I spent a few minutes today looking at local Jacksonville blogs, and there was a noticeable problem with most of the websites, most of them Wordpress: https. I'm always surprised when I see a new Wordpress theme on a fully-updated website that is not secure, but it's more surprising as Google is saying Zero Hour for ssl is this summer. I think it's just a setting, people.
Well, I don't really know what it takes on Wordpress to enable https. I don't have any of my own blogs or websites that use it, at least not on my own domains. In fact, I don't really like it all that much, but I'll probably find out what it takes to change it so that these local bloggers have someone to turn to when 90% of their traffic falls off.
But the reason NewJaxWitty can't wait for it is because this website IS ssl, and it will get all the traffic lost by the other bloggers. Well, at least some of the traffic. I'd say that literally 8/10 local blogs I saw today were non-https Wordpress sites. That means that if this website is ranked 50th or so, it might be in the Top 10 by this summer. Hooray for me!
What I assume will happen, however, is that Wordpress or hosting providers will reach out to these bloggers and swindle them into yearly security upgrades just in time. Blogger does https for free now, and my host (Siteground) does, too. But not HostGator (not even based in FL) and some of the more scammy hosts out there, so be careful.
I know, the sky is falling and you don't believe me. That's fine. This whole secure internet thing is going to be like mobile was a few years ago. I know your local blogs took that plunge, so you have fair warning about this one, too. Again, my hope is that you DON'T upgrade so that I can become Jacksonville's premiere blogger about everything jax.
Contact Brian
Great Mind For Hire
Pennies From Heaven AKA Welfare for Writers
The reason why we have ads on this site is because that's one way writers make money online. Your presence on this site right now might make a penny for our family. Clicking on an ad might get us closer to $.50. Buying something online as a result of clicking on a link can make us a few dollars. We will not get rich from this money, but every penny helps out. Every like or share or re-post or follow. Please, make a donation to our family by clicking.
Labels
Jacksonville
jax
money
Florida
crime
housing
activities
vehicles
economic development
school
home
news
transportation
planning
police
Duval
website design
kids
politics
traffic
research
TV
neighbor
reviews
taxes
sports
parks
statistics
East Arlington
writing
history
environment
St. Johns
roads
travel
water
employment
men
previous owner
rankings
Arlington
fun
weather
women
beach
business
church
jaguars
pollution
dating
guns
hurricane
library
race
tourism
fashion
fatalities
football
health care
zoning
baseball
music
JEA
Mayport
summer
animals
games
military
restaurant
unf
Lyft
St. Augustine
flooding
pets
spanish
AC
Halloween
farms
film
french
hockey
noise
ocean
po
radio
armada
cats
christmas
fall
fort caroline
superhero
Fletcher high school
James jaeger
VW
acting
arts
boo
grass
indians
play
timucuan
welcome