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What a dental office needs to know about backups
What a dental office needs to know about backups. How a dental office handles backups, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Why XML sitemaps matters for a print shop
Why XML sitemaps matters for a print shop. How a print shop handles XML sitemaps, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
image compression for a dental office
image compression for a dental office. How a dental office handles image compression, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
What a plumber needs to know about lastmod dates
What a plumber needs to know about lastmod dates. How a plumber handles lastmod dates, including a 404 that still returns 200.
Managing DMARC at a yoga studio
Managing DMARC at a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles DMARC, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
What a bakery needs to know about font loading
What a bakery needs to know about font loading. How a bakery handles font loading, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
Managing TLS certificates at a veterinary clinic
Managing TLS certificates at a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles TLS certificates, including identical titles on every inner page.
DMARC for a photo studio
DMARC for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles DMARC, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
Managing quote emails at a language school
Managing quote emails at a language school. How a language school handles quote emails, including a Facebook page with last year's hours.
Setting up backups for an accountant
Setting up backups for an accountant. How an accountant handles backups, including three unused font weights.
What a language school needs to know about certificate renewals
What a language school needs to know about certificate renewals. How a language school handles certificate renewals, including a registrar login nobody.
Setting up A records for a print shop
Setting up A records for a print shop. How a print shop handles A records, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
Why backups matters for a walk-in clinic
Why backups matters for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles backups, including three unused font weights.
A practical look at cookie banners for a plumber
A practical look at cookie banners for a plumber. How a plumber handles cookie banners, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
Why Google Business hours matters for a hardware store
Why Google Business hours matters for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles Google Business hours, including a backup that was never restored as a.
How a garage should handle chat widgets
How a garage should handle chat widgets. How a garage handles chat widgets, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
HTTP to HTTPS for a roofing crew
HTTP to HTTPS for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles HTTP to HTTPS, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
A practical look at cookie banners for a roofing crew
A practical look at cookie banners for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles cookie banners, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
XML sitemaps for a veterinary clinic
XML sitemaps for a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles XML sitemaps, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
How a print shop should handle booking forms
How a print shop should handle booking forms. How a print shop handles booking forms, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
How a photo studio should handle 404 pages
How a photo studio should handle 404 pages. How a photo studio handles 404 pages, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
What a marina needs to know about 404 pages
What a marina needs to know about 404 pages. How a marina handles 404 pages, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
domain mailboxes: a field note from a veterinary clinic
domain mailboxes: a field note from a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles domain mailboxes, including a tag manager container with leftover.
What a hardware store needs to know about office hours
What a hardware store needs to know about office hours. How a hardware store handles office hours, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
A practical look at shared inboxes for an accountant
A practical look at shared inboxes for an accountant. How an accountant handles shared inboxes, including TTL of 300 seconds.
How a garage should handle mobile forms
How a garage should handle mobile forms. How a garage handles mobile forms, including a PDF that sales cannot find.
Why CMS logins matters for cabin rentals
Why CMS logins matters for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles CMS logins, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
How a dental office should handle DMARC
How a dental office should handle DMARC. How a dental office handles DMARC, including HTTP bookmarks after a forced HTTPS move.
contact forms for a dental office
contact forms for a dental office. How a dental office handles contact forms, including query-string copies of the same page.
Setting up SPF for a garage
Setting up SPF for a garage. How a garage handles SPF, including a certificate that expires on a Sunday.
Managing booking forms at an accountant
Managing booking forms at an accountant. How an accountant handles booking forms, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
CMS logins for a plumber
CMS logins for a plumber. How a plumber handles CMS logins, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
What a roofing crew needs to know about holiday hours
What a roofing crew needs to know about holiday hours. How a roofing crew handles holiday hours, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
What a print shop needs to know about domain transfers
What a print shop needs to know about domain transfers. How a print shop handles domain transfers, including a PDF that sales cannot find.
Why CAA records matters for an accountant
Why CAA records matters for an accountant. How an accountant handles CAA records, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
Managing canonical URLs at a walk-in clinic
Managing canonical URLs at a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles canonical URLs, including query-string copies of the same page.
www redirects: a field note from a print shop
www redirects: a field note from a print shop. How a print shop handles www redirects, including a mailbox that still points at the old host.
What a hardware store needs to know about quote emails
What a hardware store needs to know about quote emails. How a hardware store handles quote emails, including a parked domain with only a logo.
Why chat widgets matters for a photo studio
Why chat widgets matters for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles chat widgets, including a 2 MB photo in a 320-pixel slot.
Why static hosting matters for an accountant
Why static hosting matters for an accountant. How an accountant handles static hosting, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
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