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What to Say When Your Website Is Down: Customer Message Templates (Email, Social, Status Page) Website Maintenance

What to Say When Your Website Is Down: Customer Message Templates (Email, Social, Status Page)

A website outage creates a communication problem just as quickly as it creates a technical…

Jarod ThorntonSeptember 10, 2026

AI Overviews Killed Your Traffic? What’s Actually Happening and What to Do Artificial IntelligenceWebsite Promotion

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If you've noticed your website traffic dropping since Google rolled out AI Overviews, you're not…

Jarod ThorntonJuly 31, 2026

How to Transfer Your Website Away From GoDaddy/Wix/Squarespace Without Losing SEO Website Optimization

How to Transfer Your Website Away From GoDaddy/Wix/Squarespace Without Losing SEO

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Jarod ThorntonJuly 16, 2026

Cookie Consent Explained: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know Website Design

Cookie Consent Explained: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know

As a business owner, you're probably obsessing over your website's marketing and maintenance, overlooking a…

Jarod ThorntonApril 22, 2026

Stop Losing Customers to Slow Loads: A Business Guide to Core Web Vitals Website OptimizationWebsite Promotion

Stop Losing Customers to Slow Loads: A Business Guide to Core Web Vitals

Everyone complains about the frustration of a slow website, but there’s little focus on the…

Jarod ThorntonApril 17, 2026

A Plain-English Guide to GA4 Privacy: What You Can (and Can’t) Collect Website Optimization

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Most marketers installed GA4 because Google suggested it. They added the tag, saw data flowing…

Jarod ThorntonMarch 27, 2026

Understanding Website Security: Protecting Your Business From Cyber Threats Website Maintenance

Understanding Website Security: Protecting Your Business From Cyber Threats

Most businesses are pretty slack about website security because they assume everything is okay as…

Jarod ThorntonMarch 17, 2026

What Exactly Am I Paying For? Monthly Website Maintenance Explained Website Maintenance

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If you’re a tech fan and own a website, then you’re probably on a few…

Jarod ThorntonJanuary 23, 2026

Paid for SEO but No Traffic? Here’s Why It’s Not Working Website Optimization

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You accepted that SEO is essential to website success and paid for it. Then, you…

Jarod ThorntonDecember 26, 2025

Trapped! How to Ensure You Actually Own Your Website Website Optimization

Trapped! How to Ensure You Actually Own Your Website

I saw a Reddit rant where a business owner couldn't access his website because his…

Jarod ThorntonDecember 8, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Pretty Websites: Performance, Accessibility, and Lost Conversions Website Design

The Hidden Cost of Pretty Websites: Performance, Accessibility, and Lost Conversions

Having worked with hundreds of businesses in the last 18 years, I've frequently come across…

Jarod ThorntonNovember 19, 2025

7 Common Website Project Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) WordPress

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Eighteen years and more than a hundred brands into my web development career, one thing…

Jarod ThorntonNovember 6, 2025

Keep Your Site Online: A Plain-English Uptime Checklist Website MaintenanceWebsite Optimization

Keep Your Site Online: A Plain-English Uptime Checklist

All business and website owners are aware of the disadvantages that can occur when their…

Jarod ThorntonOctober 25, 2025

Beyond Keywords: How AI Is Shaping the Future of SEO Artificial IntelligenceWebsite Optimization

Beyond Keywords: How AI Is Shaping the Future of SEO

Anyone who has been using the internet for more than a decade has seen it…

Jarod ThorntonOctober 17, 2025

Your Website’s 10-Minute Health Check (No Tech Jargon) Website MaintenanceWebsite Optimization

Your Website’s 10-Minute Health Check (No Tech Jargon)

As a small business owner, one modern skill you need is doing a fast, nontechnical…

Jarod ThorntonOctober 13, 2025

Social Media vs. Website: Where Should You Invest First? Website Promotion

Social Media vs. Website: Where Should You Invest First?

We're all guilty of spending too much time on social media, scrolling mindlessly through Facebook,…

Jarod ThorntonAugust 29, 2025

Hidden Costs of Website Development: What to Budget Beyond the Initial Quote WordPress

Hidden Costs of Website Development: What to Budget Beyond the Initial Quote

Most clients think the cost of a website ends after the final invoice, but that's…

Jarod ThorntonJuly 23, 2025

“My Website is Down!” A Guide to Avoiding Website Downtime and What to Do When It Happens Website Maintenance

“My Website is Down!” A Guide to Avoiding Website Downtime and What to Do When It Happens

You type in your domain, and nothing appears, or a "This site can’t be reached"…

Jarod ThorntonJuly 14, 2025

Content Strategy 101: Planning and Producing Blog Posts That Boost Your Bottom Line Website Optimization

Content Strategy 101: Planning and Producing Blog Posts That Boost Your Bottom Line

Blogs were relevant in 2024, and they still matter in 2025. You'll need more than…

Jarod ThorntonJune 18, 2025