Slowly but surely the whole world is recognizing the benefit of SSD use – and as that happens we’re seeing more and more hosting companies make use of SSD’s throughout their product lines. Eleven2 has recently joined the ranks of SSD-powered hosting companies as they roll out their brand new 100% SSD shared hosting product line. […]
Author Archives: Michael Boguslavskiy
WordPress Is Powering 25% Of The Entire Internet
When it comes to the world of content management systems – WordPress has always stood out as the most well-known platform. A recent report by W3Techs however shows that WordPress isn’t just well-known – it’s powering 25% of the entire Internet – and that is quiet the numbers for a program that was intended to focus […]
Twitter Rolls Out Hearts; Changes Favorites to Likes
As of right now you no longer favorite tweets on Twitter, you like them. Twitter has rolled out a new heart shaped icon which replaces the old favorites star, and as of now favorites will be called likes. You might like a lot of things, but not everything can be your favorite. The new hearts […]
Twitter Advertises Moments During 2015 World Series
When was the last time you saw a Twitter commercial on TV? Go ahead. I’ll wait. . . . . . If you answered never – you were close. Back in 2012 Twitter ran a TV advert during a Nascar race. If you missed that – you’ve never seen a Twitter ad. Until the 2015 World […]
Easyspace Coupon Codes for November 2015
November seems to be THE month to score some big savings over at Easyspace as they have rolled out a whole slew of coupon codes – all of which will remain valid until January 31st 2016! These include discounts on everything from domain names, to hosting, VPS servers, and email hosting. Simply use the appropriate coupon […]
Time To Move Your Files – No More Unlimited Storage For Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive has offered tons of free-space promotions over the past few years – and many of us have taken full advantage of that – racking up 300, 400, 500GB of completely free backup space courtesy of Microsoft. Then Microsoft took it one step further and began offering unlimited storage for Office 365 users. Guess […]
EIG Buys Constant Contact for $1.1B
Something potentially horrible has happened today. Endurance International Group (EIG) has announced a deal to acquire Constant Contact for $1.1 billion. Now this may sound like great news to you – and you’re probably thinking that this surely means that Constant Contact have developed a great platform and Endurance International Group is excited to continue […]
Heart Internet Coupon Codes for November 2015
Heart Internet’s 15% off sale went extremely well and as such they’ve extended it till November 30th, 2015! Furthermore they’ve also brought back their 15% off coupon code for new .com domain name registrations! Lets get things started with their 15% off coupon code good for Heart Internet’s cloud hosting solution. Score 15% off any hosting […]
123-Reg Coupon Codes for November 2015
This November there is plenty to be thankful for over at 123-Reg, with 3 coupon codes good for domain name & web hosting savings! First up is a coupon code for 10% off a .com domain name. Use coupon code [coupon code=”123Reg COMAFF123″ /] for your 10% off savings. For my UK readers there’s also a […]
Google Begins Testing Dynamic, Responsive Billboard Ads
Gaining someone’s attention these days is getting harder and harder. Attention spans are growing progressively shorter – and generic sales pitches simply do not work the way they used to. When it comes to web adverts – Google’s DoubleClick technology has led the market for years now – allowing advertisers to target ads to specific […]
SiteGround Overhauls Their Shared Hosting Infrastructure
SiteGround just recently announced some huge upgrades to their shared hosting infrastructure – integrating Linux Containers, SSD drives, PHP7, HVVM, and Opcache. Excited yet? First up – SiteGround’s entire shared hosting environment is moving over to Linux containers (LXC). What does this all mean for clients? 2x the CPU power. 2x the memory. 2x the read […]
You’re Website & You’re Social Media Channels Should Be Working Together!
One of the most common mistakes I see business owners making when it comes to their online presence is treating their website differently than they treat their social media profiles. If you ask the average business owner what his website for – most of them tell you “information about the business“. Their social media profiles […]
Google Confirms: We Pick Up Text Links But Do Not Pass PageRank To Them
Ever wondered just how Google would treat a non-hyperlinked text link? Will Googlebot recognize it as a link or simply look over it? Google’s John Mueller finally confirmed on Twitter that Googlebot does in-fact recognize text links however no PageRank or link signals are passed to it. @AGr4ves @methode We can pick up links from […]
Alert: Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability Within Joomla 3.4.4
Trustwave SpiderLabs have announced a critical SQL injection vulnerability that affects all Joomla website installations running versions 3.2 through 3.4.4. The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain full administrative access of an affected Joomla website. Joomla has patched this in last weeks release of Joomla 3.4.5 however far from everyone has updated their websites and I […]
Bing Is No Longer Microsoft’s Money Pit – Finally Becomes Profitable
Bing has been looking like a money pit for Microsoft for years now with massive investments being made towards datacenter infrastructure. However something awesome has finally happened. This past week Microsoft held it’s first quarter earnings call for fiscal 2016 and announced that Bing is finally profitable! In all Bing contributed a cool $1 billion to Microsoft’s first […]
Media Temple Launches CloudTech Security Powered By SiteLock
SiteLock is by far the most popular website security solution out there today – catering to roughly 5 million customers around the world. Thanks to the recent partnership with Media Temple the SiteLock suite of services will now be activated across the 1.5 million websites managed by Media Temple! The new service is called CloudTech […]
65% Of American Adults Are On Social Media
I have always preached on the importance of social media and often times I mention that business owners would be surprised as to just how much of their client base is utilizing social media. Well according to the latest report from Pew Research Center that number is 65%. Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social […]
Amazon Files Lawsuit Against 1,114 Fiverr Sellers
Amazon has always been at war with fake reviewers, and back in April of this year Amazon filed it’s first actual lawsuit against a review creator who posted a fake review. Little did we know that was just the tip of the iceberg. This past week Amazon filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington against 1,114 […]
Twitter Just Launched 24-Hour Anonymous Polls
Twitter is focused on changing right now, that’s becoming pretty clear with all the new changes happening. Twitter Moments was a pretty major change – so much that it got it’s own center button within the mobile Twitter app. Well a few hours ago Twitter announced another pretty exciting new feature that’s rolling out – […]
Yahoo Can Now Display Google Ads & Search Results
Yahoo has published their 2015 Q3 Results, which shows a 7% growth in GAAP revenue, a loss from operations, oh and a partnership with Google that lets Yahoo show Google search results and ads. I’ll quote directly: In October, the Company reached an agreement with Google that provides Yahoo with additional flexibility to choose among […]