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Domain Networks Scam Scrape and $289 for what?!
Get a bill from Domain Networks and wondering if its a scam? Did you notice they referred to your website or domain name with the listing in Google My Business as opposed to whatever is on your website? I did and my first impression was that this was just another...
Keep it simple to Get results choosing a domain extensions in 2022
easy to get lost with an almost infinite number of domain extensions like .com .org and so many more. Lets keep it simple, GET GOOD RESULTS & not make progress suffer at the hands of perfection eiher
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Three Easy to Edit Image Hover Effects Free Divi Layout from Divi Soup
This free Divi layout uses the native Divi image and text modules with absolute positioning to show or hide text or swap the image for another on hover. View the demo and download this free
What information can Google Analytics give me about visitors on my site?
But the tracking code will also collect information from the browser like the language the browser is set to, the type of browser (such as Chrome or Safari), and the device and operating system used to access the Google Store. It can even collect the “traffic source,”...
What are the differences between Engagement and Conversion on a website?
Starting at about the 40 second mark there is a simple description of a sales funnel and the differences between Acquisition vs Behavior (engagement) (both top of the funnel) vs conversion (bottom or after going through the funnel). Conversion is when a user on a...
Advice – DO NOT CLICK anything from Vtimablebeach.top likely fake domain registration scam
If you have ever owned a domain registration, then you probably have received a scammy email or even postal mail request to renew your domain name. Usually these are at much higher rates than what you actually paid and they are never from a reputable source. I'm...
Where is Mailchimp email subscription link for inside a newsletter
Trying to figure out how to add a subscription link to your email newsletter INSIDE the Mailchimp newsletter? useful when subscribers want to forward your email to someone else who then might want to subscribe. Here’s where to go.
Inviting a User for Initial eCommerce connections to a Stripe account
When we initially help clients establish an ecommerce connection with a system such as a form (Gravity Forms) or shopping cart system (WooCommerce) or a donation system (Gravity Forms or something similar), we guide clients to create an account with Stripe. For our...
Medical Provider Web Communications & Best Practices for Covid-19
I have website clients that are medical providers and they need to rapidly benchmark their communications to respond to Covid-19, aka Corona virus. This is a developing fact/best practice gathering of details to help + Guidance from Medicaid and BCBS pushing medical...
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Quick items we are working & researching
Mechanism for selling Spotify Playlists or lists of Spotify tracks
Say you have created the best party playlist ever, and you want to sell it. How do you do that? In theory the process would be... Create a file of your Spotify tracks/playlists that can be sold and bought Just export your Playlist and then sell the export file and the...
Updated Roadmap for WordPress in 2019| WordPress.org
Joost De Valk, the founder of Yoast aka the WordPress SEO plugin and NEW head of Marketing for WordPress' Automatic, has updated the 2019 Roadmap for WordPress. Now that Gutenberg, the codename for WordPress update 5.x, has successfully launched, phase 2 of the Block...
Testing a Gravity Form to Conversational app converter
Having a little fun testing out a tool (Free on repository and Pro versions) that converts Gravity Forms forms into a conversation experience, sort of like AI but more of a chat bot. The key here is converting complex gravity forms into a better experience to increase...
Apple Touch Icon 404 errors
I run the Redirection Plugin on some sites. It logs 404 errors which is handy to clean up loose ends. The Apple Touch Icon 404 errors get annoying. Handing reminder of the solution here on Stackexchange. 2 solutions - Define the icon in the head file or upload 100x100...
Default Featured Image Plugin to transform site without
Found a handy, simple plugin for setting Default Featured Images on a Wordpress site. Client had 370+ posts (podcast episodes) without featured images. Going back and adding them one at a time for the old articles wasn't in the cards for now. However we needed some...