Category: Web & Tech
Google to Mark Sites Without an SSL as “Not Secured” Starting July 2018
Starting this July, sites without a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificate will be marked as “Not Secure” when visiting from Google's newest Chrome browser, version 68. This is following an announcement made in 2014 stating that Google will be using...
BigScoots’ Commitment to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? The GDPR is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal...
Beginner’s Guide: Installing & Setting Up WordPress
At BigScoots we specialize in and we're best known for building the fastest WordPress hosting environments on the web today. But everyone doesn't always have a WordPress website for us to super charge, so for those folks, let's talk about...
What is a SSL?
Websites store sensitive information for many different reasons, the most common being when a visitor registers for a new account, updates account information or when a payment is made. This information is captured on the front-end of a website usually...
Fully Managed WordPress Hosting
Do You Need Fully Managed WordPress Hosting? If you’re looking for WordPress hosting services for the first time, you have probably come across many providers selling Managed WordPress plans (just like BigScoots!), and no two providers are the same! Naturally,...
What is Optimized WordPress Hosting?
Most Managed WordPress hosting services claim to provide you with a completely optimized WordPress environment. It's extremely important and substantially improves your load times if its done correctly, but what exactly does it mean to be completely optimized and how...