PayPal is opening up its Bill Me Later service to small and medium online businesses, enabling them to offer free no-interest financing for six months for all purchases of $99 or more. Bill Me Later will give small business owners a way to increase sales conversions and boost order sizes going into the holiday season. And it […]
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Browser Vendors Team Up To Create Universal HTML5 Documentation
Developing in HTML5 hasn’t exactly been easy – since most documentation that’s currently available for HTML5 is biased towards a specific browser. Adobe, Apple,
Google Updates Link Schemes Guidelines, Hates on Footer Links
Google has updated their Link Schemes Guidelines – which to be honest – I think has made things that much worse. If you really read through the new guidelines – you’ll find that linking, in general, is really hard to do now. I guess the big problem here is that with terms as vague as “various […]
mod_pagespeed Graduates from Beta Version
Google first introduced mod_pagespeed back in 2010 – and since then they’ve been hard at work to improve the functionality, quality and performance of this open-source Apache module that automatically optimizes web pages and their resources. Now, after almost two years and eighteen releases, they are announcing that they are taking off the Beta label. To learn […]
DiscountASP.NET Introduces Windows Server 2012 Hosting
DiscountASP.NET has announced earlier last week the introduction of Microsoft Windows 2012 Hosting in their US-based data center, with plans to offer the same service in their Europe data-center in the near future. For those hearing about Windows Server 2012, the new Windows 2012 hosting platform includes several key enhancements, such as: Internet Information Services […]
WebHostForASP Announces Windows Server 2012 Hosting
[frame align=”left”][/frame]The newest release of Microsoft’s Server 2012 is seen as something highly innovative, full of improved features and applications. These improvements offer application flexibility to answer the critical needs of many businesses and organizations; and as such more and more companies are starting to offer it. WebHostForASP.net recently proudly announced the aviability of Windows […]
Google Adwords Business Credit Card Pilot Announced in UK
Back in July we first mentioned the Google Adwords Mastercard for Businesses – which was piloted to a select amount of U.S. based businesses. Today Google announced the launch of the AdWords Business Credit UK pilot, with more invites for U.S. businesses being promised next. There are a few key differences to take note of with the […]
Yola Changes Terms for Free Google Adwords Credits
As of October 1st, the Yola Bronze, Silver packages no longer include their respective $50 and $75 worth of free Google AdWords credit. Instead, users that spend $25 in Google AdWords credits will get an additional $100 worth of credits for free. Furthermore keep in mind that since Yola Gold includes all the features of […]
DataChambers Announces New Datacenter
DataChambers, a North Carolina-based technology firm, announced earlier this week that they are expanding with the purchase of a 50,000-square-foot facility on Garner Station Boulevard in Raleigh, N.C. The building and eight-acre property, formerly home of Qwest Communications, will house a new high-availability data center. A variety of outsourced information technology services will be offered at […]
Google Webmaster Guidelines Have Been Updated
The official Google Webmaster Guidelines have long needed an overhaul in various areas. For starters the introduction of rich-snippets has brought with it a handful of new questions – which some clear documentation and guidelines would help. Luckily yesterday Google announced their new, updated guidelines – with a set of quality and technical guidelines for […]
Webmaster Tools Adds Critical Notification Emails
As of October 1st Google’s Webmaster Tools will send out an email notifying you of any critical changes/issues that may impact your search listings, and your websites overall health – oh, as long as Google knows how to fix that said issue. So, malware will be picked up, and a notification issued – but what […]
Nominet Proposes Shorter .UK Domain Names
Nominet, the non-profit body for overseeing all net addresses ending in .uk (ie .co.uk, .org.uk), have proposed a plan to offer UK-based companies a shorter, simpler, yourwebsite.uk domain name. This would run right along side the .co.uk service – and would require a company to prove they have an existing presence in the UK, and pay […]
HostGator Network Updates Now On Twitter
A Tweet a few hours ago let me know about @HGstatus – a new Twitter profile created specifically to keep HostGator’s customers up to date on the latest network status information – whether it be scheduled maintenance or
Upcoming Google Algorithm Change Focuses on Exact-Match Domains
Matt Cutts has recently announced that Google will be rolling out a “small” algorithm change that will “reduce low-quality ‘exact-match’ domains” from
Sanebox Restructures Pricing
[frame align=”left”][/frame]SaneBox is probably the only company out there right now that can benefit from making their prices higher, and lower – at the same time. Confused? I was too at first – but hopefully this will break it down. See when SaneBox first launched it didn’t have all of the fancy features it does […]
Intuit Websites, Now Powered by Homestead
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Inuit Websites and Homestead Technologies have always shared an integrated backend. Intuit Websites, which includes Homestead Technologies, was recently acquired by Endurance International Group, and we will be working to capitalize on the strength of both brands to increase sales and improve conversions over the next few months. So, instead of referring to their services […]
New Focus on Google Adwords Sitelinks Policy
Sitelinks give users a choice of destinations on your website that they can visit directly from your text ads. Hopefully you’ve already been using sitelinks to improve your Adwords campaign performance; and if so – make sure to pay close attention to Google’s Adwords Sitelinks policy so you do not run the risk of being penalized. […]
Hostpapa Now Offers Softaculous Auto Installer
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]HostPapa has announced a partnership with Softaculous Ltd., developer of the Softaculous Auto Installer, which offers one-click installation for PHP, PERL and JavaScript applications. HostPapa’s partnership with Softaculous will allow their hosting clients to use the Auto Installer on their hosting accounts, and enjoy easy and quick installation of any of the 275+ […]
New Styles Available for Yola Users
Yola is pleased to announce the release of 19 brand new styles: 11 premium styles and 8 free styles, all to help you create even more striking websites! The new styles are more flexible and allow for much more customization than those in the past. The new collection includes more navigation styles, including the much […]
Adobe Becomes Social!
Adobe has introduced a new service that, it says, will provide the information and tools needed to implement advanced social strategies. Adobe Social is a mixture of analytics-laden social listening, management and publishing tools. “Just because social feels intuitive doesn’t mean you can run it intu-itively,” senior vice-president/GM of Adobe Digital Marketing Business Brad Rencher told […]