Category Archives: Webmaster News

The Worlds First Website is Back Online

The World Wide Web turned 20 years old today. Back on April 30th, 1993, the Web went public for everyone to use and two decades later CERN, the organization that brought us the Web, has brought the first website back to life at its original web address. Although technically the first website was launched in 1991, it was on April 30th, […]

New Restaurant & Youth Center Templates from WIX

WIX is often releasing new templates and designs to make sure you have as wide of a range to choose from as possible when designing your website to make sure you create something unique and beautiful. This morning WIX let me know of two brand new templates they just released, one aimed specifically at restaurants […]

Need a Job? Open Source Coding with Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Over the past eight years more than 6,000 students have “graduated” from Google’s Summer of Code program, working with almost 400 different open source projects. Students who are accepted […]

123-Reg Launches Cloud Servers Product Line

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Domain registrar 123-Reg has released a new product offering called 123-Reg Cloud Servers – a platform that includes “dedicated CPUs, RAM and hard disk drives.” “123-reg Cloud Servers provide dedicated resources but at an affordable price with unmetered data transfer. Allowing you to host multiple websites, install your chosen OS and handle virtually everything […]

DomainDiscount24.com Extends Agreement with Google

[frame align=”left”][/frame]domaindiscount24.com (dd24) and Google have extended their agreement regarding the registration of domains through Google Apps. Since August 2012, Google Apps users can purchase a new domain through dd24 during the Google Apps registration process and connect it with their account. As of now, they can also link a domain, which was registered at […]

WHUK Now Offers Mobile Website Builder goMobi

British-based hosting provider Web Hosting UK announced on Tuesday that it would begin offering popular mobile website builder GoMobi to its clientele. GoMobi is developed by dotMobi. Unveiling the move via its blog, the company cited cellular usage stats in the U.K. showing an increased usage in mobile technology. “This offers an opportunity to businesses and website […]

Eleven2 Announces the Launch of Virtual Premium Servers

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Web hosting provider Eleven2 announced today the launch of a new breed of VPS named Virtual Premium Servers.  The new type of VPS emphasizes state-of-the-art server technology including the acceleron caching technology which caches frequently accessed data on SSD drives to significantly speed up processing times. Along with the acceleron caching system the servers themselves are […]

1&1 Launches Microsoft Exchange 2013 Hosting

[frame align=”left”][/frame]1&1 Internet Ltd yesterday became one of the first providers globally to offer a business-class email package based on Microsoft Exchange 2013.  The brand new hosting packages have been designed to help SMEs drive the most value from their email communication.  Prices are set at $9.99/month (£6.99/month+VAT ) per account. The new 1&1 Microsoft Exchange 2013 […]

SingleHop Launches VMware Powered Cloud

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Hosting company SingleHop announced at the end of March the launch of a new VMware-enabled cloud solution. Made for a single-tenant environment, the private platform is made possible through vSphere. “Our VMware Enterprise Private Cloud stands out in the market because it enables users to deploy any number of virtual machines with no fluctuation in costs, […]

WiredTree Announces Platform Upgrades

[frame align=”left”][/frame] WiredTree, one of our affiliate hosting partners, have announced the addition of new features pertinent to R1Soft backups, Parallels optimization and SSD caching – something the company hopes will provide it with “unparalleled performance.” In a press release, WiredTree President Zac Cogswell discussed how the company goes about implementing the process, noting that WiredTree […]

Backup Your Files on March 31st, World Backup Day

I have mentioned backups in a previous article on here, and if you haven’t done a backup of your files in a while – there is no better day to do it on than March 31st, also known as World Backup Day! World Backup Day is a day for people to learn about the increasing role […]

Running A Reciprocal Linking Campaign

Reciprocal linking means forming partnerships with other sites who place a link from their Web pages to yours. You then give them a similar link in return. When you look for people to swap links with, make sure that you don’t reduce the quality or content of your own site. You don’t want users to […]

1&1 Discontinues MySQL 4 Databases

[frame align=”right”][/frame]Hosting provider 1&1 is “deactivating” MySQL 4 databases starting on May 1st, 2013. All WordPress sites hosted with 1&1 that have not migrated their databases from the old database to the new MySQL 5 databases may have their sites go offline, however 1&1 doesn’t explicitly say the sites will go down. If you host […]

Understanding Keyword Density for SEO

Keyword density is an indicator of the number of times the selected keyword appears in the web page. But mind you, keywords shouldn’t be over used, but should be just sufficient enough to appear at important places. If you repeat your keywords with every other word on every line, then your site will probably be rejected […]

Keep Track of Your Marketing Campaigns with the Google URL Builder

Keeping track of your marketing campaigns, and what kind of traffic they are generating for you is essential in order to properly maintain your campaigns and manage your marketing budget. The Google URL Builder is a great tool for such purposes – even more so for those of us who make use of Google Analytics. […]