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Web Dev8 min read

What Makes a Great Financial Advisor Website

In a business where the product is trust, a financial advisor's website is the first test of it — and most fail by looking exactly like every other advisor. Here's what genuinely makes a financial advisor website earn a prospect's trust.

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Web Dev15 min read

WordPress Security Checklist: What Actually Matters

WordPress security is mostly about a handful of things done consistently — not the 47-item checklists you'll find elsewhere. This is the 80/20 version: plugin discipline, login hardening, real backups, WAF and scanning, user-role hygiene, and a defined incident playbook, backed by current vulnerability data from Patchstack and Wordfence.

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SEO10 min read

Schema Markup for AI Search: A Practical Guide

Schema markup tells AI engines exactly what your content means — and in 2026 it's one of the highest-leverage things you can do for AI search visibility. A practical guide to the structured data types that matter, with JSON-LD examples and validation steps.

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Web Dev9 min read

What Should Be in a Web Design Contract

A web design contract decides what you're getting, who owns it at the end, and what happens when something goes wrong. Here's what should be in yours, what to negotiate, and the red flags worth pushing back on. (An overview, not legal advice.)

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Web Dev8 min read

The WCAG Checklist for Small Business Websites

WCAG 2.1 AA is about fifty specific success criteria — but most accessibility problems cluster in six fixable areas: color contrast, alt text, keyboard navigation, semantic HTML, forms, and motion. The practical checklist for an SMB site.

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