emails. As a website owner, you may occasionally receive email notifications and confirmations generated automatically by your web server. These…
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Google gives HTTPS websites a boost
Everyone knows that Google has been a strong advocate for high quality search results. Google wants visitors to get exactly what they are searching for on the first try. Google has done extensive work to understand the searcher's…
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Why Does Video Work?
One of the easiest and most effective ways to establish your expertise is to use video content. Video is becoming an increasingly popular medium and has a great return on investment.
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Should I Register a Non-Dotcom Domain?
Dotcom domains remain the best choice for your business. New top-level domain extensions do not provide enough usable value for a typical business website.
Read →Clearing your web browser's cache, cookies, and history
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Read →How Do Photo Rights and Ownership Work?
All about Photo Rights and Ownership, Licensing, Hiring a Photographer, Permissions, and Stock Photography.
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