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Google Analytics in EU? Not exactly.

Google Analytics illegal in Austria? Well, not exactly.

Leave a Comment / GDPR, WordPress / 8 minutes of reading

Only two weeks into the new year, the internet exploded, because of a court ruling in Austria. Is Google Analytics illegal now? In Austria, not exactly. In the rest of the EU, no. And it won’t be.

Although it was a great day for Privacy last week, it was a dark day for website (and ecommerce store) owners when Austria’s data protection authority (DPA, or DSB) decided that using Google Analytics on your website is in breach of GDPR.

Later that same week, the Dutch personal data authority (AP) followed with a warning that using Google Analytics might soon be forbidden. And Germany’s next in line.

If using Google Analytics becomes illegal, what does this mean for us website and ecommerce store owners? Should we migrate our (years of) data to a Google Analytics alternative? Is there an easier way out of this mess?

Spoiler alert: Yes, there is.

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Major changes introduced in CAOS and CAOS Pro

Major Changes introduced in CAOS v4.2.0 and CAOS Pro v2 (formerly known as Super Stealth Upgrade)

Leave a Comment / WordPress / 6 minutes of reading

With time comes change. And sometimes change means growth. Sometimes growth means making tough decisions, such as changing the name of your first premium WordPress baby plugin. Here’s a detailed line-up of all major changes introduced in CAOS v4.2.0 and CAOS Pro v2.0.0 (formerly known as Super Stealth Upgrade) which is scheduled for release on January 15th.

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Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load WordPress

How to Ensure Text Remains Visible during Webfont load in WordPress

1 Comment / WordPress, Google PageSpeed Insights, How-To's / 6 minutes of reading

Ensure text remains visible during webfont load. When optimizing your WordPress site for Google PageSpeed Insights you will probably come across this optimization suggestion if you use Google Fonts or any other type of Webfonts.

The language Google chooses to describe its optimization suggestions (or anything, really) can be confusing. That’s why I thought it’d be a good idea to zoom in on what it means to ensure that text remains visible during webfont load and how to fix it.

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Major Changes introduced in OMGF v4.5

11 Comments / WordPress, Rants / 5 minutes of reading

I’ll get straight to the point: as of OMGF v4.5 some features will be removed from the free version in favor of superior and more flexible features in OMGF Pro.

This post is to timely inform you of these changes, so you can adjust your strategy accordingly.

If this news pisses you off, let me start off by saying: I get you and I got you. Just stay calm and read this post to the end. Then decide your next move.

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How to Deal with Nulled Plugins in 1 step or; how to beat GPL Marketplaces at their own game

2 Comments / WordPress, Rants / 5 minutes of reading

Nulled plugins; you can either fear it, or you can take it as a compliment. About 2 months ago I found out my WordPress plugins were nulled by so-called GPL websites i.e. “the black market”! I wasn’t surprised, so I thought of an original approach to deal with this. Curious yet!?

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