Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

Google warns against disabling websites during Coronavirus pandemic

Google’s official advice for website owners emphasises that website should remain active during the pandemic.

An important step, Google says, is to not disable your website altogether. Although business owners might find it tempting to turn off their websites to avoid paying fees or disappoint customers they can’t serve, Google says that this might harm your website rankings when the site it brought back online.

Turning your site off “is an extreme measure that should only be taken for a very short period of time (a few days at most), as it will otherwise have significant effects on the website in Search, even when implemented properly,” wrote John Mueller, a trends analyst at Google, in a blogpost.

Read More: Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: How to pause your business online in Google Search

Review the guidance from Google My Business on how to change your business hours or indicate temporary closures.

You Can Now Take Moz Academy Courses for Free – Moz

 

One of the best known websites for tips and tricks for Search Engine Optimisation is making a dozen or more training courses available for free until May 31st 2020.

Go to: You Can Now Take Moz Academy Courses for Free – Moz

If you are new to SEO, check out their excellent article: https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

This guide is designed to describe all major aspects of SEO, from finding the terms and phrases (keywords) that can generate qualified traffic to your website, to making your site friendly to search engines, to building links and marketing the unique value of your site.

Show CiviCRM Content Quickly & Easily in WordPress using Content Views | CiviCRM

Building a WordPress website with integrated CiviCRM content is now even easier. Add a new plugin to your toolkit with the Content Views CiviCRM plugin, https://github.com/agileware/content-views-civicrm

Check our UK-based CiviCRM hosting from 2020Media.com at https://www.2020media.com/web-hosting/cloud-hosting/civicrm-hosting/

Read More: Show CiviCRM Content Quickly & Easily in WordPress using Content Views | CiviCRM

Migrating Email

Moving email services between providers is by far the most complex and critical task we face as a web host.

This is a quick post to highlight a useful online tool that can be used to move IMAP email from one server to another.

It’s called Imapsync online, created by Gilles LAMIRAL and it can be found at https://i005.lamiral.info/X/

It’s not suitable for keeping two “live” accounts in sync, but for our purposes should be used, after the email has been pointed at our servers, and you need to ensure your old email is not lost when your old provider turns off the service.

The other option is simply to drag and drop folders in your desktop email software from the old account to the new account. This is perfectly fine but you do need to ensure you copy all the folders and don’t miss any.