Peakplex Internet

Annual Facebook post - 5 years of Peakplex today! 🎂

Today is our 4th birthday! 🎉🧁

Do NOT be a victim of an email scam - especially now the vaccine is being rolled out. Please make sure you know exactly who sent you the email as phishing is a very common technique used by email scammers.

Always be sure to check the email address itself and not just the sender's name. I'm pretty sure "NHS Notifications" would NOT be coming from a Hotmail email account! Also, do NOT presume it is from somewhere if the email content says it is from there. It may have the NHS logo, but this email is NOT from the NHS.

Six things to look out for when reading an email are:

1. Is the email address from a public email domain such as .com and .com.

2. Look at the email address, not just the sender's name.

3. Check the domain name (the bit after the @ sign) is spelt correctly. For example, a sneaky person may write "NHS" as "NH5" as 5 and S are similar.

4. Read the email and check for poor spelling and bad grammar.

5. Watch out for suspicious attachments or links. Do not download files or click links in emails you are unsure about. For links, you can sometimes hover your mouse (don't click) over them to see what the address is. If it's something you do not recognise, do NOT click it.

6. Does the email create a sense of urgency? Then it's likely a scam. They want you to panic and make a rash decision.

Bonus Tip: When in doubt, please seek advice from a family member or a friend. It's not embarrassing to get someone else's opinion. It is better to be safe than sorry.

For any of you still reading this post, you can tell the email I received is a scam for multiple reasons. Firstly, the email address is clearly NOT from the NHS. Secondly, they create a sense of urgency. Thirdly, there is poor grammar and structure throughout the email. Finally, the way the links display and where they link to look suspicious.

Hopefully this advice is helpful to some of you and remember to stay safe. Thanks!

We are 3 years old today! Thank you so much to our clients and everyone else for all the support over the last few years.

For anybody wondering, Peakplex Internet will remain open during this time as I am working from home. Face-to-face meetings will need to be rescheduled or changed to a phone call instead.

You can still contact me via social media, email or phone. I am usually available between 9am-5pm on Tuesdays-Saturdays.

Email phishing and scamming has always been an issue. If you do not know the person who sent you the email or think the email you received is odd in any way, do NOT click the links within the email.

This article highlights a few spam/scam emails related to the coronavirus you should ignore. They are designed to scare you so you click their malicious links within the email. As I said earlier, do NOT click any links you are unsure about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51838468

How hackers are preying on coronavirus fears How to spot five of the biggest email phishing scams based around Covid-19 concerns.

An insight into political ads on social media

What big tech isn't telling us about election ads Exploring the gaps in the political advertising databases provided by the tech giants.

Simples, whatevs and Jedi have been added to the dictionary! 📖

Simples, whatevs and Jedi added to dictionary Jafaican, sumfin and chillax also appear in the Oxford English Dictionary October 2019 list.

Twitter's CEO's Twitter account gets hacked.

Twitter's Jack Dorsey has his own account hacked The co-founder and CEO's account was used to retweet a flurry of highly offensive messages.

WP Google Maps Vulnerable to SQL Injection Exploit. If this plugin is on your website, you should consider an alternative option.

WP Google Maps Plugin Vulnerable to SQL Injection Exploit - Search Engine Journal WP Google Maps issued a security update to fix a potentially dangerous vulnerability.

Today we're celebrating our 2nd Birthday!!! 🎊🎉

The number of Facebook users continues to rise despite privacy scandals.

Facebook users rise despite privacy scandals The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year.

Spotted this on Twitter yesterday. How do you write an X? The coloured line is the first line you draw. I'm #6!

'Prince Philip crash debris' on eBay. Yes, a listing for debris that is claimed to be from Prince Philip's crash was available on the eBay auction.

It reached a total of £65,900 after 139 bids. Unsurprisingly, it has been taken down now.

'Prince Philip crash debris' on eBay The seller says the parts "may even have Phil's DNA on it, if you wanted to clone him".

