Google Officially Launches Mortgage Calculator

Back in December of 2014 I wrote about a custom mortgage calculator many of us have found within our search results. The mortgage calculator has come and went since then – showing for some people and not showing for others. However as of now Google has officially announced the launch of their mortgage calculator – meaning […]

Score 15% Off On Any Reseller Hosting Plan at eUKHost

eUKHost has just launched their new February 2015 coupon code designed to target everyone who has ever wanted to host their own clients. With the use of the new eUKHost coupon code you can score 15% off on any reseller hosting plan eUKHost offers. Simply use coupon code [coupon code=”eUKHost FEB2015″ /] during your checkout process. This […]

Men – Pinterest Wants You!

Since day 1 Pinterest’s user base has been predominantly female and this worked for a while, however now Pinterest is looking to expand its search functionality to showcase more topics that they believe will appeal to men. That being said Pinterest has quiet the challenge ahead of them, since according to a comScore survey of Pinterest’s user […]

Google Earth Pro Is Now Free!

Free things these days are far and few in-between – and I do my best to try to find as many of those free things for all webmasters out there.That being said I am extremely excited to announce a product brand new to the free pricetag: Google Earth Pro. As of this weekend, the original $399 […]

Pinning Posts in Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus

Now that pretty much all the top social networks support pinned/featured posts in one way or another I wanted to make the following walk-through video to show you how to utilize pinned posts on your Facebook pages, Twitter profiles and Google+ Pages. Furthermore we’ll touch base on when these pinned posts reset and what happens […]

Amazon WorkMail Getting Ready to Take On Google & Microsoft

Amazon has quietly been working on their very own corporate email and calendar service called WorkMail which is finally being given some publicity. The service is focused highly on security and ease of use and will obviously be powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). WorkMail is designed to be fully compatible with Microsoft Outlook and other e-mail applications […]

Important Stats From Facebooks 2014 Fiscal Report

Facebook released their 2014 financial report yesterday which showcases some interesting numbers. Numbers that directly argue every single statement ever made about the “evident decline in Facebook’s popularity”. To save you from having to read through the full report (unless you want to of-course) here are the top highlights. First the financials: Revenue for the […]

4 Basic Yet Critical Social Media Tactics

In another video release on the Rapid Purple channel I go over 4 basic yet extremely important social media tactics that unfortunately get overlooked way too often when new webmasters and business owners kick off their social media marketing campaigns.

YouTube Now Defaults To HTML5 <video> Instead Of Flash

YouTube has been one of the first adopters of HTML5’s <video> tag. Over 3 years ago I remember being pleasantly surprised when my BlackBerry Bold 9930 was finally able to play embedded YouTube videos thanks to the browsers support for HTML5. Since then I have had my YouTube settings set to default to the HTML5 video […]

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Liquid Web has been providing exceptional hosting services since 1997 – and with a 59-second phone and live chat response guarantee it’s easy to see why they’ve received the INC.5000 Fastest Growing Companies award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Liquid Web runs their own data-centers, owns all their own equipment, and has designed […]

Ello Now Supports Audio & Video

Ello, a relatively new social network that launched as an invite-only beta in March of 2014 aimed at securing private data and providing an ad-free browsing experience has integrated audio & video post formats into the social network platform. This means you can now upload and/or share links directly to YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, SoundCloud and Mixcloud […]

NameCheap Announces MoveYourDomainDay 2015

In an effort lasting fight for internet freedom Namecheap has announced the date for their annual MoveYourDomainDay, initially launched in response to GoDaddy’s position on SOPA back in 2011. For every domain transferred or hosting plan purchased, up to 10,000, Namecheap will donate $0.50 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The donation amount goes up to $1.00 per […]

Facebook Aims to Minimize Fake Stories from Newsfeed

Fake news stories have always existed for a wide array of reasons. Sometimes someone just wants to badmouth a person or company; sometimes it’s just for laughs. Regardless what the reason behind it Facebook has had enough and they want these fake stories gone from your newsfeeds. That said Facebook is introducing a new feature that […]

Worst Passwords of 2014 Released

SplashData has published their yearly list of worst passwords showcasing what were some of the worst passwords of 2014. SplashData collected together data about millions of stolen passwords that were posted online and compiled them to form the 2014 list. That being said looking through this list there are some hilariously weak password choices, and clearly Ford Mustang […]

Just $9 for Your First Month of WordPress Hosting at MediaTemple

MediaTemple has launched another new coupon code for their WordPress hosting line – giving away their first month of hosting for just $9 (regularly priced at $29). This is a perfect opportunity to try out the MediaTemple service for your own blog. Simply use coupon code [coupon code=”MediaTemple 9TRYWPMT” /] during your checkout process. This […]

Understanding SSL Basics – Pros, Cons, Misconceptions

Ever since Google started talking about giving an SEO boost to SSL-enabled websites there’s been plenty of questions going around about SSL from people who’ve never considered it in the past. This prompted me to record the following video to help explain some of the basics of SSL encryption, along with some of the misconceptions […]

eCommerce: What It Takes & What Often Gets Overlooked

eCommerce is a phenomenal business, and ofcourse the sheer concept of taking your product, putting it online, and selling millions of it and becoming rich is a phenomenal thing. Unfortunately there are a ton of things that I’ve noticed over the years get overlooked by most people. That being said I decided to record the […]

Google Suspends Sales of Google Glass to Focus On Future Glass Versions

Sadly Google has decided to stop sales of the Google Glass project in it’s current form. The Exlorer program that originally allowed someone to buy Google Glass for $1500 is no more; and all units have been pulled so as I write this you unfortunately will not be able to run out and grab a unit. […]

Get 10% Off on All Vimeo Subscriptions

Video popularity has been consistently growing and with that in mind I’m excited to write about Vimeo’s brand new coupon code good for 10% off on all Vimeo subscriptions and eligible for all users. See in the past Vimeo coupon codes, much like many others – were available for brand new users only. This time […]