Wix Launches ShoutOut – An Email Newsletter Tool

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Website builder Wix.com has launched a new tool to allow users to create and send email newsletters from within their Wix dashboard. The new tool, called Wix ShoutOut, attempts to replace a few of the previously available Wix Apps for setting up mailing lists and sending out newsletters by offering all the same functionality from […]

GoDaddy Partners with PayPal, Launches Get Paid

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]GoDaddy has launched a new service, called Get Paid, for small businesses to accept payment from anywhere, and has partnered with PayPal, Dwolla, and Stripe to ensure customers can accept all types of payment, including credit and debit cards, electronic checks and mobile payments. According to GoDaddy’s Monday announcement, Get Paid allows users to […]

Google Helps You Play With Cookies

No, not those kind of cookies. Although now I really want a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie … Anyway – Google is helping webmasters who use cookies on their websites or mobile applications to meet their European legal obligations to get user consent regarding the use of cookies. So a couple of days ago Google […]

Bing Drops IE8; Google Drops IE9

There’s always been a push to get people to utilize the latest browser versions – and usually the biggest push comes when one of the big guys drops support for an older browser. Today older versions of Internet Explorer seem to be getting kicked to the curb by Bing & Google. In a post on G+ […]

Google Adds New Fetch & Render to Webmaster Tools

I was pleasantly surprised today as I logged into my Google Webmaster Tools and noticed a new button called Fetch & Render within the Fetch as Google option. Then I noticed the new drop down which allows you to choose what device you want to emulate the fetch & render with. To see what Googlebot sees, select […]

Unlimited Storage Under $3/mo from SOS Online Backup

[frame align=”right”][/frame]Online backup solutions are a dime a dozen these days – and chances are you’re using more than one of them yourself. Truth be told – I have backups split amongst a wide array of services: Dropbox, Onedrive, iCloud, Google Drive and SOS Online Backup – however only one of these offers me unlimited […]

DynDNS No Longer Free

DynDNS used to be THE free DNS service everyone was always recommending. Unfortunately Dyn has recently announced that it’s free service will cease on May 7th, 2014. This means anyone using their free DNS hosting has to upgrade to a paid version or will get cut off. Their paid version costs $25 per year just for […]

SiteGround Launches V2.0 of their Staging Tool

[frame align=”right”][/frame]SiteGround has always done a great job at making themselves stand out from the crowd by offering a very unique set of tools built upon a very unique infrastructure. Starting from multiple data-centers spread across multiple geographical locations, down to their innovative shared hosting server security setup which isolates shared hosting accounts from each […]

Running a vBulletin Forum? Check Out the vBulletin Cloud!

I have worked with my fair share of vBulletin forums – and often times management and customization of these forums can turn into a bit of a pain in the ass. Keeping up with vBulletin updates isn’t always the simplest of tasks; and as your forum grows security becomes more and more of an issue. […]

Rackspace Launches One-Stop Digital Services Practice

Our partner, Rackspace Hosting, is launching a new practice focusing on digital marketing infrastructure needs. The service reflects the growing role of chief marketing officers in corporate infrastructure decisions. “We’ve created a dedicated team with project management, sales, and more,” said Gerardo Dada, Product Marketing Leader, Rackspace. “This is a discrete team that takes advantage […]

1&1 Launches New Range of Online Store Packages

1&1 Internet, Inc. (www.1and1.com), has launched a new range of turn-key eCommerce solutions, powered by ePages, that include everything a retailer needs for successful online selling.  The new 1&1 Online Store, priced from only $0.99/month until the end of April only, combines advanced features for store-building with full mobile and social media compatibility and optimal […]

Get 25% Off Yola Gold Until 2/28/14

We haven’t seen a Yola Gold promotion so far this year, and Yola has decided to come out with a bang offering 25% off a yearly Yola Gold package! To date this is the biggest percentage discount they have ever offered (past discounts) – and sadly it’s only here for a few days as this […]

Social Signals Checker Tool Launched

Social signals as we know them have been all the rage in the SEO sphere in the past couple of years. In fact ever since Danny Sullivan first wrote a thought-provoking article on social signals and their impact on SEO way back in December of 2010 social signals have been at the tip of every […]

SiteGround Completes Integration with ManageWP

I know many of you utilizing SiteGround Hosting  do so for your WordPress sites – so here’s some news I’m sure you’ll love. SiteGround has rolled out an integration with ManageWP across their entire server infrastructure. With this integration, SiteGround is able to offer its customers a one click ManageWP account activation as well as an intuitive […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]