Twitter have released their 2019 marketing calendar 🗓📈

2019 Twitter marketing calendar Download your essential Twitter marketing resource

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around January 6th

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Around January 6th Google may have pushed out their first larger Google search algorithm update of 2019 over this weekend. It may have started around January 5th or 6th and it seems to be continuing on through today -

Happy New Year Everyone!
We are back to business as usual today 😀

Merry Christmas from us at Peakplex Internet. 2018 has been an interesting year for us and we hope 2019 will be just as great. We have many exciting plans in the works and we can not wait to share them with you all.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and we will be back at work on January 3rd. We won't be available via phone, but, drop us an email and someone will be in touch with you.

"Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.

The social network permitted Amazon to obtain users’ names and contact information through their friends, and it let Yahoo view streams of friends’ posts as recently as this summer, despite public statements that it had stopped that type of sharing years earlier."

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed.

Have you seen the top UK Google searches for this year? The list includes; the World Cup, Meghan Markle, the Royal Wedding, and A Star Is Born. 🔎

Google reveals top UK searches this year - and the results are very revealing Google's 2018 Year in Search reveals the people, topics, events and places that the UK searched for this year

This is an explanation of the Yoast SEO 9.1 vulnerability. It only affects websites who have the SEO Manager role enabled, but, it's never a bad idea to keep your WordPress plugins updated.

Yoast SEO 9.1 Vulnerability Explained - Search Engine Journal Yoast SEO 9.1 SEO Manager Role Vulnerability Explained

Google Introduces WordPress Plugin with integrated Analytics, Search Console, and more!

Google Introduces WordPress Plugin With Integrated Analytics, Search Console, More - Search Engine Journal Google has introduced a new WordPress plugin which brings insights from Google tools to users' dashboards.

7 Things To Know Before Updating To WordPress 5. A very good read especially if you want to update your website to WordPress 5.0.

7 Things to Know Before Updating to WordPress 5 - Search Engine Journal How to successfully update to WordPress 5 Gutenberg

WordPress 5.0 (and Gutenburg) is coming TOMORROW, December 6th. Should you update your site to 5.0?

It depends on how busy this time of year is for your website. If you have a lot of traffic on your website at this time of year, it's better to wait instead of risking your website having problems when it updates to 5.0.

Should you update to WordPress 5.0? This post contains our advice on updating to WordPress 5.0 and which considerations you should make *before* updating.

Google to serve ads across Disney Properties through new partnership.

Google to Serve Ads Across Disney Properties Through New Partnership - Search Engine Journal Google has formed a new partnership with The Walt Disney Company, which allows Google to serve ads across Disney properties.

Twitter Lost 9 Million Monthly Active Users Last Quarter

Twitter Lost 9 Million Monthly Active Users Last Quarter - Search Engine Journal Twitter has released its latest quarterly report, revealing its monthly user count dropped by 9 million in Q3 2018.

Wordpress 5.0 is coming and it introduces a new default editor system called Gutenberg. We do take backups of all websites hosted with us, so, if anything does break, we can restore a backup!

Gutenberg Is Invading Your WordPress Website. Wait… Who? What Is Gutenberg and What Does It Mean for WordPress? What does a 14th century German craftsman and inventor of the movable type “block” printing press have to do with your WordPress website? He…

Google to let users leave comments on search results. For example, live commenting during sporting events, etc.

Google to Let Users Leave Comments on Search Results - Search Engine Journal Google is preparing to roll out a new feature that will allow users to leave comments on search results.

A brand new website launched for local business Tannorah. Feel free to check out their website and don't forget to see what offers they have available this month!
http://tannorah.com/

Tannorah - Home to the first CACI Synergy Machine in Inverness, Scotland Why don’t you be AMAZING and give CACI Synergy a try. Who knows maybe you’ll secretly become a Tannorah Girl. Find out more on our website >>

Google Ads Recommends the Best Campaign Types for Specific Business Goals

Google Ads Recommends the Best Campaign Types for Specific Business Goals - Search Engine Journal Google Ads has created a new workflow that informs advertisers of the ideal campaign types for specific business goals.