Dolphin Promotions

13/05/2021

Understanding Google PageSpeed Insights & Core Web Vitals.

A green 90+ can still show as needing improvement in Search Console.

You need to make changes now if you want to avoid issues with the forthcoming core update, which will factor in core web vitals in the ranking algorithm (page experience ranking signals).

This update has been pushed from May to June, and the changes you make now take 28 days to reflect in the search console & page experience.

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/understanding-google-pagespeed-insights/

Many website owners have breathed a sigh of relief that Google has delayed the algorithm update, which will look at Core Web Vitals as part of the ranking

23/03/2021

Most Google searches generate no website traffic with zero-click searches

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/most-google-searches-generate-no-website-traffic-with-zero-click-searches/

I briefly touched upon zero-click searches in a recent post about Google featured snippets.

21/03/2021

Takedown bad Google My Business with a new tool from Google

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/takedown-bad-google-my-business-with-a-new-tool-from-google/

Online reviews can make or break a business nowadays, which has unfortunately made reviews become a bit of a commodity with a lot of underhanded behaviour.

20/03/2021

Google featured snippets improve to normal levels following drop

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/google-featured-snippets-improve-to-normal-levels-following-drop/

11/03/2021

LiteSpeed Cache + QUIC.cloud CDN vs WP Rocket + Cloudflare CDN PageSpeed Insights with Divi WordPress Theme

Improve user experiences and rankings within Google by offering improved load times with caching plugins and content delivery networks

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/litespeed-cache-quic-cloud-cdn-vs-wp-rocket-cloudflare-cdn-speedtest/

We all know website speed is important, ignoring Google; a slow website provides a terrible user experience generating high bounce rates.

10/03/2021

OVHcloud Hosting has suffered from a major fire. No one hurt, but an entire data centre has been destroyed with recommendations to activate your data recovery plan if affected.

For small businesses, do you have a formal data recovery plan? I doubt it. You should probably think about it.

https://dolphinpromotions.co.uk/ovhcloud-hosting-suffers-from-a-major-fire/

We all have hosting problems from time to time, but today the largest VPS and dedicated server provider in Europe has suffered from a worst-case scenario, a

09/10/2018

While millions of companies have been desperately trying to make their website GDPR compliant one of the biggest tech companies of them all has fallen foul of one of the biggest no-nos within the GDPR. A software vulnerability within Google+ exposed hundreds of thousands of users to a data leak during the period of 2015 and 2018 which is bad enough as it is, but the major issue is that Google chose not to inform those affected by the issue. [ 270 more words ]

While millions of companies have been desperately trying to make their website GDPR compliant one of the biggest tech companies of them all has fallen

10/05/2018

Instagram is currently down. Should have come to us for hosting

08/05/2018

In the past week, a hacking campaign has been launched on sites running Drupal to inject malicious code that will then mine crypto-currency on your computer. The campaign is believed to have successfully hacked 400 government, corporate, and university websites turning them into cryptocurrency mining platforms that surreptitiously drain visitors' computers of electricity and computing resources, a security researcher said Monday. [ 288 more words ]

In the past week, a hacking campaign has been launched on sites running Drupal to inject malicious code that will then mine crypto-currency on your computer. The campaign is believed to have successfully hacked 400 government, corporate, and university websites turning them into cryptocurrency minin...

28/04/2018

GDPR compliant website hosting Blackpool

With the GDPR looming many businesses will be looking to ensure their website is compliant. We have been working closely with multiple businesses to ensure this happens, and we are more than happy to help any new clients. Any website that captures identifiable user data needs to comply with the GDPR...

26/04/2018

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looming you will no doubt be bombarded with emails from companies asking you to accept their new policies. This applies to all websites or any business that handles data, so basically every business. We have already covered some key areas of the GDPR but one area we think is significant (and was just as important before the GDPR) is data breaches. [ 441 more words ]

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) looming you will no doubt be bombarded with emails from companies asking you to accept their new policies. This applies to all websites or any business that handles data, so basically every business. We have already covered some key areas of the GDP...