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What awards can put your on the map? Recognition from one of these six award ceremonies will amplify your agency's industry reputation.

6 Web Design and Development Awards Worth Applying For - The Media Temple Blog What web design awards can put your agency on the map? Recognition from one of these six award cermonies will amplify your agency's industry reputation.

Most of us have been at least a little careless with our security on and offline. Our newest blog tackles why and what we can do to amp up our safety.
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3 Reasons You Don't Take Cybersecurity Seriously (Psychologically Speaking) - The Media Temple Blog For Cyber Security Month, we look into three deeply rooted psychological reasons for why most people take a laissez faire attitude to cyber security.Then, most importantly, we look at what we can do to change these attitudes.

The Ethical Internet in 2021: We tackle the ethics of internet access, cookie tracking, hacking and social media in our new blog.
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All about SSL Certificates: What they are and why they are important. Our post breaks it down for you.
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SSL Certificates 101 - Everything you Need to Know - The Media Temple Blog SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. An SSL certificate authenticates a website’s identity and verfies the encryption of data. These digital certificates enable a site to move from HTTP to HTTPS.

Good cyber hygiene might start with a checklist, but over time it can become part of your everyday identity. Read along for a list of tools and suggestions to keep you far from the hackers’ target range.

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6 Steps to Squeaky Clean Cyber Hygiene - The Media Temple Blog Cyber security awareness means having good cyber hygiene. These steps and free tools will keep you out of the cyber criminal target zone.

Design teams and developers are increasingly seeking diverse perspectives to build inclusive experiences for a more diverse audience. Here are six things you can do to get started.
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Exciting news. Registration and housing is open for SXSW 2022, which means it should be an in-person event, which is just…exhilarating.

To commemorate this news let’s go back and relive past Media Temple SXSW events. Which year was your favorite? Were you there in 2011 when the surprise guest was the legendary ? Did you wait in that 8-hour line to see ? Was your fav our rock show with and ? How about the legendary DJ sets by ? Every year has been a favorite for the (mt) team and we can’t wait to be back at it.

We have some left over swag from years past. Share some memories in the comments and we’ll share some goodies!

Register for sxsw at sxsw.com

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Who would've thought watching The Office on repeat could improve your UX design? 📺

Take a trip to the Scranton Business Park and see how Michael Scott's blunders provide valuable design lessons.
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Michael Scott Blunders That’ll Teach You to Be a Better UX Designer - The Media Temple Blog You may have laughed at Michael Scott’s cringe-worthy moments on The Office, but imagine if a website treated its visitors the way he treated his employees. Let's look at his blunders to learn what faux paus to dodge in your UX design.

So many web agency awards, so little time. 🏅🏆🎖

Which awards are worth applying for? Have the flood of awards out there watered down their value? We can help you navigate the award space.
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A Guide to Agency Award Submissions - The Media Temple Blog Determining whether to submit for industry web awards can be daunting. Read on for tips on how to best prepare for agency awards season.

Ready to bring more movement into your designs? 👩‍🎨🎨💨

Motion UI is the premiere way to bring high quality animation to your sites. Find out how it can breathe new life into your design.
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What drives success for a creative agency's website? 🤔

Take a look at the top 10 leaders in the industry, and see the tactics they use to attract and engage visitors into becoming clients.
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Top 10 Creative Agency Websites - The Media Temple Blog Looking for web design inspiration for your site? Learn from the best. Here are the top creative agency websites on the internet.

Believe it or not, the “phonebook” of the internet (DNS) isn’t secure. 🤯

But there is a solution that adds security. Plus, it's been around for years, and is available on over 90% of TLDs.
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What is DNSSEC and Should You Use It? - The Media Temple Blog Should you be using DNSSEC? To help make an informed decision, we'll cover what DNSSEC is, how it works, and the case for and against it.

