Tag Archives: interesting internet

RIP Guest Blogging

So 2 days ago Matt Cutts called it – the death of guest blogging – at noon on 1/20/2014. Or at least the death of guest blogging for SEO purposes. A method that many SEO agencies have absolutely adored over the past few years. Okay, I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging as a way […]

Yet Another Reminder to Choose Secure Passwords

There is a great article circulating the interwebs this week discussing the Worst Passwords of 2013 – or more specifically the Top 25 Worst Passwords. The list, compiled by SplashData, is based on files containing millions of stolen passwords which have been posted online in the last year. Sadly this list goes to show just how […]

The Irish Buy Australian Host SpeedySparrow

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Irish cloud host Spiral Hosting announced earlier this week that they have acquired one of my favorite community hosts – SpeedySparrow. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based out of Melbourne, Australia – SpeedySparrow has a large Australian and American client base, both of which Spiral Hosting plans to tap into […]

GoDaddy Will Offer .CLUB Domains

.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), has announced that GoDaddy has signed an agreement to offer “yourname.club” domain names to clubs, membership organizations, affinity and loyalty groups, and anyone sharing a common interest or passion.  Of those registrars who have been taking pre-registrations over the […]

1&1 Partners with Cloudflare

[frame align=”left”][/frame]1&1 Internet has just announced a new partnership with CloudFlare in an effort to deliver improved website performance to its customers.  As a leading Content Delivery Network (CDN), CloudFlare’s technology proves to reduce the latency between data centers and end users; and this is something I can vouch for myself as Cloudflare helps to power […]

New Pricing Structure for Volusion in 2014

Volusion is kicking off 2014 strong with a completely new plan and pricing structure. This brings about some of the lowest pricing Volusion ever had – which is, in my opinion, a perfect way to start off 2014 for everyone. Here are some highlights of the new plans: First off there are now 4 plans instead […]

Winamp Rescued by Radionomy!

Back in November I had posted my official farewell to Winamp – a massively popular media player from back in the nineties. Few people were surprised when AOL finally decided to cut its losses, announcing that, starting December 20 2013, the site and associated cloud services, including Shoutcast, would no longer be available to the public. […]

Understanding the Importance of Referrer Logs

Referrer logging may not be a term you hear very often – however it is absolutely crucial to the success of your website and your marketing campaigns. See referrer logs are used to allow web servers and websites to identify where people are visiting them from – either for promotional or security purposes. They allow […]

Domain Name Revolution Begins at Easyspace

Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has launched a brand new website where you can register your interest for free in one of the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The website, located at http://www.easyspace.com/domain-names/new-gtlds  has been designed to allow you to create a shopping basket of domains you are interested in, such as .london, […]

List of 557 Pending New gTLDs

Webwork over on the WebmasterWorld forums put together a great list of new gTLD’s waiting to be released: [column size=”1-2″] 1).abogado 2).academy 3).accountant 4).accountants 5).active 6).actor 7).ads 8).adult 9).africa 10).agency 11).airforce 12).alsace 13).amsterdam 14).analytics 15).apartments 16).app 17).arab 18).archi 19).architect 20).army 21).art 22).associates 23).attorney 24).auction 25).audible 26).audio 27).auto 28).autos 29).baby 30).band 31).bank 32).banque 33).bar 34).barcelona 35).bargains […]

GoDaddy Finally Offers cPanel Linux Hosting

[frame align=”left”][/frame]For as long as I could remember one of my biggest gripes with GoDaddy has been their proprietary hosting control panel which seemed to turn everything that used to take a few clicks, into a mission. I touched base on it in my GoDaddy Hosting Review. It seems someone at GoDaddy may have read […]

Saying My Farewall to Winamp

Unfortunately Winamp has announced that, starting December 20 2013, the site and associated cloud services will no longer be available to the public. What is even worse is that the longstanding media player will also be pulled from winamp.com. For many of us – especially myself, this is quiet a sad moment. See I have loved Winamp […]

New TLD’s Coming to Namecheap

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Namecheap has joined the new TLD initiative, which will allow customers to buy hundreds of new top level domains. As such you will now be able to register  TLDs such as .online, .music, .inc, and so much more through Namecheap – personally one of my favorite domain name providers. If you haven’t read up […]

Rapid Purple Officially Partnered with Rackspace

[frame align=”right”][/frame]Following a recent meeting at RubyConf 2013, I am proud to announce that Rapid Purple has officially joined the Rackspace® Partner Network in an effort to provide a portfolio of services aimed towards those clients who are looking for something more than the usual hosting platform. Rackspace is a leading provider of hybrid clouds, which enable businesses […]

Bing Collaborates with Klout Creating Personal Snapshots

In an attempt to further help people manage their online presence, Bing has teamed up with Klout to allow for the creation of Bing Personal Snapshots. These act as an expansion to the People Snapshots that Bing had introduced this past March. Personal Snapshots are Klout verified, and pull in data from a person’s LinkedIn […]

Yahoo Launches New Mail Site

Last week, on October 8th 2013, marked Yahoo Mail’s sweet 16, and to celebrate Yahoo released a brand new Mail experience on desktop, iOS, and Android devices. The new Yahoo Mail brings about some great new features – one of my favorite being the introduction of conversations – allowing you to view emails grouped in threads – and something Google’s Gmail […]

Webhosting UK Adds Additional Dedicated Server Offers

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Webhosting UK Com Ltd (WHUK) added two more new dedicated servers to their range of dedicated server offers. With these new dedicated server additions, the company believes that their users would be able to choose between a wider range of options, based on their technical requirements and budget. Ideal for SMBs, enterprises and large business […]

Bing Adds Deep Links to Search Box & Starts Redesigning

I know it seems like I favor Google over Bing since I mention Google updates so much more on here; and to say the truth it’s possible that Bing get’s slightly overlooked with all the new things that Google frequently comes up with. With the start of this post, I hope to change that. There […]