DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, and Namecheap have been working together behind the scenes to allow DuckDuckGo users to search for domain name availability straight from their searchbox. Yesterday both teams finally announced the integration, and there’s a couple ways you can make use of this. Post by Namecheap.com. If you wish to stay […]
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DV is MediaTemple’s managed VPS hosting solution – which does pretty much what it sounds like it does – offers you a managed VPS with guaranteed 99.999% uptime, award-winning 24/7/365 live support, automatic backups, performance scans, security scans, and well anything you may need to have peace of mind that you’re VPS is in perfect shape […]
Farewell Internet Explorer – It’s Time For A New Brand
Back in January when Microsoft released their Windows 10 preview they also showcased Project Spartan – a new browser which will ship with Windows 10. If you haven’t played with the Windows 10 preview build – Spartan is much more than just an update to Internet Explorer. Spartan uses a brand new rendering engine, is […]
Google Cracking Down on Doorway Pages
Google has announced an update to their algorithm & quality guidelines – specifically cracking down on doorway pages. For those of you wondering – a doorway page is a page designed specifically to rank for certain search queries. The search user lands on one of these pages and then either clicks through or gets rather […]
Host1Plus Launches Open Source Sponsorship Program
Host1Plus has long been a supporter of open source software such as CentOS, a Linux community contributing to an enterprise level operating system; Chakra, a distribution focused on the latest KDE; and Fedora, a community-driven operating system with a take on leading edge technologies. As of last week however Host1Plus has opened up their sponsorship program to […]
How To Deal With Negative Reviews?!
Negative reviews SUCK! We all know this. We hate getting them and the majority of us don’t enjoy writing them. However as a business owner, how do we deal with them? Do we ignore them? Do we respond to them all? Do we take it personally? In the latest video release over on our YouTube channel […]
JotForm Launches Fillable PDF Tool
JotForm has always been packed with awesome features and tools that make creating, sharing and utilizing forms an absolute dream. Their latest feature is no different as JotForm releases their Fillable PDF Creator allowing users to export their forms to a PDF, email it to their users, and get the responses within their JotForm account. […]
Webmasters: Google Wants To Help You Unblock Resources
Google has been mentioning over and over the importance of not blocking resources and various content from Google crawlers in order to get the best SEO ranking. See Googlebot now has the ability to render your webpage in much the same way a modern browser would – and as such it uses your CSS structure, reads […]
Google Adds 360 Degree Video Support to YouTube
360-degree videography has been picking up steam lately, especially with Google fully supporting and promoting virtual business tours on map listings and place pages. As of this week Google has added yet another tool to the 360-degree video arsenal – full support from Youtube. PC/Mac users utilizing the Google Chrome browser are able to use […]
Google Apps Leaks WHOIS Data For 280,000+ Domain Names
Private data leaks suck, and unfortunately there have been plenty of them over the past few years – and now Google joins the ranks of other companies as the private information regarding the registrations of 280,000 domain names registered via Google Apps has been leaked. Security research group Cisco Talos had noticed a problem that […]
Facebook To Tell Marketers Data About What Your Posting
With all the work these last couple weeks in bringing the new version of Rapid Purple to beta I somehow managed to overlook a news release from Facebook introducing topic data to marketers. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, topic data is essentially exactly what it sounds like. Data about a specific topic. What […]
HostGator St. Patricks Day Sale Is Live!
HostGator has decided to kick off their St. Patricks Day sale a day early, and run it a day late! Considering many of you will be too inebriated on March 17th, this may be a great idea actually. Anyway the sale features 55% off all new hosting packages, plus $8 domain names; and will officially run […]
Changes Coming – Beta Testing Rapid Purple V3
Rapid Purple has came quiet a long way over the years. Starting off as simply my online portfolio featuring my latest work and my own personal resume, and slowly transitioning to be the Next Designs replacement that deep down I always wanted it to be. For those of you who weren’t around back when Next […]
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DreamHost Introduces Solid State Drives to Shared Hosting
DreamHost have announced today the introduction of solid state drives to all their shared hosting plans – successfully producing an up-to 200% faster hosting environment! To boot they haven’t changed their pricing or package terms at all – so you still end up paying the same price, with the same unlimited storage and bandwidth, only […]
The Google Plus Rumors Are True!
The last week has been littered with rumors about the future of Google+ – and to be honest people always questioned the future of Google’s social network. It was designed to take on Facebook however it never really took off; so will it join the likes of Google’s other social network flops like Orkut, Wave […]
Facebook Page Owners Your Like Count Is Going to Change
Facebook announced last night an upcoming change to Facebook Page’s like counts as they work on removing memorialized and voluntarily deactivated accounts. Over the next few weeks don’t be alarmed if you see a decrease in the number of Page likes you have – since any of the likes that have been removed were already […]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Released
Red Hat is probably one of the most well known and successful Linux-focused companies, and for good reason; their enterprise-class distro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is rock solid, and more importantly, its support is truly legendary. In-fact the original server that I used for the free hosting services I offered back during the times […]
Understanding Online Reviews as a Business Owner
Customer reviews are absolutely crucial when it comes to developing an online presence for your business – alas it’s an area that many business owners shy away from for a variety of reasons. Some simply do not believe in the importance of online reviews; others don’t know how to properly respond to their reviews or […]
2015 Social Media Keyboard Shortcuts Guide
SetupABlogToday launched an awesome infographic that’s been making the rounds across the interwebs today – and I felt it only appropriate to reblog is on here also. Check out the following infographic outlining the best social media keyboard shortcuts across Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, and Google+.