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How to check your DNS records (and what each one does)
Look up any domain’s DNS records free in under a minute. What A, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS and CAA records do - and how to read your own.
How to add HTTPS to your website and fix "Not secure"
Adding HTTPS is free and usually one toggle. The work is the 2 steps after: forcing HTTP to redirect to HTTPS, and fixing the mixed content that keeps the warning up.
What is a content security policy?
A CSP tells the browser which sources it can load scripts, styles and images from - the most powerful security header, and the easiest to break your own site with.
What security headers should my small business website have?
The 5 security headers worth having on a small business website, what each one actually prevents, how to check yours in 30 seconds, and the exact request to send your developer.
Why isn’t my page showing on Google?
A page is usually missing from Google for one of a handful of reasons - too new, noindex, robots.txt, a stray canonical, or thin content. Here’s how to tell which.
Website security checklist for Australian small business: 7 things to verify yourself
The 7-point website security checklist for Australian small business owners: what each item is in plain English, how to check it free, and what good looks like - no penetration test required.
Are free website security scanners enough for a small business?
For a one-off check, free scanners are excellent. Their limits: they don’t correlate findings, don’t tell you what to fix first, and miss config that silently breaks.
Lab data vs field data: why your speed scores disagree
Lab data is one simulated test on a fixed device; field data is what real visitors experienced. They disagree, and Google ranks on the field data.
SSL certificate renewal for Australian small businesses
For most small-business sites, SSL certificate renewal is automatic and invisible - Let’s Encrypt certs renew every 90 days. A manual renewal or expiry warning is the tell.