September 3rd, 2009
Think: security, security, security.
In today’s Internet, security is the top most important aspect of selecting a hosting plan. The Internet is a wild place. Hacking is on the rise and we hear horror stories of how credit card numbers and identities were stolen. If a server is not secure enough, badware viruses are installed in website coding and downloaded on any visitors’ computers.
Of course, most Internet users have a good virus protection on their computers (or at least I hope they do), but still, nobody wants their site to compromise the security of their visitors.
Fortunately, Google uses automatic algorithms and user feedback to compile lists of sites that may be dangerous (read: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45432). Read the rest of this entry »
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June 12th, 2009
Why blogging?
Here are a few reasons:
- you are passionate about your business or a topic.
- you want to communicate with your customers, clients, friends, community, etc.
- you want to educate and share your knowledge.
- you want to make a difference in your industry or community.
- you want to make a point and contribute your ideas.
- you want to give your website more visibility on search engines.
and of course, there are many more.
You are ready to blog, what tool should you use?
The most common: WordPress, Blogger, and TypePad.
Our favorite: WordPress. The “pros” are: it can be integrated into a website and have the same look and feel as the website itself. There are also many plug-ins available from the WordPress community that can be added at any time (see the choice of plug-ins: 5499 plug-ins as of June 14th, 2009). The “cons”: it is important to … Read the rest of this entry »
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