About a century ago, an advertising pioneer named E. St. Elmo Lewis wrote extensively on what it takes to deliver an effective advertisement. The simple approach that came out of his work has been effective ever since because the basic nature of man has not changed over the milenia. We still respond ...Read More...

As you have read many times in this blog, security on the Internet is every Internet user's responsibility. Both web site owners and websites visitors must participate in regular upgrades, not to get the shiny, new thing, but rather to protect against hacking and online threats. As a result of recent ...Read More...

We are sorry to report that a Finnish researcher has released information about a bug without first telling WordPress developers about it. His reasoning is that it took way too long for them to fix one last time, leaving all sites vulnerable for months. This bug allows a hacker to attack and take over ...Read More...

The Websense Security Labs 2015 threat report is out and it's not pretty. While malware threats declined 5% to nearly 4 billion threats last year, the number of high profile, damaging breaches increased substantially as bad guys got more sophisticated and targeted in their attacks. This focus on quality ...Read More...

A press release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns WordPress users to update their plugins or risk defacement from ISIS hackers. So far, the busy hackers have defaced websites belonging to "news organizations, commercial entities, religious institutions, federal/state/local governments, ...Read More...

Starting April 21st of this year, Google rankings are going to change for mobile searchers. Google is planning to rank mobile ready websites ahead of those that are not mobile ready for people searching from mobile devices. Their objective is to improve the web experience for mobile users which we believe ...Read More...

Find Out How Your Business Performs Online Against Your Main Competitors! When embarking upon an effort to improve your SERP (search engine results page) listings through an online marketing campaign, it's extremely helpful to start with an objective and quantifiable benchmark from which you can ...Read More...

As usual, we have been hard at work improving our Build111 and Church111 website building platforms based on feedback from customers, from developers who use it and from our own team. A couple of the handier recent updates are noted here. Quicker Editing One of the latest improvements is a quicker ...Read More...

Here we go again... Back in the 90s, the US government thought they were being clever by making it illegal to export software with more than 512 byte encryption keys, which were considered good enough twenty years ago. As a result, websites were designed to step down below 512 if a visitor showed up ...Read More...

Well... now nothing. At least that's the case if we are helping you with your online marketing... because it never happened. The methods we use to get your website listed well on search engines are tried and true. We don't use tricks or games that eventually get recognized for what they are when search ...Read More...

Phone Scam Alert! Here's another scam for you to mention to all your non-technical or non-suspicious friends and family. One of our employees had a phone call to his home. The caller said, "I see you are having computer problems..." and offered to help fix them. Of course, the fix ends up with your ...Read More...

The other day, a client wrote in to tell us he appreciated how we take such good care of his email compared to some other hosts. That was nice to hear because while mail is one of those things that users just expect to work, it gives hosting companies fits including us.  As a web host, we maintain ...Read More...

If you have ever had a need to delete multiple files or if you have ever wondered whether a particular file in your files storage area is doing nothing more than taking up space, you're in luck! We have added two new features to the files management system to make managing your Build111 or Church111 CMS ...Read More...

Without a well-planned strategy for your Landing Page, you could be. You already understand that online marketing is essential. You are using organic SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing, Email and maybe even some Ad Words or PPC. People are finding their way to you through these efforts, but you ...Read More...

Clients occasionally come to us with the notion they need a WordPress site. Maybe they've used it before, maybe they read that one out of five websites uses it, maybe they heard that some major corporations use it or maybe a committee or the boss floated the idea. So what could be wrong with such a ...Read More...

Your website is your business card, your ad in the phone book, your billboard and the sign out in front. There is no more important business presence you have in the world. People will make decisions about whether or not they want to do business with you based on what they see on your website. It needs ...Read More...

Having robots fill in your form fields and submit form spam with no benefit to you can be extremely annoying and waste your time as you delete unwanted messages. We have a built in captcha that you can use to discourage bots from filling in your forms, but we have now added another option. If you would ...Read More...

If you are serious about visitors being able to see your website and about being found on search engines today, your site must be mobile ready. For example, the images to the right show the same website as seen from a desktop browser and from a phone. Responsive design provides for the ability of ...Read More...

admin:admin is Not Good Enough! Low end home routers come with default passwords that many users don't bother to change. As you might guess some clever hackers have written malware that searches the net looking for them.,When found, these routers are infected with software that is used to perform ...Read More...

Happy New Year! It's that time once again to see if you need to dust off the old web site and give it a new coat of polish. Check out the 111 Web Studio portfolio for ideas. People make decisions about you when they visit your site whether you want them to or not. Maybe they got referred by a friend ...Read More...