GoDaddy’s been very involved with the gTLD expansion, and over the past few months they have been working on ways to support up to 700 new domain names. This week they have finally created a place where you can see and interact with the new gTLD extensions coming this fall: the gTLD Extensions page! There, you can: […]
Category Archives: Webmaster News
RIOT Updated to 0.5; Now Features Full Auto Mode
It’s spent a lengthy two years in beta, but RIOT 0.5 has finally been released. And it just might have been worth the wait. The major addition in the new build of the image compression tool is Full Auto Mode. Reducing the size of JPG, PNG and GIF files can be a complex business, and if you’re put […]
Yahoo Testing New Green Background Search Ads
Looks like Yahoo is doing some Google-like experimenting of their own and trying out a new background color for their search ads. Spotted originally by @tecnonetblog – Yahoo seems to be testing a green background color for their ads. Now with the original screenshots that were provided it was rather hard to see the difference, unless you’re […]
Softaculous 4.2.7 Introduces Automated Backups
Softaculous has released another update to their famous automated script installer, bringing with it a great new feature allowing users to setup automated backups of their scripts entire directory right from the install/edit installation page. Now there are plenty of other great features too, however the new automated backups is by far my favorite […]
Google Makes a Stand Against Faked User Histories
Google has made a new post earlier this week, titled a A reminder about manipulative or deceptive behavior; and if you read it closely you’ll see that this isn’t so much a reminder, but a statement as to the next spam target for Google. Google states that “Recently, we’ve seen some user complaints about a deceptive technique […]
Use a Tell-A-Friend Script to Drive Traffic To Your Site
More and more webmasters have the recurring dilemma on how to increase the flow of traffic in the websites. During the past few years many methods have been developed to solve this predicament. Over the years marketing has meant so many different things; and there have been so many different ways to do it. One […]
Easyspace Partners with Crunch to Help Small Businesses
Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest ICANN accredited domain name registrars and web hosting companies, has partnered with online accountants Crunch to support startup businesses.
SugarSync’s Top 10 Uses During Your Well Deserved Vacation
SugarSync has posted an interesting article on their blog a few days ago, and while these things generally don’t spark my interest – this one did. See as someone who always has to sync several different devices together to make my business life flow a bit more easily with my business life, SugarSync is an […]
Fasthosts Launches Microsoft Exchange 2013 Platform
Fasthosts Internet Limited, www.fasthosts.co.uk, a leading web hosting provider, has leveraged its gold partner status with Microsoft to launch its latest Hosted Exchange platform aimed at small and medium sized businesses. Enabling customers to leverage Software as a Service (SaaS) flexibility and featuring up to 50GB mailbox capacity, Fasthosts Hosted Exchange 2013, is a highly affordable […]
Usage Rights Now Available in Bing Image Search
Looking for a cool image to add to your blog? Need that perfect picture for your new business presentation? It sounds simple enough, but in many cases you could be breaking the law, as many images on the internet are simply not free to use and their usage rights must be checked. Bing now wants […]
Welcome to Anonymous Web Hosting by BitcoinWebHosting.net
Namecheap was the first to come onto the scene and bring support for Bitcoin payments into the world of webmasters when they announced the acceptance of Bitcoins for its
$20 Off Your First crowdSPRING Project
It’s been quiet some time since I have last mentioned crowdSPRING, the worlds #1 marketplace for graphic design work, meanwhile they have been hard at work on some great new features. Back in May 2013 crowdSPRING announced the launch of the Creative Browse feature, making it easier than ever to find the perfect imaginative powerhouse on […]
Google Announces New Navigation & More for Webmaster Tools
Monday of this week Google has announced the launch of several new design & organization related updates to their Webmaster Tools platform. Probably the most noteworthy
1&1 Announces New Dynamic Cloud Server Hosting Package
Earlier this week hosting provider 1&1 has unveiled a new cloud server package that delivers unrestricted cloud-based efficiencies to both businesses and professionals alike. The 1&1 Dynamic Cloud Server, available from a starting price of only $0.06 per hour, features dynamically adjustable resources such as Processor Cores (vCore), RAM (GB) and Hard Disk Space (GB). […]
Yahoo Doing Some Clean-Up, Shutting Down Old Services
Much like Google did last year, Yahoo is going through their collection of online services and tools and cleaning that collection up. Throughout July and through to September there will be a variety of services which will be shut down. The list below lists the services that have been, and will be shut down – […]
SugarSync Releases Remote Wipe for Personal Accounts
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Previously, SugarSync launched Remote Wipe to IT admins of SugarSync’s business account customers; but recently Remote Wipe has been released to consumers and business professionals using individual accounts. So what exactly is Remote Wipe? Remote Wipe is a security feature that makes it simple to remove all sychronized files from a PC or Mac in […]
SiteGround.com Redesign Live!
[frame align=”left”][/frame]SiteGround.com has long been working on a new website design and over this weekend they have finally launched it. The main challenge with the new website was to really portray all of the technological work done behind the scenes over at SiteGround to maintain and upgrade their hosting infrastructure. In an effort to make of […]
Google Introduces New Carousel View for Local Search Results
Google is the search leader for a reason — it has the best results. That said, its presentation can be somewhat bland, especially when compared with its closest rival Bing. Google
WIX Introduces 4 New Website Apps
WIX makes building a simple business website extremely easy for the average Joe, and the various apps that WIX has available within the WIX App Market help make your WIX website even more interactive. This morning WIX has announced the addition of 4 brand new apps to the WIX App Market. The new apps let […]
Softaculous Upgrades to Version 4.2.5
Softaculous Ltd., the developer of Softaculous Auto Installer that simplifies application deployment across various hosting platforms, has announced the release of Softaculous 4.2.5 earlier this week. This version has several new features which includes support for installing plugins of a script from the install form, Import/Export of Softaculous settings, various bug fixes, and much more. I have outlined […]