Subject: Does Your Website Have a Padlock?

This week: Does your website have a padlock?
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Does your website have a padlock (man with a beard pulling a questioning face while holding an open padlock)
Two years ago Google started to flag any site without a SSL as insecure by showing a crossed out padlock icon in browser address bars. Many small businesses are only now catching up with this change. Is your business one of them?

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Take a look at the URL of your small business website in your browser. Does it show a little padlock icon (that has more than a passing resemblance to a handbag) next to the URL of the website?

That little padlock shows that you have an SSL or Secure Socket Layer Certificate installed. If you see it next to your website URL, you can congratulate yourself on your spectacular life choices in hiring a good web designer.

For a fun thing to do on a dull afternoon, you can click on the padlock to show you some intensely fascinating information about your connection with the website.

Keep clicking the arrows, and you will eventually be able to find out how many times you have visited the site (or how many visits since your last full clear of your history and cookies in your browser).

But What If There’s No Padlock?

Lately, we are seeing more and more new web design clients whose existing websites don’t have padlocks or SSLs.

Does your site look like one of these examples? Then, this article is for you.
Marketing idea of the week
Business Idea of the Week
This week look at the browser address bar of your website and of the websites you regularly visit.

No padlock? Time to take action through fixing things in your control or clicking away from sites out of your control.
We are full of bright ideas
Need a more effective website?
Is your website getting the results you were hoping for?

Are you getting calls and enquiries from your website, or is the sound of silence playing quietly in the background?

It could be that your online strategy is out of whack and your current site is targeting the wrong sort of clients, or you are trying to compete in too competitive a field.

Let's see if we can get 2021 off to a better start through a mentoring session where we take a deep dive into your website strategy!
Heart Harmony Communications
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