Topic: Web hosting service

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Choosing a Web Host

For some, choosing a web host might just be a case of finding a web hosting company with the cheapest pricing plans. However, if you’re looking for a web host that’s actually decent, and is going to guarantee your website has a solid host with a good reputation, then you’ll need to know a few […]

| Sep 29, 2021 at 1:54 pm ET
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Recommendations for Website Publishers

If you own or run a website and are looking for ways to make your life easier, then this list of recommendations for website publishers might just help you. The below website tools are ones that I have found to be immensely useful and helpful. I personally find it really stressful to deal with admin […]

| Sep 18, 2020 at 10:26 am ET
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Digital Marketing Basics

If you’re new to Digital Marketing (or just need a refresher), then you’re in the right place – welcome to Digital Marketing Basics. Digital marketing is such a sprawling landscape of different channels and platforms that it can be hard for anyone to keep up, or even know where to start. That is where this […]

| Sep 11, 2020 at 1:34 pm ET
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Website Builder Recommendation: WordPress.org

There are many ways to build a website, but for most small business purposes WordPress.org is the best choice. This is because it’s free, commonly used (so you can Google any problem you have), and exceptionally versatile. There is a reason why WordPress powers around a third of all websites, and that’s because it is […]

| Sep 3, 2020 at 4:19 pm ET
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Web Hosting Recommendation: Bluehost

In case you were wondering: There are no affiliate links on this page. Everything that is written on this Product Recommendation page is the writer’s honest opinion. For small businesses and startups looking for a host for their website, Bluehost is a great choice. It’s incredibly simple to use, it’s good value, and has great […]

| Mar 15, 2019 at 2:38 pm ET
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Product Recommendations

If you’re looking for digital marketing product recommendations, look no further than this helpful list of products we tested for your convenience. The below have all been tried and tested by staff at The Online Advertising Guide, and we can honestly say they are all great for small businesses and startups. If you need to […]

| Mar 15, 2019 at 2:16 pm ET
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Ecommerce

Three ways to use a domain name for business today

Registering a domain name is one of the first steps to starting a new business. That’s because whatever name is chosen will represent the business’s space on the internet — and, possibly, a customer’s first impression of the company. But once you have that domain name, what do you do? Don’t stress over building an […]

| Nov 13, 2017 at 7:30 am ET
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4 domain name registration myths debunked

The internet is generally the first place people look for information on just about everything. That’s why when you register a domain name, or several, it’s an important step for making sure businesses can be found — even without a website. To help eliminate some of the most frequently encountered misconceptions about domain name registration, […]

| Sep 12, 2017 at 7:30 am ET
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Google Updates Documentation & Guidelines On Moving A Site

Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, Pierre Far and Zineb Ait Bahajji, posted on the Google Webmaster blog today that they’ve updated their official guidelines for moving your web site and having Google in mind when doing so. They broke out the process based on two ways of moving your site: (1) Move a site with no […]

| Jun 6, 2014 at 9:21 am ET
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Google Reaches Out To Texas Businesses With Free Websites, Marketing Help

Google’s latest effort to increase small business adoption of its products and services is a program called Texas Get Your Business Online that offers a free website, free hosting, domain name, a business listing on Google Places and additional marketing help. The effort is being accompanied by an aggressive promotion campaign, like the heavy and […]

| Jul 20, 2011 at 3:24 pm ET
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SEO Held Liable, Fined In Counterfeiting Case

A website builder and SEO firm has been held liable in federal court in a case in which it was accused of enabling the sale of counterfeit goods. Bright Builders faces a $770,000 fine for damages in the judgment, handed down in U.S. District Court in South Carolina last week, while its client was only […]

| Mar 18, 2011 at 3:18 pm ET
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Google Wins YouTube Copyright Case In Spain

