Archive for December, 2008
Twittering All The Way
I’ve known about Twitter for a relatively long time, but could never see myself using the service. I just couldn’t grasp the idea of saying something meaningful in 140 characters or less, but as I started working at HostGator and our social media outreach programs, I found myself thrown right into the Twittersphere (if that [...]
Happy New Year!
By Mitch “New Year, Baby!” Keeler
Happy New Year! What, what do you mean I am a day early? Ah well, hope you all have a safe yet enjoyable night tonight, and your 2009 is ten times more Lunarful than 2008 was. To help you count down the clock, here are some of the most popular [...]
The Benefits of VPS Hosting
Seemingly out of nowhere, VPS has become the preferred hosting solution for small to medium sized businesses. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server, a solution that effectively bridges the gap between the limitations of shared hosting and the flexibility of dedicated server hosting. A VPS is created by virtualization software which partitions a single physical [...]
Setup Your Lifestream with WordPress
By Mitch “Lifestreamer” Keeler
Have you jumped on every social networking bandwaggon to date? I know I probably have. Well, now there is a way to mash it all together (as long as you have a WordPress-powered web site). The Lifestream plugin for WordPress displays your social feeds and photos much like you would see it [...]
Reinventing the Suggestion Box
By Mitch “Loves Hearing Feedback” Keeler
Feedback is one of those things we love to hear, but is not always the easiest to make people give. Sure, people have their opinions – but more times than not – if you are happy you usually keep you mouth shut. One web service that is wanting to inspire [...]
Browsers Aiding in Website Attacks
Website attacks are on the rise with intruders using an array of hacking techniques from cross site scripting to SQL injection. Although careless development and insecure applications play a major role in a site’s vulnerability, the typical web browser is a contributing factor as well.
Despite the fact that several improvements have been made, none of [...]
Determining Your Niche Market
If you plan to start an E-commerce business, one of the first things you need to decide on is a niche market. A niche market is simply a group of consumers you are targeting that have specific needs or interests. Because these consumers generally partake in similar activities, they are more likely to demand similar [...]
Domain Keys in the Fight Against Phishing
Anybody with an email address is likely to have countless amounts of phishing messages in their inbox, and they may not even realize it. This type of threat usually doesn’t come at you with the attention-grabbing headlines of advertising spam or the unbelievable plots attached to the fraudulent messages carrying Nigerian scams. In many cases, [...]
Dataopedia – All You Need to Know
By Mitch “Loves Handy Resources” Keeler
I have found a resource that will tell you almost everything there is to know about any web site or domain out there today. The name? Dataopedia.com.
From Google PageRank to popularity on the various “best of the web” resources like Alexa, you get a view of how your domain is [...]
Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8
Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it’s available (almost 600,000 downloads as I write this!), it’s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of high-rated features in the Ideas [...]