Small Buisness Web Sites

There are many things to consider when developing a website for small business. Aside from the overall design, hosting, domain name, and registration, there’s also content that should be included on the website. We have tackled several of these issues on other posts on this website. One thing that most people, business owners, and website developers forget is security! This is an essential aspect of all websites, for small businesses as well as personal websites. If you do not pay attention to this issue, you will be hacked. It starts with having a secure password that is not easily figured out.

Web site small business – Security

Hackers can gain access to your website through many different means. They may come in through the back door through your hosting company. The situation develops when they gain access to the server that your site is hosted on. They come through someone else’s site, and they can infect your files.

Another approach is to provide comments on some of your pages. They come with links to malware, phishing sites, and pages that contain code that will infect your website. Always be careful about comments that you approve, and review all links before approving them.

Poor password policies can also allow hackers to gain access. If your password is not strong, you may find your site compromised. A password should contain letters, numbers, symbols, capital letters, and lowercase letters. If not, then your site may be accessible to hackers. Some people will use simple passwords, allowing hackers to gain access quite easily. Use a password design tool to pick one considered strong and challenging to break.

Website small business – Access

If several people access your site to perform various functions, they will all need a password to gain access. Password management is critical in situations like this. Frequent changes in passwords, security of passwords, and avoiding sending passwords by email can enhance the security of your business website.

In summary, protect your website, your passwords, and IDs for your website like it was your bank account. You don’t give that information out easily and don’t give out your passwords for access to your website easily, either.

One hacker even tried to guest post on one of our sites with hidden malware in the guest post. Fortunately, we caught it before it was posted to our website and did any damage. Always be on guard and use virus detection programs to check all of your software on your website and the pages posted on your Business website. Among all the other things you need to do on your website, pay a lot of attention to website security.

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