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When it comes to content management and coding efficiency, WordPress tends to be one bad mother. Where other content management systems might chug and chortle, WordPress tends to serve up your content with a markedly improved efficiency that makes the folks over at Drupal shiver in their boots. However,...
Posted on February 8th, 2012 in CMS, SEO / SEM
Tags: Cached Headers, Cached Media, CSS, eTags, Image Files, JS, optimize database, Static Content, Static Media, WordPress, WordPress admin
Green technology is all the rage these days. Massive companies the world over, including mega heavyweights like Google and Amazon, have been marking up the efficiency of their servers and sites. However, that doesn’t mean you have to have a budget the size of the Titanic to make your website green-capable....
Posted on January 28th, 2012 in Announcements
Tags: green energy, green geeks, green hosting, green web hosting
Marketing is rough. No matter how you slice it, finding your target demographic, supplying them with advertisements that work, and actually moving products or creating new services is a tough gig. Furthermore, without the right kind of data you might as well be throwing shots into the dark: Gaining valuable...
Posted on January 24th, 2012 in Random Stuff, Tools
Tags: a/b test, a/b testing, Google Website Optimizer, Visual Website Optimizer
We like WordPress for a lot of reasons: It’s easy to use, it manages our content in a way we never could on our own, and it also presents a pretty nice front, what with all those loose themes running around. We’re also tremendous fans of its ability to optimize our sites for search engines with little...
Posted on January 16th, 2012 in CMS, SEO / SEM
Tags: meta tags, permalinks, search engine optimization, search engines, seo, WordPress
If we had known WordPress was going to be as popular as it is now, we would have made sure to buy some stock back in the day, assuming the company was public. That being said, nothing is hotter than the content management software right now, especially for bloggers and news-based websites.And why shouldn’t...
Posted on January 11th, 2012 in CMS, Web Hosting Types
Tags: blog hosting, Blogger, CMS, content management software, WordPress, Wordpress hosting
To control panel, or not to control panel? It’s a perennial question, and one all conscientious web masters have had to ask at some point during their career. It doesn’t matter what kind, style, or flavor of website you’re hoping to create: Odds are you’ll have to wage the costs and benefits...
Posted on January 6th, 2012 in Control Panels
Tags: control panel, cPanel, FTP
In the world of superior web hosting, there’s really only two main competitors as far as your operating system goes—unless you’re willing to be some kind of mad scientist, that is. Essentially, every webmaster must face the same battle during the earliest span of their career, staring at that blank...
Posted on January 3rd, 2012 in Web Hosting Types
Tags: cost, Linux, security, support, Windows
In case you were unaware, services like Google and Yahoo are built around the concept of search engine optimization—they are search engines, after all. The basic idea here is that you want your website to rank highly with all of the various search engines, as most viewers aren’t likely to scan through...
Posted on January 1st, 2012 in CMS, SEO / SEM, Web Hosting Types
Tags: bandwith, CMS, HostGator, hosting wordpress, InMotion, search engine optimization, Web Hosting Hub, WordPress, Wordpress hosting, wp hosting
In the world of web hosting, there are literally more options than one could shake a stick at—assuming it’s an extremely broad stick, and one with a full three-hundred and sixty degree turning radius, that is. If our metaphor is too vague, what we’re getting at here is that one can literally find...
Posted on December 30th, 2011 in Web Hosting Types
Tags: cloud hosting, dedicated server hosting, hosting types, shared hosting
Several years back a computer was enough to keep up with the latest technological trends, however, today, a working internet connection is compulsory if you don’t want to be left behind. Things have been progressing pretty fast, and not only in terms of hardware innovations and high speed connections...
Posted on December 22nd, 2011 in Random Stuff, Webmaster Resources
Tags: Brothersoft, CNET, Copyright, download software, free software, freeware, open-source software, shareware, software, tucows, ZDNet
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a love and passion for technology. If you or someone you know is obsessed with every aspect of technology, there are so many different tech items that would make great presents. While there are plenty of tech gifts that are expensive and can put a decent...
Posted on December 21st, 2011 in Random Stuff, Technology
Tags: Computer Hardware Clocks, LED Scrolling Name Badge, Logitech M525, Microsoft Xbox 360, Retro Phone Handset, Thermometer Keychain, USB Flash Drive
