Category Archives: Webmaster News

Atlantic.Net Offers Free Cloud Servers to Those Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Atlantic.Net has announced today that they will be offering relief to those affected by the Northeastern US data center outages caused by Hurricane Sandy

FeedBurner API Shut Down

As part of Google’s spring-cleaning announcement –  the FeedBurner API has been shut down. Any application that requests subscriber information will fail to retrieve the data. This includes custom subscriber count widgets, and various iPhone apps – like Ego. This does bring up the concern of what will come of FeedBurner over the next several years. Will […]

Business Loans Available for Those Hurt by Hurricane Sandy

The U.S. Small Business Administration and the New York Business Development Center have announced the availability of loan programs designed to help businesses in declared disaster areas suffering storm or flood damage. The U.S. Small Business Administration can be reached by phone via: 1-800-659-2955 or 1-212-264-4354 or 1-404-331-0333. Meanwhile the NYBDC can be reached online via their website at http://www.nybdc.com. Furthermore the […]

LunarPages Partners with Conversion Pipeline

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]LunarPages has recently announced a partnership with online marketing agency Conversion Pipeline in an effort to provide their web hosting customers with Search Engine Optimization and Pay-per-Click services. This new partnership with Conversion Pipeline affords clients the opportunity to promote their brand and advertise their website with first-class Internet marketing expertise. Lunarpages Marketing […]

1&1 Launches Veteran Appreciation Program

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]1&1 has launched their Veteran Appreciation Program in support of all United States’ troops. This is the first campaign of its kind in the Web hosting industry, and provides veteran small business owners with a 1 &1 MyWebsite Plus package free for 6 months. The all inclusive website package provides entrepreneurs with an […]

UK2 Rated #9 in Top10 Hosting for Bloggers List

John Rampton, founder of Blogging.org, ran a poll recently asking genuine bloggers which hosts they liked using and which they would recommend to others. UK2.net came 9th in the poll, with 25 hosts listed in total. John called the poll ‘one of the most complete guides on the best hosting companies in the world. No bloggers […]

Hivelocity Offers Free SSD Drives on all New Servers

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Hivelocity announced earlier in the week that they are now including a free 60GB Intel 520 series Solid State Hard Drive with all new servers. The free SSD is included as an extra drive and not a replacement for the SATA or SAS drives already included with the standard server configurations. Customers have […]

1&1 Introduces Web Apps to 1&1 MyWebsite

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]1&1 have launched a free suite of drag-and-drop style web applications available for use within its MyWebsite package. Up to 100 applications have been included, many offering useful sector-specific functionality across areas including eCommerce, communication, social media, and daily management tasks. The development means that customers signing up for selected 1&1 MyWebsite packages can […]

Test Your Website’s Mobility With GoMo

More people own cellphones than passports now; a large number of internet users are using their mobile devices to access the internet. Therefore, it is vital that your website be usable for these consumers. With the GoMo Meter by Google, you can test your website’s usability on mobile devices. This tool shows you how your current site looks […]

SugarSync iOS App Updated

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]The SugarSync app for iOS has been updated for iOS 6, and the update is available for download now! The new app has been optimized for iOS 6, which also means that it now has support for the larger/taller screen on the iPhone 5 as well. In addition to iOS 6 optimizations and the taller […]

SingleHop Announces New Data Center Outlet

SingleHop launched a new and improved Data Center Outlet at singlehop.com/outlet – the Data Center Outlet offers several unique features, including exact real time inventory from SingleHop’s data centers. The inventory figures are updated hourly on the page and there is also a countdown clock to let the user know how much time they have to take […]

An Inside Look at Google’s Datacenters

Never before has the general public been given an open look at the inside of Google’s datacenters – until now. True Google has shared many of their designs and best practices, and they have been publishing their efficiency data since 2008, however only a small handful of employees have access to the server floor itself. Yesterday Google announced the […]

Hawk Host Raising Money for Cancer Awareness

As mostly everyone knows, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month – and to help the American Cancer Society fund research, awareness, and countless other critical activities – Hawk Host is launching a brand new coupon code which will not only save you money, but help raise money for the American Cancer Society. Coupon code [coupon code=”hawkhost-beatcancer” /] is […]

PayPal Opens Up BillMeLater for Small Businesses

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 […]

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 […]