Google says that it’s won a copyright infringement case in Spain over the uploading of copyrighted videos by YouTube users. Telecinco, a Spanish broadcast TV channel, had argued that YouTube is responsible when its users upload videos that infringed on the channel’s copyrights. According to Google’s blog post about the legal decision: The court rejected […]

| Sep 23, 2010 at 12:41 pm ET
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My Dream International Content Management System

Choosing a content management system which helps you make progress internationally - rather than blocking every move - is a good plank to have in your strategy. Even if you're not planning that international expansion just yet. Reason? Retro-fitting a new content management system to an existing project can bring a heap of extra pressure - just when you need it to be helping!

| Mar 9, 2010 at 3:49 pm ET
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AdWords Display URL Policy Change For Hosted Domains

The Google AdWords blog announced a new change to their display URL policy for ads leading to hosted domains. The change is fairly simple, if you are hosted on a blogspot.com, wordpress.com or similar type of domain, Google wants you to show the subdomain portion of the domain, in addition to the main domain. For […]

| Jan 13, 2010 at 9:04 am ET
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Google, Yahoo, Bing Bury GeoCities.com, But Some Zombie Sites Are Still Alive

Although some GeoCities web sites are still online, all three major search engines have removed the domain from their search indices. As of this morning, a site:geocities.com search on Google, Yahoo, and Bing shows that geocities.com is dead and buried. Yahoo announced earlier this year that GeoCities — a free web hosting service that it […]

| Nov 2, 2009 at 3:01 pm ET
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The Social Media Promotion Checklist For Internet Marketers

Having outstanding content is crucial in a good social media campaign, but  many times the overall framework around the campaign can make or break your initiatives. Not only do you want to make sure that your campaign is overwhelmingly successful, but that you can track all of the metrics of this success. Content related items […]

| Aug 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm ET
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5 SEO Tips For Nabbing International Search Real Estate

Though the housing market continues to plummet in the United States, “real estate” on the search results page is as competitive as ever as marketers try to nab as much as possible.   But accomplishing this in foreign markets can be challenging. For example, even if you have a dot-com version of your website that ranks […]

| Jul 1, 2009 at 7:00 am ET
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Google Pushing Hard(er) To Get Webmaster Products Adopted

I was setting up a new domain last year, something I’d done countless times and could do with my eyes closed, when my hosting provider suddenly started pushing several Google products on me. Did I want to use Gmail for my domain? Did I want to use Google Apps for Domains? Well, no, but thanks. […]

| Mar 26, 2009 at 3:33 pm ET
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Google’s Blogger Makes Up 2% Of All Malware Hosts

Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware from News.com reports Google’s Blogger accounts “for nearly 2 percent of all malware hosts.” Sophos, an antivirus vendor, published a report showing the state of malware injections and attacks throughout the web. Specifically, hackers can set up “malicious blogs” on the Blogger service, plus they can […]

| Jul 24, 2008 at 9:01 am ET
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Google Launches Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program

The Google Webmaster Central blog announced the launch of the Google Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program. The tool is an extension of the GoDaddy Webmaster Tools plugin, which enables hosting service providers to build tools directly into their hosting consoles for their customers to utilize Google Webmaster Tools. Through the use of Google APIs, these […]

| Jul 14, 2008 at 2:14 pm ET
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Go Daddy Customers Now Get Bonus Google Webmaster Tools

A new partnership between Go Daddy web hosting and Google Webmaster Tools gives Go Daddy customers easy access to the features available within Google Webmaster Tools. According to the release, Go Daddy customers can opt-in to the integration for their hosted sites directly from their control centers. This jump starts account creation, site submission, and […]

| Nov 13, 2007 at 11:25 am ET
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The Importance Of Keeping It Up: Have Hosting Viagra!

…er, your web site, that is…. A few weeks ago at SMX Social Media, presenter after presenter (myself included) stressed the importance of making sure your hosting would be able to handle the effects of a strong viral campaign. The message was simple: “If you’re going to target Digg, reddit, del.ico.us and the like, be […]

| Oct 30, 2007 at 5:41 am ET