As mentioned in previous entries I have done quite a bit of work to block hackers from my WordPress sites and reduce the load on the server, but looking over the logs I still saw spikes of activity which I … Continue reading
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As mentioned in a previous blog there are some downsides to the popularity of WordPress (WP). There are millions of WP sites out there with vulnerabilities which make them the targets of malicious hits from bad actors and bots. Robotic … Continue reading
Having installed the Counterize plugin on a number of sites I observed that over 70% of hits were coming from a few automated hacker-bots seeking vulnerabilities This was overburdening the server. If you were looking at your traffic reports and … Continue reading
Search engines crawl the Web looking for pages to list. They evaluate each site and page using a number of criteria based on the content and structure of the pages as well as the number and quality of incoming and … Continue reading