[frame align=”right”][/frame]It’s always good to hear of a hosting provider working diligently to advance themselves forward and provide new features to their user base. SingleHop’s first set of changes for the new year brings about three huge new features for SingleHop users. To start off the way that LEAP3 handles password resets was completely reworked […]
Category Archives: Webmaster News
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 […]
1&1 Launches New Entry Level 8-Core Servers
1&1 Internet has just launched an innovative Intel-powered Dedicated Server featuring an 8 core Atom C2750 processor with pricing starting at only $59.99/mo! The new entry-level dedicated A8i server offers an optimal balance of performance, scalability and price making it ideal to fit the needs of small- and medium-sized business users. The 1&1 A8i Dedicated Server delivers […]
Working With Images? Try GifCam & PNGOptimizer
As a webmaster we often have to work with images – and while many of the functions required of us aren’t as in-depth as what a graphic designer has to do – there’s plenty of annoying and tedious graphic tasks we must deal with also. With that in-mind I wanted to introduce two of the […]
.Guru, .Bike, .Singles And 4 Other Domain Names Have Launched
If you are looking for a good domain name, your choices are about to get alot more interesting. Starting today you can register a .bike, .clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles and .ventures domain name through numerous domain name registrars worldwide. Last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) already made four new gTLDs in Arabic, Chinese and […]
GoDaddy Joins The WordPress Craze
As more and more hosting providers are developing niche hosting plans – such as SiteGround who offers specialized hosting plans for Magento & WHUK with their WordPress specific plans – GoDaddy has joined in with the launch of their very own managed WordPress hosting. With nearly 2 million WordPress websites currently under management, GoDaddy has […]
2 Simple, Useful & Free Webmaster Programs
I haven’t really added much new listings to our free webmaster resources directory lately – so today I wanted to bring you 2 amazingly useful and free programs. PDFFill as a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro, depending on the functions you need; and Rankaware which essentially brings our online SEO Panel to your desktop allowing […]
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 […]
Making Use of The Free Yext Powerlistings Report
[frame align=”left”][/frame] Every day, millions of potential customers search for businesses on hundreds of different online sites – from Google and Yahoo Maps, to Yelp, JJList, MerchantCircle and LinkedIn. At least one of these sites displays the wrong business name, phone number, or address for approximately 68% of established businesses. Obviously if a business’s information is […]
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. […]
Basic Marketing We Often Overlook II – Someone Listened!
It looks like someone has taken my idea and ran with it – starting up an affiliate program for their locksmith business and letting their affiliates handle their marketing for them. Driving over the very same Williamsburg bridge, and standing once again in trafffic – I spotted the following sticker: If you look closely, you’ll […]
WHUK Launches WordPress Hosting @ 50% Off
[frame align=”right”][/frame]WHUK, a leader in Web hosting services in the UK since 2001, to date is already hosting thousands of WordPress blogs and websites for clients worldwide and they hope to start hosting even more WordPress sites as they announce a new range of fully managed WordPress hosting plans. Optimizing the plans for entrepreneurs, website […]
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, […]
Basic Marketing We Often Overlook
I was standing in traffic on the Williamsburg Bridge this past weekend and noticed a flurry of stickers along side the railing. Perfectly eye level. To me it was the ideal form of entertainment. During the next half hour that I spent crawling over the bridge in what was usual New York City traffic I […]