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As I mentioned here and here, both Google and Bing now give mobile-friendly websites an extra boost in their search engine rankings.
That’s why I strongly recommend that you add a mobile-friendly theme to your blog if you haven’t done so already.
If you think your blog might already be optimized for mobile, you can find out for sure by typing your blog’s URL into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test tool.
Question from Danny: I’ve been reading your newsletters for over a year now, and I always learn something I can use from them.
I’ve read in several of your recent posts that Microsoft Defender and the free version of Malwarebytes make a good combination for security on a Windows PC.
When my McAfee came up for renewal I removed it and installed the free Malwarebytes, and so far I’ve been happy with that setup.
One thing I’m not happy about though is all the notifications I’m getting from Windows Security. Every day I get several of them, and most of the ones I get aren’t even important.
How can I limit the notifications I receive from Windows Security to just the ones that are truly needed? [Read more…]
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I have written several posts that explain how to clone a hard drive or SSD, and every time I think I’ve found the simplest method possible I eventually discover an even easier way to do it.
Well, I’ve found yet another way, and I honestly don’t think cloning a drive could be any simpler than this.
The Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station literally makes the process of cloning a hard drive or SSD onto a target drive as simple as pushing a button!
This is all you have to do to clone a hard drive or SSD using the Sabrent docking station: [Read more…]
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Question from Emile: I’m in the process of opening my own third-party remote customer service business.
What I mean is my company will handle telephone and Internet-based customer service for companies that prefer to outsource that service.
I already have contracts with two companies and I’m slated to go live with the service in two months so I need to have all the technology in place by then.
Can you help me with an issue I’m struggling with? [Read more…]
A while back I wrote a post explaining how to give an old PC new life by replacing Windows with Linux as a means of extending the useful life of older PCs.
After that post was published I received a number of emails asking for a list of Linux programs that can replace the Windows programs they’d leaving behind if they made the switch.
I decided that it might be a good idea to publish that list in its own blog post, and here it is: [Read more…]