Ransomware is a term that first appeared in the news in 2013, and has been showing up more and more frequently ever since. Think back to May 2017, when the entire United Kingdom health services network was briefly hijacked...yes, that was ransomware. If this term hasn’t blipped on your radar yet, it really should. That’s because cyber security experts all agree that ransomware attacks will be one of the most prevalent forms of online theft from 2018 onward. But before we get too apocalyptic, let’s take a step back to understand what ransomware is and where it comes from…

In early 2016, Google announced that its search engine will make a switch to mobile first indexing, sending webmasters and SEO experts from all corners of the internet into a blogging frenzy. Yet after two years of pushbacks, it finally seems likely that mobile first will be rolled out near-term. If you’re anything like me, it can be hard to see the impact this change will have amidst all of the technical jargon. So to help you make sense of the switch, here’s a quick guide to what mobile first will mean for your web presence and your business.