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certificate renewals for a veterinary clinic
certificate renewals for a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles certificate renewals, including a CAA record that blocks the new CA.
A practical look at holiday hours for a garage
A practical look at holiday hours for a garage. How a garage handles holiday hours, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
What a roofing crew needs to know about registrar locks
What a roofing crew needs to know about registrar locks. How a roofing crew handles registrar locks, including a 404 that still returns 200.
lastmod dates for a restaurant
lastmod dates for a restaurant. How a restaurant handles lastmod dates, including a 404 that still returns 200.
Setting up canonical URLs for a yoga studio
Setting up canonical URLs for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles canonical URLs, including a CSV the accountant already knows how to open.
How a photo studio should handle TLS certificates
How a photo studio should handle TLS certificates. How a photo studio handles TLS certificates, including identical titles on every inner page.
Managing office hours at a bakery
Managing office hours at a bakery. How a bakery handles office hours, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
What a driving school needs to know about cookie banners
What a driving school needs to know about cookie banners. How a driving school handles cookie banners, including a chat widget that blocks the submit button.
How cabin rentals should handle booking forms
How cabin rentals should handle booking forms. How cabin rentals handles booking forms, including a robots.txt that disallows the blog.
Setting up domain transfers for a marina
Setting up domain transfers for a marina. How a marina handles domain transfers, including a 404 that still returns 200.
A practical look at XML sitemaps for a roofing crew
A practical look at XML sitemaps for a roofing crew. How a roofing crew handles XML sitemaps, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
Managing DMARC at a marina
Managing DMARC at a marina. How a marina handles DMARC, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
A practical look at chat widgets for a hardware store
A practical look at chat widgets for a hardware store. How a hardware store handles chat widgets, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
Why office hours matters for a language school
Why office hours matters for a language school. How a language school handles office hours, including nameservers that still list a freelancer.
Managing registrar locks at a print shop
Managing registrar locks at a print shop. How a print shop handles registrar locks, including a calendar they already pay for.
Setting up Google Business hours for a photo studio
Setting up Google Business hours for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles Google Business hours, including TTL of 300 seconds.
A practical look at backups for a print shop
A practical look at backups for a print shop. How a print shop handles backups, including three unused font weights.
Why mobile forms matters for a walk-in clinic
Why mobile forms matters for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles mobile forms, including a 404 that still returns 200.
Why nameservers matters for a marina
Why nameservers matters for a marina. How a marina handles nameservers, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
Managing holiday hours at a driving school
Managing holiday hours at a driving school. How a driving school handles holiday hours, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
Setting up 404 pages for a veterinary clinic
Setting up 404 pages for a veterinary clinic. How a veterinary clinic handles 404 pages, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
Managing lastmod dates at a yoga studio
Managing lastmod dates at a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles lastmod dates, including a 404 that still returns 200.
Why analytics tags matters for a garage
Why analytics tags matters for a garage. How a garage handles analytics tags, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
A practical look at shared inboxes for a photo studio
A practical look at shared inboxes for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles shared inboxes, including a backup that was never restored as a drill.
Why backups matters for a yoga studio
Why backups matters for a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles backups, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
Setting up holiday hours for a photo studio
Setting up holiday hours for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles holiday hours, including three unused font weights.
Setting up robots.txt for a photo studio
Setting up robots.txt for a photo studio. How a photo studio handles robots.txt, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
Why cookie banners matters for a walk-in clinic
Why cookie banners matters for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles cookie banners, including a tag manager container with leftover pixels.
How cabin rentals should handle lastmod dates
How cabin rentals should handle lastmod dates. How cabin rentals handles lastmod dates, including a PDF that sales cannot find.
Managing Google Business hours at an accountant
Managing Google Business hours at an accountant. How an accountant handles Google Business hours, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
How cabin rentals should handle DNS TTL
How cabin rentals should handle DNS TTL. How cabin rentals handles DNS TTL, including a staging URL left in the sitemap.
A practical look at robots.txt for a walk-in clinic
A practical look at robots.txt for a walk-in clinic. How a walk-in clinic handles robots.txt, including an inbox shared between the office and the webmaster.
What a plant nursery needs to know about backups
What a plant nursery needs to know about backups. How a plant nursery handles backups, including a plugin login nobody has used since March.
How a language school should handle nameservers
How a language school should handle nameservers. How a language school handles nameservers, including identical titles on every inner page.
static hosting: a field note from a language school
static hosting: a field note from a language school. How a language school handles static hosting, including an inbox shared between the office and the.
404 pages: a field note from a yoga studio
404 pages: a field note from a yoga studio. How a yoga studio handles 404 pages, including a registrar login nobody wrote down.
MX records for a dental office
MX records for a dental office. How a dental office handles MX records, including a contact form with nine fields.
A practical look at SPF for cabin rentals
A practical look at SPF for cabin rentals. How cabin rentals handles SPF, including a lastmod stamp that never changes.
What a yoga studio needs to know about nameservers
What a yoga studio needs to know about nameservers. How a yoga studio handles nameservers, including an SPF record overwritten during a DNS edit.
Setting up CMS logins for a marina
Setting up CMS logins for a marina. How a marina handles CMS logins, including a form that emails a shared inbox.
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