Improved spam filtering rolling out across Mercury email
Over the last few months we’ve been testing a new and improved spam filtering system for Mercury email users. This is now in place and we’re happy to report its been running fine for...
How to do that branding thing
In the previous post in this series, we discussed what content marketing is, how it works, why it’s different than blogging, and how important branding is for effective content marketing. If you missed it,...
WordPress platform performance updates
While our WordPress Hosting performs very well for most users, every site is not built the same; as such we’re always working hard to improve performance for every use case, whatever it might be....
WordPress 4.9.3 advisory – what you need to know
Ordinarily, a minor WordPress core update will come and go with little fanfare. These minimal updates usually fix a range of smaller bugs in one push or mitigate against a timely security threat. The...
What’s the difference between blogging and content marketing?
There’s a huge difference between blogging and content marketing, yet there’s also a lot of confusion between the two. Companies and freelancers have a tendency to plop a blog on their website, type out...
Meltdown and Spectre and your web hosting
What a way to start the new year! We’ve no sooner pulled down the Christmas tree than two huge new security exploits have been confirmed to affect virtually every major computer processor on the...
Getting WordPress started with Jetpack
One of the most popular plugins in the WordPress repository is Jetpack by Automattic. Many users will have come across this plugin before, as such the support team at 34SP.com gets a lot of...
SSL matters more than ever in 2018
Recent research by Hubspot supports what we’ve been pestering you about for a while now. A staggering – or not so staggering depending on your viewpoint – 84% of users stated they’d ditch a...
WordPress Hosting speed boost
Over the last few weeks you might have noticed that your WordPress Hosting account has become a bit speedier, particularly in the admin area. As ever, we’re always tinkering away behind the scenes in...
A quick guide to error codes
We’ve all been there – your day is going swimmingly and then all of a sudden, crash, bang, wallop – your website is now displaying a mysterious error message or maybe has completely disappeared....