Webmaster News – Page 45

FireHost Reports 160% Increase in Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Secure cloud hosting company, FireHost, has recently announced its Q4 2012 web application attack statistics, detailing the type and number of cyberattacks blocked by

Google Updates Layout for Google Images

Remember how the old Google Images would work? You would click on a picture, a new page would load with the picture in it, and barely any information – along with a link to view the original image. Google has decided to streamline this whole process a little bit – changing their Google Images layout […]

GoDaddy Announces Partnership with OfficeMax Stores

In an attempt to expand its reach beyond the Web, GoDaddy has partnered with US office supply retail chain OfficeMax to offer websites and domain names in more than 900 stores

Volusion Announces Product Roadmap for 2013

[frame align=”right”] [/frame]I just got word from Volusion regarding their product roadmap for the 2013 year, and it’s full of some amazing features that I can’t wait to work with. Throughout 2012 Volusion store owners sold over 3 times the industry average, making more than $2.8 billion in online sales for the year. I can’t wait […]

WiredTree Adds CloudLinux on Dedicated Servers

[frame align=”left”] [/frame] WiredTree has announced today the addition of CloudLinux as a choice of operating system (OS). CloudLinux is an innovative OS developed with the requirements of shared web hosting providers in mind and can help reduce churn and improve server stability. “With our range of managed hosting services, many customers choose us to host […]

ServInt Introduces New TwoCore & ThreeCore Managed Servers

ServInt, a pioneering provider of managed cloud hosting for enterprises worldwide, today introduced its new line of fully managed servers under the Flex TwoCore

Pingdom Announces New Tool, The Transaction Monitor

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Pingdom has announced a brand new tool, the Transaction Monitor. It lets you define a series of interactions to be performed on your website. Pingdom then performs these at a regular interval using a real web browser, just as if a person was visiting the site. Lets say, for example, that you want to make […]

NameCheap Announces 2nd Annual “Move Your Domain Day”

A little over a year ago, Go Daddy’s position on SOPA brought quite a bit of negative publicity (deservedly) onto the company, although it later changed its position and opposed SOPA

Namecheap Partners with Onepager

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Namecheap, Inc. and Onepager, Inc. are pleased to announce that Namecheap, one of the world’s largest domain name registrars, has chosen Onepager as its exclusive website builder for customers. The partnership will bring simple and intuitive web design to Namecheap’s growing list of nearly 1 million customer accounts and over 3 million domains under […]

Microsoft SEO Toolkit Released

If you’re looking for a way to help increase website traffic, and in turn increase revenue, then try this Microsoft SEO Toolkit. This kit will provide SEO recommendations, and allow you to control the issues hampering your website. The IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit helps Web developers, hosting providers, and Web server administrators to improve their Web site’s […]

Firefox 18.0 Released

While I don’t normally post browser updates here, I would like to make sure that my visitors try their best to keep their browser versions up to date. Luckily, based on my Google Analytics, only about 2-3% of you are still using an out-dated browser – which I can understand as some places still force […]

New Website & Hosting Coupons at WebHostingBuzz

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]2013 is sure to introduce plenty of new changes amongst the companies we’ve come to get familiar with, such as WebHostingBuzz who have launched a completely new website for 2013. The site represents a huge improvement over their old site, with much more content and feature explanation. The order form is simplified, and the […]

GoDaddy .ME Scholarship Launched for 2013

Top domain registrar Go Daddy on Monday rolled out plans to provide scholarships to what it called “tech-savvy” college students – asking them to compose 500-word essays on how the internet or technology has helped them excel. These GoDaddy .ME Scholarships will provide $10 thousand per student and will be awarded to just ten. Eligible students can […]

Keep Track of Web Page Changes with ChangeDetection

If you have a website you want to keep constant eyes on because of multiple people updating it; or if you want to keep tabs on the competition – try ChangeDetection. This tool will send you automatic email updates when a page makes any significant changes. To boot, this service is completely free – and has […]

SiteLock Partners With 1&1, Announces 1&1 SiteLock Scanning

SiteLock has recently announced a new partnership with 1&1 Hosting; which will surely help SiteLock reinforce their leadership position in the small business website security market.

Hello Scratchpad – A Real Time, Online HTML/CSS Renderer

I was doing some browsing, well Stumbling to be exact, and came upon a great new site called Scratchpad. Developed by Nathan Bashaw, Scratchpad serves as a great place to experiment and play around with your HTML, CSS and even Javascript. You get a dual-pane view; you’re code on one side, and a live render of […]

GoDaddy Announces .CO Super Bowl 2013 Ad

I just got wind that GoDaddy will once again be taking center stage at the Super Bowl. Race driver Danica Patrick will star in a 30 second spot, something that will likely include the web host’s edgy feel, and will focus, once again, on .CO domain names. Earlier this year, questions were abound regarding Patrick’s continuation […]