We’ve been writing this blog for you since 2009, and last year we produced 36 posts, mainly covering domains, hosting, online security and WordPress. We also presented a number of tricks and tips to improve the performance of your website and email, how to protect yourself from online attackers, etc. Let’s see which posts from 2017 made it into the top 10 most viewed.

1. What to do when a website loses Google search rankings?

In the most read post of 2017, we wrote about what you can do when your website loses positions in Google search. We looked at the 13 most common scenarios for the problem and described their solutions.

2. Which browser to choose?

We tested the most popular web browsers running on Microsoft Windows: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera. We looked at which of the tested browsers provides the best user experience, uses the least battery, is the fastest, most secure and most convenient to use. In addition, we have described the advantages and disadvantages of each browser tested. You can read the post here.

3. You can now pay with up to 16 cryptocurrencies!

Cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more popular and we at NEOSERV are aware of this. We’ve been supporting Bitcoin since 2014, and since July 2017 we’ve supported 15 other popular cryptocurrencies. In this post, we’ve listed all of them, which you can use to pay for our services. We also describe the process of paying with cryptocurrencies.

4. How to migrate a WordPress site to HTTPS?

Google announced in August 2014 that it would rank websites that run on the secure HTTPS protocol higher. For all WordPress website owners, we’ve prepared a four-step guide on how to migrate your WordPress site to HTTPS.

5. Have you already registered your themed domain?

In addition to the most popular domains such as .COM, .NET, .SI and .EU, and other generic and national domains, themed domains are gaining in popularity. In this post, we’ve outlined some of the most popular ones, their benefits and the registration process. Did you know that you can register more than 375 themed domains with NEOSERV?

6. How to create a visible and well-visited blog?

In addition to thematic domains, weblogs are on the rise. We’ve put together a short guide on how to create a visible and well-trafficked blog. We’ve looked at how to define your target audience, how to include keywords in your posts, how to share your posts on social networks, etc.

7. What to do with backlinks after switching to HTTPS?

If you have upgraded your site to HTTPS, you will need to set up your backlinks. This will have a positive impact on your web visitors, who will trust HTTPS sites more. In addition, you will maintain or even improve your position in search results in search engines. In this post, we also explain the concept of “link juice” and how to keep the backlink effect after migrating a site to HTTPS.

8. The disadvantages of a free SSL certificate in practice

In 2017, one of the main topics in the world of websites was web security, especially the HTTPS protocol and SSL certificates. The latter are available in both paid and free form. Unfortunately, the saying “a little money, a little music” applies here too. We looked at how free certificates work in practice and what their biggest drawbacks are.

9. Effective and safe implementation of an e-mail marketing campaign

For those of you who send news, promotions and other messages to your subscribers via e-mail, we have prepared a comprehensive post on how to run an effective and safe e-mail marketing campaign. We’ve looked at how to send a larger number of messages if your website is based on WordPress or Joomla. We also described the phpList application, which you can use regardless of the system your website is built on.

10. Why and how to set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC?

In 2017, more than 250 million emails were sent and only 20% of them were legitimate. This is another reason for the development of the three email authentication security protocols SPF, DKIM and DMARC. As these are more technically demanding protocols, we have decided to present them in more detail in a blog post.

In 2018, we will continue to do our best to provide you with as much quality and useful content as possible in different areas of the web. If you have a suggestion for an interesting post, feel free to share it with us in the comments or send us an idea at info@neoserv.si.