It doesn’t matter what type of ecommerce store you’re building. 🏗

If your clients want to attract the right shoppers, turn them into customers, and lure them back for more, their store needs these 3 extensions.
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Creating a cohesive and engaging brand experience is the key to lasting success – but consistent design is just as important. 🎨 🖼

Harness the power of design to differentiate, connect, and create lifelong fans.
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Your Most Important Content Design Isn’t What You Think It Is - The Media Temple Blog Your content design communicates a lot about your brand. It reflects who you are, what you do, and how you conduct your business. If you’re not intentional about it, you may be sending messages you don’t want to send.

Choosing the right hosting plan for your site is a Goldilocks situation. 🐻

Shared hosting is starting to be too small, but a VPS is still too big. What's that "just right" level?
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Is Your Site Ready to Graduate from Shared Hosting But Not Ready for VPS Yet? - The Media Temple Blog If your client’s site has outgrown its shared hosting plan, what’s the next step? Usually, you’d need to talk to them about upgrading to VPS hosting. But before you do, there’s a new hosting plan you might want to consider first.

It's time to turn off those crime and mystery podcasts and turn on something new!

Did your go-to web development or design podcast make our list of favs?
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There's a fine line between a fun, retro throwback and one that just looks old-fashioned.

So what is it that makes some vintage designs work and others fail?
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Not all buzzwords were created equal, but the term "design thinking" might just live up to all the hype. (And as designers, you're probably implementing this methodology without even realizing it!)
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What is design thinking? Is it really a thing? - The Media Temple Blog Design thinking tends to encompass two main areas: A mindset and process. So let's dive in and discover what design thinking is all about.

In this weeks' battle of designers vs. developers, who really holds more influence over the UX of a site? 🤔

(Hint: Developers play more of a role than some might think!)
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Do Developers Influence the User Experience More Than Designers? - The Media Temple Blog Have you ever wondered why you don’t find job advertisements for "user experience developers"?

Talk botty to me... 🤖

SEO might not be everyone's favorite task of the day, but we've got 8 basic tips and tricks that'll make an SEO wizard out of anyone.
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Has it been a while since your creative team scored? There are some creative lessons to be learned from a team that spent over a century trying to get their groove back. 👨‍💻 ⚾
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7 Tips for Creative Leadership from the 2016 Chicago Cubs - The Media Temple Blog What can your design or development team learn from a historic baseball achievement? It turns out: Everything.

Looking for a sign? We've got 4.

It might be time to transition your client to a VPS hosting option if you say yes to any of these 4 signs.
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4 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade a Client to VPS Hosting - The Media Temple Blog It's common for businesses to outgrow shared hosting. How do you ensure the sites you've built for a client run their best?

Asking for a friend, how many emojis is too many emojis? 😁😊😂😎

Emojis can be an effective way to communicate and add style to your site -- here's the how to on utilizing emojis in design.

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Have you heard the news? Cookies have met their end!

As online privacy is getting more attention, web marketing is going to have to have an evolution of its own.
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Art may be subjective, but you're the expert! Here's the how-to on steering your clients away from bad design choices.
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How to Steer Clients from Bad Design Choices - The Media Temple Blog What do you do if a client has an outdated logo they want to use? Learn how to deal with clients’ bad taste the right way.

Mistakes happen, but we're making it our mission to ensure you never make these 8 common mistakes again!
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The Top 8 Mistakes You’re Making in WordPress - The Media Temple Blog If you're making these common mistakes with your WordPress sites, you're probably setting yourself up for disaster.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and inclusive imagery is worth a million when creating a welcoming digital space for everyone.
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Creative Ways to Choose More Inclusive Imagery for Websites - The Media Temple Blog Your site's imagery gives people something to relate to, connect with, and trust. Here are 4 ways to choose more inclusive photos.

Google introduced a new UX metric called Core Web Vitals, and it's going to do some major shuffling for SEO rankings.

Learn how to optimize your sites for this new metric that puts quality website performance at the forefront.
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How to Optimize Site Performance (and Increase Search Ranking) - The Media Temple Blog With Google's Core Web Vitals update emphasizing performance, take some time to examine your sites' reports and to improve them. Here's how.

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Could your caching plugin turn away your visitors? Plenty of data suggests that a web page that loads too slowly will cost a site both visitors and sales - and we're talking a matter of seconds. ⏳
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