I have quiet a few PDF tools listed inside the Webmaster Resources Directory here at Rapid Purple that are all aimed at offering alternative ways to work with your PDF files without dishing out for a professional license for Adobe Acrobat. However there aren’t alot of options available for a powerful web-based PDF editor. In fact the […]
Author Archives: Michael Boguslavskiy
Namecheap Coupon Codes for September 2015
Fall is in full effect and Namecheap has rolled out their fall-themed coupon codes good for the month of September 2015. These give you the usual discounts on domain name registrations & transfers, along with a 10% off VPS hosting coupon. First off is the standard Namecheap coupon code, [coupon code=”Namecheap FALLDAYZ” /]. This gives you the following […]
Always Keep Your Own Backups
I talk about creating and managing an online presence alot here on Rapid Purple – and every now and then someone will ask me what I think is the most important aspect of an online presence. Often times they are totally shocked by the answer. Backups. Backups are by far the most important thing when it […]
Do You Vivaldi?
No, not the italian baroque composer from Venice, Italy; the new browser launched by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner – one of the original developers behind Opera. See back in March 2014 the decision was made to shut down My Opera – the community that many would say helped build and establish Opera as the browser it is […]
Bing Launches 5 New Ad Extensions To Help Increase Your Advertising Performance
Bing Ads have been ever growing in popularity – currently advertising to an audience of over 167 million monthly searchers – which statistics have shown hold more buying power than most. To help improve the advertising experience and help increase visibility and performance for advertisers Bing has introduced three brand new ad extensions: Callout Extensions […]
Google+ Page Link & Reviews Removed From Google Search Results
Google has been hard at work restructuring, rebranding, and basically taking things AWAY from Google+. As of this week Google has dropped the links that pointed to a businesses Google+ page, and they’ve dropped the reviews count from all Google search results. Searching for a business now provides a rather empty search result focusing on […]
Yandex Gets Nasty With Link Sellers
We’re always talking about the various different penalties and algorithms that Google and Bing put into place to help protect their search results from any manipulation – but what about the other search engines out there? Yandex has recently launched a new update to their algorithm called AGS which targets link sellers and negatively effects […]
Grab 10% Off A Vimeo Pro or Vimeo Plus Subscription!
Now that we’re well into September, and school has kicked off for everyone Vimeo has decided to help the next generation of videographers with a 10% off back to school coupon code! This new Vimeo Pro coupon code applies to Vimeo Pro, Plus Monthly or Plus Annual plans and expires on September 20th, 2015. Simply use […]
Magento & New Relic Partner Up To Improve Performance for eCommerce Websites
Performance, performance, performance. We as a society are always focused on and rewarding performance – whether it be at the workplace or when you buy a bigger engine option for your new car. When we get online we must have the fastest speeds and when we get to a website we expect it to be […]
Facebook Pages Updated For A Better Mobile Experience
Facebook Pages are accessed by billions of people every single month, with over a billion of those using their mobile devices. So it comes as no surprise that Facebook has launched several new features for Facebook Pages specifically targeted towards improving the user experience for mobile users. This starts with more prominent call to action […]
Search For Sound Files On The Interwebs
As it sits right now you can’t use Google or Bing to search specifically for a sound – so what do you do if you absolutely need to find a cute kitty meow to include in your next YouTube video of cute cat videos? You can try Google and Bing but this might turn into […]
Score 25% Off Media Temple Managed WordPress Hosting
Media Temple has launched a new coupon code for the month of September 2015 which is good for 25% off Managed WordPress Hosting. WordPress Personal starts off with 30GB of SSD storage and support for 2 websites with approximately 400,000 monthly visitors and runs just $20/mo before your additional 25% off that this new coupon code will […]
Annoyed With Google Fonts UI? Make Your Life Easier With FontCDN
As a webmaster you’ll inevitably find yourself having to work with Google Fonts once in a while. As a web designer and/or web developer you’ll find yourself working with Google Fonts several times a day – and unfortunately the Google Fonts interface just wasn’t designed for such extensive use. Really it wasn’t designed very well […]
Paid for Your Yelp Reviews? Yelp Might Blow Up Your Spot.
Yelp has always been against paid reviews, and considering the fact that their platform is intended to be a place where consumers can get honest reviews about the places they want to visit – it makes complete sense that they would be against anyone trying to “game” their system. Now you might bring up “well […]
Google Confirms: Full Screen App Interstitials Will Break Your Websites Mobile Friendliness
Interstitial app ads are extremely annoying – in my opinion anyway. They pop up just when you’re expecting to dig into the content you wanted to read, and half the time you close them they force the page to reload. Well Google seems to agree with me here and as of November 1st, 2015 any mobile […]
60% Off Flash Sales This Weekend from HostGator
HostGator wants to make you feel like this is a special weekend, so to get the festivities going HostGator has launched a series of 60% off flash sales which will be running throughout this weekend! During these flash sales you’ll be able to save 60% on all New Hosting Packages, including WordPress Hosting, from HostGator. On […]
Creating & Using Instagram For My Business
Instagram is a great marketing platform and chances are you’ve completely overlooked it when it comes to your business. Facebook and Twitter are a long existing staple in the marketing community – and because of that 93% of marketers are already using Facebook. However only about 36% use Instagram – and yet 68% of Instagram […]
Infographic: 42% Of Us Check Our Emails In The Bathroom
Since the concept of emails has been around for such a long time it’s common to think that it may be a dying piece of technology – especially with today’s smart watches, push notifications & all the various messengers available out there. Boy would you be wrong. Email is far from dead. In-fact a recent […]
Facebook Hits 1 Billion Online Users in 24 Hours
Right as August 2015 came to an end – Facebook reached a rather epic milestone and one that speaks volumes about why every business owner should be using Facebook in their businesses online presence campaign. On August 24th, 2015 Facebook had one billion people online. That’s 1 in 7 people on Earth that were using […]
Free Lumia 640 LTE / Microsoft Band for New Office 365 Customers From Easyspace
Office 365 is geared to offer you everything you’re business needs on the devices you’re employees use the most. Your documents, email, calendars, contacts, and team sites all come with you. Your settings come too, so you can pick up right where you left off when you change devices. Easyspace has been one of the […]