How To Protect Your Website

From  Access to Hackers, there are dangers to your site

Workplace problems1. Get ftp access & admin access to your website

Nowadays, most websites are created in WordPress, although there are some sites in other formats.  Whatever format your site is designed in, be sure you have full access to all content from your web designer. That means you need ftp name, user name and password and for WordPress, get admin name and password.  NEVER use the word admin as your user name… that’s how many hackers access your site.

2. Always register your domaine on a separate website than where your site is hosted- again for security.  So if you bought your domaine at godaddy, use a different hosting company.  And make sure if you hire someone to do your site that YOU own your site name and that it is registered to you, not them. This is a problem that happens often and if you have a falling out with your web designer, you are in trouble.

3. Copyright your content and make sure others don’t use it as theirs.  If you are frequent blogger, it is entirely possible someone else is using your information without giving you credit.  Use copyscape.com to check and see if your blog is being used by others.  I did this and found out an entire section of one of my email newsletters was lifted by a reader and used word for word in her blog- without giving me credit.

4. Same goes for webinars.  If you give out worksheets or powerpoints, be sure to let others know this is copyrighted material and they do not have the right to use it without your permission.

5. Back up your site weekly, even if your hosting company does it, too.  You never know when hackers may hit you or your hosting company, and you can never be too careful.

6. If you do a great deal of ecommerce and the web is a major source of income for you, hire a security specialist.  Regina Smola of WP Security Lock is a good source. Check her at www.wpsecuritylock.com

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