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Free Google+ icons for you website

Our next bunch of social networking icons are for the “new kid” on the block… Google+

At the time of writing Google+ is in “beta” which means that you need an invite to join – seeing as most people searching for these icons will already have a Google+ account this won’t be a problem (although we have quite a few Google+ invites left if you need one)

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Free facebook icons for your website

Following on from our previous free twitter iconsĀ  post we have published some free facebook icons for you to use totally free!

The icons are in .png format and can easily be resized and edited using Adobe photoshop or similar.

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Free Twitter web icons

Since we have redesigned our website we have lost some of our older blog posts, one of the most popular of which was our free twitter icons post which received a lot of traffic and downloads.

So….

We’ve redone the blog post with some new Twitter icons for you to use on your website, most if the icons are in a large format but are .png files so they can easily be resized using Adobe photoshop etc.

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Why SSL is important for online businesses

Firstly – what is SSL?

SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and is a way of encrypting information between a website and the user. You know you are visiting a SSL encrypted page because you see the “padlock” symbol in your browser.

How it works.

  • When a web browser attempts to connect to a server secured with SSL, the browser requests identification.
  • The server sends the browser a copy of its SSL certificate.
  • The browser checks whether it trusts the SSL certificate. If so, it sends a message to the server.
  • The server sends back a digitally signed acknowledgement to start an SSL encrypted session.
  • Encrypted data is shared between the browser and the server.
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